Joe DiCorpo

Another awesome restoration by Joe DiCorpo. You sure know how to do them

What an awesome restoration! This car is sharp!

what a beauty, good job, Joe!

Joe,
She looks GREAT!
Best wishes from the "7-5" in Tx.

Joe..........please email me as I have questions re a '61 Pontiac allegedly used by the GSP. Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks
Jerry
(760) 379-4926

Dear Guys;
Thank you for all the kind comments. I have relettered the car to be from the 68 Precinct in order to be more accurate for Unit #1745. The 175H Beacon Ray and P225 Siren are extremely rare. I would be happy to help find them but it will take awhile. I started on this car 5 years ago when I found the 175H light on e-bay. I have not seen one since. Please feel free to write me if I can be of any assistance. Thank you.

THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THE OLD NYPD LOOKING ALIVE, I TAKE MY HAT OFF FOR YOU. GREAT RESTORATION ON THE 1970 FORD RMP. JOE MAYBE YOU COULD HELP ME LOCATE A FEDERAL SIREN ALONG WITH A FEDERAL BEACON LIGHT' I'M LOOKING INTO RESTORING A NYPD RMP MYSELF.

i can't say it enough, joe, stunning job... makes me proud to be an officer in the city so nice they named it twice ;-)

Joe: the highway units of that day had 2800's and 2900's series vehicle numbers. Nice replica.

Before RADAR became available, the calibrated speedo was used to 'clock' or pace the speed of moving vehicles. When RADAR first became popular with police it was stationary only, so these speedo were used well into the 70s.

The interior and exterior of this car look very sharp.

My only question is why is there an extra speedometer above the controls for the lights / sirens? I recall the Milwaukee Police had something similar to that in their patrol cars in the 70's & early 80's.

Thanks for the pictures and response.

thank you, greg! i retract my "trailer queen" statment... beautifully done and it definitely shows outdoors...

The builder of this Ford is an NYC native and wanted to replicate a police vehicle from when he lived in New York. I have had the opportunity to see, photograph and DRIVE this car in person and it is accurate down to the most minuscule detail. There are more detailed photos of it in my album:

http://copcardotcom.fotki.com/photographs_of_greg/fgs/eastern_states/page6.html

Bill, indeed a very nice car. There are regulars here who see this car on a daily basis as a Masthead photo in our members area. The car is getting honored in that way. Possibly why there are no comments.

cant believe no one has left a comment as to how nice this is, granted, it looks like he just threw money at it and isnt really a "grassroots" garage project, but still..... it is nice.