Bonnie and Clyde's pick of the bunch... by blinkings

Photography • Transportation • posted on Mar 07, 2014

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The 1934 Ford Roadster was welcomed with much publicity and fanfare in the midst of the Depression. Prices ranged from $505 for the two-passenger coupe to $660 for the woody station wagon. The DeLuxe two to four-passenger roadster, complete with rumble seat, listed at a modest $525. With all the good press and the company's renewed interest in promotion, sales of the dandy 1934s began to take off. Among the new model's earliest champions were police officials who used its explosive speed to chase crooks -- and crooks who stole new Fords to outrun the law. For 1934, the curve in the grille was removed and a new ornament surrounding the radiator cap was added. Infamous bank robber Clyde Barrow was one unabashed admirer who took time from his criminal pursuits to praise V-8 virtues in a letter sent to a surprised Henry Ford. It said, in part: "I have drove Fords exclusively when I could get away with one. For sustained speed and freedom from trouble the Ford has got ever other car skinned and even if my business hasn't been strictly legal it don't hurt anything to tell you what a fine car you got in the Ford V-8."