[Jackson57]

Kind of makes you wonder what was actually IN the coffin because of how low the hearse is riding in the rear. It is made to carry a casket, so why is it sitting that low?

[wxgesr]

JFK had gravitas!

[Charlemagne on the Fox]

Kind of makes you wonder what was actually IN the coffin because of how low the hearse is riding in the rear. It is made to carry a casket, so why is it sitting that low?

I was thinking the same thing . . .

[IYAS9YAS]

It is made to carry a casket, so why is it sitting that low?

Two theories

1) Intentionally shorter to allow folks from that era to easily load/unload the coffin.
2) 48-year-old springs. I'm only 41, and I sag in spots, too.

[Venturer]

I was wondering why it sat so low too, but it probably had 5 or 6 Secret service guys and their weapons riding in back.

[A.A. Cunningham]

The empty bronze coffin weighed around 800 pounds, add a body that weighed about 200 pounds and you've got nearly 1000 pounds of dead weight on the left side of the vehicle; two jump seats, where RFK and JBK sat, one on the right and one in front of the coffin on the left. Also that ambulance was designed to carry a gurney/patient/attendant combo not a casket/sarcophagus/body combo.