autofocus Loc: North Central Connecticut

Sam Golden was affectionately known as Sammie G by the locals and by his customers alike. Sam, a likeable guy and a good businessman ran a very successful used car business in the small town of Goshen Connecticut, a short ride from the state's capital in Hartford. He had a reputation of giving fair prices on very good, well taken care of used cars, and people would come from miles away to shop for a car at Sam's. And Sam had an excellent connection for those good used cars with his twin brother Irwin who owned Golden's Ford across the border in Amenia, NY. And with that connection you might say that Sam got the cream of the crop of traded in cars from his brother's business. The arrangement that Sam had with his brother Irwin was for him to get the best trade in's from Irwin, and in return the profit on those cars once sold would be split fifty fifty between he and his brother. And, in spite of those bad post depression years of the early thirties, Sam was always able to keep his business in the black. Sam was once quoted as saying, "People always need a car. You can't go to work around here without a car. It's not like our little town has public transportation, and you need a car to go to work, and to put food on the table. And it's my job to help those people do that!" And Sam did that very thing.
In early 1934, Sam's brother sold a new 1934 Ford to Ezra and Margaret Chase. And the car they traded in was a 1930 Ford pictured in the middle of the below photo. Now, that doesn't seem so special until you hear the rest of the story. That new 1934 Ford purchased by Ezra and Margaret was subsequently stolen by a little known local gangster by the name of Clyde Barrow who had joined with Bonnie Parker, and used that car for a short spree of robberies, shootings, and murder. In the end both were shot to death in a police ambush in that very 1934 Ford.

Pure fiction above, just having some fun!