History Lets see some period police cars

A little off topic, but how about a pic of a vintage DUI ticket? My dad was killed in an accident in his 40 Ford 2 door sedan in 1956. This was in his wallet at that time.

 

The Kentucky State Trooper looks awful happy!! A 57 2-door Holy Shit>>>>.

 

Here is our 57 Chevy!! That is my wife is posing.

 

^^Thats badass

 

Great pics from Arcadia PD. Were you an Apache?

 

Yup..Class of '68

 

Cool thread.

 

I took these pics on 4th of July 2006, after a parade I participated in wich included retired emergency vehicles of all eras in Tujunga (A small town about 9 miles Northwest of Pasadena) where I used to live. They both belong to LAPD officers (owner of the 55 is retired).

 

sorry mine are crappy, they are pic.s of pic.s.

LAPD.




Parker Center,

 

Man I'm diggin the Kaiser cop car. Could be cuz I have a cousin of it in the back yard.

 

haha, I love that motorbike with the cage sidecar! Is that a joke! Even the picture has the guy putting his hands through the bars! haha

 

Yea but the cigarette lighter doesnt work

 

This 54 Hudson has a 7X Race Engine.

 

Here is a couple of my dad's friends getting ready to patrol hwy 1 right out side of fort ord. He was telling me back in the day the MPs patroled hwy 1 just like the CHP do now.

 

1958 Fords. First pic is a reproduction car, second is Colorado State Patrol.

 

I never have been able to post multiple pictures. Here's a speeder catcher attachment to the front of a patrol car in Portland. I don't think it ever got beyond the experiment stage. Picture is dated 1937, don't know if that's correct.

 

Ofc Albert Bigelow 1909??????

 

my mom was '63 in Arcadia. (i'm almost certain on year). dad was San Marino same year. in about '66 he was volunteer PD, and it might have been in Arcadia (that's where their first house was). i'll ask him what department it was, and if it was Arcadia PD i'll shoot a PM over and we can try the name game, he might have known your dad.

 

Normally, I don't like seeing police cars.

 

I have to letter a restored 50's police car next week and wasent sure how much or how little lettering was really on old cop cars. Thanks for all the posts guys, now I have some nice reference photos.

 

From the website for the Hillborough township (N.J.) Police Dept., local # 205.

Hillsborough's first police chief, Art Stoveken


Chief Donald Dowches (ret.) (Circa 1970)





6narow

 

Nice pics, Happy Hoppy.
From a time when the name of high performance parts usually had the word "truck" attached to them.

Here's a U-Boob link to a '66 GTO racing an old Police car (looks like a '55 Ford).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKQDc58Rssk&feature=related



6narow

 

As a young driver one of these things in my mirror struck terror in my heart. California Highway Patrol 69 Dodge Polara. 440 Magnums HAULED ASS Claimed to be the fastest car ever used by the CHP

 

repro - from las cruces, nm, outside the county building

 

Cool pics, cool thread!!!
I ever wondered if 1959 El Caminos were used as police cars. Or, not even for police cars, but maybe as utility cars for park rangers.

 

The Ultimate Black Widow Edition! Legally Fast @ 1 pony per cubic inch!

 

I'd take that tag! What a cool plate!
Further more the T resembles my 27 T-ster,cept I keep the rad cover with an A shell and the 6 volt under the seat=Lol!