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Post by Steam McQueen on Jul 19, 2011 23:07:37 GMT -5
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Post by Steam McQueen on Jul 30, 2011 23:43:50 GMT -5
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Post by 58hemifury on Feb 17, 2014 15:45:49 GMT -5
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Post by sigmfsk on Feb 17, 2014 17:38:35 GMT -5
> IN THE TRUNK ARE THE ORIGINAL COP LIGHTS, CB RADIO AND PASSENGER CAGE THAT WERE REMOVED WHEN THE CAR WAS CONVERTED INTO A BLUESMOBILE. As a CHP unit, it had a CB radio? That passenger cage is interesting. I'd like to see what that looked like and see if the mounting brackets line up with the marks and holes on my interior b-pillars.
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Post by 58hemifury on Feb 17, 2014 18:14:46 GMT -5
> IN THE TRUNK ARE THE ORIGINAL COP LIGHTS, CB RADIO AND PASSENGER CAGE THAT WERE REMOVED WHEN THE CAR WAS CONVERTED INTO A BLUESMOBILE. That passenger cage is interesting. I'd like to see what that looked like and see if the mounting brackets line up with the marks and holes on my interior b-pillars. Look at the Volo pics, they show the cage and radio. The Original light bar is a Twinsonic but not a CTS, they were not used on CHP cars. For $35K I want a CTS bar!
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Post by sigmfsk on Feb 18, 2014 5:36:25 GMT -5
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Post by sigmfsk on Feb 18, 2014 5:42:40 GMT -5
The Original light bar is a Twinsonic but not a CTS, they were not used on CHP cars. For $35K I want a CTS bar! I'll try to piece together the story on this car. It was for sale on e-bay, advertised as a restored original CHP. Here are some pics: from www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/forum/topic/6128-selling-usa-1975-monaco-volo-bluesmobile-illinois/#entry82105We determined that the car above was purchased by Volo and turned into their bluesmobile by matching up various aspects of the engine compartment (like the 440 motor mated to a small block radiator). www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/forum/topic/6128-selling-usa-1975-monaco-volo-bluesmobile-illinois/page-3#entry112262So the summary is: from www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/forum/topic/6128-selling-usa-1975-monaco-volo-bluesmobile-illinois/page-3#entry112282Now you write: The Original light bar is a Twinsonic but not a CTS, they were not used on CHP cars. For $35K I want a CTS bar! So I think you're saying that the car may be ex-CHP, but the restoration was incorrect, and the bar included in the original e-bay ad in 2008 never would have come on a CHP. Were the cop radios correct? Cage? I think of the possibilities: 1) car is ex-CHP, radios, cage, light bar correct. Proven false by your info on the light. 2) car is ex-CHP, radios, cage correct. Light bar incorrect. 3) car is ex-CHP, radios, cage, light bar all incorrect. 4) car is not ex-CHP, but is an actual cop car 5) car is not an actual cop car. Proven false by the VIN: DK41U5D183363 from www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/forum/topic/6128-selling-usa-1975-monaco-volo-bluesmobile-illinois/page-3#entry112268Did all CHP units have A/C? Marin County didn't, but I don't know about actual CHP. The engine compartment on this car doesn't show an A/C compressor, but with the small block radiator, who knows what's going on up there. But the inside dash shows the blockoff plate on the far right, so it seems to be a non A/C car.
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Post by 58hemifury on Feb 18, 2014 6:19:32 GMT -5
It is a CTSish lightbar but there is something funky about it. The amber lens should be closer to the center on the back side. Anyone know more about these things?
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Post by 58hemifury on Feb 18, 2014 12:59:18 GMT -5
One thing I am noticing on this car is that it only has a driver's side spotlight, didn't CHP cars usually have 2? (It's still cool, not $35,000 cool, but cool).
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Post by 58hemifury on Feb 18, 2014 13:06:24 GMT -5
On Volo's website they claim the only California cars had tan interiors, is that their only proof to this being a CHP car? I think this is a legit cop car but doubt it was CHP in it's former life. Anyone ever see the trim tags (not that they tell you everything, my '75 GF has the "BODY IN WHITE", "SPECIAL MASK", "SPECIAL PAINT", "SPECIAL ORDER" tag that CHP cars came with too and a paint code of 999)?
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Post by Lord Vadus on Feb 18, 2014 15:07:24 GMT -5
I still have the tag from that junkyard '75 that's all-white and has a tan interior. Unless it was an unmarked CHP car that made its way to a junkyard in WI, which is doubtful, I don't believe their claim for an instant.
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Post by sigmfsk on Feb 18, 2014 17:09:38 GMT -5
The one spotlight and no A/C seem un-CHP like:
but it does have the CHP siren mount on the stubframe (lower right), and windshield washer reservoir on the passenger side (which in 74-75 was only on cars with the siren mount):
That's a bold claim.
I suppose it may be true that "it so happens that the only police cars that were ever ordered with tan interior happened to be CHP cars", but that would be surprising to me. And even if true, I don't know how someone could actually know that.
It sounds more like "CHP cars always came in tan. We don't know any other departments that ordered tan. This car is tan. Therefore it is CHP".
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Post by Lord Vadus on Feb 18, 2014 17:50:28 GMT -5
I've got better proof to the contrary; seeing as I'm presently driving in an ex Minnesota Highway Patrol car with a tan interior, it got me thinking. A quick google search returned his page: home.comcast.net/~sgtsletten/site/?/page/MSP_Cars_1971-1980/Here there are plenty of pictures of period Minnesota Highway Patrol cars; including a few 1974 and 1975 Plymouth Furys with tan interiors. 1974: 1975: There are plenty of images of '76 and '77 models with tan interiors as well.
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Post by 58hemifury on Feb 18, 2014 18:37:38 GMT -5
I'm sure Florida cars had tan as well, my FL '98 Crown Vic did. You usually see the tan interiors in the warmer climate states. I was surprised that my Mendocino, CA Sheriff's car had a black vinyl interior.
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Post by 58hemifury on Feb 18, 2014 21:57:00 GMT -5
It is a CTSish lightbar but there is something funky about it. The amber lens should be closer to the center on the back side. Anyone know more about these things? Here is a real CTS lightbar, see how the orange lens is on the inside, closer to the stainless center cover and to the inside of the rotating light. I don't think the Volo lightbar has a rotating light on the left side. More on the CTS www.freewebs.com/twinsonic/twinsoniccts.htm
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