Steve spotted this photo of an Armoured CJ-5 used by Armoured Banking Services to transport cash. On July 26th, 1966, this jeep was used to ferry cash to the Veterans Administration. A couple of men decided to make a withdrawal from the two employees carrying the cash into VA building, knocking them down with a submachine guns. You can read the whole story in the article below the eBay photo.
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This is an article I found online about the robbery:
There is a difference of $13.000 between the news paper article and the back of the picture…Someone get a quote on this!
I wonder if the Jeep body was armored in any way, looks like it would sure be easy to put a bullet in the side of the body and it would bounce around inside off the armored top. I bet this version of a armored car did not last long.
says the money was cash and checks. don’t imagine they would go to a bank and get checks cashed. take the money and run.