13-10-09, 03:46
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Lionel G. Evans
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Bundaberg - Queensland, Australia
Posts: 719
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Good Story
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Originally Posted by Tony Smith
Well, you've talked me into it, I'll have to buy a Commodore!
Now on this forum, we aren't talking modern V8 Supercars, we're talking Sidevalve V8s and Stovebolt Sixes. It was of course Clyde Barrow of the Bonnie and Clyde duo who famously wrote to Henry Ford:
"Dear Sir, while I still have breath in my lungs, I will tell you what a dandy car you make. I have driven Fords exclusively when I could get away with one. For sustained speed and freedom from trouble the Ford has got every other car skinned and even if my business haven't been strictly legal, it don't hurt anything to tell you what a fine car you got in the "V8",
Yours truly,
Clyde Barrow."
Bonnie and Clyde roared around the Midwest robbing banks and killing Police until they we're finally caught in a shootout - by Police who were also in Fords!  |
Hello Tony,
I did not know about the type of car that Bonnie and Clyde used to drive and the letter he wrote to Henry Ford. Quite a good yarn. Thanks for putting it up on the forum
Kind Regards
Lionel
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