Bonnie And Clyde Cars – May 23rd, 1934, remains a memorable day in the history of the central united state as two of America’s most wanted outlaws Bonnie and Clyde were gunned down alongside Highway 154 south of Gibsland, Louisiana. Rural gas stations, stores even banks were not sparred by the duo as their robbery spree cut across burglaries, kidnappings, and automobile thefts. Death was no threat to them as they will kill anyone including police officers who may try to stop them. Bonnie and Clyde made fortunes from robbery and killed many in other to evade arrest.
All thanks to the six-member posse lead by Texas lawman Frank Hamer in a 10-second ambush that brought back peace to the country as they bath Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow with over 167 bullets in their stolen 1934 Ford Deluxe Sedan. Bringing an end to the Barrow gang. The coroner’s report listed 17 separate entrance wounds in the body of Clyde Barrow and 26 in Bonnie Parker’s and more than 100 shots fired at the car decorating the vehicle.
The 1934 Ford Deluxe Sedan
Bonnie And Clyde Cars – The Barrow gang had interfaced with the security mem on several occasions to keep thriving in their crime they needed not just a fast car but one that could outrun the police car any time. Unluckily for Ruth Warren of Topeka, Kansas, her one-month-old 1934 Ford Model Deluxe Sedan parked in her garage was seen as the perfect car for the job by these outlaws who stole the car afterward.
The 1934 Ford Deluxe Sedan featured a three-speed manual transmission V8 engine and had a top speed of 65 miles per hour (104 kilometers per hour). This was one of the fastest cars because earlier V8 engines were only used in sports and expensive luxury cars.
The Barrow gang and the 1934 ford Deluxe Sedan
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Reportedly, the Barrow gang has been engaging in automobile theft as they never bought a car of their own for their robbery expedition. The famous 1934 ford Deluxe Sedan they were killed with was reportedly bought by Ruth Warren of Topeka, Kansas for $835 in March 1934 and they stole the vehicle in April from her garage for their escapade. Reclaiming the car by Ruth after the incident was to cost her $15,000 in the words of the local Sheriff, named Henderson Jordan. Her Attorney W.D. Goff won the case and she got her car back although she letter leased it out.
Rumors of fake Bonnie and Clyde’s death car display
The death of America’s most wanted outlaws Bonnie and Clyde made the 1934 Ford Deluxe Sedan iconic not just for its superb styling and performance but the role it played as the last car the duo drove and were gunned down with by policemen. There have been at least a half-dozen fake Bonnie and Clyde Death Cars in Florida and Illinois as well as the Death Car from the 1967 Bonnie and Clyde movie which was in Louisiana and then Washington, DC, but now is in Tennessee.
Back to its original owner
After the bloody encounter between the police and the barrow gang which led to the extermination of the gang from the face of the earth, the stolen 1934 Ford Deluxe Sedan iconic beauty was returned to its original owner Ruth Warren who for some obvious reasons could not keep the car but had to lease it out.
Final location of the car
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The car was leased several times to tour the country as a gruesome sideshow attraction and was displayed at the Topeka Fairgrounds. In 1945, it was sold for $3,500 to Charles Stanley, who used the death car as a sideshow attraction at his traveling carnival. Stanley even brought the car to the Nevada race track where people sit inside for the price of 1 dollar.
Bonnie And Clyde Cars – Stanley sold the famous car to Ted Toddy for $14,500 in 1960 and he also had to sue a man named Johnny Portemont to prove that the car he owned was the 1934 Ford Deluxe in which Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died. He won the case, and the court prohibited Johnny Portemont from exhibiting any other car except Toddy’s car as the “true” Bonnie and Clyde death car.
in 1977, Toddy sold the death car to Peter Simon II for $175,000. Peter who owns Pop’s Oasis casino in Nevada displayed the car there. When the Casino was out of business ten years later, the car was then sold to the owners of Whiskey Pete’s Hotel and Casino in Primm, Nevada. Whiskey Pete’s Hotel and Casino do not have Bonnie and Clyde’s death car as the only artifact, Clyde’s bloodstained shirt which he wore the day he died is also there for visitors to see.
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