The good old days of Charger highway patrol cars and the F100 Paddy Wagons. Very rare these days to see a highway patrol motorcycle cop, do they still have them? I wonder if Roger Rogerson's old Ford Falcon station wagon is on display? I remember the Mounted Police stables down at The Rocks, wonder if they are still there.
Many years ago my late Father referred to the Ford F150 you are standing next to as a "Black Mariah", not sure if that was a common term. A friend in Melbourne has a very low mileage example of perhaps the last Triumph "Saint" issued to NSW Police prior to introduction of the Honda CB-750. I gather that he has history indicating that the Triumph was issued to Lismore.
My brother in law said the 265 chargers were faster than the 351Xc,s they used,, The Police cars had Torque flight gearboxes not B Warner 35,s.. the back of the block had a special cast block from chrysler to run the totqflights.
More interested in the cars than anything else,... Our families service station (Total, then became Ampol) in the Eastern Suburbs used to look after (service and repair) the cop cars in the 70's, 80's etc. Crown Srgnt, seniors & other staff were good friends, and they knew almost everyone in their area. We were opposite the Eastern Suburbs Maroubra Police HQ, just up from the Holden plant in Pagewood, and the police were great back then, and were respected across the eastern suburbs. Unfortunately, they've taken a dive in respect nowadays, & that's their own & the Gvt's fault, majority of em' nowadays are useless wannabe gang members with absolutely no duty of care for the public & no street sense whatsoever. Very unfortunate. Can remember one time, running late for a sports demonstration in the city (Martin Plc), some of the local cops pulled in to gas up their cars, they asked what I was doing that afternoon, realized I couldn't make it there in time (legally), so got me to jump in the back of the paddywagon with my equipment etc, and went on lights n sirens, jumped the gutters & got me there real quick, lol. Ol skool cops were the best.
The VS 5L couldn’t handle for shit neither, couldn’t keep up with a Mk2 Escort 1600 through some tight corners lol. I didn’t realise HWP used V6 VN’s either, the series 1 VN V6 were faster than S2. They weren’t as refined, so they didn’t have the restrictor inside the throttle body so they accelerated faster and had a little bit of a choppy idle, but I don’t remember mine having a fuel cutout like this fella described, but I used to shift mine manually when I was raci-- um, driving quickly on raceways, and you had to lift off just a little bit to get it to shift up, the TH700 didn’t like to shift under full load. I thought police had their gearboxes modified though to allow them to shift more firmly when you were up them.
Very good, amazing old cars would love to see that
They will be shown in the new premises that are being built in western Sydney
The good old days of Charger highway patrol cars and the F100 Paddy Wagons. Very rare these days to see a highway patrol motorcycle cop, do they still have them? I wonder if Roger Rogerson's old Ford Falcon station wagon is on display? I remember the Mounted Police stables down at The Rocks, wonder if they are still there.
Didn't know about the Rocks display
@@xk-r-us The police horse stables are not a public display but a working unit of the police I think.
Many years ago my late Father referred to the Ford F150 you are standing next to as a "Black Mariah", not sure if that was a common term. A friend in Melbourne has a very low mileage example of perhaps the last Triumph "Saint" issued to NSW Police prior to introduction of the Honda CB-750. I gather that he has history indicating that the Triumph was issued to Lismore.
I have heard of the term "Black Mariah" being used. It was probably a bit like "Paddy Wagon" - more a nickname than an official term.
My brother in law said the 265 chargers were faster than the 351Xc,s they used,, The Police cars had Torque flight gearboxes not B Warner 35,s.. the back of the block had a special cast block from chrysler to run the totqflights.
Sounds detailed - love to hear more
More interested in the cars than anything else,... Our families service station (Total, then became Ampol) in the Eastern Suburbs used to look after (service and repair) the cop cars in the 70's, 80's etc. Crown Srgnt, seniors & other staff were good friends, and they knew almost everyone in their area. We were opposite the Eastern Suburbs Maroubra Police HQ, just up from the Holden plant in Pagewood, and the police were great back then, and were respected across the eastern suburbs. Unfortunately, they've taken a dive in respect nowadays, & that's their own & the Gvt's fault, majority of em' nowadays are useless wannabe gang members with absolutely no duty of care for the public & no street sense whatsoever. Very unfortunate. Can remember one time, running late for a sports demonstration in the city (Martin Plc), some of the local cops pulled in to gas up their cars, they asked what I was doing that afternoon, realized I couldn't make it there in time (legally), so got me to jump in the back of the paddywagon with my equipment etc, and went on lights n sirens, jumped the gutters & got me there real quick, lol. Ol skool cops were the best.
Thanks for your insight. How things have changed
The VS 5L couldn’t handle for shit neither, couldn’t keep up with a Mk2 Escort 1600 through some tight corners lol.
I didn’t realise HWP used V6 VN’s either, the series 1 VN V6 were faster than S2. They weren’t as refined, so they didn’t have the restrictor inside the throttle body so they accelerated faster and had a little bit of a choppy idle, but I don’t remember mine having a fuel cutout like this fella described, but I used to shift mine manually when I was raci-- um, driving quickly on raceways, and you had to lift off just a little bit to get it to shift up, the TH700 didn’t like to shift under full load. I thought police had their gearboxes modified though to allow them to shift more firmly when you were up them.
They said they were standard issue - no mods
@ May have been something that came along later, or on V8’s only, not too sure.
Way too much talking.
The presentation was what it was about