Shooting the bad guys is one thing, but it ought to be a felony, heck it ought to be a capital offense, to shoot up a perfectly good '34 Ford.
they just had this at a gas station called gold ranch by where i live in Truckee California. i saw another one like it at the museum of american atrocities in florida. i would imagine there are a few on tour across the country at any given time.
LOL... I saw the B&C car when I was about 10 years old. I noticed the bullet holes didn't match the pictures that were hanging right next to the car they had displayed. I was too young to really care, but I was smart enough to know it was just a shot up Ford and not the actual car. I think my dad said the same thing... i'll have to ask him. We saw it at the big annual rodeo down in Austin.
thats the museum i was referring to earlier called the museum of american atrocities. jane mansfields car was there (the one she wrecked and was decapitated in) as was one of the kennedy assasination motorcade vehicles. the bonnie and clyde car was different and now that i think about it i believe it said in really small print 'from the movie'. i could be wrong though,.
I'm offended by that. Further more I hope you aren't wearing a Santa suit and try to offer me a "Merry Christmas", cause then I'll REALLY be offended.
I hope this helps The one in NV is real http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sideshowworld.com/atsbcpic3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.sideshowworld.com/atsbc.html&usg=__PleBMaybhD6Pc8_gBZmWXCGAshU=&h=284&w=336&sz=25&hl=en&start=259&tbnid=MkZr3S5hC-t9EM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=119&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBonny%2B%2526%2BClyde%2BCar%26start%3D240%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
A video from the scene of the shooting,...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh0luSsP91I And this from the History Channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8g9wEjAnsM Some cool old Ford footage,.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEoG65Y-vbM
History channels documentary on the ambush.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ0weZ4yQgM&feature=related
Urban legend. She did suffer head trauma, and there was a death schene photo of blonde hair on the dash, which they believe was either part of her scalp or a wig that she often wore, however, her head was still attached to the body.
As a kid, I remember eating at Gus Steven's, the restaurant/bar here in Biloxi MS. It was her last stop before she was killed on Hwy 90, on her way to New Orleans.
Won't say it was the real car but there was a Bonnie and Clyde car that toured in a trailer truck with Hitlers personal car back in the early 70s I saw both at the World of Wheels show at the then Providence Civic Center.Hitlers personal staff car had 3 inch thick "bullet proof window and was armor plated also had 2 engine blocks on 1 crank.the engine could be run on both or either engine block independently.Hitlers car was captured Abandoned out of fuel
After looking at all the original pictures, and reading every thing I could find, I'd say the car in the original post is definetly the original car.
I was with the Grand Prairie Fire Dept and fought that fire around 88 I think. I always wondered what happened to that movie car. The way the roof collapsed with those large A/C units I figured it was crushed. Marshalls wouldn't let any of us inside after it collapsed to see anything there was a murder tie in or something. Link about the fire and car http://texashideout.tripod.com/wax.html
The car in this fire was just the movie car..nothing to do with "real "B&C car..I was the one who rebuilt this car for the second version movie.and yes the roof was caved in very badly..After use in second version of movie (filmed in Waxahachie,Texas)the car was returned to man who bought it after fire.The man lives in Denison,Texas again the movie car was a totally different car from the "Death"car in real life.and George Bare-ass had nothing to do with the movie car.. Footnote:the afore mentioned fire was at the Wax Musum off Beltline Rd in Grand Prairie,Texas
yea your earlier post about the movie car brought back memories of the fire. It was a long 2 days of hard work and some close calls.
There is a museum about them in Shreveport and they show some pretty gory photos and also show a film. Me being a car guy, I couldn't help to notice the engine as they showed the car. I thought all V8's back then was flatheads, but this one wasn't. Can anybody shed some light on the subject?
They had that car on display in Waynesboro,VA many years ago not long after it happened. My Dad says he remembers going down to see it.
I've always loved the story of Bonnie and Clyde. Especially more so after I learned that they murdered the 2 TX highway patrolmen just up the road from my parents house in Southlake, TX. There used to be a historical marker right there at the corner of 114 where it happened. I remember seeing the car at a car show sometime back in the early 90's I'd want to say.
Yeah, I seen the Bonnie and Clyde car also. But, the version i saw was a 76 Granada and, uh, he had a hook for a hand.
the story i was told .... they put a new windshield in it so they could drive it . it was in vegas , i think , for yrs , then sold . was it the "real" car or a clone ? there are clones out there . here are some pix ....... steve
I don't really get the 'Hero worship' for these people. Its kinda like Ned Kelly here in OZ, they were POS criminals that killed for no really good reason. Fuck em. Doc.
HA! I work for Outback Steakhouse. We had to learn all about him. There's a painting and one of his masks up on the wall. LOL
i dont know if you could call it "hero worship" really . they were cold blooded killers . there is a mystic about them , simular to "butch & sundance" , "al copone" & so on . i think it is folk lore . something to talk about that everyone knows . it was a different era & that has alot to do with it i think . its like the '60s , unless you were there you cant understand . maybe its like the motorcycle gangs of the '40s , ww2 pilots , lots of heros there . just a different time .................... steve
<CENTER>[SIZE=+2]RACING THE BULLETRIDDLED DEATH CAR [/SIZE]</CENTER><CENTER><TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD> In 1987 the car belonged to Clyde Wade, curator of Harrah's AutomotiveMuseum. It was put in running condition. The only thing changed, was thewindshield, because it would not pass inspection. The steering wheel washalf rebar and half plastic. The seats were all shot up and there werebullet holes throughout. Because all the side windows still had holesthrough them, they were covered with Plexiglas to keep out the weather.Bruce Gezon and Virginia "Ginni" Withers raced the deathcar in 1987,in the Interstate Batteries Great Race. Wade, who is a friend of Withersand her husband, Newt, entered the car in the Great Race because he wantedto sell it, and he believed that the publicity would increase its value. </PRE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER>
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