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Delivery McGee posted:They apparently at least tried the Camaro at the same time: Was this like a rare thing? I spent my summers as a kid in Round Rock and used to see this car (or one like it) all the time. As a huge Mad Max fan, seeing that and the 5.0's surrounded by rolling hills and dry brush had a certain charm.
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Delivery McGee posted:Edit: Texas DPS has the best livery. Very distinctive, as opposed to the LAPD panda or NYC white/blue that most departments use (and then there's the weird ones, like NY State police that have blue cars with yellow graphics). But the white upper surfaces and black sides with minimal graphics -- "State Trooper" on the front fenders and rear end, logo on the door -- just looks nice aesthetically (and is also really easy to make as a cop car at a glance, as opposed to the others which just look like a regular Crown Vic from end-on). I'm still partial to the FHP, even on the camaro. Click for much huge. 
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Arkansas State Police are pretty plain, but distinctive. Nothing too flashy, but they're easy to spot from a mile away.
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Americans and your big muscley police cars... Though apparently the Avon and Somerset police have this thing somewhere. 
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The Ohio State Highway Patrol would like to remind you that they have the coolest logo in the country: 
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...and all the weed you could smoke it would seem.
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Jonny Nox posted:There's a new "Project Binky" video on You tube and you assholes never said anything? Already? It's been less than 3 months, Exciting!
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Jonny Nox posted:There's a new "Project Binky" video on You tube and you assholes never said anything? Dude's a mad genius of metal work.
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MonkeyNutZ posted:The Ohio State Highway Patrol would like to remind you that they have the coolest logo in the country: 
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The Michegan state police on the other hand have the simultaneously dorky and cool interceptors:
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Minnesota state patrol has maroon cars. In the early 90s, this probably made them hard to spot, but now it stands out in a sea of gray. Wisconsin has blue cars. I know many a Minnesotan who has gotten a ticket because they saw a blue crown vic, forgot they were in the land of cheese, beer, and blue cop cars, and felt safe.
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Indiana sheriff deparments' crown vics have a pretty good standard livery Although it seems some of the new Dodges and other patrol cars just get the decals over champagne metallic, since cars don't come from the factory in "poverty-spec Ford Tempo Cat Vomit Tan" anymore.
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They've recently started doing a range of colours here I actually find them harder to spot from a distance than the plain white they usually use
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Dannywilson posted:The Michegan state police on the other hand have the simultaneously dorky and cool interceptors: Whaaat, no big red gumball? That was like my favorite thing about the MSP cars when I visited there 
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dissss posted:They've recently started doing a range of colours here Yeah I find the red ones particularly irritating because they're seemingly designed to be invisible from a distance or in the shade or whatever.
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Clearly the superior choice in two-door police cars.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Clearly the superior choice in two-door police cars. Go...go..Gadget?
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Dannywilson posted:The Michegan state police on the other hand have the simultaneously dorky and cool interceptors: what the gently caress is going on on the hood?
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Sadi posted:what the gently caress is going on on the hood? Light-up sign, if I'm remembering correctly. That way if they're parked perpendicular to the road at night on a traffic stop or whatever, you can see them more easily. At least, i'm pretty sure that's what it is. e: Yeah, from Wikipedia: "MSP vehicles also feature a clear plastic sign, referred to as a "hood light" or "hailer" or "shark fin" on the hood that lights up when activated. The historical use of this hood light dates from the time when a "side stop" patrol stop would be initiated by pulling up next to an offender and the Trooper would motion them to pull over in daylight; at night the hood light was illuminated displaying the words "State Police" and "STOP" (MSP no longer use the "side stop")." Double edit, here's a MSP Crown Vic with the gumball light:  I think the gumball light is pretty rad, it's something unique compared to most other setups. T1g4h fucked around with this message at 05:22 on Dec 26, 2014 |
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IOwnCalculus posted:Clearly the superior choice in two-door police cars. One of the foremost Bricklin collectors is trying to hunt one of these down so he can restore it. There were only 3 made in this livery, so it's going to be a challenge.
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T1g4h posted:Double edit, here's a MSP Crown Vic with the gumball light: Yeah, around here they go crazy with the LEDs strobing all over the place. At night you can;t see poo poo anywhere near a cop car with the lights going.
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T1g4h posted:Light-up sign, if I'm remembering correctly. That way if they're parked perpendicular to the road at night on a traffic stop or whatever, you can see them more easily. At least, i'm pretty sure that's what it is. poo poo, that little gadget better be bolted through the hood because it's the ultimate bar-night trophy if it's just magnetic or adhesive mounted.
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Goddamnit, why does everyone keep calling it a gumball when it's obviously a gumdrop?
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The best/worst police livery is still the Alberta white-on-white f150.
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Wild EEPROM posted:The best/worst police livery is still the Alberta white-on-white f150. It's like russian roulette. is that a headache rack or a light bar?
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Dannywilson posted:Goddamnit, why does everyone keep calling it a gumball when it's obviously a gumdrop? 
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T1g4h posted:Whaaat, no big red gumball? That was like my favorite thing about the MSP cars when I visited there The Domers still run those gumball lights, but they're super-bright LED gumballs now. I don't know what's going on with that Challenger, though. Maybe it just hasn't had its light installed.
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BoostCreep posted:One of the foremost Bricklin collectors is trying to hunt one of these down so he can restore it. There were only 3 made in this livery, so it's going to be a challenge. Are you referring to yourself in the third person? Because that looks awesome and you should do it with yours
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Mounting the bullhorns rearward was a little optimistic on their part, wasn't it?
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bennyfactor posted:Mounting the bullhorns rearward was a little optimistic on their part, wasn't it? They tried to mount them forward- but they discovered that this was causing them to go backwards.
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ok enough cop chat post Chaparrals
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Yes boss. (I tried to find a picture of a cop Chaparall, but no such luck.)
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There's something so wrong about an R1 that will never be able to pull a wheelie. Also, I can't imagine the R1's transmission likes hauling all that weight around very much.
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 Ya know, the older I get, the more I love the Chaparral livery. Solid white, solid black numbers, those cars are 100% pure loving business. Chaparral was probably the coolest race team of the era, and you know that Hall was the real deal when Smokey Yunick is quoted as saying Hall was miles ahead of him when it came to pushing the envelope. Plus, Chaparral had what amounted to a direct internet line to GM in the mid-1960's, poo poo was crazy. Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Dec 26, 2014 |
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Left Ventricle posted:This went precisely as I anticipated it would. In case everybody missed this - it's brilliant. I laughed so hard.
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sofullofhate posted:In case everybody missed this - it's brilliant. I laughed so hard.
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