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Post by forzav12 on Nov 3, 2012 22:41:54 GMT -5
Not sure if this is the location for this post. We are having a car show on December 9, in socal. It is in partnership with the CHP, 11-99 Foundation and ChiPs for KIDS. There will be quite a few emergency vehicles and vintage police vehicles. Love to see a Blumo there from someone close enough to make the show. Thanks!
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Post by sigmfsk on Nov 4, 2012 2:22:50 GMT -5
That's a great invite, Forzav. It has a great blumo / cop cooperation vibe going for it. I hope you get a good turnout, and a blumo or two. I saw this in the ad: > 1969 CHP Polara Pursuit Car "Fastest Police Car Ever Built" and then found this thread: www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-205618.htmltalking about this page, that backs up the claim: www.allpar.com/squads/history.html------ 1969 was the year of the ultimate squad; for a quarter century afterwards, nothing could match its performance capability - the 1969 Polara Pursuit. This was the apex of the high-power era, the last year before lower compression engines and tightening emisions requirements. The 1969 Polara Pursuit, with its 375 bhp 440, sleek new "fuselage" bodystyle, and standard 3.23 axle, could do 0-60 in 6.3 seconds, the quarter mile in 14.3 seconds (at over 99 mph), and run out to a top speed of (or, by some accounts, above) 147 mph! dodge polara It took a 25 years, a Corvette engine, and a four-speed transmission for any other police cruiser to match these figures. In LAPD use, the 383-engined Belvedere Pursuit was extremely successful and well-liked, gaining the (accurate) nickname "four-door Roadrunner". Why the 1969 CHP Polara was such a big deal (by Mike Sealey) It held the record on the Chrysler test track in Chelsea, MI for highest top end achieved by a factory-built 4 door sedan (149.6 mph). The record was eventually broken by a 1994 Caprice with an LT1 but it took 25 years and a Corvette engine to finally do it. CHP and LAPD were prized enough customers that Chrysler made specific parts for each department, factory part numbers and all. CHP even had its own cam grind among other things. -----
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Post by Steam McQueen on Nov 4, 2012 15:07:05 GMT -5
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Post by forzav12 on Nov 6, 2012 9:19:41 GMT -5
Thanks! Hope to see a Blumo!(or anything else anyone would like to bring for a good cause)
thanks for posting the website(entry forms and flyer online-soon-event shirts for pre/purchase) we also have a facebook@legendsofthehighway
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Post by legendaryacura8 on Nov 6, 2012 11:09:30 GMT -5
I might be able to make it, but no guarantees. Depends on my duty schedule and what not. If so I won't have a Blumo, but I might have my 74 front clip on by then...
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Post by forzav12 on Nov 27, 2012 11:37:25 GMT -5
Show date is getting closer. We have a number of old cop cars signed up and a nice selection of other cars. Still hope to see a local Blumo. We have a website at legendsofthe highway.com and you can pre-register and purchase T-shirts even if you can't attend the show. The event supports a couple of good causes.
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