Re: [FWDLK] FURY V800 ENGINE POLICE CARS, and Dodge too

[David Homstad <dhomstad@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oops. My mistake. It was called a "230 Pursuit" because of the 230 hp 315
cid Poly V8.

Dave Homstad
56 Dodge D500

-----Original Message-----
From: Rog & Jan van Hoy [mailto:vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 11:00 AM
To: David Homstad
Subject: Re: Re: [FWDLK] FURY V800 ENGINE POLICE CARS, and Dodge too

Okay, now I'm confused.  Did you mean 270 ci poly?  230 ci
was a six.  Or are you talking HP?  Wasn't the D500 a 315 ci
hemi?

--Roger van Hoy, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '42 DeSoto, '41
Dodge, '66 Plymouth, '81 Imperial, Washougal, WA


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Homstad" <dhomstad@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] FURY V800 ENGINE POLICE CARS, and Dodge
too


| Ron,
|
| Don't forget the 56 Dodge was a very popular police car. I
even saw one in
| an old movie. Dodge had a special "230 Pursuit" police
package. Heavy duty
| parts and 230 Poly 4 bbl, with D500 option. I have one
magazine ad that says
| California HP bought 100 "230 Pursuits", another that says
they bought 200
| D500s. I also have a poor copy photo of a CHP D500 B&W.
Dodge police cars
| were essentially Coronets with a "Dodge" script on the
rear ? where the
| "Coronet" usually goes.
|
| A friend of mine in LA owned many 56 D500s that were once
CHPs, back in the
| 60s.
|
| Dave Homstad
| 56 Dodge D500
|
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| Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 7:42 PM
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| Subject: [FWDLK] FURY V800 ENGINE POLICE CARS
|
|
|
| John,
|
| In late 1958 a car dealer on Front Street in Harrisburg,
bought a dozen 1957
| Plymouths.  They were a mixture of 2dr and 4dr savoys.
Each and every one
| of them had the V800 Fury 2/4 bbl engine and most were
stick shift. One of
| my best friends bought one and it ran like a raped ape.
His right hand was
| black and blue from hitting the dash every time he would
speed shift into
| second gear while running and beating a Ford or Chevy. It
was a plain medium
| blue 2 dr sedan with no radio and black walls with little
dog dish hubcaps.
|    The dealer said he might be getting more. We asked him
where they came
| from and why the price was so good. He said they were
Maryland State Police
| cars.
|       Here is another one for you. In 1957 on the big
highways in New
| Jersey, today it is called the garden state parkway, they
had 57 Chrysler
| 300C hardtops. The Policemen were issued these cars and
they were
| responsible for them being serviced. One of my friend's
sister dated an NJ
| State Policemen and would take the car on weekends telling
them that he was
| getting it serviced. 57-58-59 California used Dodge 500s
for highway
| pursuit. Ford has an engine called the "Bandit Chaser"
later renamed the
| Interceptor.
|
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