I saw the one at Whiskey Pete's about 5 years ago. They had limited edition $ 10 commemorative silver tokens.
I saw it in the early 70s, ..... this is a little story about the car from shoot~out to present.......... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8g9wEjAnsM&feature=related
Wikipedia sys that that the car and shirt were on display at the Gold Ranch Casino in Verdi, NV as of March of this year.
Here's a pic of Bonnie in happier times. Thank God they weren't driving this car when the Feds dropped the hammer on them. It's a stolen '32 V8 B-400 with dual side mounts. She and Clyde had great taste in cars and only stole V8 Fords. The story behind the ambush was that on two previous occasions, the cops had tried the "Come out with your hands up" bit and both times they killed the cops. The Feds weren't taking any chances this time. Just a bit of history, now long gone.
My parents live not too far from the casino where the car is supposedly. Next time I'm there I'm gonna look.
That reminds me of a car a friend of mine and I found in an old junkyard in texarkana ar/tx several years ago. I was newer tho about a 48 chevy but it was shot up in a similar manner and when we looked in side there was what looked like blood stains faintly still on the dash. I wanted it for a yard ornament but didn't really have the cash to waist on it since I was building another car at the time. I thought the bonnie and clyde car was still in Louisiana in a museum shows what I know.
I have a copy of the letter Clyde sent to Henry Ford, thanking him for building such a fast car..Great reading.
I'm guessing we saw it 30+ years ago (in Austin Minnesota) in the back of one of those traveling exhibit semi trailers. My firends and I rode our bikes to see it, if I remember correctly. So that was probably before I was driving. And even back then it was sad to see such a cool car all shot up.
So Whiskey Pete's sold it some time ago??????????? It was there last time I drove through, But if it moved in March, That was 5mos after the last SEMA. Still wondering as the supposedly had the Dillinger car as well?
wasent there a letter clyde wrote to henry ford about how much he liked that car on display w car ? i have to look at pics i took once at prim
I remember seeing the supposed Bonnie and Clyde death car in a tent at the Minnesota state fair as a kid... The Wall of death was way more fun
That wasn't the feds who shot Bonnie and Clyde, it was Frank Hamer of the Texas Rangers and his gang. A tad out of his jurisdiction in Lousiana, but hey ... Thing was, Hamer had about 33 notches when he died. The guy was basically a serial killer with a badge. In fact, that's exactly what he was. There's an autobio of him, very hard to find.
That's interesting Willys, I was going to post that when I was about 12-14 ('74-'76) we paid to see the Bonnie & Clyde car in a Semi-trailer display at a mall parking lot, I remember the bullet holes (plus about a 2" circle) were very rusty and the car was an off white/very weathered.
That's the real car, The sheriff held onto the car for a short time until he was forced to give it up. The original owner, Jesse Warrens spent several years fighting to get his stolen car back from the sheriff thru the Federal Courts sysytem. The courts awarded rightful custody of the car Back to them in the mid 30's. Warrens then sold the bullet ridden car to a writer named Charles Stanley in late 1938. Stanley toured the car for years charging admission everywhere he went. The car was sold again in the early 50's to a Atlanta area film producer for $5000 and it eventually went into storage until the Bonnie and Clyde movie came out in the 70's. It was removed from storage and paraded across the country again making good $$ for the 3rd Owner. The car was sold to the 4th owner in 1973 when it went on display on the Vegas Strip. In the late 80's the car was fitted with a new motor (The car ran but the engine was getting old) and actually participated in the Great American Race. The stickers and painted graphics were placed on the car for it's participation in the Great Race. The shattered windows were fitted with a backing of Plexiglas to help keep them form disintegrating while being jostled about during the race. The Primm Casino is the 5th actual owner (Barrows nor the sheriff actually owned the car) and have had the car on display since it was purchased. If you saw the grey Ford over the years and it fits into that time line than you probably saw the real deal. The car was never stored outside (weather) other than the short period of time that the sheriff had it hidden away before it's rightful owner clawed it out of his hands. The car was never reduced to a rusted hulk and neither was it painted. It still bares it's original paint although some things like holes in the glass have grown with age. The car ran fine even after being pelted with bullets at the crime scene. The original V8 was rebuilt for the Great race in the Late 80's. The car has been well documented and a paper trail has followed it from the Day Jesse Warrens bought the car new in Topeka and the Federal Courts returned it to him in the mid 30's. There have been more than a few fake cars which are probably more responsible for creating the false history than the real car pictured at Primm Nevada above. Because the car toured for many years it is hard to say whether some people saw the real deal owned by one of 5 documented people or they saw one of many replicas. The original '34 Kansas plates were pulled off by Clyde as he had a suitcase full of stolen plates and used 1934 Ark. 15-368. The Warrens had their original number plates returned with the car after the Court forced the sheriff to return the low mileage Ford to its original owners. 1934 Kansas Plates bearing 3-17832 are correct as registered by the warrens for the Primm Museum Car. ------------------------------ The All New/Old Flathead Forum is On The Air.... join today to cement your name in the first pages of the membership roster
As many times I have seen the old movie and the newer , I always wondered what happened to the car . I look at the bullet holes in the car and as many cops that shot the Hell out of the car they must be real bad shots because for all the shots fired , there aren't that many holes in the car . HEY was the blood still in the car you guys have seen ? One thing for sure , glad to see we had cops that could do their job the right way back then ! Why not now ? OH yea , they would have human rights ass holes bitchin them out for killing a rapest and murderer ! Seems like the laws are going the wrong way ! I would still pay to see one of the many cars they were killed in !
From the Wiki video: "But after killing 14 people, most of whom were officers of the law........it did not seem advisable to fire just one bullet." 'Nuff said.
I was at herbies when that car was sold in S.C.....my mom saw a car here in fayetteville that was supposed to be the car, but she said there were a number of the that were displayed all over the U.S.
I was at the Henry Ford museum today and saw the letter that Clyde barrow sent to henry about the ford vehicles.. Dont know if it was a repop or the real deal but every time i go there i stumble on it and it makes me smile.. They guy knew what a good car was... Dave
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