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.

Is that a 429 did NYPD use that in all the 70 Ford's or did they use V-8's for Highway Patrol and sixes for surface streets I ask coz I think someone said that once but I'm fuzzy on details

I saw some the Georgia Chargers. Looks like they have went bsck to these graphics and paint scheme.

Joe
Thanks for answering my question. I am a trooper in Illinois. I have always thought GSP has some of the sharpest looking cars of all state agencies from the black and orange cars to the cars they drive today.

We have a photo of the current commissioner in front of an apparent 1970 with a red light on it. The next pic we have is of a 1972 with a blue light. I have not been able to find out when the law actually took effect. At this point the best guess is July 1, 1971 due to the term of the State Legislature. There was obviously a transition period.
Under the old law (1966) each patrol post was allowed to have two solid color cars. These were varied in solid color year to year but were most often black. They were usually assigend to the Post Commander and the Asst. Post Commander. This law is still on the books but GSP stopped doing this in 1989. Now the Post Commander and Asst. get regular Blue/Gray cars. We still have solid color cars, but they are for ranking (Lt. and above) officers and only use magnetic signs when patrolling. I hope this helps.

Joe
Do you what the last year GSP used the black squads and what year did they switch from red to blue lights?