Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
The tale of the bullet-riddled death car is an American true crime classic. Bonnie and Clyde’s Death Car sold for $250,000 in 1988 to the owners of Whiskey Pete’s, a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Here’s the scoop on the ill-fated 1934 Ford Fordor sedan:
The original owners, Jesse and Ruth Warren, purchased the car for around $700 about a month before Bonnie and Clyde stole it from them.
The V8 Ford would have been faster than most police cars of the day, but wasn’t fast enough to outrun the more than 100 bullets it took during the ambush that ended the couple’s crime spree.
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