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Title: LAPD 57 car in Hagerty's magazine
Post by: 1930artdeco on 2021-09-03 14:55

Hope this is ok to post. If not you can take it down. But saw an article about a real 57 LAPD cruiser in Hagerty's drivers club mag. I though it was interesting in that it came with a 6 cyl and not an 8.

Mike

Title: Re: LAPD 57 car in Hagerty's magazine
Post by: 1930artdeco on 2021-09-03 14:58

Here are the pics. Sorry about the pics, I give up on trying to get things correctly oriented, I follow the rules and they still end up like this :mumum:

Title: Re: LAPD 57 car in Hagerty's magazine
Post by: Lou on 2021-09-03 17:42

I saw the article in Hagertys' magazine, that car was built by Robert Stentz who is a member here. I did the original appraisal on it for insurance, the picture don't do the car justice the workmanship and detail are amazing. The last time I talked to Robert he had found a 59 Ford police car and was thinking about restoring it.

Title: Re: LAPD 57 car in Hagerty's magazine
Post by: mustang6984 on 2021-09-03 20:53

SWEET ride! Nice resto job too!

Title: Re: LAPD 57 car in Hagerty's magazine
Post by: 59meteor on 2021-09-04 08:10

I got the Hagerty magazine in the mail last week for the first time, as I am a recent customer of Hagerty. Quite a nice magazine, with Jay Leno and Wayne Carini having columns inside, pretty cool. As for the 57 LA Police car, I too was quite suprised to see a 223 6 cylinder and "3 on the tree" manual transmission. Obviously not much of a Highway Patrol car, but likely adequate for city duty.

Title: Re: LAPD 57 car in Hagerty's magazine
Post by: CobraJoe on 2021-09-05 07:00

I had the same mag, so I fixed the pics for you:

(https://i.imgur.com/E089iUr.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/0UxWEBx.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/hNFkrOQ.jpg?1)

(https://i.imgur.com/EQDgbY1.jpg?1)

Title: Re: LAPD 57 car in Hagerty's magazine
Post by: RICH MUISE on 2021-09-05 08:04

Pretty amazing!!
I was confused a little with his opening sentence where he talks about his Custom 300 patrol car......I guess that was a reference to another vehicle.?
Thanks for fixing the pics, Joe.

Title: Re: LAPD 57 car in Hagerty's magazine
Post by: CobraJoe on 2021-09-05 08:08

:023:

Title: Re: LAPD 57 car in Hagerty's magazine
Post by: hiball3985 on 2021-09-05 09:23

Thank you Joe :001: The picture of the 223 brings back so many memories of my first 57.

Title: Re: LAPD 57 car in Hagerty's magazine
Post by: mustang6984 on 2021-09-05 09:26

Pretty impressive restoration. A real head turner today I am sure.

Title: Re: LAPD 57 car in Hagerty's magazine
Post by: Rancher on 2021-09-06 11:45

223!?!
If I knew that I would've shoved in the overdrive knob went for second gear, instead of been looking for a place to pull over. Lol

There's a very authentic Michigan State Police car around.
Not sure if it's genUine MSP or a re-creation.

Somewhere I saw a brochure with available police gear spread out around a '57 - maybe here? Anyway, seems like even the prerequisite Tommy Gun was included. lol

Title: Re: LAPD 57 car in Hagerty's magazine
Post by: 1930artdeco on 2021-09-07 00:55

Thanks for fixing the pics Joe. No matter what I do, I can't seem to get pics to load correctly.

Mike

Title: Re: LAPD 57 car in Hagerty's magazine
Post by: CobraJoe on 2021-09-07 04:57

No worries Mike, my pleasure

57fordsforever.com

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