Some of History's Most Infamous Cars

Some of History’s Most Infamous Cars

LOS ANGELES - JUNE 17: Motorists wave as police cars pursue the Ford Bronco (white, R) driven by Al Cowlings, carrying fugitive murder suspect O.J. Simpson, on a 90-minute slow-speed car chase June 17, 1994 on the 405 freeway in Los Angeles, California. Simpson's friend Cowlings eventually drove Simpson home, with Simpson ducked under the back passenger seat, to Brentwood where he surrendered after a stand-off with police. (Photo by Jean-Marc Giboux/Liaison) /

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Vera Jane Palmer (1933 – 1967) better known as Jayne Mansfield, an American actress in the passenger seat of a limousine. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images) /

Jayne Mansfield: 1966 Buick Electra 225

A proper blonde bombshell, Mansfield often played second fiddle to Marilyn Monroe but she is still an icon. The actress, singer and Playboy Playmate lost her life at the age of 34 from injuries sustained in a June 29, 1967 motor vehicle accident.

Mansfield was riding in the front seat of a 1966 Buick Electra that crashed into the back of a tractor trailer.

The destroyed Buick was rescued by a collector and used as a roadside attraction in Florida for many years. Since then it has switched hands numerous times and is currently owned by Scott Michaels, the owner & operator of the “Dearly Departed Tours and Musuem” in Southern California.

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