This is a forwarded email that alleged President Franklin D. Roosevelt was driven from the White House to Capitol Hill in a car owned by gangster Al Capone on the day the president delivered his famous Pearl Harbor speech.
https://www.truthorfiction.com/fdr-capone-car-102113/
It was at this moment that this 1928 Cadillac was again mentioned as also being the one used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This was probably done by the car owner or auction house who did faulty research and also perhaps in order to boost the sale of the car by having two historical figures tied to it.
http://www.myalcaponemuseum.com/id196.htm
The FDR /Capone story was originally started by Michael F. Reilly, who was Franklin D. Roosevelt's Secret Service man. In 1947, he was sharing his memoirs to Simon Schuster in order to have his story published for a 1947 book called Reilly of The White House and later in 1958 for Treasury Agents.
http://www.myalcaponemuseum.com/id196.htm
Public Enemy No. 1, Al Capone, made his fortune through the laws of Prohibition, affording him wealth that few of us enjoy. And what did the wealthy drive in the U.S.? Sure, there were some foreign jobs like Hispano-Suiza and Isotta Fraschini that were tops in styling and engineering, but America also had her “Standard of the World:” Cadillac.
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2014/07/al-capones-killer-1928-cadillac-video/
Topics: Automotive › Al Capone, American Mafia History, United States History, History, Technology. Al Capone had several cars, at least 2 of those were identical armored cars that were 1928 Cadillacs.
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what type of car did Al capone drive. Topics: Automotive › Al Capone, American Mafia History, United States History, History, Technology. Answer. Al Capone had several cars, at least 2 of those were identical armored cars that were 1928 Cadillacs.
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It was also mentioned on many car websites and other Capone related websites. All accept this as fact. After some research, here is what I found. On November 20th, 1971, Al Capone's known 1928 Cadillac was sold at auction for $37,000.
http://www.myalcaponemuseum.com/id196.htm
As for the rest of this eRumor, we have classified as disputed. A spokesperson at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library told the TruthOrFiction.com team that FDR did not ride in Al Capone’s car to deliver his speech on December 8, 1941.
https://www.truthorfiction.com/fdr-capone-car-102113/
While a few years away from the V-16 monsters of the 1930s, Al’s 1928 Cadillac Model 341A Town Sedan was at the forefront of America luxury. It also was at the forefront of armored car history, being one of the first built.
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2014/07/al-capones-killer-1928-cadillac-video/
Done in a similar scheme to Chicago’s police cars. The U.S. Treasury Department impounded and kept Capone’s Caddy after he was arrested in 1931. When FDR went to Congress to ask for a declaration of a state of war on December 8, 1941, he rode in this Cadillac.
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2014/07/al-capones-killer-1928-cadillac-video/
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