This Unrestored 1960 Chevrolet Impala Police Car Is a Different Kind of Flex. The first Impalas, however, ended up surprisingly successful, with some claiming not even Chevrolet expected these ...
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Squad Car History. Most people think of the early days of law enforcement as officers walking their beat while swinging a club. But police have always used vehicles, in one form or another, for support functions. Horses and carriages were common in the early days, as were bicycles and motorcycles.
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General Electric, RCA and Motorola began manufacturing police radios. The cost for a police radio was approximately $735. While that doesn't sound like much in today's economy, it was more than the cost of the police car in 1937. It wasn't until 1940 that the first statewide radio system was implemented by the Connecticut State Police.
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By 1970, 85% of American police cars were made by Chrysler. Chrysler's 7.2 liter Magnum V8 was a tough act to beat right up until the fuel crisis of …
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Hemmings Motor News. "The bible" of the collector car hobby since 1954, Hemmings Motor News is the world's largest antique classic, vintage, muscle, street rod, and special interest auto marketplace.
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Vintage Cop Cars Inspire Memories of the Legendary TV-show "Dragnet" If you were a fan of the old TV series "Dragnet" — and let's face it, who didn't love the just-the-facts-ma'am crime fighting techniques of officers Joe Friday and Bill Gannon — then you'll get a huge kick out of the display of restored 1960s and '70s law enforcement vehicles at this year's Pacific ...
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Vintage & Obsolete: Police Association of NSW Mouse Pad. Neoprene: BRAND NEW. $4.47. $5.63 shipping. Vintage & Obsolete: Police Association of NSW Mouse Pad. Neoprene: BRAND NEW. $5.22. $5.63 shipping. Vintage & Obsolete: Police Association of NSW Mouse Pad.
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By the mid-1960s police officers had responded with an aggressive and widespread police unionization campaign. Aided by court rulings more favorable to the organizing of public employees; fueled by resentment of the authoritarian organization of departments; and united in a common resistance to increasing charges of police brutality, corruption ...
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Read MoreCars in the 1960s: History, Pictures, Facts & More
Also in 1960, the first alternator was used in a production car. Although alternators had been used extensively in vehicles like taxis, police cars and other vehicles with numerous gadgets and accessories, installing an alternator in a family car like the Chrysler Variant was a first.
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1960s Cars – Swinging '60s Cars. The average 1960s cars costs about $2,752, and a gallon of gas was around 31 cents. The 1960's were a time of change: the Civil Rights movement as led by Martin Luther King Jr., the Women's Movement with its demand for equal rights, Russia beat the US into outer space, Elvis hits the UK, the Beatles hit world big time, the advent of the …
Read More5 forgotten police weapons | PoliceOne.com
The text of American Police Equipment even mentions two early 20th century patents for batons with guns built into the frame. All of these implements seem like decent ideas on paper, but unfortunately, additional modifications added to the baton made it a poorer striking weapon that would sometimes break under stress.
Read MorePolice Sidearms: From Past to Present - Pew Pew Tactical
New York's police department is credited with being the first to adopt reform through rules and standardization, and sidearms were key to that initiative. In 1885, then-police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt ordered 4,500 Colt New Police .32 caliber, six-round double-action revolvers with 4-inch barrels. He then instituted officer ...
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1960s British Police Car Stock Photos and Images. 1964, historical, police officers in a Jaguar police car, a poilce Austin Cambridge car and a police motorcycle, investigate a small burnt-out van parked in a lay-by beside a …
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A 1960 Ford Fairlane cop car | Foter. One of the most widely-used American police cars of the late 1950s and early 1960s was the Ford Fairlane. Pictured above is a 1960 Ford Fairlane used by the Sarasota County Sheriff Department. A Ford Fairlane was the only squad car used during the first two seasons of The Andy Griffith Show.
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Media in category "World War II ground equipment and vehicles of the RAF". The following 124 files are in this category, out of 124 total. 192 Squadron RAF Halifax B for Babe AWM P01523.029.jpg 450 × 297; 14 KB. 1944 Hillman RAF Staff Car.jpg 3,752 × 2,666; 1.02 .
Read MoreTop Vintage Toy Favorites - 1950s 1960s 1970s
1960s Aurora Slot Cars & Race Sets . During the 1960s slot car craze, some of the coolest HO Slot Cars were introduced by Aurora. There were many different tracks and accessories to choose from. Thunderjet or T-Jet tracks and cars were (and still are) my favorite. In the late 60s to 70s Aurora introduced the AFX Slot cars and tracks.
Read MoreWhy I bought a 1960 Wolseley police car
In 2019, I wrote about Ernie Jupp's 1960 London Metropolitan Police-specification Wolseley Traffic Car, although my first encounter with …
Read MorePolice vehicles in the United States and Canada - Wikipedia
History. The first police car was a wagon run by electricity on the streets of Akron, Ohio in 1899. Since the 1920s, the New York City Police Department has employed a fleet of Radio Motor Patrol vehicles to aid in its fight against crime within the city.. Ford's introduction of the flathead V-8 in its Model 18 in 1932––the first low-priced, mass-marketed car with a V8 engine––proved ...
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Later it was sold for display in a police car museum from 1996 to 2002, still in it's Haysville Police markings. After the museum closed, the car was aquired by the Los Angeles Police Department Historical Society and shipped to the LAPD Motor Transport Division Garage and the car was transformed into a replica of an LAPD unit from 1984.
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12%Police guard the grave of John Irvine McInnes in the village of Stonehouse in Lanarkshire. McInnes died in 1980 and police in Scotland want to exhume his body so that DNA tests on the remains can be used to prove, or …
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12%1960's vintage Corgi Toys No 492 Volkswagen Beetle 'Polizei' European Police Car ID: CPTRKF (RM) A circa late 1960's gathering of British police at Whitby, North Yorkshire's annual regatta, England showing the …
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Item #: 87DS46001 - Brand new 1/87 (HO) scale diecast car model of 1946-1948 DeSoto Suburban with Roof Rack Noel Green die cast model car by Oxford Diecast.Brand new box.Detailed interior, exterior.Officially licensed...
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