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Runningdawg

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33. 1972 Ford Custom - CA highway patrol car

Mon Jul 22, 2019, 12:55 PM

Jul 2019

I bought it at auction for $500 in 1976. The only thing they did to it was spray paint over the signs on the doors and take the cherry off the top. No handles in the back seat to roll down windows or open the doors. Metal grill between front and back seat. Aftermarket tac, CB and shotgun rack still welded to the floor between the 2 front seats. No AC or radio. Music was from a cassette player I kept in the glove compartment LOL
Four barrel carb - the speedometer registered 200. The ONLY speeding ticket in my life came when he clocked me at 119. I drove it 7 years. The transmission fell out on I-35 just outside of OKC.

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