Grzegorz Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Present Dodge Polara, built as a California highway patrol car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivesuns Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Very cool! Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Well done ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmann68 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olschoolkid Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Very nice cop car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Suburban Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 That is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim N Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Another great looking build. You turn out great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYLIBUD Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Great job... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonhawk1066 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Looks great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmak Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 That is a very nice build! One very unique detail for CHP squad cars was that California required the steering wheel to be white.This is true even for car where a white steering wheel was not an option, the CHP contract was so large that a batch of white wheels would be made just for the California squad cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodent Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Carmak said: That is a very nice build! One very unique detail for CHP squad cars was that California required the steering wheel to be white.This is true even for car where a white steering wheel was not an option, the CHP contract was so large that a batch of white wheels would be made just for the California squad cars. Is that true? Chrysler used to put white steering wheels in manual steering cars, and CHP didn't order power steering until 74 or so. I didn't think that CHP wanted white wheels, it was just that they came with manual steering. Mopar nerds latched on to the fact that the LAPD cars used in Adam-12 had power steering because they didn't have the white steering wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Nicely done! David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairfax Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Beautiful work ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grzegorz Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 On 10/14/2019 at 5:49 AM, Rodent said: Is that true? Chrysler used to put white steering wheels in manual steering cars, and CHP didn't order power steering until 74 or so. I didn't think that CHP wanted white wheels, it was just that they came with manual steering. Mopar nerds latched on to the fact that the LAPD cars used in Adam-12 had power steering because they didn't have the white steering wheel. interesting, in the next chp car this will change.Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent G Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Astounding build sir! CHP specified "ivory" colored steering wheels and spotlight handles for decades. When the now common "padded" wheel made it's debut, the highway patrol dropped the spec from it's orders. When you purchase 1500 cars twice or three times a year, every year, for decades, you get what you want. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 37 minutes ago, Agent G said: When you purchase 1500 cars twice or three times a year, every year, for decades, you get what you want. Or sometimes when you purchase a lot less. Like the unhappy CHP experiment in 1955, when it bought Buicks for the first (and last) time. Buick only built either 268 or 270 of its Model 68, for the CHP only. Those cars were never sold to the public. They were basically factory-built hot rods. Buick took the back end of the Special 2-door "post" sedan and added the front end of the Century (with 4 portholes). Along with the Century's 322 ci/236 hp engine, a big boost from the Special's 264ci/188-hp. The hot-rodded Buicks would go very well, hitting a measured top speed of 108 mph. Stopping was the problem, even though they were equipped with the biggest Roadmaster drum brakes. CHP road testers reported that hauling the big Buick down from high speed was downright scary. The brakes faded quickly and in some cases outright failed. Transmissions were another headache. Half the Buicks were built with automatics and half with manual 3-speeds. The CHP discovered the manual trans was not a good idea; drivers liked to run them up to about 70 mph in second gear. That is a great build. The front view of the model reminds me of being in SoCal in the early 70's. On the freeway, seeing that big Dodge grille in the rear-view mirror always brought my foot off the gas pedal immediately. Even though the Dodge often turned out to be a driver-training car from a local high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MININORTHFORDMAN Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 very cool build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator52 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Very nice! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Fantastic classic Mopar CHP !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grzegorz Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 17 hours ago, Mike999 said: Or sometimes when you purchase a lot less. Like the unhappy CHP experiment in 1955, when it bought Buicks for the first (and last) time. Buick only built either 268 or 270 of its Model 68, for the CHP only. Those cars were never sold to the public. They were basically factory-built hot rods. Buick took the back end of the Special 2-door "post" sedan and added the front end of the Century (with 4 portholes). Along with the Century's 322 ci/236 hp engine, a big boost from the Special's 264ci/188-hp. The hot-rodded Buicks would go very well, hitting a measured top speed of 108 mph. Stopping was the problem, even though they were equipped with the biggest Roadmaster drum brakes. CHP road testers reported that hauling the big Buick down from high speed was downright scary. The brakes faded quickly and in some cases outright failed. Transmissions were another headache. Half the Buicks were built with automatics and half with manual 3-speeds. The CHP discovered the manual trans was not a good idea; drivers liked to run them up to about 70 mph in second gear. That is a great build. The front view of the model reminds me of being in SoCal in the early 70's. On the freeway, seeing that big Dodge grille in the rear-view mirror always brought my foot off the gas pedal immediately. Even though the Dodge often turned out to be a driver-training car from a local high school. In the '70s, was the white steering wheel specification still in use ? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
restoman Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Very nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent G Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 On 10/16/2019 at 12:17 AM, Grzegorz said: In the '70s, was the white steering wheel specification still in use ? Thanks It was still the norm until 1974 with the appearance of power steering. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambles Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Cool build. I think I built one of those way back when. It probably crashed like so many of my models did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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