Beloved vintage cars star in 'Gangster Squad'

Damian Dovarganes

Chuck Shubb 1948 Packard Super 8 Touring Sedan

In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, car collector Chuck Shubb, 72, from Los Angeles, poses with his 1948 Packard Super 8 Touring Sedan, one of several cars featured in the film, "Gangster Squad," in Los Angeles. To bring the story of mobster Mickey Cohen’s reign over post-war Los Angeles to life, the director of “Gangster Squad” employed Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and more than 100 irreplaceable vintage American cars. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Damian Dovarganes

Garvin Kotzin 1936 Oldsmobile convertible

In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, car collector, Garvin Kotzin, 63, poses with his 1936 Oldsmobile convertible with a tan ragtop featured in the "Gangster Squad" film, in Los Angeles. At left, a bullet-nosed 1947 Ford sedan. To bring the story of mobster Mickey Cohen’s reign over post-war Los Angeles to life, the director of “Gangster Squad” employed Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and more than 100 irreplaceable vintage American cars. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Damian Dovarganes

Garvin Kotzin 1936 Oldsmobile

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. To bring the story of mobster Mickey Cohen’s reign over post-war Los Angeles to life, the director of “Gangster Squad” employed Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and more than 100 irreplaceable vintage American cars. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Damian Dovarganes

1935 DeSoto Airstream Sedan chuck shubb

In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, a 1935 DeSoto Airstream Sedan, one of several American vintage cars featured in the film, "Gangster Squad," owned by car collector, Chuck Shubb, is seen in Los Angeles. To bring the story of mobster Mickey Cohen’s reign over post-war Los Angeles to life, the director of “Gangster Squad” employed Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and more than 100 irreplaceable vintage American cars. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Damian Dovarganes

Charles Shubb 1941 Plymouth Special Deluxe

In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, car collector, Charles Shubb, 72, from Los Angeles, who owns several cars featured in the "Gangster Squad" film, poses with a 1941 Plymouth Special Deluxe, part of his car collection, in Los Angeles. To bring the story of mobster Mickey Cohen’s reign over post-war Los Angeles to life, the director of “Gangster Squad” employed Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and more than 100 irreplaceable vintage American cars. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Damian Dovarganes

1947 Ford Sedan chuck shubb

In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, a bullet-nosed 1947 Ford Sedan that served as police car in the film, "Gangster Squad," owned by car collector Chuck Shubb, is seen in Los Angeles. To bring the story of mobster Mickey Cohen’s reign over post-war Los Angeles to life, the director of “Gangster Squad” employed Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and more than 100 irreplaceable vintage American cars. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Damian Dovarganes

Chuck Shubb

In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, car collector Chuck Shubb, 72, from Los Angeles, poses with his 1948 Packard Super 8 Touring Sedan, one of several cars featured in the film, "Gangster Squad," in Los Angeles. To bring the story of mobster Mickey Cohen’s reign over post-war Los Angeles to life, the director of “Gangster Squad” employed Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and more than 100 irreplaceable vintage American cars. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Damian Dovarganes

Film-Gangster Squad-Vintage Cars

In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, car collector Chuck Shubb's 1948 Packard Super 8 Touring Sedan's Cormorant hood ornament is seen in Los Angeles. The vintage car is featured in the film, "Gangster Squad." To bring the story of mobster Mickey Cohen’s reign over post-war Los Angeles to life, the director of “Gangster Squad” employed Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and more than 100 irreplaceable vintage American cars. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Wilson Webb

Film-Gangster Squad-Vintage Cars

This undated publicity film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Josh Brolin, left, as Sgt. John O'Mara, and Nick Nolte, as Chief Parker, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ drama “Gangster Squad,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. To bring the story of mobster Mickey Cohen's reign over post-war Los Angeles to life, the director of “Gangster Squad” employed Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and more than 100 irreplaceable vintage American cars. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Wilson Webb)

Wilson Webb

This undated publicity photo released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows, from left, Ryan Gosling as Sgt. Jerry Wooters, Josh Broslin, as Sgt. John O’Mara, Michael Pena, as Officer Navidad Ramirez, Robert Patrick, as Officer Max Kennard, and Anthony Mackie, as Officer Coleman Harris, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ drama, “Gangster Squad,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. To bring the story of mobster Mickey Cohen's reign over post-war Los Angeles to life, the director of “Gangster Squad” employed Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and more than 100 irreplaceable vintage American cars. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Wilson Webb)

Damian Dovarganes

Garvin Kotzin

In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, car collector Garvin Kotzin's vintage black 1936 Oldsmobile convertible with a tan ragtop featured in the "Gangster Squad" film, is seen in Los Angeles. To bring the story of mobster Mickey Cohen’s reign over post-war Los Angeles to life, the director of “Gangster Squad” employed Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and more than 100 irreplaceable vintage American cars. There’s the 1941 light blue Ford Deluxe Convertible that Gosling’s character drives; the bulbous, bullet-nosed 1947 Ford sedans that served as police cars; the gorgeous black 1936 Oldsmobile convertible with a tan ragtop and the regal 1949 Packard Super 8 limousines that carried Cohen. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)