Lawdog Dago Dom Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 The video is 10 years old, but the two-tone one is up for auction at Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale. Not sure if it's the same car. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheatin Charlie Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I had seen this on You Tube before 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Those 401's were stout. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Graybeard Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Georgia used to run a bunch of Trans-Ams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 My Aunt had a Javelin. She loved to “blow the carbon out of it. “ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 When I was in high school our family had a Javelin and I got to drive it on occasion, but not very often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 (edited) Alabama couldn't afford to continue buying full size Fords after the incentives stopped and the price went up according to this. AMC offered a cheaper car. https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/alabama-hammah-amc-javelin I find this a believable story because government decisions are often about the dollar rather than what best fits the job. Edited January 25 by sassnetguy50 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 The Barrett Jackson link with pictures: https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1972-AMERICAN-MOTORS-JAVELIN-SST-POLICE-CAR-273881 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, sassnetguy50 said: I find this a believable story because government decisions are often about the dollar rather than what best fits the job. OFTEN?!? Always. Military Grade "fill in the blank" just means meets "minimum requirements". One of Murphy's Laws of Combat states "Remember that your equipment was made by the lowest bidder". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I had a 1969 with a 290 it wasn’t the fastest thing out there but on a road course it would run circles around the muscle cars. It was like that car was on rails. Today’s police cars pretty much have to be full sized SUV’s to fit all the equipment in them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 2 hours ago, sassnetguy50 said: The Barrett Jackson link with pictures: https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1972-AMERICAN-MOTORS-JAVELIN-SST-POLICE-CAR-273881 That's a stylin cop car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 31 minutes ago, Henry T Harrison said: I had a 1969 with a 290 it wasn’t the fastest thing out there but on a road course it would run circles around the muscle cars. It was like that car was on rails. Today’s police cars pretty much have to be full sized SUV’s to fit all the equipment in them Most times they're not allowed to chase anybody anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I have wanted an AMX for a long time . never had the $$$$ when one came around gotta have a 401 CB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 2 hours ago, Henry T Harrison said: I had a 1969 with a 290 it wasn’t the fastest thing out there but on a road course it would run circles around the muscle cars. It was like that car was on rails. Today’s police cars pretty much have to be full sized SUV’s to fit all the equipment in them If they needed the room back then that they need now, they would have had to use the...wait for it...AMC Pacer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 really ? who woulda thought ? next thing ya know there will be a pacer squad car up for auction [if it does ill watch] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 And then, from Louisville a bunch of decades ago.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 well , im thinking they were not looking at that as a undercover vehicle with them great big blue lights on top were they ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I think the coolest police cars that I have seen were the Porsche’s the police in Germany had when I was in Erlangen for work. I was told they were Autobahn patrol cars. The police in town drove BMW sedans. Funny thing, they weren’t all snotty uptight jerks like BMW drivers can be here in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, Pat Riot said: The police in town drove BMW sedans. Funny thing, they weren’t all snotty uptight jerks like BMW drivers can be here in the US. I'm guessing that it's because driving a BMW in Germany is like driving a Ford here. Just a guess, mind you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 2 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said: I'm guessing that it's because driving a BMW in Germany is like driving a Ford here. Just a guess, mind you. Exactly, and the officers I talked to said they couldn’t believe BMWs were a “status symbol” in America. One of them said he wasn’t impressed with BMWs at all. He said they were unreliable as police cars. I am not sure what he meant by that. His English was spotty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 4 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said: I'm guessing that it's because driving a BMW in Germany is like driving a Ford here. Just a guess, mind you. A good friend of mine from Malaysia (rest his soul!) said the rest of the world buys quality. He said taxis in Malaysia were generally Mercedes, and he was quite amused at how Mercedes was almost deified here in the States! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 In the mid-1970s Scottsdale, Arizona, had Bricklins. I remember when these were behind you at a stop light all you could see was the gumball machine in your rear view mirror. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 37 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: In the mid-1970s Scottsdale, Arizona, had Bricklins. I remember when these were behind you at a stop light all you could see was the gumball machine in your rear view mirror. Was curious about the price since a Bricklin was easily twice the price of a typical car then. Assumed there would be an incentive program or backrub with the corporate office being in Scottsdale. Looks like Sottsdale Police ordered 5 cars at $1each per year leased. They only received 3 cars. Being 1974 they should be the AMC 360 V8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 This is a real picture! The Sheriff's crew set him up and he drove it around for several days until he saw it! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I was looking for some pictures of California Highway Patrol Mustangs and I found this website. Mustangs have been used in more places than California for patrol cars. https://mustangmuseumofamerica.com/highway-patrol-mustangs/ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 In 1968 I got pulled over by a Nevada State Trooper driving a Dodge Daytona Charger, the one with the funny plastic nose and the wing on the back. Nevada didn't have any posted speed limits on major highways then, but they needed something to catch people doing things that were a danger to someone else. I was pulled over because, as the Trooper said, "the cigarette lighter in this 'go fast' doesn't work and I need a light." We gave him a few match books and he thanked us and left. That was the only Dodge version of that I ever saw but when I came back to the states a year later there were Plymouth Super Bees all over. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Years ago I was driving I70 across Kansas and stopped at a rest area to stretch my legs. As I was walking to the restroom a KHP officer was getting out of an unmarked Chevy Lumina minivan. Wouldn’t have thought much about it except that I could see the lights through the rear glass. I jokingly said that wasn’t playing fair and he replied that it might not be fair but it was very effective. He said the look on some people’s faces was priceless when they sped past him and he turned on the lights and sirens. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 It auctioned for $52,800. Wonder what the buyer is going to do with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.