The Ford Barn

yachtsmanbill · 08-25-2013, 11:55 AM

Well, its time to resurrect this old thred. Just got back from a 1000 mile boat trip around Lake Michigan... burned about 1400 gallons of gas at $5.00/gal, so don't ever rag about gas prices. Needs a double 454 oil change along with the generator. Think we'll take the T for a spin today... its a stifling 72F out here!
While I was gone, a pal sent me this and I thought it was interesting. Our government does work in mysterious ways ya know??? ws

CAR TRIVIA

Hours after
Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Secret Service found themselves in a
bind. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was to give his Day of Infamy speech to Congress on Tuesday, and although the trip from the
White House to Capitol Hill was short, agents werent sure how to transport him
safely. At the time, Federal Law prohibited buying any cars that cost more than $750, so they would have to get clearance from Congress to do that, and nobody had time for that. One of the Secret Service members, however, discovered that the US Treasury had seized the bulletproof car that mobster Al Capone
owned when he was sent to jail in 1931. They cleaned it, made sure it was running
fine and had it ready for the President the day after.

White House to Capitol Hill was short, agents werent sure how to transport him
safely. At the time, Federal Law prohibited buying any cars that cost more than $750, so they would have to get clearance from Congress to do that, and nobody had time for that. One of the Secret Service members, however, discovered that the US Treasury had seized the bulletproof car that mobster Al Capone
owned when he was sent to jail in 1931. They cleaned it, made sure it was running
fine and had it ready for the President the day after.
And run properly it did. Capones car was a sight to behold. It had been painted black a
and green so as to look identical to Chicagos police cars at the time. It also had a specially
installed siren and flashing lights hidden behind the grille, along with a police scanner radio.
To top it off, the gangsters 1928 Cadillac 341A Town Sedan had 3,000 pounds of armor and
inch-thick bulletproof windows. Mechanics are said to have cleaned and checked each feature
of the Caddy well into the night of December 7th, to make sure that it would run properly the
next day for the Commander in Chief.

The car was sold at an auction price
of $341,000 in 2012.

READ the link here for some additional facts... ws

BACKGROUND: http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2009/07/14/fdr-al-capones-armored-car-and-oddball-procurement-rules-of-the-40s/

Al Capone's
1928 Cadillac 341a Town Sedan
Now the President's Limo
December 1941

08-25-2013, 11:55 AM	#121
yachtsmanbill Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Two Rivers, Wi. Posts: 1,406	Re: Model T... all 12 volt all the time. Well, its time to resurrect this old thred. Just got back from a 1000 mile boat trip around Lake Michigan... burned about 1400 gallons of gas at $5.00/gal, so don't ever rag about gas prices. Needs a double 454 oil change along with the generator. Think we'll take the T for a spin today... its a stifling 72F out here! While I was gone, a pal sent me this and I thought it was interesting. Our government does work in mysterious ways ya know??? ws CAR TRIVIA Hours after Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Secret Service found themselves in a bind. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was to give his Day of Infamy speech to Congress on Tuesday, and although the trip from the White House to Capitol Hill was short, agents werent sure how to transport him safely. At the time, Federal Law prohibited buying any cars that cost more than $750, so they would have to get clearance from Congress to do that, and nobody had time for that. One of the Secret Service members, however, discovered that the US Treasury had seized the bulletproof car that mobster Al Capone owned when he was sent to jail in 1931. They cleaned it, made sure it was running fine and had it ready for the President the day after. *White House to Capitol Hill was short, agents werent sure how to transport him* safely. At the time, Federal Law prohibited buying any cars that cost more than $750, so they would have to get clearance from Congress to do that, and nobody had time for that. One of the Secret Service members, however, discovered that the US Treasury had seized the bulletproof car that mobster Al Capone owned when he was sent to jail in 1931. They cleaned it, made sure it was running fine and had it ready for the President the day after. *And run properly it did. Capones car was a sight to behold. It had been painted black a* and green so as to look identical to Chicagos police cars at the time. It also had a specially installed siren and flashing lights hidden behind the grille, along with a police scanner radio. To top it off, the gangsters 1928 Cadillac 341A Town Sedan had 3,000 pounds of armor and inch-thick bulletproof windows. Mechanics are said to have cleaned and checked each feature of the Caddy well into the night of December 7th, to make sure that it would run properly the next day for the Commander in Chief. *The car was sold at an auction price* of $341,000 in 2012. *READ the link here for some additional facts... ws* *BACKGROUND:* *http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2009/07/14/fdr-al-capones-armored-car-and-oddball-procurement-rules-of-the-40s/* Al Capone's 1928 Cadillac 341a Town Sedan Now the President's Limo December 1941 __________________ " Warning; the following contains content that the anal retentive may find offensive - please skip on to the next posting!"