The beginnings of yet another '50 Olds

[Agent G]

Lovin' it. Kingman Az. has a GM-bodied early '50s police car preserved in a similar livery, if I remember right.

Bill where is it stored? I'll drive there just to photograph that bad boy.

BTW - All you Highway Patrol fans, anyone know the significance of the call sign 21-50?

G

[Ace-Garageguy]

Bill where is it stored? I'll drive there just to photograph that bad boy.

G

I remembered wrong. Not really very similar livery. Here it is, in front of the police station.

Edited November 27, 2012 by Ace-Garageguy

[Agent G]

Regardless, I am going to have to drive there and photograph that car! Thank You Sir!

G

[martinfan5]

LOL. Yeah, preachin' to the choir!

I'm twice the man I used to be.

{On the scale, anyway.}

Nah!, way to easy

G, Great job on the interior, well, great job on everything so far

[Danno]

BTW - All you Highway Patrol fans, anyone know the significance of the call sign 21-50?

G

There are at least two versions floating around:

(1) The show aired from 1955 - 1959. The California Highway Patrol Commissioner at the time used "21-50" as his radio call signature.

(2) CHP used the two part radio numbers to identify the substation and officer, thus "21-50" was substation '21,' officer '50.' At that time, the Napa Valley substation was station 21, unknown why it was chosen. The officer number was randomly selected because it sounded good with the '21.'

Real reason? Who knows for sure. I was too young to have 1st-hand knowledge.

What info do you have, G?

[Agent G]

My sources say 2150 was the then Superintendent's department serial number.

Eh, they are all good stories, of ...........wait for it.........................The Highway Patrol.

G

[bandit1]

Nice!....

When is the first "51-50" call going to come in?

[Danno]

My sources say 2150 was the then Superintendent's department serial number.

Eh, they are all good stories, of ...........wait for it.........................The Highway Patrol.

G

No doubt the same basic genus as the 'most likely' story I subscribe. Superintendent / commissioner ... still the boss.

Love them stories of the Highway Patrol!

[charlie8575]

Very nice, Wayne.

I wonder if any police departments ran actually ran 88s? They seem like they would've made a good choice for a patrol car.

Charlie Larkin

Edited November 28, 2012 by charlie8575

[Agent G]

Charlie there are photos of CHP '49's.

http://policecarwebsite.net/fc/capdcars/chp/chp40.html

I'm not sure if anyone else did, but yes it would have been a good choice for Highway Patrols or State Troopers.

G

[Agent G]

Finished!

She's in "Under Glass" now.

G

[Olskoolrodder]

VERY nicely done!

[tooltas]

i like to be 51 -50 at times if u now what it is loco/ crazy :blink:

[bandit1]

i like to be 51 -50 at times if u now what it is loco/ crazy :blink:

Just For you!