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moparsteve
Posted 2014-10-18 12:43 AM (#459581)
Subject: 55-59 mopars on highway patrol


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Location: somerville mass		its really cool to see these "new" cars on the show w the retro fashion, housing/motel

design.... its like your almost there! the san fernando valley wasant built up in those

days... there arent many on here who are old enough to remember... we were mostly

kids... the prices! baked halibut 65 cents!

and dan matthews - no technology but good old fashioned ingenuity and police work

did the job!!!! sad thing all in black and white. a new 56 coronet 4dr hdtp w/a

56 belvedere conv! there were even imperials!
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56300B
Posted 2014-10-18 12:58 PM (#459604 - in reply to #459581)
Subject: RE: 55-59 mopars on highway patrol



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Location: The Great Northwest		Highway Patrol reruns are the best show for old car watching since they are doing a lot of driving around. Interesting that most of the bad guys drive Mopars and all of the police cars are two door models of various makes. It becomes a challenge trying to put bad buys in the back seat of two door cop cars. Still a great place to see a lot of FL cars driving around..............
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57chizler
Posted 2014-10-18 1:30 PM (#459605 - in reply to #459581)
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I started watching that show when '54 Olds and '55 Buicks were the common CHP cars. (I owned one of each years later)
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50scars
Posted 2014-10-18 3:43 PM (#459609 - in reply to #459604)
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Location: Oakley, Ill		Back then, the cops bought the cheapest cars that fit their needs, usually the lowest line 2 door sedan with the biggest hottest engine they could get. Also remember, back then, you could actually use the back seat of a 2 door car, including access by full grown adults. Unlike today's cars, where the rear seat is actually a padded package shelf.
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Diesel45
Posted 2014-10-19 2:31 AM (#459652 - in reply to #459581)
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Location: Farnborough. Hampshire. England.		Another good source of "back in the day" TV shows with new cars was Twilight Zone..
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soiouz
Posted 2014-10-19 10:29 AM (#459666 - in reply to #459581)
Subject: RE: 55-59 mopars on highway patrol



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Location: Montreal, Canada		20:55 in this episode, one of the very few 1958 DeSoto Fireflite convertibles ever built.. is this your car, Doc???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey2mPqkqdQA

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The Chrysler Kid
Posted 2014-10-19 10:50 AM (#459667 - in reply to #459666)
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Location: Ocala, Florida		That FF was used in a few episodes. Awesome show. Especially the ending line.
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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2014-10-19 11:36 AM (#459668 - in reply to #459666)
Subject: RE: 55-59 mopars on highway patrol



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soiouz - 2014-10-20 7:29 AM

20:55 in this episode, one of the very few 1958 DeSoto Fireflite convertibles ever built.. is this your car, Doc???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey2mPqkqdQA



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It looks similar in equipment, but upon close examination, I would say the TV car is not a metallic
paint, and likely a coral or light green to appear as it does in the black-and-white film.

As far as I know, my car never saw California until I owned it, and as I have the history back to the
2nd owner having it in Syracuse, NY and taking it to Madison, WI (where I bought it), I doubt this is the
same car. Shame, ... as it probably got junked in FAR better condition than mine was just because it
had fins.

I often ponder how fate works and how the chance of the caring owner, or forgotten derelict work
against the odds of something being "used up" and carted off for scrap. That TV car was probably a
very nice car when it was sold off as a TV/movie prop, but had passed its "usefulness" as a promotional
item or normal, everyday street scene car, and who knows where it went from there ?

Sure is inspiring to see one going down the road like that !

It's a shame the producers did not push their actors to behave more naturally (laughable). The fight
and cuffing scenes are a joke ! Who told them how to hold a firearm ? Sheesh ... you'd end up shooting
yourself holding one like the cop arresting the DeSoto driver !

Cool show, though. I love the background street and highway scenes. Straight out of my childhood.
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FwdLk56
Posted 2014-10-19 12:51 PM (#459676 - in reply to #459581)
Subject: Re: 55-59 mopars on highway patrol


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Location: Indiana		i'm one of two '55 Coronets in town, both are four-door sedans...
the other is a "cop car"...

our paths have crossed only twice and i've yet to get the chance to fully speak with the owner...

i thought restoration projects could only be "cop cars" if they were ORIGINALLY a "cop car" and you have 'documentation' to prove it - is this true?
i have been unable to find any evidence that Dodge had any "fleet" cars (police or taxi) prior to '56 - Plymouth and DeSoto, yes, but not Dodge...
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sconut1
Posted 2014-10-21 11:07 PM (#459920 - in reply to #459581)
Subject: Re: 55-59 mopars on highway patrol


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Location: Edmonton, Alberta		FwdLk56..... I'd be inclined to totally agree with you, unless the car is new enough to have a data tag indicating that it is equipped with a police package.

"One thing that is absolutely verboten in this hobby is to try to pass off a clone as a real package car. If your project is a clone, be honest about it. Nothing will get you ostracized by other copcar collectors faster than getting caught passing off a clone as the real thing"

From this Allpar article: http://www.allpar.com/squads/collecting.html



Edited by sconut1 2014-10-21 11:16 PM
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