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Topic starter
28/12/2024 7:02 pm
John Bono
North Jersey
29/12/2024 3:50 am
good stuff, thanks John, Esval make a great version of this in all 3 scales, 1/43, 1/24, 1/18. While I'm still hunting for this Capone version I have the red 1/24 version of the same car. It is a favorite.
I recall seeing a doco recently where Roosevelt rode in one of Capones bullet proof cars to address Congress after Pearl Harbour?
29/12/2024 7:00 am
That Capone! I gotta tell ya - I never trusted him. But I liked his cars! (Great choice John!)
Topic starter
29/12/2024 7:10 am
Geoff, here you go...good stuff, thanks John, Esval make a great version of this in all 3 scales, 1/43, 1/24, 1/18. While I'm still hunting for this Capone version I have the red 1/24 version of the same car. It is a favorite.
I recall seeing a doco recently where Roosevelt rode in one of Capones bullet proof cars to address Congress after Pearl Harbour?
https://forgottenhistoryblog.com/president-roosevelt-used-to-ride-around-in-al-capones-limousine/
John Bono
North Jersey
Topic starter
29/12/2024 7:13 am
Tony, I got to believe he was on Santa's Naughty List.That Capone! I gotta tell ya - I never trusted him. But I liked his cars! (Great choice John!)
John Bono
North Jersey
29/12/2024 7:48 am
Geoff he would have been released from Alcatraz just three weeks earlier and had maybe gone through his carpool deciding what was worth keeping (😀) plus, the authorities and staff were likely on high alert at that time and wanted trustworthy bullet-proofing (😀).I recall seeing a doco recently where Roosevelt rode in one of Capones bullet proof cars to address Congress after Pearl Harbour?
On the same theme, following the burning of S.S. Normandie in New York harbour, February 9 '42 which was widely believed to be arson, given the Italian mafia controlled the waterfront. The U.S. Navy Department used Meyer Lansky as an intermediary to negotiate Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano's release from prison (and later commutation of sentence and deportation to Italy) in return for assurances that there would be no more sabotage on docks controlled by the mob and intelligence regarding German and Italian agents would be shared. Interesting........?
29/12/2024 8:38 am
29/12/2024 10:28 am
@perrone1 Capone is probably shoveling all the coal he can handle into the furnace of his eternal residence! Lol!
29/12/2024 10:46 am
30/12/2024 2:48 am
On the same theme, following the burning of S.S. Normandie in New York harbour, February 9 '42 which was widely believed to be arson, given the Italian mafia controlled the waterfront. The U.S. Navy Department used Meyer Lansky as an intermediary to negotiate Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano's release from prison (and later commutation of sentence and deportation to Italy) in return for assurances that there would be no more sabotage on docks controlled by the mob and intelligence regarding German and Italian agents would be shared. Interesting........?
yes Charles I remember reading/viewing about the U.S using the Mafia in WWII, interesting indeed.
This post was modified 1 year ago by Geoff Jowett
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