May Issue of Hemming's Classic Car Magazine Features Police Car Restorations

[MESDA6]

Thought some of you may be interested in this.


The May Issue of Hemmings Classic Car Magazine features police car restorations. It just arrived in the mail, but the April issue is still showing on their website. Joe Dorgan even gets a mention in one of the articles.


Keep an eye on the website for the May issue. In This Issue of Hemmings Classic Car | Hemmings Motor News

 

[MESDA6]

Update - the link in the post above now shows some highlights of the May issue.

 

[Maxim2Eng]

Featured in this month's Hemming's Classic Car magazine is this beauty!





The article also references our recently departed friend, John "Sirenman" Dorgan as the source for the pulsator. The great pics and close ups can be found here:


http://www.hemmings.com/hcc/stories/2014/05/01/hmn_feature1.html


The mag also includes a story on the history of NYPD RMPs. Enjoy a trip back to 1971 (the start of my senior year in high school)!

 

[flahotrod]

Very cool. I'll watch for it to hit the newsstand. Thanks for the alert.

 

[JazzDad]

From the story: "Unfortunately, due to drag from the items mounted on the roof, these cars had a top speed of 14 1/2 MPH."

 

[toon80]

From the story: "(...)these cars had a top speed of 14 1/2 MPH."

Hence the rear amber caution flashers

 

[Skip Goulet]

From the story: "Unfortunately, due to drag from the items mounted on the roof, these cars had a top speed of 14 1/2 MPH."

The Plymouth shown above has one of the McDermott light bars behind the beacon. I've seen pix of some NYPD cars that had the McDermott bars elevated waaaay above the car. Now that would be some drag!

 

[Wailer]

I like the Beacon Ray 175 with the tall base. Too bad NYPD didn't go with the hill light version.

 

[Skip Goulet]

I like the Beacon Ray 175 with the tall base. Too bad NYPD didn't go with the hill light version.

Actually, NYPD did use the 175 hill lights; and like the one in the picture, they also used the high skirt. That was to elevate the beacon above the P660 pulsator sirens they used.

 

[dmathieu]

The 175 is the "hill light" version of the Beacon Ray.


NYPD had them specially made by Federal with a slightly different tilt to the tilted beams than the standard 175.

 

[Skip Goulet]

The 175 is the "hill light" version of the Beacon Ray.
NYPD had them specially made by Federal with a slightly different tilt to the tilted beams than the standard 175.

Thanks, Dan. That's something I've never heard about. But Federal did a lot of special builds here and there.

 

[CHIEFOPS]

I'll check with someone of that vintage but I believe the tilted bulb was amber

 

[dmathieu]

I'll check with someone of that vintage but I believe the tilted bulb was amber

I do believe you are correct. 3 red, 1 amber. White was against the rules.