| joe b | -- 01-03-2013 @ 7:42 AM |
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My Ford Magazine published by Ford Motor Co. had an item called Police Presence. In it they had a time line:"First Official Ford police package is unveiled." I can find no info in any Ford books I have. Does anyone know what this was?
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| wilmalcolm | -- 01-03-2013 @ 10:04 AM |
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Try this site: http://www.xpecialmotors.com/policepackage.html
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| supereal | -- 01-03-2013 @ 11:10 AM |
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I was working for a Ford dealer at that time, and the "police package" usually consisted of a heavy duty generator and battery to accomodate the load from the radio and other emergency equipment, as well as 6 ply tires and the taxicab type leatherette upholstery.
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| ford38v8 | -- 01-03-2013 @ 11:38 AM |
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Super... They also had a long microphone cord so Broderick Crawford could stand out next to his squad car and holler "10-4" into the mike! Alan
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| Stroker | -- 01-03-2013 @ 12:24 PM |
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Alan: Brodrick drove a Buick "Roadmonster".
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| ford38v8 | -- 01-03-2013 @ 12:50 PM |
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Dan, You're right... Which TV series was that with a '50 Ford squad car? Alan
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| joe b | -- 01-03-2013 @ 12:56 PM |
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Thanks to all especially wilmalcom. Interesting site. I was especially interested in the fact that many cities used 6 cylinder engines. I have often wondered how police and fire cars handled the log idling that would tend to overheat the flathead V8.
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| supereal | -- 01-03-2013 @ 2:04 PM |
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Dunno, Alan. May have required a tray for the one bullet allowed, ala B. Fife. As for cooling, I don't recall it, but the package could have included a 4 row radiator. The flathead six actually produced more torque and horsepower than the 8, which rankled old Henry. He decreed that the advertised "official" rating of the six was to be less than his cherished V8. I had a '46 sedan coupe with a six, and it could usually beat the eights off the line, but was noisier that a box of rocks.
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| Stroker | -- 01-03-2013 @ 2:15 PM |
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Alan: Prolly the one with the answers might be our own Jerry Windle, as he has dabbled a bit in 50's police cruisers. I had the pleasure of driving a heavily-loaded 6-cylinder 51 F-1 from Iowa to California back in 57. I gained new respect for that 6, which I assumed would be a "dog". Snappy and torquey, it would hold its own with the flathead 8's of the era. It just didn't "sound right".
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| ford38v8 | -- 01-03-2013 @ 2:51 PM |
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Dan & Bob, As a teenager with my '49 ragtop, I lost a big 20 to a friend with a '48 Coupe SIX. We both lost considerably more to the Oakland Municipal Court for our "speed contest". My '49 got no respect after that. Come to think about it, that was the moment I decided to put in an Olds with a Hydro! Alan
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| trjford8 | -- 01-03-2013 @ 6:25 PM |
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The guys that drove the '50 Ford (black 4 door) were the guys in San Francisco Beat. I recall that Ben Alexander was one of the detectives. He later was a partner of Joe Friday in Dragnet. Ben was Nick Alexander's dad. San Francisco Beat had a lot of great scenes of SF in the 50's.
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| Chevguy49Ford | -- 01-06-2013 @ 7:14 AM |
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I thought I read somewhere that the V-8 police cars had a six bladed fan to help with cooling. Cheers, Scott. 1949 Custom Tudor. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/35thLE/49016.jpg
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| fomocoloco | -- 01-06-2013 @ 8:03 AM |
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I'm pretty sure Broadwick Crawford drove a Buick Century. Had the Super body, Roadmaster engine. Both were 4 holers. weezer This message was edited by fomocoloco on 1-6-13 @ 8:06 AM
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| flathead4rd | -- 01-06-2013 @ 8:17 AM |
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"Twenty-one fifty to headquarters".
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| Stroker | -- 01-06-2013 @ 10:36 AM |
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FoMoCo: You are correct, the CHP used Centuries, not Roadmonsters as I had previously mis-spoken.
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| Cecil/WV | -- 01-11-2013 @ 6:17 AM |
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There was a six blade fan option for police cars and I have on on my '50 Ford. Also, a dual manifold for exhaust the brought the left pipe off the rear of the manifold like the one Bob Drake sells. Shiny side up! Cecil/WV
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