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fourfords · 01-15-2016, 09:52 PM

On Tuesday, January 19, 2016 PBS will broadcast an episode of "American Experience" featuring Bonnie & Clyde. They contacted me to use my '33 Sedan for some extra shots to help tell the story. I drove the car, and it was fun!
Go to PBS American Experience website look at Bonnie & Clyde.

Bulligen · 01-15-2016, 10:04 PM

That is very cool!

corvette8n · 01-15-2016, 10:06 PM

That's a very cool experience.

johnboy34 · 01-15-2016, 10:11 PM

Pretty Cool! Saw all that camera stuff on the front though and all I could think was, GO-PRO.

JSeery · 01-15-2016, 10:15 PM

Nice!

38bill · 01-15-2016, 10:24 PM

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I saw the PBS ads for that showing the front view of your car. I plan to watch as my great uncle (a detective in Joplin Mo) was one of their victims.

29AVEE8 · 01-15-2016, 10:29 PM

Just don't let them take a BAR to it.

dwick01 · 01-16-2016, 07:17 AM

Very cool!

Walt Dupont--Me. · 01-16-2016, 07:30 AM

Were is the bullet holes? Walt

al's28/33 · 01-16-2016, 09:46 AM

Beautiful '33

Snouts out · 01-20-2016, 03:17 AM

A good combo,a Ford V8 with a Browning Automatic Rifle! It looks like your car was the only one they used.

TJ · 01-20-2016, 09:55 AM

Watched it last night. There were several photos of them next to a B-400.

RalphG · 01-20-2016, 10:24 AM

It was an excellent show . Thanks for the heads up or I would have missed it.

Lawson Cox · 01-20-2016, 10:33 AM

Oh, ---- I wanted to watch that and forgot it.

deuce lover · 01-20-2016, 12:20 PM

Great show last nite.When the original movie was released there were still drive in theaters(CA) .A bunch of us went with our hot rods and all lined up in the same row to watch the movie.

petehoovie · 01-20-2016, 01:25 PM

Good for you, fourfords! Your car looked excellent. Good memories for you in being a part of that movie. I'd love to have a video of my '34 going down the road. Did they give you a DVD of the movie or any extra perks?....

Lenny51 · 01-20-2016, 01:53 PM

Saw your car in the show last night car looked great I think the original car is
in a museum some ware

38bill · 01-20-2016, 02:32 PM

I saw the show and it was pretty good. Great shots of your car and they showed a photo of my great uncle Harry. They still sensationalize the bad guys though. Here's a letter the Joplin MO Chief of Detectives sent to Frank Hamer to congratulate him on the killing (extermination) of Bonnie and Clyde. Gives you an idea of what the people in the know thought about them at the time. Probably wouldn't be politically correct nowadays.

fourfords · 01-20-2016, 03:04 PM

The broadcast showed the car more than I thought! I have to say it was a bit surreal to see my car that I drive around every day on TV!

By the way, the original 1934 Deluxe Sedan is in the lobby of "Whiskey Pete's" in Primm, Nevada on Interstate 15. The bullet holes seem to match with the car they showed in the broadcast. Fortunately they didn't ask me to shoot up my car!!

Long live our special V8 hobby!!

jim1920 · 01-20-2016, 08:48 PM

I recorded the program. Thanks for reminding me to watch it.

TonyM · 01-20-2016, 09:08 PM

Saved it with the DVR; looking forward to watching it.

Brendan · 01-21-2016, 08:40 AM

i liked the shot of the motor in your car. also the way the front end would move when it would go down the road! did you drive your car ?

Seth Swoboda · 01-21-2016, 10:01 AM

I missed the original airing. Will it rerun again in the near future?

flatheadv8 · 01-21-2016, 12:43 PM

Neat! Will have to watch for the replay of it.

Bored&Stroked · 01-21-2016, 02:03 PM

Neat story and car! My first car/hotrod was a 34 Ford 4 door sedan - put a hot flathead in it, drove it to the drags, drove it throughout Highschool, etc..

At that time (35 years ago), I rapidly found that there were no shortages of people who had 'The Death Car of Bonny and Clyde' . . . everybody claimed to have the original.

Hell, Bonny and Clyde would have to had at least 9 lives to be in all the cars that I saw!

Here is my 4-door (and me - yikes!), back in the day:

34FirstYearAntiqueNates5.jpg

1934Ford-4Door-Angle.jpg

1934Ford-4Door-EngineRear.jpg

tomkc1 · 01-21-2016, 09:38 PM

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I checked my TV listings here in Central Florida and the American Experience episode of Bonnie and Clyde will repeat a number of times here. I've set my DVR to record it at 2 a.m. tomorrow (Friday).

Tom

01-15-2016, 10:04 PM	#2
Bulligen Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Elgin Illinois Posts: 736	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde That is very cool!

01-15-2016, 10:06 PM	#3
corvette8n Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: 36 miles north of Albany NY Posts: 2,946	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde That's a very cool experience.

01-15-2016, 10:11 PM	#4
johnboy34 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Seattle Posts: 179	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde Pretty Cool! Saw all that camera stuff on the front though and all I could think was, GO-PRO.

01-15-2016, 10:15 PM	#5
JSeery Member Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Wichita KS Posts: 16,132	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde Nice!

01-15-2016, 10:24 PM	#6
38bill Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,165	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I saw the PBS ads for that showing the front view of your car. I plan to watch as my great uncle (a detective in Joplin Mo) was one of their victims.

01-15-2016, 10:29 PM	#7
29AVEE8 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Redlands, CA Posts: 148	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde Just don't let them take a BAR to it. __________________ Ignorance of the laws of physics does not mean they do not apply to you.

01-16-2016, 07:17 AM	#8
dwick01 Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Wellington, Kansas Posts: 444	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde Very cool!

01-16-2016, 07:30 AM	#9
Walt Dupont--Me. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Gardiner Me. Posts: 4,200	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde Were is the bullet holes? Walt

01-16-2016, 09:46 AM	#10
al's28/33 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Redwood City, CA Posts: 1,591	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde Beautiful '33 __________________ 1928 "A" Phaeton (mid year with many early features) 1933 "V8" Closed-Cab Pickup Truck (originally a Model B, 4 Cylinder dating to May, 1933)

01-20-2016, 03:17 AM	#11
Snouts out Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Covedale,oh Posts: 226	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde A good combo,a Ford V8 with a Browning Automatic Rifle! It looks like your car was the only one they used.

01-20-2016, 09:55 AM	#12
TJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Napa,California Posts: 6,029	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde Watched it last night. There were several photos of them next to a B-400.

01-20-2016, 10:24 AM	#13
RalphG Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Sask. Canada Posts: 2,424	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde It was an excellent show . Thanks for the heads up or I would have missed it. __________________ https://www.youtube.com/user/roosty6/videos

01-20-2016, 10:33 AM	#14
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,009	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde Oh, ---- I wanted to watch that and forgot it. __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm".

01-20-2016, 12:20 PM	#15
deuce lover Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern France Posts: 5,301	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde Great show last nite.When the original movie was released there were still drive in theaters(CA) .A bunch of us went with our hot rods and all lined up in the same row to watch the movie. Last edited by deuce lover; 01-20-2016 at 12:26 PM.

01-20-2016, 01:25 PM	#16
petehoovie Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 8,078	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde Good for you, fourfords! Your car looked excellent. Good memories for you in being a part of that movie. I'd love to have a video of my '34 going down the road. Did they give you a DVD of the movie or any extra perks?.... __________________ The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... *"Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!"* "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0

01-20-2016, 01:53 PM	#17
Lenny51 Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Atlanta Ga Posts: 82	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde Saw your car in the show last night car looked great I think the original car is in a museum some ware

01-20-2016, 03:04 PM	#19
fourfords Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lake Elsinore, CA. Posts: 413	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde The broadcast showed the car more than I thought! I have to say it was a bit surreal to see my car that I drive around every day on TV! By the way, the original 1934 Deluxe Sedan is in the lobby of "Whiskey Pete's" in Primm, Nevada on Interstate 15. The bullet holes seem to match with the car they showed in the broadcast. Fortunately they didn't ask me to shoot up my car!! Long live our special V8 hobby!!

01-20-2016, 08:48 PM	#20
jim1920 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 17	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde I recorded the program. Thanks for reminding me to watch it.

01-20-2016, 09:08 PM	#21
TonyM Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: West Hammond, Illinois Posts: 2,786	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde Saved it with the DVR; looking forward to watching it.

01-21-2016, 08:40 AM	#22
Brendan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: At my kitchen table in Santa Rosa, Ca Posts: 2,903	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde i liked the shot of the motor in your car. also the way the front end would move when it would go down the road! did you drive your car ? __________________ If it would have been a snake it would have bit ya! i can't spell my way out of a paper bag!

01-21-2016, 10:01 AM	#23
Seth Swoboda Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 3,787	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde I missed the original airing. Will it rerun again in the near future?

01-21-2016, 12:43 PM	#24
flatheadv8 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Zeeland, MI Posts: 127	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde Neat! Will have to watch for the replay of it.

01-21-2016, 02:03 PM	#25
Bored&Stroked Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 5,062	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde Neat story and car! My first car/hotrod was a 34 Ford 4 door sedan - put a hot flathead in it, drove it to the drags, drove it throughout Highschool, etc.. At that time (35 years ago), I rapidly found that there were no shortages of people who had 'The Death Car of Bonny and Clyde' . . . everybody claimed to have the original. Hell, Bonny and Clyde would have to had at least 9 lives to be in all the cars that I saw! Here is my 4-door (and me - yikes!), back in the day: 34FirstYearAntiqueNates5.jpg 1934Ford-4Door-Angle.jpg 1934Ford-4Door-EngineRear.jpg

01-21-2016, 09:38 PM	#26
tomkc1 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: York, ME/Astor, FL Posts: 140	Re: PBS American Experience-Bonnie & Clyde Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I checked my TV listings here in Central Florida and the American Experience episode of Bonnie and Clyde will repeat a number of times here. I've set my DVR to record it at 2 a.m. tomorrow (Friday). Tom