Thread: Canada Harbour Authority circa 1974

Ply from the National Harbours Board (merci Gérard pour la photo !)...
Interesting set up ain't it ?
Home made ?

"The Dominion Pyramid bar: When one beacon isn't high enough and powerful enough to do the job."

The double-facing lights on the sides of the upper rear part of the car is a funny touch. I think this lighting system is a in-house brew.

The car is a 1975 Plymouth Gran Fury so you were very close on the date.

On a separate note, I get a kick out of folks that blur the faces of pedestrians in a 38 year old photo. Like they will be recognized....

Looks like ugly sheet metal work.

Wow, I bet that thing is top heavy

OK now I have seen everything.

Its factory Dominion crossbar and beacons, as for the pyramids? im baffled

wow

Raising the beacons an extra foot or so, doesn't seem like the benefit overcomes the hideousness.

It's definitely interesting, and different!

talk about wind-drag, lol.......

Based on the agency, probably not a high speed highway car.

There must be some kind of practical explanation for the beacon-raising pyramids as well as for the side-mounted lollipop lights that we can't understand from this picture only.

Originally Posted by toon80

There must be some kind of practical explanation for the beacon-raising pyramids as well as for the side-mounted lollipop lights that we can't understand from this picture only.

Which even begs the questions even more...why?

It was to help prevent snow build up. At driving speeds the snow would slide off the angles and prevent build up

Wow... uhhhhh... wow? Hideous. The lollipops mounted on the C-pillars is... uhhhh... "different". The pyramids are... uhhhhh... "different". Overall I'd rate this as being .

Originally Posted by smitty711

It was to help prevent snow build up. At driving speeds the snow would slide off the angles and prevent build up

Seriously or you just made it up ?

Originally Posted by TheGatekeeper

Seriously or you just made it up ?

Of course not, they are to reflect air craft radar.

ha!

It's really quite simple. Just like lighthouses have their beacons at the top of a tower, so, too, must the Harbour Authority police. As for the lollipops, that's just part of their outreach to kids programme. lmao!

Interesting find. Thanks for sharing.

Seriously

Originally Posted by jph2

It's really quite simple. Just like lighthouses have their beacons at the top of a tower, so, too, must the Harbour Authority police. As for the lollipops, that's just part of their outreach to kids programme. lmao!

Interesting find. Thanks for sharing.

Loved it! Someones a smartalec!


Either way it looks ridiculous! Sometimes there is just too much stuff on a Police car roof, take this car, looks like almost every emergency light company was used.

A Gran Fury with a McDermott look-alike... Oh well, for a hwy unit at least it makes sense.

Here's a couple close ups of that NCPD GF light bar...

Looks like they were raised to make room for the arrow board on the back.

Are my eyes deceiving me or did the person of that cruiser put the guts of this Whelen beacon...

in a sealed-beam Whelen beacon base with a Signal-Stat dome? Look very closely...


I also see that maybe the wrong hook-on mounts are used as well. Good resto, but more thought should have been done to use the right lightbar mounting and beacon components. Just a curious observation.

Thaty's what I see.
A 99 base,
Sig Stat dome,
RB6 guts.
What a shame.

That Nassau County Gran Fury was originally built by a man with the reputation for being the clown prince of clown car restorations, Lance Alfieri. I have seen many photos of Nassau County cars from back then, but they don't look like that. Lance had the tendancy to build cars as he wanted them to look instead of how they actually looked. Problem is, once the clown car is done and you start fabricating your story it eventually morphs into what many perceive as the truth because the story has been heard by many people.

Lance also built a CHP 1968 Ford that he tried to pass off as a 1 of 1 test car and a powder blue and white Arizona Hwy Patrol 1964 Ford with wild west-style lettering on the fenders and he said that was how he remembered them to look.

The Nassau Plymouth is on the verge of being a clown car. I have seen it in person several times and to be honest I never really looked at the roof beacon because the car doesn't merit a second or closer look in my opinion. Seeing the light now, it's a hermaphrodite. Typical Lance Alfieri restoration tactic.

Originally Posted by pc0k894

That Nassau County Gran Fury was originally built by a man with the reputation for being the clown prince of clown car restorations, Lance Alfieri. I have seen many photos of Nassau County cars from back then, but they don't look like that. Lance had the tendancy to build cars as he wanted them to look instead of how they actually looked. Problem is, once the clown car is done and you start fabricating your story it eventually morphs into what many perceive as the truth because the story has been heard by many people.

Lance also built a CHP 1968 Ford that he tried to pass off as a 1 of 1 test car and a powder blue and white Arizona Hwy Patrol 1964 Ford with wild west-style lettering on the fenders and he said that was how he remembered them to look.

The Nassau Plymouth is on the verge of being a clown car. I have seen it in person several times and to be honest I never really looked at the roof beacon because the car doesn't merit a second or closer look in my opinion. Seeing the light now, it's a hermaphrodite. Typical Lance Alfieri restoration tactic.

When I think of the accurate replicas that could be done with a 76/77 Gran Fury...........

Discounting the Nassau County car but instead focusing on the Canada Harbour Authority car, the days of originality in car setups are long gone. Maybe for the better.