Danno

Wow, Mike! Very, very nice!!

Shhhhhhhhh!

We had a lonnnnng winter last year. Three weeks instead of the usual two. Cold, too. I had to get out a long sleeve shirt. And get a pair of snow-sandals. At least we get to play golf with white balls year-round. Nice picture of Tempe Lake!

Yeah, G, we had cages and transported prisoners in our patrol cars, too. But fleet disconnected the interior doorhandles so our honored guests couldn't skip the ride to the hoosegow. Of course, that was back in the days before the federal government decided every arrestee needed a hug; I imagine they wouldn't stand for the disconnected handles now - it just doesn't give the prisoner a fair chance to escape.

I never had that experience, but I always had the fastest and best handling car in the entire fleet (nearly 100+). And usually the newest, too - other than the boss, of course. He outranked even me.

Thoughts and prayers with her, you, and your family. Try to remember, it's all God's will ... even when we just can't understand it.

Fact of human behavior: When your name is attached to what you do, you are more responsible and take more care with the results and effects. Period. That's another reason asking people ~ especially allegedly grown people ~ to use true names is reasonable. The closer this board gets to 100% compliance with Gregg's rule(s) ~ and, the fewer troublemakers who hide behind anonymity or aliases ~ the fewer personal attacks, the less profanity and obscenity, and the less vitriol and trash we see. Consider this: It is often said that one should not say or write or do something that one would not be ashamed of explaining to one's children, spouse, parents, loved ones, friends, or neighbors. Obviously, aliases or anonymity can be used to hide one's identity thus shielding one from discovery by those who matter to one. If having every poster wear his/her true name in this forum accomplishes the elimination of 95% of the garbage that most "unrestricted" boards, forums, and blogs suffer, then it has certainly accomplished a good - no, great - thing! For the other 5% we have moderators.

Testors DullCote (flat clear lacquer) makes kit tires look a lot more like car tires.

Very nice, Mike! I'm looking forward to seeing this one up close.

Beautiful!!

Nice!

It was ALWAYS very good to keep the fleet boss on your side!

Electric locks? Electric locks? We never had that problem with our LeBaron/Dips ... we didn't have electric locks or windows. We had to lift or push down the little lock button ourowndangselves! You were working for a real uptown, high-faluting department! I s'pose you had 8-way power adjustable seats, too!

You say you bombed out as the 'arson guy?' I was the 'arson guy,' too. You know what they say ... there's a fine line between ... I never liked that other stuff ... the stuff that could go BOOM! with no prior warning. I gladly left that up to the department's alcoholic 'bomb bum.'

Very nice, Jay! I drove those dudes. Very nice rides. Not as hot as their predecessors, the 76-78 Fury IIs and Monacos we had, but at least they were far more nimble than the 79 Gran Fury Boats.

He's good, ain't he? :lol:

Remarkable. Stunning.

I wonder why they have it identified as a '30 ... that's clearly a '29 cowl, hood, and radiator shell. Of course, they also have the bumper bar clamp/medallions in the wrong position, too. Curious but very nice looking anyway! Love those old woodies. And love those Model As!!!

Or, you could build 6 or 7 General Lees, crush them with a hand sledge, load the debris on a flatbed semi tractor-trailer and call it another DOH episode filmed and in the can.

Thats a great idea!! Wish I had thought of it first!!

Amen to what Ben said.

Uh ... no.

Dave, Some detailed info, borrowed from Coachbuilt.com, explains it better than I can: "Prior to 1929, all of Ford’s station wagons were produced by custom body shops such as Cantrell, York-Hoover, Waterloo and others utilizing chassis purchased from independent Ford dealers. Ford decided to provide a factory station wagon for the new Model A, marking the first time a manufacturer mass-produced a station wagon on their own assembly line. Murray produced 4,954 examples of Ford's new $695 Model 150-A Station Wagon in 1929. The following year, A new body style, the 150-B, was introduced and the contract was split between Murray and Baker-Raulang in Cleveland, Ohio. Murray was swamped with other Ford projects so Baker-Raulang built the lion's share of the 6,363 Model 150-B bodies built in 1930-1931. 1932 Ford Model B station wagon bodies were all built by Baker-Raulang, as Murray was still overwhelmed with bodywork destined for the new 1932 Ford." However, Murray tried ... and a few Murray-bodied station wagons were built on Model B chassis. The problem is, exact production figures are elusive. The next excerpt is from a gallery of images of a specific, documented Model B (also from Coachbuild.com): "The following year, A new body style, the Model B, was introduced and the contract was split between Murray and Baker-Raulang in Cleveland, Ohio. Old-growth hardwood was sourced from Ford's own Iron Mountain forest, and Murray, in turn, farmed out the elaborate millwork to Mengel Body Company in Louisville, Kentucky. Murray was swamped with other Ford projects so Baker-Raulang built the lion's share of the 6,363 Model B bodies, making the Murray-bodied Model B in this gallery a very rare example." The example you photographed seems to be identical in woodworking details and hardware, indicating common genesis with this wagon. And, if you look closely at the underside of its roof, you can see reflections from the plastic windows of the slide-up side curtains, just like the one you photographed; and, you can see the slanted slide tracks in the vertical door posts. The slide-up 'windows' were a feature not included on the Baker-Raulang wagons, as they had snap-on side curtains. Both of these wagons are beautiful indeed, and Pete's model is exceptional! It appears more inspired by a Baker-Raulang wagon, as evidenced by the lack of slide-ups, the square window framing and the details of the body framing in general. Look at the rear doors ahead of the rear fender kicks to see a noticeable difference in Baker-Raulang and Murray bodies. This is fun. I feel just like Art!

Amen.

The Tim Flock Hudson appears to be indeed the factory color "Southern Blue" at least at the beginning of the season. As Dave said, that could have changed during the year and local availability of paint would dictate how it evolved. The Hudson Hornets that raced in 1952-53-54 were ordinary production cars, factory built for public sale. Hudson gave each of their racing teams (headed by crew chief Smokey Yunich) two cars ~ one to race and one to tow the race car ~ right off the assembly line. The original two teams (in '52 and '53) were Yunich & Marshall Teague and Yunich & Herb Thomas. Tim Flock was not a Hudson team driver, and had to supply his own Hudson to race. At that time, NASCAR racing was more like "Showroom Stock" as Smokey Yunich put it!