Re: [FWDLK] 1960 Ply "Golden Eagle" CHP car?

[John Zastrow <fins59@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Speaking of drive shaft E-brake or parking brake, the FedEx trucks you see
on the road (the larger square type that resemble UPS trucks) have the
E-brake on the drive shaft. These trucks are made by Freightliner (which I
believe is owned by Daimler/Chrysler) so in actuallity they are Mopars.
Hey, maybe the return of fins isn't too far away.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Jones" <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 1960 Ply "Golden Eagle" CHP car?


> I remember reading and seeing photos of the CHiP's testing of new police
> cars offered by all of the big three. And the Mopars were out of the
running
> after the U-joints snapped when the E-brake was jammed on at speed,
dumping
> the driveshafts. Told to come back when the e-brake was back in the rear
> drums where they belonged.
> -- >
>
> Ray Jones, Jones Ridge, in the Ouachita Mtns near Mena, Western Arkansas
>
>
> > From: eastern sierra Adj Services <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: eastern sierra Adj Services <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 13:00:47 -0700
> > To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [FWDLK] 1960 Ply "Golden Eagle" CHP car?
> >
> > I met an-otherwize knowledgable FWDLK'er,
> > who back-yard-mechanic'ed many of our cars in the 50's/60's.
> > Anyway, he 'swore' that he owned a 1960 PLY
> > "ex-CHP" (CA Hiway Patrol) pursuiter, for a while, and that that car had
> > a fender-emblem that 'said': "Golden Eagle".
> >
> > I asked him if he didn't "mean": Golden Commando, & he said 'no', he
> > knew about the G.C.'s, & his patrol car had "G.- E."  on its emblem.
> >
> > So:
> > 1. Did CA (or ANY states?) use 1960 Ply's
> > for hiway patrol duty.
> > 2. Did Ply 'badge' their cars : " Golden Eagle"?
> >
> > I think that the cars might have had a "G.-C."
> > emblem, but I've never heard of  "G.-E" , before.
> >
> > Neil Vedder
> >