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Posted: 4/28/2012 8:19:13 AM EDT
   Ah, the good ole' Blue Goose. (IBDKP  )Many more at link. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150832618782216.482309.114238542215&type=3 Never understood why so many agencies went with Grand Fury's/Diplomats. They weren't even that good of car by 80's standards. |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 8:34:43 AM EDT
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What's the little "stop" banner on the hood all about?
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Posted: 4/28/2012 8:38:53 AM EDT
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Quoted: Bite your tongue. The Gran Fury was an awesome police car.Never understood why so many agencies went with Grand Fury's/Diplomats. They weren't even that good of car by 80's standards. |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 8:40:40 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Bite your tongue. The Gran Fury was an awesome police car. Never understood why so many agencies went with Grand Fury's/Diplomats. They weren't even that good of car by 80's standards. Damn grandpa!  |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 8:41:07 AM EDT
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LX 5.0 coupe FTMFW
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Posted: 4/28/2012 8:41:17 AM EDT
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Quoted: What's the little "stop" banner on the hood all about? Now? Tradition. The MSP is all about tradition. Before overhead lights were used they would use those to pull up along side to get you to pull over and for roadblock use. See here. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150331113912216&set=a.10150370476107216.413716.114238542215&type=3&theater |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 8:46:24 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Bite your tongue. The Gran Fury was an awesome police car. Never understood why so many agencies went with Grand Fury's/Diplomats. They weren't even that good of car by 80's standards.  Just for you.  |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 8:50:07 AM EDT
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Bite your tongue. The Gran Fury was an awesome police car. Never understood why so many agencies went with Grand Fury's/Diplomats. They weren't even that good of car by 80's standards. http://i50.tinypic.com/2wqa4y1.jpg Just for you.
Look at the ground clearance on that thing 
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Posted: 4/28/2012 9:02:19 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/28/2012 9:09:27 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/28/2012 9:20:38 AM EDT
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I have 1/43 Diecast police cars of most of these MSP cars. No pics those as they've been sitting in boxes in the basement since we moved into our house 4 years ago and I don't have a place to put them.
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Posted: 4/28/2012 9:21:32 AM EDT
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The Gran Fury used to kick the livin shit out of that stupid mustang the NYSP bought years back. And compared to that land yacht Chevy introduced as a fleet cruiser in the 80s after the E58 package went out of prouduction well.... It wasnt till Ford came out with the Crown Vic police package that you had something that could go like the Gran Fury. Dont even mention those Police package camaros with the dash that shifted around every time you went near a mild curve at parking lot speeds with less go than an everyday bone stock IROC version. Hell these days I am waiting for Honda to introduce a fart pipe police package..
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Posted: 4/28/2012 9:21:45 AM EDT
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The Caprice is my favorite cop car of all time.
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Posted: 4/28/2012 9:23:38 AM EDT
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Bite your tongue. The Gran Fury was an awesome police car. Never understood why so many agencies went with Grand Fury's/Diplomats. They weren't even that good of car by 80's standards. http://i50.tinypic.com/2wqa4y1.jpg Just for you.
Look at the ground clearance on that thing That is because the street is repulsed by it. |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 9:37:21 AM EDT
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Bite your tongue. The Gran Fury was an awesome police car. Never understood why so many agencies went with Grand Fury's/Diplomats. They weren't even that good of car by 80's standards. The 80's Gran Furys were too damn small, maybe the cop models got a 360. The 1970 cop Fury on the other hand was the fastest police cruiser of all time. 440 Big Block Mopar goodness. 
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Posted: 4/28/2012 9:37:30 AM EDT
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History about the "Bubble"
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150370476107216.413716.114238542215&type=1 |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 9:45:13 AM EDT
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I love the hood fin reminding the mouth-breathers to stop, because they'll have about 0.004 seconds to read it while the MSP trooper is flying through the intersection at 80mph...
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Posted: 4/28/2012 9:45:14 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Bite your tongue. The Gran Fury was an awesome police car. Never understood why so many agencies went with Grand Fury's/Diplomats. They weren't even that good of car by 80's standards. The 80's Gran Furys were too damn small, maybe the cop models got a 360. The 1970 cop Fury on the other hand was the fastest police cruiser of all time. 440 Big Block Mopar goodness. 318cu with a 4bbl Thermocarb mated to a 3speed IIRC. |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 9:50:47 AM EDT
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Excellent thread! I love police history and tradition.
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Posted: 4/28/2012 10:03:23 AM EDT
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Quoted: Excellent thread! I love police history and tradition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wEhmhE6kwU "A historical documentary about the Michigan State Police that was produced for the department's 75th Anniversary in 1992" |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 10:21:38 AM EDT
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I've always liked the color scheme and tradition of the MSP. On the new cars they even kept the round light on top, its no longer a traditional bulb but an led blinker.
From my experience most (not all) of them are also cool with ~80-85 in a 70 on the highway.
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Posted: 4/28/2012 10:22:03 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Bite your tongue. The Gran Fury was an awesome police car. Never understood why so many agencies went with Grand Fury's/Diplomats. They weren't even that good of car by 80's standards. The 80's Gran Furys were too damn small, maybe the cop models got a 360. The 1970 cop Fury on the other hand was the fastest police cruiser of all time. 440 Big Block Mopar goodness.  |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 10:26:32 AM EDT
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Nice selection of Thompsons. What kind of gun is the guy on the right holding. Looks like a gas gun or something 
Check out the stocked pistol leaning on the car. 
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Posted: 4/28/2012 10:26:39 AM EDT
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Whats with the STOP thing on the hood?
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Posted: 4/28/2012 10:28:19 AM EDT
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Whats with the STOP thing on the hood? http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150331113912216&set=a.10150370476107216.413716.114238542215&type=3&theater Why is there a "shark fin" on the hood of Michigan State Police patrol vehicles?
The Plexiglas "Stop" placards on Michigan State Police (MSP) patrol car hoods were originally an imitation of similar, smaller signs on the front fender of MSP motorcycles used for highway patrol in the 1920s-30s. Back then, the motorcycle troopers often did "side stops,” basically pulling up along a motorist to signal them to stop. The driver could look out their window and spot the "Stop" sign, even if the trooper was back a bit and hard to see. The MSP quit using bikes in 1942 during World War II, but they started putting the larger "Stop" placards on patrol car hoods around 1949. These placards had multiple uses: for side stops, just like in the old motorcycle days; for blockades, when troopers would block intersections with their cars to check for bank robbers (the hood signs made it unnecessary to keep red lights activated during daylight); and for nighttime response to investigations at homes. Patrol car door shields did not reflect until 1954 (that's when MSP patrol cars changed from black to the current bright "MSP" blue with lightning bolt door shields), so by lighting up the hood "Stop-State Police" signs when they pulled into a driveway at a house, the troopers felt the residents could look out and see that it was a police car and thus feel safer. Today, the placards are obsolete, but kept for tradition. The MSP no longer trains troopers to do side stops in heavy traffic; we quit doing blockades around 1981; and, in today's police tactics, cops no longer really want to illuminate their presence. The door shields now reflect, too. |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 10:45:10 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/28/2012 10:55:42 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/28/2012 11:14:45 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/28/2012 11:16:15 AM EDT
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Quoted: I've always liked the color scheme and tradition of the MSP. On the new cars they even kept the round light on top, its no longer a traditional bulb but an led blinker. From my experience most (not all) of them are also cool with ~80-85 in a 70 on the highway. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/2006_Michigan_State_Police_Dodge_Charger_1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/gofast11/MSP/Chargerreflection.jpg Not a Dodge guy, but the new Chargers are mean lookin'.  |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 11:16:34 AM EDT
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Bite your tongue. The Gran Fury was an awesome police car. Never understood why so many agencies went with Grand Fury's/Diplomats. They weren't even that good of car by 80's standards. The 80's Gran Furys were too damn small, maybe the cop models got a 360. The 1970 cop Fury on the other hand was the fastest police cruiser of all time. 440 Big Block Mopar goodness.
http://policecarwebsite.net/fc/copcarpics/mich276.jpg A 1972 Police Javelin was clocked at 5 mph(153mph) faster than the official fastest police car of the era, the 1967 Dodge Polara with the 440(147mph). Albeit it had been slightly modded by the department mechanic.
Or so I've read. |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 11:47:18 AM EDT
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 for 3K. |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 12:06:23 PM EDT
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Quoted: for 3K. for post count. |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 12:07:39 PM EDT
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i get a kick out of the big cherry on top, tradition i guess.
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Posted: 4/28/2012 12:22:26 PM EDT
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I miss the days when they used to make large sedans.
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Posted: 4/28/2012 12:26:58 PM EDT
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I've always liked the color scheme and tradition of the MSP. On the new cars they even kept the round light on top, its no longer a traditional bulb but an led blinker. From my experience most (not all) of them are also cool with ~80-85 in a 70 on the highway.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/2006_Michigan_State_Police_Dodge_Charger_1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/gofast11/MSP/Chargerreflection.jpg The 06-10 Charger roofs cannot support the weight of the red light. Evidently Dodge reinforced the roof for the current generation. |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 12:37:27 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Bite your tongue. The Gran Fury was an awesome police car. Never understood why so many agencies went with Grand Fury's/Diplomats. They weren't even that good of car by 80's standards. http://i50.tinypic.com/2wqa4y1.jpg Just for you.  For the love of God...Do you have any idea how well that car, right there, would fit on a sidewalk, in a pursuit? I do. I tore shit up... many times... in a car that looked like that. (Just with a lot more dents and rust.) Damn... now you got me all misty and shit. |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 12:44:17 PM EDT
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Whats with the STOP thing on the hood? Hammer time. |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 1:07:17 PM EDT
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Quoted:
I've always liked the color scheme and tradition of the MSP. On the new cars they even kept the round light on top, its no longer a traditional bulb but an led blinker. From my experience most (not all) of them are also cool with ~80-85 in a 70 on the highway.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/2006_Michigan_State_Police_Dodge_Charger_1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/gofast11/MSP/Chargerreflection.jpg Ah yes, the skid pad in Lansing. |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 1:08:42 PM EDT
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I've always liked the color scheme and tradition of the MSP. On the new cars they even kept the round light on top, its no longer a traditional bulb but an led blinker. From my experience most (not all) of them are also cool with ~80-85 in a 70 on the highway.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/2006_Michigan_State_Police_Dodge_Charger_1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/gofast11/MSP/Chargerreflection.jpg The 06-10 Charger roofs cannot support the weight of the red light. Evidently Dodge reinforced the roof for the current generation. They must have because the bubble boys were out in force today. |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 3:41:30 PM EDT
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Once for the evening.
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Posted: 4/28/2012 6:21:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/28/2012 6:42:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/29/2012 7:27:29 AM EDT
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Nice selection of Thompsons. What kind of gun is the guy on the right holding. Looks like a gas gun or something http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/575324_10150832632687216_333267278_n.jpg Check out the stocked pistol leaning on the car. http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/536029_10150832626102216_114238542215_12052208_577312751_n.jpg Is that a revolver with a rifle stock on it? What is that? |
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Posted: 4/29/2012 9:37:52 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Nice selection of Thompsons. What kind of gun is the guy on the right holding. Looks like a gas gun or something http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/575324_10150832632687216_333267278_n.jpg Check out the stocked pistol leaning on the car. http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/536029_10150832626102216_114238542215_12052208_577312751_n.jpg Is that a revolver with a rifle stock on it? What is that? From the 20's, looks potent whatever it is. I like the armored radiator on the car myself. |
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Posted: 4/29/2012 2:39:55 PM EDT
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Looks like a single shot CS launcher...
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Posted: 4/29/2012 2:42:24 PM EDT
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Quoted: What's the little "stop" banner on the hood all about? Shark fin. It lights up pretty. |
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Posted: 4/29/2012 2:46:34 PM EDT
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What's the little "stop" banner on the hood all about? Its a sign in the background behind the car... |
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Posted: 4/29/2012 2:49:10 PM EDT
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I'm pretty sure I was pulled over by the one on the left a few years ago. |
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Posted: 4/29/2012 2:51:52 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: I've always liked the color scheme and tradition of the MSP. On the new cars they even kept the round light on top, its no longer a traditional bulb but an led blinker. From my experience most (not all) of them are also cool with ~80-85 in a 70 on the highway. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/2006_Michigan_State_Police_Dodge_Charger_1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/gofast11/MSP/Chargerreflection.jpg Ah yes, the skid pad in Lansing. I went through EVOC there two years ago. What a blast. |
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Posted: 4/29/2012 2:53:12 PM EDT
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Michigan State Police are some extremely well trained Police. Bad ass dudes.
You have to REALLY know your shit and be pretty tough, to not wash out. They have real high standards. |
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Posted: 4/29/2012 3:03:16 PM EDT
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Quoted: Michigan State Police are some extremely well trained Police. Bad ass dudes. You have to REALLY know your shit and be pretty tough, to not wash out. They have real high standards. Some videos from the academy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m97S6GhWLf4 PT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ371xlUf90 Driving school http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKspmAoBfPQ Water training http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvxJVEDn1Vk |
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