Movies & Television: Police, Fire & EMS Vehicles

[JazzDad]

 

[Skip Goulet]

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That almost reminds me of the Mac Davis song, "Lubbock in your rearview mirror".  But this one crept up quickly! :lol:

 

[JazzDad]

 

[CHIEFOPS]

Speaking of CHiPs, the motorcycle siren- sound editor concoction or a dubbed-in real unit I don't recognize? They had a mechanical siren affect to them.

 

[vonirkinshtine]

The Other Guys



"Did you yell 'America' back there"?

http://youtu.be/sg-6Aje-vtM?t=7m30s

 

[Skip Goulet]

Speaking of CHiPs, the motorcycle siren- sound editor concoction or a dubbed-in real unit I don't recognize? They had a mechanical siren affect to them.

I never did like the sounds of the sirens on the two motorcycles, but never knew back then whether they were real or dubbed in like on Emergency!.  But I got to watch part of the show yesterday (they're now on METV at 5:00 central) and it was obvious that at least part of the sound was dubbed, because they had transposed the yelp sound on top of that funky wail on the motorcycle sirens.

The Other Guys



"Did you yell 'America' back there"?

http://youtu.be/sg-6Aje-vtM?t=7m30s

Cute. But it's hard to picture Mark Wahlberg in a somewhat comedy role.

 

[Jarred J.]

Skip you haven't seen the movie?

"im a peacock capin you gotta let me fly"

 

[CHIEFOPS]

Well regardless of authentic or sound effect, siren sounds have to be dubbed-in as the California Vehicle Code does not permit look-alike emergency vehicles to run sirens on public streets

 

[Wailer]

Speaking of CHiPs, the motorcycle siren- sound editor concoction or a dubbed-in real unit I don't recognize? They had a mechanical siren affect to them.

A few years ago I read a thread on this siren (don't remember which forum) and someone said that there was a real motorcycle siren that sounded like that.  It was a small mechanical siren that was amplified and the sound came out of a standard motorcycle siren speaker.  A sort of hybrid mechanical-electronic contraption.  I think the manufacturer name was 'Stewart' or something like that.

 

[vonirkinshtine]

Skip you haven't seen the movie?

"im a peacock capin you gotta let me fly"

"Then I'm going to swim out into the ocean and bang your little tuna girlfriend."

 

[HILO]

Towards the end.  The fail is so worth the wait.  Hard to believe, watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHVGfC67eMM

 

[JazzDad]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHVGfC67eMM

I don't know... I like the postal truck with the beacons on the roof.

Speaking of Posties, what about these?





Who can identify the type of car?

 

[7d9_z28]

I see hints of mid 70s Toyota Celica in the front end, if that helps...

 

[SomeBloke]

It's like a messed up Landrover defender.

Anyway -

HotFuzz



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The Bill -

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[JazzDad]

Hot Fuzz and the other 2 from the trilogy. :woot:

 

[Skip Goulet]

Skip you haven't seen the movie?

"im a peacock capin you gotta let me fly"

Haven't seen that one.   I like almost anything that Mark does, though.

 

[StEaLtH2]

Gotta get it Skip... "The other guys" is not to be missed.. I almost pi$&ed myself a few times it's that funny.. Mila Kunis aside, it's better than ted

 

[vonirkinshtine]

Gotta get it Skip... "The other guys" is not to be missed.. I almost pi$&ed myself a few times it's that funny.. Mila Kunis aside, it's better than ted

The Other Guys has Eva Mendes though!

 

[JazzDad]

Hard to catch the flash on this one.



Nice strobe on this shot.

 

[Skip Goulet]

Hard to catch the flash on this one.

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Nice strobe on this shot.

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A local supermarket had a Segway type vehicle that they used out on the parking lot.  It had red/blue LED lights and an electronic siren.  It's gone and they now just have a conventional Segway..no lights, etc.

 

[StEaLtH2]

from Colors (1988).... the last chase for this 9C1...bummer......youtube has the chase clip if ya got four mins to spare>-

 

[JazzDad]

 

[CHIEFOPS]

The "walk like an Egyptian" video?

 

[Skip Goulet]

The "walk like an Egyptian" video?

Are you sure they weren't some of those "funny boys" like the medic who had "come out" on one of the medical shows a few years ago? :lol:

 

[JazzDad]

This is good.  Post the photo and let the viewers guess the source.

"Where'd you get this?"  (Hover over photo for the answer.)

 

[348]

Ghostbusters II with almost every type of light bar represented on the same vehicle.



SWAT the TV show - 1975





SWAT the movie - 2003





Robert Blake in Electraglide in Blue







George C. Scott in The New Centurions - 1972





Cadillac patrol car of Claude Akins in The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo TV series (1979-1981)



The Dukes of Hazzard TV series (1979-1985)









The Dues of Hazzard Movie - 2005



Code Red TV series LA City Fire Dept. starring Loren Green







CHiP's TV show









CHiP's Dodge Monacos





CHiP's '99 Movie riding the BMW RT1100's





Brian Dennehy as the Sheriff in Rambo - First Blood







Terminator 2

1987 Chevrolet Caprice



1984 Kawasaki KZ1000





The Towering Inferno starring Steve McQueen - 1972











Serpico - 1973



(1963 Plymouth Savoy)





Beverly Hills Cop - 1984



1979 Chrysler Newport







1981 Chevrolet Impala







Police Academy movies



1976 AMC Matador



1979 Chrysler Newport



1981 Chevrolet Impala



1979 Dodge St Regis





Rescue Me TV series 2004-2011







Third Watch TV series 1999-2005









World Trade Center - 2006









Colors - 1988









The Ambulance - 1990











Cannon Ball Run 2 - 1984

















Backdraft Movie









Ladder 49 - 2004



TJ Hooker TV series (1982-1986)







The Recruits TV series (1972-1976)



The Blue Knight TV series (1975-1976)



Car 54 Where Are You? TV series (1961-1963)





Highway Patrol starring Broderick Crawford - 1955



Starsky & Hutch TV series (1975-1979)



Starsky & Hutch Movie - 2004



In the Heat of the Night TV series (1988-1995)

Starring Carroll O'Connor



Hawaii Five-O TV series (1968-1980)

Fleet of 1967 Ford Customs







1969 Ford Custom 500



1970 Ford Galaxie



1969 Harley Davidson Electra Glides



The Andy Griffith Show TV series (1960-1968)

1964 Ford Custom





1961 Ford Fairlane



1963 Ford Galaxie



1967 Ford



Baywatch TV series (1989-2001)

1982 GMC S-15



1988 GMC Sierra K-2500



1989 Toyota



1992 Ford F-350



1998 Nissan Frontier



CSI Miami TV Series (2002-2012)

 

[Skip Goulet]

Wow...what a collection.  I had almost forgotten about that Lorne Greene show. Used to watch it although it wasn't as good as Emergency! by any means.    Neat shot of the camera on the 2nd motorcycle. Interesting!

 

[dmathieu]

Beautiful!!!

 

[348]

These are some emergency vehicles that played more of a support role in shows like CHiP's, Emergency, Hawaii Five-O and similar programs.  You may recognize some of them.

1977 Ford F Series (CHiP's)



Dodge W-300 (CHiP's)



1973 Chevrolet Bel Air (Emergency!)



1974 Chevrolet Bel Air



Hill Street Blues



1969 Plymouth Belvedere (Adam 12)



1969 Plymouth Belvedere (Adam 12)



1971 Plymouth Satellite (Adam 12)



1979 Chevy C-10 (Hawaii Five-O)





1975 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow (Dukes of Hazard)





1973 Chevrolet Nova 



1978 Chevrolet Nova (Vegas)



1977 Dodge Monaco (Vegas)



Vegas



1973 Ford Torino (The Gauntlet)



1975 Dodge Coronet (The Gauntlet)



1977 Pontiac LeMans (Smokey and the Bandit)



1976 Pontiac Bonneville (Smokey & the Bandit 2)



1980 Pontiac Bonneville (Smokey & the Bandit 2)

Harley Davidson FLH



1983 Ford Econoline (NYPD Blue)



1993 Chevrolet Caprice (NYPD Blue)



1967 Pontiac Superior Ambulance (Hawaii Five-O)





 

1969 Cadillac Ambulance (CHiP's)





Emergency!



1968 Cadillac (Emergency!)



1970 Cadillac Superior Rescuer (Gone in 60 Seconds)



1971 Cadillac (Sienfeld)



1974 Cadillac (Kojak)



1975 Cadillac (T.J. Hooker)



1969 Ford (Adam 12)







1971 Chevrolet Van (CHiP's)



1973 Chevrolet Chevy Van (Nine to Five)



1975 Chevrolet Suburban (Dallas)



1978 Chevrolet Chevy Van (Malcom in the Middle)



1978 Chevrolet Van (CHiP's)







1970 Chevrolet Suburban (Emergency!)



1971 Chevrolet Sportvan (CHiP's)



1971 Dodge Tradesman (The Gauntlet)



1971 Dodge Tradesman (Emergency! - San Francisco)



1971 GMC Vandura (Emergency! - Seattle)



1974 Dodge Sportsman



1973 Chevrolet Van Superior (Times Square)



1970 Chevrolet C-20 (Emergency!)



1970 Chevrolet Silverado Superior (Times Square)



1973 Chevrolet C-30 (Halloween 2)



1992 Ford Econoline (NYPD Blue)



2003 Ford E-350 (CSI Miami)



1970 Ford Club Wagon (CHiP's)







1973 Plymouth Fury (Emergency! - Seattle)



1973 AMC Matador (Emergency!)



1977 Plymouth Fury (Emergency! - San Francisco)



1971 American LaFrance 900 (Emergency!)



American LaFrance 900 (Emergency! - San Francisco)



1970 Crown Firecoach (CHiP's)



1947 Mack Yankee Fire Apparatus



1950 International Harvester (CHiP's)

1968 Dodge W-300



1970 Dodge (Emergency!)



1965 Crown Firecoach (Emergency!)

 

1973 Ward LaFrance P80 Ambassador (CHiP's)



Emergency!



1994 GMC Suburban 

 

[Skip Goulet]

These are some emergency vehicles that played more of a support role in shows like CHiP's, Emergency, Hawaii Five-O and similar programs.  You may recognize some of them.

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1967 Pontiac Superior Ambulance

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1975 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow 

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1973 Chevrolet Nova

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1969 Cadillac Ambulance

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1971 Chevrolet Van

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1978n Chevrolet Van

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Some of those old coaches and vans I've seen in various TV shows and movies.  Back then I had no idea that there were businesses like Joe Ortiz's in SoCal that rented/leased those units to the studios.   Joe has had some health issues of late and now has some of his old ambulances up for sale. Downside is that he won't  quote prices as yet.   The Schaeffer and Goodhew ambulances were well known around the L.A. area, although Goodhew was bought out by AMR a few years ago.   It would be interesting to know where some of these vehicles ended up.

 

[JazzDad]

Somewhere in France?  Lire et Bleu?



Fou Québec!

 

[HILO]

I just noticed this...

 

[TheGatekeeper]

Somewhere in France?  Lire et Bleu?

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Fou Québec!

Can't be France. Here STOP signs say "STOP". B)

 

[LRGJr72]

These are some emergency vehicles that played more of a support role in shows like CHiP's, Emergency, Hawaii Five-O and similar programs.  You may recognize some of them.

1968 Cadillac

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1970 Chevrolet C-20

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1970 Ford Club Wagon

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Hello "348",

First of all let me just say that your contributions here are UNBELIEVABLE. So thanks for sharing.

Next... what is with the occasional blue lights you'd see on ambulances from shows set in California? I've posted the same question elsewhere but no one seems to know.

Lastly... is that an "F&B" ambulance (from Mother Jugs & Speed) making an appearance on CHiPs!?

 

[JazzDad]

 

[Skip Goulet]

Hello "348",

First of all let me just say that your contributions here are UNBELIEVABLE. So thanks for sharing.

Next... what is with the occasional blue lights you'd see on ambulances from shows set in California? I've posted the same question elsewhere but no one seems to know.

Lastly... is that an "F&B" ambulance (from Mother Jugs & Speed) making an appearance on CHiPs!?

I've often asked the question when seeing blue on CA vehicles on TV and movies. What I've found out is that a majority of the ambulances seen are leased vehicles.   My good friend Joe Ortiz has leased various emergency vehicles to the movie studios for many years including a number of ambulances.  While blue on ambulances wasn't technically allowed in CA, that's a small matter that the studios didn't catch; and unless they wanted to be technically correct right down the line, most often they really didn't care.  That's why on shows like Starsky & Hutch, for instance, you'd see a rotating Fireball-type light in one sequence and a Flashball in the next.   Most, if not all, of Joe's vintage vehicles are usually CA correct.  The funny thing there is that some shows that supposedly occur in New York are actually taped in CA.  If you've ever seen the white-over-yellow Suburban ambulances used mostly on Emergency!, they actually belonged to Snyder Ambulance, and one of those now belongs to my good friend Lou Farah who heads up Professional Cars International.  I saw that same Suburban on a couple of episodes of "Kojak".  Fast trip from CA to NY, huh!

 

[HILO]

Hello "348",

First of all let me just say that your contributions here are UNBELIEVABLE. So thanks for sharing.

Next... what is with the occasional blue lights you'd see on ambulances from shows set in California? I've posted the same question elsewhere but no one seems to know.

Lastly... is that an "F&B" ambulance (from Mother Jugs & Speed) making an appearance on CHiPs!?

Movie/show production companies rent the vehicles used in their shows, most of the time.  The average viewer has no idea what the light laws are in any given state. If you mention a California Red, they will probably assume you are talking about wine, while you are whining about the accuracy or lack there of!  Blue Bloods has r/b on their cars.  Chicago PD has full paint on the crown vics, no beat tags, and other inaccurate lights.  A lot of shows set in CA are not running California reds anymore.  In the older days, if a light bar had steady burn, it was simply due to the equipment companies not wanting to replace the flashers. 

 

[348]

I may have gotten a bit carried away on my photo posts but the more I thought about it, the more shows I wanted to include.  Its a work in progress I find myself adding to occasionally.  

I don't have answers to your questions, just educated guesses.  Like Hilo mentioned, I'm guessing some production companies don't pay as much attention to details in some of their vehicles as some viewers do.  In California I usually only see blue domes on law enforcement vehicles but the occasional ambulance in shows like CHiP's had a blue dome on it.  Other vehicles don't meet California specs with the steady burn red light to the front and flashing amber light to the rear.  Purists like us notice some of those minor details.

The F & B Cadillac ambulance on CHiP's does appear to be the same as the one on Mother, Jugs & Speed.  In Mother, Jugs & Speed the ambulance has a set of steer horns mounted above the windshield.  The horns are not there in the CHiP's photo.  I've tried to look at pictures to see if the cars have the same license plates, but I can't get a clear enough picture to tell for sure.  If I had to guess I would say its the same vehicle.

 

[JazzDad]

If you mention a California Red, they will probably assume you are talking about wine, ...

Or the locally grown variety of cannabis.  "Steady red" means you smoke entirely too much.

 

[Skip Goulet]

I got to watch "Lone Wolf McQuade" all the way through last night for the first time in a very long time.  In response to some comments about the beacons on McQuade's Dodge RAM, both beacons appear to be 17s. I got a good look at them on my new wide-screen TV this time.  The right beacon has a traditional Federal name tag, but the one on the driver's side appears to be one of the Federal Laboratories' tags.  Federal Labs' lights and sirens were all built in the Federal plants either in Chicago or Blue Island but had their own model numbers.  The beacons on the TX DPS unit appear to be Sirenos.