Police Cars

[Lou Van Anne]

As a teenager living in Phoenix in 1962 I remember the police had several '61 Larks, lots of '62s, and some '64s. Have any of these survived, and if so, will they be at the meet? At the time, I had thought about how 'cool' it would be to outrun them in my '55 Champion. Ahh, the memories of my youth!

[Anne F. Goodman]

Wow Lou Welcome to the Forum you found where we all hang out.

Mabel 1949 Champion
Hawk 1957 Silverhawk
Gus 1958 Transtar
The Prez 1955 President State
Blu 1957 Golden Hawk
Daisy 1954 Commander Regal Coupe
Fresno,Ca

[laughinlark]

Welcome Lou,
I wish that I had memories of Stude police cars! Oh, I wasn't around until late 1962. I've only been to three national meets, 88, 02 & 05. I remember a 64 and 62 at the meets. I don't think that many survived. I've had my eye on a 62 Marshall car for a couple of years.[8D] It would be a total rescue car.


Gordon

[57 Classic]

I do not know if any survived, but I have a picture of a bunch of 61's being delivered by the local dealer to the Phoenix officials. The picture is from a local museum and will be in the 2010 Memorabilia Room.

Brian Millette

[Dwain G.]

Remember the '50s TV series "Sheriff of Cochise"? It was sort of an early-day version of "Cops", starring John Bromfield and depicting the sheriff's dept. in Cochise Co. (Bisbee) Arizona.
The show's biggest attraction for me was the 1956 Commanders used by the deputys. A Tucson area SDC member once told me they used actual sheriff dept. cars in the filming.


HEY, you're not Wilbur!

[jgrohs]

Lou, you up for a road trip next year to find out??? <g>

1951 Rod
1962 Champ
1963 Avanti R1
1963 GT Hawk R2 4 speed
1964 Daytona Convertible
2006 Avanti Convertible