om617 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Sure the 70 hemi cuda convertible is cool and rare,but this got a lot more space and the sleeper look is hard to beat. Thought it was cool so i had to share. Article: http://www.copcar.com/mo0903.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Tommy...That is AWESOME.....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I wonder why if the coroner ordered the car himself or if for some reason a dealer ordered it that way. Kind of odd someone would find a car that original and add radar(!?) equipment, but I'm guessing it, like the roof mounted lights and door badges can be removed without damaging the car. Too bad it's not a 4-speed, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTalmage Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Knew a guy who had a '67 Ford wagon with the Police Interceptor 428 and an automatic. It was an emergency use vehicle that had the spotlight and all. He used it for many years to pull his tiny racecar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intmd8r Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 This needs to be entered in our Cannonball Run this year .. Sleepers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Low production car ordered from the factory , not a dealer installed engine and add ons. Should be a 6 figure value auto. That sure would haul the bacon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
om617 Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Somthing for the casters out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vettecote Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 He said it had the original Quadrajet carb on the engine. I didn't know those were put on Fords. I'm I wrong?...Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsepower Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Motorcraft equivalent, they could very easily be confused for a quadrajet. Could be that somewhere early in its life someone might have put a quadrajet on as a replacement, or the original motorcraft tag was removed and later owners think it's a quadrajet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford guy Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Awesome! Man that would be nice to own! That car would sure haul some groceries! Joe, Ford did, for some reason, use Quadrajunk carbs on the 428 Cobra Jet engines. I don't why the Autolites weren't good enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Some of the 429 engines came with a Quadrajet. Years ago, my brother and I were looking at a couple of '70 or '71 Torino Cobras that were for sale. The same guy was selling both. One of them had a Quadrajet, the other had a Holley or Autolite, whatever most Fords used at the time. If I remember right, the Super CJ 429 had the Quad on it. It also had a transmission cooler in front of the radiator (both cars were automatics). It went the other way, too: some GTO Judges came with three-speed manual transmissions supplied by Ford. Pontiac wanted to offer the Judge with a three-speed stick, apparently GM didn't make one strong enough at the time, and they didn't anticipate building enough cars with the three-speed to go to the trouble of engineering a better one...so they bought the Ford units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaguar man 21 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Now that's amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunc Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Some of the 429 engines came with a Quadrajet. Years ago, my brother and I were looking at a couple of '70 or '71 Torino Cobras that were for sale. The same guy was selling both. One of them had a Quadrajet, the other had a Holley or Autolite, whatever most Fords used at the time. If I remember right, the Super CJ 429 had the Quad on it. It also had a transmission cooler in front of the radiator (both cars were automatics). It went the other way, too: some GTO Judges came with three-speed manual transmissions supplied by Ford. Pontiac wanted to offer the Judge with a three-speed stick, apparently GM didn't make one strong enough at the time, and they didn't anticipate building enough cars with the three-speed to go to the trouble of engineering a better one...so they bought the Ford units. I am a little skeptical about your recollection of a Rochester Q-jet on a FoMoCo product although I can see that it's easy to mistake the Autolite spreadbore carb for a Q-jet. Personally I preferred working on a Q-jet to working on the Autolite spreadbore carb. I spent 6 years in a high through-put tune-up shop and never experienced what you assert. I only encountered Holley carbs as a substitute for any factory optioned carb and I had my hands personally on about 10,000 cars in that time period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 http://www.mustangandfords.com/how-to/engine/mump-1303-how-to-build-429-super-cobra-jet/ I'll assume these guys know what they are talking about. My older brother was a mechanic all his adult life, so he knew a Q-Jet from a Holley or an Autolite carb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunc Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Thanx for the link, I'm no longer skeptical. I guess none of the 10,000 cars I worked on was a Q-jet optioned Cobra Jet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I'd like to see that Marti report - usually when folks ordered wagons with huge engines they had a trailer towing package, but in the rear shot I don't see a hitch. Wish I could have gotten my grandfather's last new Ford - it was a '67 Custom sedan with the big block police package, painted Bell Telephone green. (He was the credit manager for the Paducah, KY Ford dealer, so either he could have ordered it special or maybe the phone company canceled the order after it was delivered and he got a deal?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodent Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Chris, I would like to see the Marti report too. My last Mustang was also one of a very few cars because not many dealers ordered Diamond Blue 68 coupes with 302-4v,4-speed Manuals, disc brakes, AM-FM stereo, light group, and visibility group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 I am over a year late to this thread but I am the guy who found this car, bought it from it's original owner, and then sold it to a good friend of mine who has an equal love for all things police car both current and classic. I am a deputy sheriff in Vernon Parish, La. I became a deputy in 1980. At that time I crossed paths with our coroner of the time an old fellow named S.J. Jones. Somehow we got to talking cars and he mentioned he had the above car. A 1972 Ford Custom 500 station wagon with the full police package including the 429 Cobra Jet engine complete with finned aluminum valve covers! He had bought it to use in his coroner duties but the parish balked at reimbursing the expense of running the car to calls so he got pissed and parked it. When I saw it first time in 1982 it was ten years old and was garaged, always had been, in excellent condition and only had around 33K on it. The doc had ordered it special for these duties and it was delivered through a dealer in Dallas, somewhere in Texas. I told him if he ever wanted to sell call me first, but he would not entertain the notion of doing so then. About fourteen years later (1996) I was driving through a city forty miles south and saw a red SW in a driveway. I did an immediate u-turn. It was THAT SW. I was blown up. The old coot had died and someone just disposed of the car and I never had a chance. Sadly the guy who had it had plans to drag race it or something else sickening and sad and AGAIN he would NOT part with it so again I left my info. Even put extra in the glove box and said call me. Almost another 8 years or so go by and cleaning out old an rolodex I found the guy's contact info and so I thought what the heck so I called him. Yes he still had the car and had done nothing with it at all. I asked if NOW he would sell and he allowed as how he never did anything with it he guessed so. I made a trip there, made a deal for $1200. and snatched it up onto the trailer and away we went. The car pretty much presented the same way I saw it now some 23 years before except sitting out in the sun had burned the clear coat on the upper flat surfaces, and bleached out the front carpet. That's when my friend got involved. He wanted it bad. And he had done many many things for me over the years so I sold it to him for what I paid for it and he set to restoring it. He went through the engine and tranny and re-gasketed everything and cleaned all the stuff that needed it. The front carpet was replaced but the rear was still like new. Believe it or not only the upper surfaces were repainted, the sides were saved by buffing and waxing. It still only had about 34K miles on it too. He replaced the lightbar that had once been on it, overhauled it also. Put in a heavier electric motor and it SPUN those light heads FAST. For a seven thousand pound tanker it really had some guts. I had been going to find a four door sedan body and switch all the police stuff. That would have destroyed the singular nature of it. A check with Marti showed it was one of only SIX built that year nationwide. So that's it's story. Only took about thirty years to come around. Sometimes I still wish I had that car right now. ... I'd SELL IT!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louie Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Now that is a Great story and I appreciate you for sharing this with us. Jeff P.s DEL, how is the resin LTD Crown Victoria coming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike 51 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) "For a seven thounsand pound tanker it really had some guts" ???Why did it weight more than 2,000 pounds than all the other full sized Ford wagons?. Edited May 17, 2016 by mike 51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel-Dan Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 She is A Beaut!!Too bad the old 'copcars' link is dead!!! And YES it would be great to be able to build a replica!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Hamilton Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Nice car, but I got a better story than that.When I was in elementary school, I used to pass by the local fire house every once in a while, to look at the fire engines, hang with the firemen, and slide down the pole( when they let me), and they had received a new Fire Chief's cruiser. That year (1971), Washington, D.C. used 383 powered Plymouth Fury l sedans. They were 4-barrell cars with dual exhausts, which had that familiar rumble that sounded great. Anyway, the Fire Chief's car was a 1971 Suburban Wagon, which was red, with a black interior. Strange thing about it, it had 440 emblems on the front fenders. At the time I happened by, the car was just delivered to the fire house, and the Firemen were checking out the car. The Chief was obviously a car enthusiast, and absolutely giddy about the car. He told me it was the first Chief's car delivered that year, and he thought that something was a little strange about the car. He popped the hood, and there was a 440-Six Pack motor under the hood. From what I understand, the 440 Six Pack was available on the Sport Fury GT in 1970 and 1971, and I would venture to say that very few were built, if any. I have never seen one. Anyway, a few weeks later, I ventured by the firehouse, and when I asked how the car performed, the Chief told me that the Fleet department ordered the car back, and had a 4 Barrell setup installed on the car, as the car was not supposed to be equipped with the Six Pack setup. He said it was fun while it lasted, even though the car was an absolute gas hog, and ran with a rough idle.Back in the day, Firemen had some nice equipment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CometMan Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 I saw a '67 Country Squire at a car show in Columbus, OH some years ago. It had the complete 7-Litre option in it, with the 428, buckets and council, suspension upgrade and all. It also had the original build sheet and invoice along with several hand written letters. One of them was from Lee Iacocca to the original owner explaining that he appreciated that the man had a love for performance cars, but needed a more practical wagon for his young family, and that he would personally contact the plant and authorize the building of such a car! The car was also verified to have been the only Country Squire built with that equipment in 1967. Unfortunately, when I saw it it looked like it was over due for a trip to the junkyard! I only saw that car the one time, that was probably in the early to mid 90s, I really hope that someone stepped up and saved that very unique car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 She is A Beaut!!Too bad the old 'copcars' link is dead!!!Internet Archive to the rescuehttps://web.archive.org/web/20130301072855/http://www.copcar.com/mo0903.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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