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"Greg
all grown up now"

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Maybe i'd better lay off the Captain Morgan..........

Hey "Captain", I can easily understand what the guy is saying, so it should be "Obvious" to you. Nowhere in his question did he say the Corvette was made by Chrysler. He is comparing the difference between the four door Plymouth in the back, and the two seater Corvette. Two different makers, both with mirrors on the dash. And if you think about it, while it probably made seeing aft more difficult, it surely eliminated a blind spot looking forward.

No need to be a smartass Cap.

Hey Knucklehead, The Corvette IS NOT a Chrysler product. The Corvette was made by CHEVROLET
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Captain, you've been demoted to corporal. The mirror that he was asking about was on the Plymouth, which was also dash-mounted in 1961. It is clearly visible in the picture. I don't know why they mounted it down there either, but for '62 it was moved up and hung from the headliner.

Greg
copcar dot com

As a prototype, was this an actual police package that saw patrol duties, or just a Belair picked off a Chevy dealer lot and sent to the painter? Also in another picture, you state
“A late in the model year order of '74 Chevy Belairs were delivered in white in early '75 and debuted the new color scheme,” How many of these 74’s in white were delivered, and what kind of equipment did they use?
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Man, you guys ask a lot of questions. The prototypes were regular CPD line cars that had experimental graphics.

I don't know exactly how many '74 Belairs were placed into service with the newer white color scheme, but I have pictures of several of them. I wish I could be more precise in my answers but I regret that I was only 10 years old in 1974 and I lived in the suburbs.

They were delivered with the same equipment the current cars have- 4 tires and some blinking blue lights.

Greg
all grown up now

Did Chrysler ever give a reason for mounting the rear-view mirror on the dash? In a two seater like the Corvete I don't think it would be much of a problem, but it seems downright dangerous with five or six people in a Savoy like this.

This is a great shot of you and your cruiser Greg. These before and after shots are great also. You should do more of them. I hope the photographer that took this one didn't get any of that poison ivy!.

I totally agree. But I used to have a patrol car without a cage and now I have a car with a cage. Transporting drunks is much easier with the cage. Don't get me wrong they still run there mouth plenty but at least there not sitting right next to me breathing in my face while they do it.

The worst thing about not having a cage is sitting next to a drunk and having to listen to him / her whine,cry and call you every four letter word in the english language on the way to jail.
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But you have to expect and accept that type of treatment in our line of work. If that's the worst I'll ever have to deal with for the rest of my career, I'm ok with that.

Greg
CPD and
copcar dot com

Dear Greg,
Do you know the names of the police officers in this picture.I believe the officer 4th from right might be my father(Rae C. Goodman).Is it possible to obtain a copy of this photo?

Here in Oklahoma, most (if not all) of the OHP cars do not have cages in them. Because of that they routinely transport prisoners in the front seat, cuffed and buckled up. Recently, while a Trooper was transporting a prisoner to the hospital, a struggle ensued, causing the cruiser to run off the road and do a 70mph roll over. As I recall the Trooper was banged up pretty good, but thankfully is allright. I'm not sure about the prisoner. I think he came out with bumps and bruises. A good samaritan and eyewitness stopped immediately to help the trooper get things under controll quickly. When this happened, OHP said this type of incident is very rare and they had not decided if it waranted a change in policy.

I think this was a pool car at CPD when I started in '64

It is amazing that we have to worry about waivers and lawsuits. You're broke down in the middle of a freeway and about to get your ass run over, so some poor cop comes along, offers to push you out of the traffic lanes. But he leaves a mark on your bumper after you thank him for stopping and you sue the dept.

And so, the next time, he passes you by and you get run over by a semi. And you sue him anyway.

What a country!
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That's the same reason our department frowns on assisting motorists who lock the keys in their car. Using a slim-jim on their door to help them out was followed up with complaints of costly repairs to their electric door locks inside the door panel.

As a result we no longer provide that service to people.

Greg
CPD and
copcar dot com

hi greg, i'm sure you remember me from earlier on this year, i bombarded you with some of the most innane questions about police work from the early 80's and you came through with an amazing amount of information for me to use in my book. the book is finished now and although i haven't had any acceptances for it yet it is really down to your help that i have even got it to the stage where it could be sent off to publishers, so again i thank you for all your help. i am thinking of maybe trying to get it published in the U.S since maybe it is more to your type of taste. anyway thanks again and watch this space. stuart.

Greg,

Are the push bumpers only used to move disabled CPD vehicles until a tow or R service vehicle can be dispatched?

I can imagine the liability factor if you were to push a civilian's car without them signing some kind of damage waiver so they don't later file suit against the department.

Joe
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There is a liability factor, you're right Joe. Supervisors and traffic division personnel had to go through in-service training to be "certified" in the art of pushing disabled cars out of traffic. That's what the bumpers were added for.

Greg
CPD and
copcar dot com

Must have had a sale on leather jackets at the coat store at Lake & Western. Looks like an old 018 alumnus getting into the passenger side P. Roppel

I noticed the house in the background still hasn't washed its windows for 25 yrs.

This is a '67 or '68 Ford Ranger Camper Special without Camper markings. I bought one in California in '91. Awesome truck.

I would love to know how this happened.

I have seen this photo many times before, just now do i notice what looks like to be the body right at the bottom of the photo.
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I don't know how you could have missed him. He sure isn't moving....

Greg
copcar dot com