The NSW Historic Police Museum: Classic Restos - Series 53
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- Опубликовано: 19 июл 2023
- Tony Fitzgerald is a collector and historian who is passionate about the New South Wales police force. His career began in the early 1980s as an apprentice panel beater at the government motor garage. It was there where he repaired vehicles that belonged to the New South Wales police force, which sparked his interest in their history.
Throughout the last 38 years, Tony has built up a collection of New South Wales Police Force memorabilia and ex-police vehicles to preserve their history. He and a few partners showcase their impressive private collections at various events to support the police force. The collection includes historical police vehicles, uniforms, station equipment, and other irreplaceable artifacts. Seeing these marked and unmarked vehicles brings back great memories, as they were the cars our families and friends drove daily.
The NSW Police collection consists of 56 cars and 24 bikes, representing some of the finest vehicles used by the police force. Some of the cars in the collection include a 1971 Ford XY 351 GT Spec, which is capable of 140 mph and was widely used as a highway patrol car, a 1979 5.8-litre V8 Ford XD Falcon, a 1973 LJ Torana XU1, and the CL & VH Charger police cars.
Tony's collection is impressive, with approximately 330 cars and bikes currently housed in two separate locations. Plans are underway to construct a state-of-the-art facility on the current site to house the complete NSW Historic Police Museum, along with Tony's and his partner's private collection.
The NSW Historic Police Museum is not open to the public and requires an invitation to visit. It is the private domain of Tony Fitzgerald, who supports the NSW Police at events throughout the year with his collection and another fantastic discovery by Fletch. 
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What a brilliant episode. Our Australian vehicle production history is mainly just memories, but a small minority have these beautiful artifacts still in pristine condition to show, and its spectacular to see.
Thanks Steve 👍
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@@classicrestostv1fletch764 No problem Fletch
Very good. Lots of memories in there.
Massive! Thanks.
All i can say is wow wow wow wot a range of everything fantastic Fletch 👏
Always nice to hear from you Adrian. Cheers Fletch 👍
A great episode Fletch, full of memories, well done to everyone involved. 👍
Cheers Richard. Fletch.
Brilliant fletch
Cheers buddy - and you keep up your great work as well. Fletch 👍
I remember all police bikes and cars, i was booked for speeding in 1968, new license ,police rambler classic v8
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Thanks Fletch.
Looking forward to seeing the display when it is finally up and running. 350 cars. Reminds me of the Gosford museum.
Only hope it doesn't go the same way !
Totally awesome, what an amazing collection.
Thanks Fletch and Tony. Great collection and good use made of it. Onwards and upwards with the new building!
Great episode Fletch. Love the Police cars and the broader collection.
I have known Fitzy for approximately 22 years. He used to call into my office at the Cronulla Police station for a coffee and chat. He is a great bloke and has a passion for everything NSW Police. It’s great to see this going ahead , well done mate 💪👍
Regards
Tack.
I met Tony in 1990 when I was driving tow trucks for St George towing. Top bloke and a funny C*nt.
I've known Fitzy since I was a kid and I'm now 53. He grew up in the same street as me in Peakhurst South.
Sure is a passionate man.
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Nothing could outrun those Kawasaki 1000 , well respected bike.
Another great episode, Mr. Fletch! I drive a 2008 Ford Crown Vic Police Interceptor for my State Agency. I’ve had it 8 years with only 151,000 miles on the odo. I’m trying all I can to hang onto the car, but I believe I will be on the losing end of that battle as the fleet office tells me they don’t want to put anymore money into the Crown Vics so the cars can be retired out of service. The 1992-2011 Crown Vics are the best all-around police car.
Hey Donald. Thank you for your interesting comment. Indeed - I have a soft spot for the Crown Victoria. I think 2011-2012 was their final year? Please correct me. They were incredibly durable, still using a "chassis". Commercial work designated - Cop Cars & Taxi Cabs...they were a tough package. I am sure glad that you appreciate this vehicle Donald. Can you buy it from the department? Cheers & bests Fletch 👍
I noticed the Mad Max Super Pursuit Special: the black Ford Falcon GT XB at 4:47. Good vid, Fletch. Greetings from the U.S.
Hey Fitzy it your old mate Sniffer here. Congratulations on a great car collection. Looking forward to seeing more in the future.
My first car was an ex police CM Valiant 245, 3 on the tree. That ELB truly worked😅.
Mine didn't 😂😂😂
Cops in XU-1s, Falcon hardtops, Valiant Chargers - those were the days!
something about the falcon xy, coupe , Xd and Valiant police car like a time warp😮 they look intimidating😮
What a great video. Thank you.
Those preserved police car's are a treat. Especially the XC hardtop, the VL turbo brings back memories of losing my licence to them in highway patrol livery. The F100 bum wagon's were an uncomfortable, anxious ride when stuck in the back with a couple of mischievous, sadistic copper's up front 😒😅
omg, where do they find these cars?!! 4th gen Mazda Cosmo? pre and post face lift first gen Corvettes? And gobs of cool aussie steel.
You should see some of the stuff that wasn't shown.... it's a mind boggler! 😁
2 great old school blokes talking cars well done :-)
I remember driving past a Wired Area along Canterbury Road in the late 70's. And in it were two unmarked black Police cars. One a Phase 4 ? Falcon and the other an SLR 5000. And I thought Oh the Falcon for Highways and the torana for inner City. Apparently the Ford was geared to have it's Torque/Acceleration down low for inner city Bank robberies and a lower Top Speed. The SLR was the Highway so a Bathurst model with a higher Top Speed. I don't know how true that story was when told to me. But i definitely saw those Cars
Fascinating episode Fletch. Great collection.
OMG He Must have the best and largest collections of cop vehicles in the whole country. Very very cool. They sure got their moneys worth out of me when young. 😂 But they were best days of my life.🇦🇺👍❤️
Look forward to having a look at that collection. So true Tony, seeing images of those highway patrol Chargers made me recall that time in the mid 70s when I took my mate’s bike with its rusted out muffler for a blast along the road down to Berowra Waters. Making a hell of a racket in the semi rural surrounds until I was pinged by that 340 Charger near Berrilee. Worst of all, I had to return the bike to my mate with the defect notice issued. Fond memory now, but had no fond regard for the highway patrol officer at that time in my youth.
I would listen on my rare amateur type radio to the police at night for hours as a young teenager.The high speed chases with the police giving their directions and the excitement in there voices with the Nee Nor Nee Nor Bosch horns going in the background
I remember one night the police couldn't catch the offender in his faster car and the police gave up the chase The officer came on the two way saying we have got bucklies with these 4.3 litre Holden HJ HX kettles 😆 The 5 litre blue Kingswoods were rarer mainly for the sergeants and highway patrols Those were the days....
good episode fletch, we have a 5.8 xd limited edition havnt seen another one on the road
I've got a xd gl factory matching no 351 4spd car
OnYa fletch 👍🏼
Thanks for watching Troy. Fletch 👍
Believe it or not my mate in NZ has an ex NSW Police Patrol XC Coupe like the one shown. It was imported but not by him to NZ, we discovered it in a car yard called Mainline Motors in South Auckland. It pretty much was a Muscle Car, Car Yard, Oz, Yank, Euro, English cars and not many JDM's The car was in the yard selling on be half of the owner, my mate ended up buying it at the ripe old age of 16 going on 17. He still has it to this day, he is now 57.We drove it all over the place in NZ. From memory she's a 351c not sure if it was him who put a sec vac 600 Holley on it or it was all ready on it, fmx box, LSD nine inch diff with shitty 2.75:1 Mind you he would have the speedo needle wound right to as far as it could go. Had the light switches and what not on the ceiling console but was removed and had a twin split sun roof installed due to holes where the flashing lights and wiring that entered into the roof. Plus in the 80's in NZ that is, getting sunroof's installed on any cars was the in thing to do.
These police cars all came with the non-opitial extra of a phone book under the passenger seat.
And the F100 bum wagons were an uncomfortable ride in the back when bored, sadistic coppers were in the front 😂😂😂😒😒😒😒😝
@@khylerin70 seemingly they could only corner at plus 90 Ks and every driveway it steered into the gutter.
When they divided the phone book A-L went under the driver's seat and M-Z went under the passenger seat. But they never had quite the same impact. 😂
The days when these cars were a P Platers Budget. What fun we had as at that time they were a dime a dozen we'd rip off all the pollution gear. If your had some extra cash you would rebuild a 650 double pumper Holley. Full around with the Jets. Then some extractors. And a nice set of wheels. The best memories of my life. Every weekend there would be 5 to 10 Ford's only Ford's were allowed in our club lol. But we made the exception to the Chrysler. And the Valiant Pacer slant 225 once we recognised quality that could take all Aussie conditions. Miss those days. We all have each other support. No mobile phones no internet just good old fashion fun. Clean and honest. But yep yellow stickers were part of the fun. And at the time out worst enemy... But now i can understand. We were getting around in 300+ HP on cars that compared to today's SAFETY. Were dangerous if you didn't know how to handle those cars. Thanks for the show. Keep them coming...❤
Many stories of men of bad fortune greed and savagery back 200 years and more and still today we have not learnt anything from the past or even to be human to each other on this earth maybe one day in the future we will learn maybe
i hope they have some brown paper bags on display to remember the 80s nsw police force
XY 351 cop car a coffin on 4 wheels at 140mph keep it real. Steel rims 14x6 inch 😂😂😂😂😂
Should never have happened australia car industry Terminated
My old man had an xd falcon Ute straight from the show room also had a celica the XD was a piece of trash always in the mechanics the celica never I the mechanics I was aprox 14yrs old now I'm 57 we also had a vacationer wagon and its was tons better than the falcon
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