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Hemmings Motor News has been around since 1954. We're proud of our heritage, but we're also more than the Hemmings full of classifieds that your father subscribed to. Aside from new editorial content every month in Hemmings, we have three monthly magazines: Hemmings Muscle Machines, Hemmings Classic Car and Hemmings Sports and Exotic Car.

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Calling All Cool Cop Cars

Posted July 01, 2008 12:01 AM by dstrohl

The annual car show held at the gorgeous Westbury Gardens on Long Island attracts its share of public-safety vehicles. Among the cars that appeared was this 1959 Chevrolet Biscayne two-door sedan, which we were assured is an actual Nassau County Police Department radio car that once patrolled this part of Long Island. Check out the warning light on top. It's not a beacon, but four fixed lamps under a metal dome that blink sequentially, rather than rotate under power.

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Re: Calling All Cool Cop Cars

07/07/2008 2:16 PM

Agree, absolutly those was the times. And times went away faster than we realized now look at it. Unbelievable! --No win situation-- Those cars did had some specialty styles hard to imitate now. And the good part was the tune-up time, what a breeze! If you had an orange juice and a fan with your tool box and some shadow around, you was on business in no time. Nice Hobby. With you'r preferred radio station on and forgot the world for a while guaranteed. Now is the car that tell's ya' where the pain is coming from within the computer scanning meter and some coding numbers,etc. Big change, definetly, like this guy told me the other day he went to see if he may check something under the hood and he was able just to see almost nothing since it does seen like another cover under the hood for real. So he decide to let it alone until bring it to the shop instead, I don't blame him neither. No piece of cake no more.

Newers cars do run very nice and smooth as far as all these sensors and connections are in good shape, All Good. Otherwise will be best bet bring it whole thing to Shop Time, no escape.

What about those push buttoms trans I believe Chrysler did it if I'm rigth? And what happen with the experimental-Ford Stirling- engine? And also the -General Motors Vapor Cycle Engine-?

I am personaly impressed with -Wankel Engine- rotary stuff since it well develop a lot of Rpm in no time as well. Tremenduos concepts back then. There are very great engines, I believe we have the challenge to further make it run even more economically by some improve fuel system modification probably or some newer approach to efficiently fuel comsuption. Something like it I guess..

Deluxe Automotives,

MC

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