Post by onequiknova on Mar 29, 2024 15:18:26 GMT -8
Neither had I, but a search turns up a few. In the early 80s(?) California Highway Patrol had more than a few Mustangs and Firebirds, both 2-door cars.
Suspend my privileges, then, a little research found the cars I remembered so well were the 76-77 model years LeMans, similar front, we had Ford Custom w/460 “power” in ‘73, last quick cars we had until 89/90. Had a Sgt put a BOL out for a bad guy driving a Grand Prick…wearing Black Peckered Pants…
Great models, John. Sorry about the distraction,
The LeMans always seemed like an odd choice for a cruiser to me. I guess the departments were looking to downsize from the land barges of the past. Chevy down sized the Impala in 77, and that was the standard police car for many departments for the better part of two decades it seemed.