Interesting, the only calibrated speedo’s I saw in the last 20yo or less vehicles was in LEO’s, we did a LOT of local, state and federal vehicles while I was at FS… I’m sure different states do different things… But then again we are a few decades difference between our experiences… lol
. However, it appears I was wrong, listed as a “Pursuit Special” rather than “interceptor”. But here is a picture.
My parents had a 62 Wagon, 289 with three on the tree. Was my practice vehicle along with drivers Ed. Had quite decent performance. After Studebaker stop producing cars, went to an Impala wagon followed by a Catalina 4 door hardtop.
A replica was driven by Mike Brewer on this week’s episode on Wheeler Dealers World Tour. In Australia, of course.
As a kid, a couple friends drove ramblers. The speedos had “police certified” printed on them. I always wondered exactly what that meant.
I always wondered what kind of tires the patrol cars had but never dared take a close look. Att the auto show though they had a couple patrol cars on display for public relations, so I ho5ba chance to inspect the tires. Don’t remember what they were but I guess they are specials for speed as well as ice and snow. I was too shy to talk to the guys.
You were in the discussion below…
Goodyear and Firestone are the only pursuit tires sold in the US that I am aware of, and FS took the account (in TN anyway) from GY… According to the many THP officers that +I talked to said the GY’s were not very good and couldn’t wait to have them replaced with the FS’s… FS does make a snow tire = Firestone Firehawk PVS winter tire…
And NO I do not know what kind of tires they ran 50+ years ago… I am talking about modern day tires…
50+ years ago, the NJSP used Goodyear Blue Streak racing tires on the Chrysler New Yorker 6 window sedans that they used on the NJ Turnpike and GS Parkway, but they used some sort of cheaper tires on the Ford sedans that they used on non-toll highways.
@VDCdriver Nice picture of thev Hudson Hornet. This was the last Hudson before the 1955 model which has the Nash body. I had an uncle who had a 1951 Hudson Commodore 6. It had a version of the engine that was in the Hornet. The Hornet model was first marketed in 1951.
My uncle bought the Hudson brand new in 1951, but traded it in after one year for a new 1952 Buick Special. Even as a 6th grader, I thought the Hudson was a better car.
Yup!
Hudson dominated Nascar in the early '50s, with more wins than any other manufacturer.