1938 CADILLAC 9 PASSENGER LIMO PERSONAL CAR TO FRANK NITTI

THIS WAS THE PERSONAL CAR TO CHICAGO’S NOTORIOUS GANGSTER “FRANK, THE ENFORCER, NITTI”, RIGHT HAND MAN AND HEIR TO AL CAPONE’S ORGANIZATION.  IT WAS IN 1938 THAT NITTI PURCHASED THIS 1 OF 420 BUILT, V-8 CADILLAC LIMOUSINE.  WITH SEATING FOR 9 IT WAS THE PERFECT CAR FOR “THE JOB”.  TOMMY-GUN TOTING NITTI OWNED THIS CAR FOR 5 YEARS UNTIL 1943 WHEN HE FATALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN PRISON.   IF THIS CAR COULD TALK, IMAGINE THE STORIES IT WOULD HAVE, INCLUDING A REUNITING OF NITTI AND CAPONE IN 1939 WHEN NITTI PICKED CAPONE UP IN THIS CAR AFTER A RELEASE OF ONE OF HIS PRISON TERMS.  JUST IMAGINE WHAT THEIR CONVERSATION MUST HAVE BEEN, RIGHT HERE IN THE BACK SEAT OF THIS VERY CAR.  IN 1962, FRANK CRALL, V.P. TO THE FAMED HILTON HOTELS, PURCHASED THIS CAR FOR RESTORATION BUT NEVER FOUND TIME TO DO SO.  THIS MASSIVE CAR, WHILE IN UNRESTORED CONDITION, IS COMPLETE AND ORIGINAL JUST AS IT ROAMED THE STREETS OF CHICAGO DURING THE DEPRESSION.  IN 1983 CRALL DONATED THE CAR TO A CALIFORNIA CHURCH WHERE IT WAS USED AS AN OUTSIDE DISPLAY.  IN 2001 THIS CAR WAS AUCTIONED OFF TO HELP PROJECT HALO.  ACQUIRED BY THE VOLO AUTO MUSEUM, IT HAS BEEN ON DISPLAY IN AN OLD FASHIONED GAS STATION SETTING AND PROVEN TO BE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ATTRITIONS, ESPECIALLY TO THE LOCAL CHICAGOLAND VISITORS WHO CAN RELATE TO THIS PIECE OF CHICAGO HISTORY.  INCLUDED WITH THE CAR IS A STACK OF LETTERS AND NEWS ARTICLES DOCUMENTING ITS HISTORY.  A RARE OPPORTUNITY.  CAN BE USED AS A PROP FOR YOUR BUSINESS TO ATTRACT CONSUMER AND MEDIA ATTENTION AND WRITTEN OFF AS A BUSINESS EXPENSE.  GREAT FOR EXHIBITION USE OR FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION. 

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