Low-key or flashy, custom or stock, cars have always been an important part of gangster life, particularly during the Mafia’s heyday from the 1920s to the early 1980s. Car choice had less to do ...

Low-key or flashy, custom or stock, cars have always been an important part of gangster life, particularly during the Mafia’s heyday from the 1920s to the early 1980s. Car choice had less to do ...

Low-key or flashy, custom or stock, cars have always been an important part of gangster life, particularly during the Mafia’s heyday from the 1920s to the early 1980s. Car choice had less to do ...

Low-key or flashy, custom or stock, cars have always been an important part of gangster life, particularly during the Mafia’s heyday from the 1920s to the early 1980s. Car choice had less to do ...

Low-key or flashy, custom or stock, cars have always been an important part of gangster life, particularly during the Mafia’s heyday from the 1920s to the early 1980s. Car choice had less to do ...

In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, car collector, Garvin Kotzin, 63, who owns several cars featured in the "Gangster Squad" film, poses with his 1936 Oldsmobile convertible in Los Angeles.

A gangster's car is as important as the crease in his slacks and the pistol under his arm. His whip distinguishes him from the other hoods, elevating his criminal and financial status. Women ...

LORCAN OTWAY was sitting at Al Capone’s table at Lanza’s in the East Village, a congenial spot to explain why he opened the Museum of the American Gangster. “I grew up in a speakeasy,” he ...

We own about 20 cars, but one of our favorites is a two-seat 1941 Ford Custom Deluxe that we've had for about seven years. It's an old hot rod and it's just classy. It's a gangster car.