1928 Al Capone Cadillac

[Charles D. Barnette]

The 1928 "Al Capone" Cadillac Town Sedan recently owned by the John M. O'Quinn estate sold last weekend for $355,000 at the RM Auction in Monterey, CA. No word yet as to who the new owner is. I hope he is a member of our club. This car was recently on display at the Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs, Arkansas, where Mr. Capone use to vacation. There is still a suite at the hotel named after Mr. Capone. Charles D. Barnette

[CTynes]

Here is a picture of the Al Capone Cadillac on display at the Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs, Arkansas.  Charles D. Barnette

[Alan Harris CLC#1513]

If anyone is interested, I saw this same car on display in a car museum in Niagara Falls, Canada in 1961. Along with it was an Alfa Romeo formerly owned by Mussolini.

Did anybody else see it there? It would be interesting to know where this car has been over the decades.

[Otto Skorzeny]

Which one, the Alfa?

[veesixteen]

From what I know, Capone's 1928 Cadillac sedan was acquired by a showman in England, in 1933,  and exported to that country.   Later, it returned to the North American continent and in June 1963 [per Esquire magazine] it was reported on display at the Antique Auto Museum, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Fo other Capone cars, check out the Club's Cadillac Database:  http://cadillacdb.planeteldorado.com/Dbas_txt/Starcar.htm

[TonyZappone #2624]

I went to school at the university of Buffalo, and visited the museum in the falls a few times.  I remember the Cadillac there at that time (the 60's).  Mussolini's car was not an Alfa (unless there were two of  his cars there) but a Lancia Astura converible from the thirties.  A rear seat car with landau irons on the top, if I recall correctly. 

[TonyZappone #2624]

I remembered this morning that a fellow named Bill Abbott owned the Cadillac in the 70's.  I believe he was from Chicago.  The now defunct Empire State Region, CCCA borrowed the car for an indoor show at the Dome Arena in Rochester, sometime around 1974.