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The Death Wish - True Story Of A 1936 Ford - Double Murder In St. Louis, Missouri 1 Attachment(s)
Art Abuchon was well known in
the St. Louis, Missouri area in the 1950s as one of the top dirt track racers Art built this 1936 Ford and drove it around town when he was not racing it during that time Art was known to have a temper Motivated by the scorn of a woman who was in the process of divorcing that he had taken up with Art committed a double murder and was sent to prison for 75 years Art appealed his double murder convictions while in prison and was denied a new trial or a reduced sentence The appeal transcript is available online and reading it I was enlightened as to how brutal the murders actually were I was hired to transport this car not knowing what the history was Meet The Death Wish https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...1&d=1730129122 Jim Transporting To Travel Traveling To Share Stories From The Road |
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The ownership history
The Slaymaker Brothers grew up in Spencer, Iowa Dennis Slaymaker is standing next to The Death Wish in the photo I took above when I picked up the car Jack Slaymaker had bought this car many years ago from Ed Fuch out of St. Louis Ed Fuch had bought it from Gene Kelch Gene Kelch had bought it from Art Abuchons Mom who had kept the car as it was went her son went to prison for the two murders I believe Art was released from prison shortly before his death because of his age and health - I dont know if the car was sold before or after Arts death Art had done the chop and cut the glass himself along with the other custom work - he had someone else chrome the dash in the 1950s It didnt appear any work had been done on the car since Art went to prison by anyone I believe everyone was so scared of Art while he was alive All of this came to light after I had picked up the car in Iowa and was on my way to California to drop it off to the new owner Jack Slaymaker was well known and regarded in the car community - he died suddenly in 2019 He would buy old cars (mostly Fords) and restore them to their original period modified running condition but would usually go no further A Preservationist Of History When I picked up The Death Wish it was the only car Jack had not worked on The only car left as it was by Jack in his collection I picked up The Death Wish in November of 2019 When I arrived to pick up I walked the garage with Dennis Slaymaker who shared the story of how his brother found Death Wish . The Death Wish parked among the other cars https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...1&d=1730129908 Jim Transporting To Travel Traveling To Share Stories From The Road |
Re: The Death Wish - True Story Of A 1936 Ford - Double Murder In St. Louis, Missouri That is a neat story:)
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The story continues
You can watch my video of what I had the privilege to view if you are logged into a Facebook account here https://www.facebook.com/story.php?s...00005456325407 More cars from The Jack Slaymaker Collection These stills were taken from my video you can watch on Facebook https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...1&d=1730140084 https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...1&d=1730140086 The Death Wish before we rolled it out to load https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...1&d=1730140086 Jim Transporting To Travel Traveling To Share Stories From The Road |
Re: The Death Wish - True Story Of A 1936 Ford - Double Murder In St. Louis, Missouri Jim, I'm sure there are others like myself that would like to see your videos, but the facebook thing is too much to ask. I've found that youtube is a valuable resource, perhaps it can work for you also?
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The Death Wish - True Story Of A 1936 Ford - Double Murder In St. Louis, Missouri I have viewed numerous collections
since 2006 when I started transporting and sharing stories … I have had a YouTube channel for over 12 years I have been a member of Facebook for over 10 years and that is where I primarily share stories from the road As it is, I spend about a minimum of an hour a day on average uploading images and videos to share YouTube videos have to be individually uploaded and take several minutes to complete - during which I cannot use my phone Jim Transporting To Travel Traveling To Share Stories From The Road |
Re: The Death Wish - True Story Of A 1936 Ford - Double Murder In St. Louis, Missouri As a life long resident in the St.Louis area, I recognized the names of the two gentlemen that you referenced that owned the car while it was in St.Louis.
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The Death Wish - True Story Of A 1936 Ford - Double Murder In St. Louis, Missouri Thank You for your post
I ended up spending the better part of the day onsite I toured the other buildings with Dennis - the story of The Death Wish continued Jack Slaymaker bought the car on EBay and Dennis went with his brother to pick it up It was in a bad part of St. Louis and they had difficulty finding the pickup location - it turned out to be in the middle of a parking lot that was unfenced and open to the public - the car was sitting unattended in the middle of the lot - no one was around They started the loading process onto their open trailer - the electric winch quit for no apparent reason so they went to the only place that appeared open - an auto repair shop of some kind - a few guys were sitting around on chairs They asked for help pushing it onto the trailer - offering to pay for their time - one guy asked what car they needed help loading - when they were told all of the guys declined So the Slaymaker Brothers managed to load the car onto the open trailer by themselves - as they finished the EBay seller showed up That is when they learned the story of the car - Jack was rattled - on the trip back to Iowa he named his new purchase The Death Wish Jim Transporting To Travel Traveling To Share Stories From The Road |
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More than five years have passed
since I took these videos so probably nothing remains you will see that would still be for sale You have to be logged into a Facebook account to view https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...00005456325407 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...00005456325407 Images from these videos https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...1&d=1730167694 https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...1&d=1730168123 https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...1&d=1730168125 Jim Transporting To Travel Traveling To Share Stories From The Road |
Re: The Death Wish - True Story Of A 1936 Ford - Double Murder In St. Louis, Missouri Facebook is evil...I don't go there. I'll take that 33 tudor though
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