Mobster Al Capone’s bulletproof car – made to
imitate a Chicago police car of the time – is to be auctioned in
California next month. The 1928 Cadillac V8, which is expected to fetch at
least $500,000, was fitted with 3,000lb of steel armour and inch-thick
glass with circular holes through which machine guns could be fired to
protect Capone. It even had a flashing light, siren and police-band radio. Ironically, because of its age, the car is classed as a classic and is tax exempt. The car is to be auctioned by the estate of John O'Quinn, the well-known
Texas trial lawyer and car collector who died in a road accident in
2009. The asking price is $300,000-$500,000, but another car recently
sold by the estate was the subject of a bidding war that doubled the
price. That car, a 1912 Rolls-Royce, ended up selling in England for over $7 million.
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