Bonnie And Clyde’s Iconic Car: How Much It’s Worth Today – SlashGear

Bonnie and Clyde not only stole several vehicles during their career, but they were integral to their mythos. In 1926, Clyde’s first arrest was for failing to return a rental car in Texas. In 1932, he was serving a 14-year stint for car theft (and robbery) and chopped off two of his toes just to get moved to a less harsh facility.

The duo were involved in a car accident in 1933 that cracked open the car battery, causing acid to leak onto Bonnie’s leg, eating flesh down to the bone. An abandoned stolen car was why the Bureau of Investigation (later changed to the FBI) got involved in their chase. In the early morning hours of May 23, 1934, Bonnie and Clyde were shot to death inside a 1934 Ford Model 40 B Fordor Deluxe sedan on a highway near Sailes, Louisiana. Police shot 167 rounds into the car.

The “Death Car” had a 221 CID Flathead V8 with Stromberg 97 carburetion and three-speed manual transmission that produced 85 horsepower, making it much faster than most vehicles used by law enforcement at the time. The tan-colored, all-steel sedan had leather seats that classed it up considerably. Bonnie and Clyde stole it from the Mosby-Mack Motor Company garage owned by Ruth Warren just before they were killed.

In 1988 it was purchased for $250,000 by the owners of Whiskey Pete’s Primm Casino south of Las Vegas, Nevada. It was at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Museum as part of the “FBI: From Al Capone to Al Qaeda” display from July 2021 through February 2022.