Safeguard Security Services Inc. is turning out custom cars for the rich and powerful all over the world that would make James Bond proud. The San Antonio-based company will fix up anything from a posh Mercedes salon to a Chevy station wagon. Safeguard's Ron Marriott says eight of the company's cars have been attacked and they have all successfully protected their passengers from harm.
Features on the custom car include: Windows armored with special glass and plastics; fiberglass shielding in the body panels; battering-ram bumpers to move blockading cars out of the way; a five-gallon oil container that can dump the oil on the road at the touch of a button; special openings that can cover a half-block area around the car with tear gas; hidden gun ports allowing people inside the car to fire weapons at those outside; and a device in the rear that puts out a huge cloud of smoke to cover a getaway.
- Weekly World News, 8/7/84