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Post by toshtego on Oct 19, 2021 19:13:58 GMT -5
Mot of us are law abiding citizens who appreciate the job the police do. We like to make jokes about them and criticize their choice of official vehicles. Some of you will remember the Dodge commercials of the 1960s and early 1970s. Here is a Poh-Lease Department I can get behind with their choice of Pursuit Vehicle.  |
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Post by sperrytops on Oct 19, 2021 19:27:11 GMT -5
I'm sure they're at least having fun driving around town in little convertible sports cars.
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Post by toshtego on Oct 19, 2021 21:17:03 GMT -5
I'm sure they're at least having fun driving around town in little convertible sports cars. MGBs. |
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Post by trailboss on Oct 19, 2021 21:26:40 GMT -5
The script looks middle east.
Barney Fife drove 'Merican!
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Post by mgtarheel on Oct 19, 2021 21:47:50 GMT -5
Had a 1973 MGB back in the day, fun car to drive.
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Post by toshtego on Oct 19, 2021 23:48:09 GMT -5
The script looks middle east. Barney Fife drove 'Merican! Something like this: |
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Post by toshtego on Oct 19, 2021 23:49:49 GMT -5
^^^^I just want to say we could use more law officers like that one (Sheriff Joe W. Higgins). We understand each other!
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Post by simnettpratt on Oct 20, 2021 5:01:42 GMT -5
How are they going to arrest anyone?
Put him in the Paddyboot, Jenkins.
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Post by Plainsman on Oct 20, 2021 8:51:13 GMT -5
Easy to catch speeding camels in those.
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 20, 2021 10:49:38 GMT -5
The script looks middle east. Barney Fife drove 'Merican! Something like this: And they still make that car! 😁 |
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 21, 2021 8:47:31 GMT -5
And they still make that car! 😁 Brie Larson hasn't changed a bit. |
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Post by zambini on Oct 22, 2021 20:16:25 GMT -5
In a few Arab countries they have special police units that drive supercars! Seems like a rather niche criminal to invest so heavily in catching.
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Post by Rattlesnake Daddy on Oct 22, 2021 21:09:54 GMT -5
MGB's are a blast to drive. I had my grandfathers 1980 MGB for almost 20 years. I gave it to my brother in central Florida a few years ago, as he can drive it year round. It was a nice road trip driving it down to his place.  |
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Post by simnettpratt on Oct 22, 2021 22:11:04 GMT -5
It's how I knew when the first Miata came out in 1989, that was the car for me. I think the first and second gen Miatas are the best British sports cars ever made.  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 22, 2021 22:46:18 GMT -5
It's how I knew when the first Miata came out in 1989, that was the car for me. I think the first and second gen Miatas are the best British sports cars ever made. I wanted one, but I no longer fit in a sports car. I barely fit in a Sprite when I was skinny. |
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Post by toshtego on Oct 22, 2021 22:49:56 GMT -5
It's how I knew when the first Miata came out in 1989, that was the car for me. I think the first and second gen Miatas are the best British sports cars ever made. We all know that in the 1960s both Toyota and Datsun built roadsters superior to the English marks. No one wanted to admit it but the truth would not be denied. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 22, 2021 22:57:46 GMT -5
It's how I knew when the first Miata came out in 1989, that was the car for me. I think the first and second gen Miatas are the best British sports cars ever made. We all know that in the 1960s both Toyota and Datsun built roadsters superior to the English marks. No one wanted to admit it but the truth would not be denied. Having worked on several English cars I knew it right away. However, the English cars were very easy to work on because they had to be. |
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Post by simnettpratt on Oct 22, 2021 23:39:09 GMT -5
We got the concept right, but I don't think we've made a reliable frigging car in our entire lives, which is why the Elise you want has the Corolla engine  |
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Post by Rattlesnake Daddy on Oct 23, 2021 8:53:15 GMT -5
It's how I knew when the first Miata came out in 1989, that was the car for me. I think the first and second gen Miatas are the best British sports cars ever made.
I've always loved those early Miatas. A a friend has one, and has said something similar to you. A neighbor had an old Datsun 2000 Roadster that looked pretty cool as well.
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 23, 2021 10:28:54 GMT -5
I almost died one night in a Datsun 1600 roadster. Those old Japanese electrical systems weren't very good, but the mechanics were very good. I was driving a friend's car on old highway 290 (2-lane) going to Austin. A Cadillac came over the hill with his high-beams on and I flashed mine at him and the man electrical system died. On a curve. On a moonless night. With gravel shoulders. At 80 mph.
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Post by toshtego on Oct 23, 2021 10:40:00 GMT -5
I almost died one night in a Datsun 1600 roadster. Those old Japanese electrical systems weren't very good, but the mechanics were very good. I was driving a friend's car on old highway 290 (2-lane) going to Austin. A Cadillac came over the hill with his high-beams on and I flashed mine at him and the man electrical system died. On a curve. On a moonless night. With gravel shoulders. At 80 mph. That could have been a problem. |
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Post by simnettpratt on Oct 23, 2021 18:37:49 GMT -5
That's why the 89-04 Miatas are the best cars ever made - all of the goodness with none of the headache.
No matter what they're driving or how much they spent, you never see anyone having as much fun as you. Every drive. All the time. The cheapness is a bonus.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Oct 23, 2021 18:47:18 GMT -5
I almost died one night in a Datsun 1600 roadster. Those old Japanese electrical systems weren't very good, but the mechanics were very good. I was driving a friend's car on old highway 290 (2-lane) going to Austin. A Cadillac came over the hill with his high-beams on and I flashed mine at him and the man electrical system died. On a curve. On a moonless night. With gravel shoulders. At 80 mph. I'da been looking for a gas station to change my shorts. |
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Post by urbino on Oct 23, 2021 19:08:46 GMT -5
I almost died one night in a Datsun 1600 roadster. Those old Japanese electrical systems weren't very good, but the mechanics were very good. I was driving a friend's car on old highway 290 (2-lane) going to Austin. A Cadillac came over the hill with his high-beams on and I flashed mine at him and the man electrical system died. On a curve. On a moonless night. With gravel shoulders. At 80 mph. I'da been looking for a gas station to change my shorts. Full-service stations really were full-service. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 23, 2021 20:24:10 GMT -5
I almost died one night in a Datsun 1600 roadster. Those old Japanese electrical systems weren't very good, but the mechanics were very good. I was driving a friend's car on old highway 290 (2-lane) going to Austin. A Cadillac came over the hill with his high-beams on and I flashed mine at him and the man electrical system died. On a curve. On a moonless night. With gravel shoulders. At 80 mph. I'da been looking for a gas station to change my shorts. Long way between stations in 1968 at 10pm on a Sunday night. Actually, I remember everything tightening up. |
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Post by simnettpratt on Oct 23, 2021 23:04:14 GMT -5
I can say I quit drinking and driving back in college when I woke up in my CRX. Doing about 70. Backwards. On the wrong side of the freeway. The only casualty was my radiator when I frantically bounced back across the median to rejoin the northbound lane and punctured it.
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Post by urbino on Oct 23, 2021 23:09:29 GMT -5
I can say I quit drinking and driving back in college when I woke up in my CRX. Doing about 70. Backwards. On the wrong side of the freeway. The only casualty was my radiator when I frantically bounced back across the median to rejoin the northbound lane and punctured it. Yikes. I had a very good friend in h.s. who died while driving drunk, a couple of years after we graduated. Still remember when I got the call. |
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Post by crapgame on Oct 25, 2021 8:50:57 GMT -5
Back in the early 1990's I was traveling on I 84 between Scranton Pa and New York State.After a fuel stop I was on the get on ramp and there was a bright red late 60's Mustang with a huge carb and blower sticking out of the hood sitting there. Inside the car was a Pa State Trooper with a radar gun. I had my dad's car and he was a retired cop and he had an FOP plate on his car so the trooper was willing to tell me how he came about that car for speed enforcement. It was a car seized from a drug bust and it was REALLY fast... there was a 429 under the hood. It wasnt a Boss 429 under the hood but a 429 none the less. The trooper told me that the dealer used drug money to build and race drag strip cars and the state police had several other drag cars from the seizure made barely street legal for speed enforcement.
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 25, 2021 11:31:57 GMT -5
For a while the Texas DPS was using stripped Camaros with the biggest engine. Before that it was Mustangs with Shelby engines. Last I heard it was Chargers with the Hellcat engine. They don't have a lot of them. They only use them on problem stretches of highway. Like 1-10.
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Post by simnettpratt on Oct 25, 2021 18:16:25 GMT -5
www.policecarwebsite.net/ is a site that has pics of the cop cars in your state, city or province. For example, here's part of the page for Texas DPS vehicles:  Or maybe you're on a road trip, and want to know what they drive in the states through which you'll be traveling:  The MGBs are probably in the shop.
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