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Mathew Rattray

Al Capone's 34?

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Hi All,

Found this on ebay thought it may be worth posting supposedly Al Capone's 34. wow!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Packard-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem27b19aa280QQitemZ170483425920QQptZUSQ5fCarsQ5fTrucks

Cheers,
Mat

Posted on: 2010/5/9 9:03

Phil Randolph

Re: Al Capone's 34?

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Capone was in jail from 1932 to 1939. Why would he buy a 34?

Posted on: 2010/5/9 9:45

1938 1601 Club Coupe

Owen_Dyneto

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And I rather doubt he would have bought an Eight, more likely a Twelve. But from what I've read he was a rather devout Cadillac man.

Posted on: 2010/5/9 9:56

58L8134

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Hi

Capone was imprisoned from May 1932 to November 1939:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone

Must be he was the only one who could buy and register a car for his wife to use? One would think the seller might check salient facts of the owner's history before making such claims in order to sell the car.

Questionable ownership aside, looks like a nice older restoration or preserved original someone could enjoy.

Steve

Posted on: 2010/5/9 10:00

Allen Kahl

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owen

he may have been a Cadillac man, however a friend of mine across the river in Columbus Ga. had a 1930 7 psngr sedan and it had a data plate on the drivers side firewall that said the car was built for one "Alphonse Capone" in Illinois. No other owner info on the plate. The rest of the plate was car info. I should have taken a picture of it because it was later sold.

Alk

Posted on: 2010/5/9 10:26

HH56

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Wasn't there another mid 30's Packard -- in very poor condition and I believe high asking price -- on ebay in the last year or so that was also supposedly his. For a Cadillac man, he does seem to attract a lot Packards to his name.

Posted on: 2010/5/9 10:46

Phil Randolph

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Here's his 40 Caddy
http://www.collingsfoundation.org/images/AutoCollection/1940Capone.jpg

Posted on: 2010/5/9 12:16

1938 1601 Club Coupe

Owen_Dyneto

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Wasn't there another mid 30's Packard -- in very poor condition and I believe high asking price -- on ebay in the last year or so that was also supposedly his.

Yes, I seem to recall that. A rusting carcass of a 120 closed car as I remember.

Posted on: 2010/5/9 12:24

Owen_Dyneto

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Phils38cpe, thanks for the reminder about the Collings Collection. Were you a participant in the PAC National in Danvers in 2005? If so you no doubt recall our visit and tour there, both the car and vintage aircraft collections stand out in my mind yet. And how many of us have a landing strip in our yard?

Posted on: 2010/5/9 13:44