CHP Ambassador

[Terry Jessee]

Yep, they really used these. They didn't accelerate real quick, but were fast on the top end.

This is a Modelhaus kit.

Terry

[Guest]

Beautiful. Is this a recent build?

[Terry Jessee]

No, it's about ten years old.

[cobraman]

Nice !

[charlie8575]

Very cool, Terry. One of my favorite cars simply for the weird factor.

Charlie Larkin

[realgone58]

Too cool! I need to get one of these kits. That's something you don't see on the build table every day.

[PappyD340]

Unusual indeed, but you did an excellent job Terry, it just don't look like police car material, but I guess that tripped their trigger at the time Uh!!

[peekay]

Love it!!!!

[slusher]

Great looking model..

[Jeremy Jon]

Cool coper car!!

[the goon]

Nice. I've seen pic's of the full size cars, didn't believe it at the time either.

Mark

[Custom Hearse]

cool

[Chuck Most]

I seem to remember you reviewing this one in an old issue of the other mag- you planned to build this and a '55 Plymouth in CHP livery. Love how this one came out!

[Johnny1973]

Nice CHP Terry!

[Greg Cullinan]

I love it. I'd gladly pull over for it.

[unclescott58]

I love the odd stuff like this. Very cool. Didn't know the CHP used Nashs back in the day.

Scott

[Danno]

Another favorite TJ-build!

My grandfather was Town Marshal in a mountain resort town in the 50's and 60's. He provided his own patrol car, so he always had some dandies. One was a '52 Nash Ambassador, not much unlike this one, although not black and white.

One of his amusing past-times had to do with the big drop of the front of the hood. To check the engine fluids, you literally had to duck under the hood, with part of it behind your head. If a surly or unpleasant gas station attendant dared give my grandfather a bad time, he'd ask the attendant to check the oil. Then, with troublemaking attendant under the hood, where the big Federal siren was hidden, Grampa would 'accidentally' bump the siren button, startling the errant oil-checker into straightening up suddenly and meeting the overhang of the hood with the back of his head, providing great mirth and merriment to my grandfather and all other onlookers.