Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

[4est_4est_Gump]

At a recent scene of a fight on Seattle's waterfront, most of the gawkers weren't looking at the handcuffed and yelling suspect or the bloodied victim. Instead, their attention and cameras were directed at a fully restored 1970 Plymouth Satellite police cruiser.

...

The museum collection includes a 1970 Plymouth Fury, 1963 Plymouth Savoy, 1976 Dodge Dart, 1979 Dodge Aspen among others. The cars aren't kept at the museum's location in the SODO neighborhood because there isn't enough space.

To bring the Plymouth back to life, Ritter and his friends had to do meticulous research that included getting the paint mix right, track down parts over the internet and get a bit of luck. The siren rack on the Plymouth came from a man in Phoenix who had bought it decades ago.

The car itself came from Nebraska. A retired city worker gave the museum complete records of the fleet from that era, allowing Ritter to verify the car was indeed part of the Seattle fleet in 1970.

It runs on about 330 horsepower, Ritter said. Unlike today's cars, the Plymouth is noisy and bumpy. But the besides a modern radio, the inside is kept almost as it was in 1970. No computer or other gadgets. There is no air conditioning and it's not as well insulated. Ritter also wears a uniform of the era.

For some of the volunteers, working on these cars, which harken back to the era of American muscle cars, is a welcome change.

"It breaks up the monotony. We don't need a computer to talk to this car. This car is the good old days when you lift the hood and recognize everything there," said Tony Wood of Kirkland Transmission.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013...ime-in-seattle/?intcmp=features#ixzz2RYxv3x3I

 

[Wat_Tyler]

How nice . . . retro cops.


I loved those old 440s . . . you could hear that the cops were in a hurry from half the town away.


Happy Hemi Day. It's 4/26 . . .

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

It is liberation day.

I gave my two week notice yesterday.

Taking a new position with more money and benefits...

 

[Wat_Tyler]

So that interview the other day went well, I may presume?


I may miss out on the next Stimulus Package because of how I do things versus what they need. I'm declining to hire an employee. Besides, I'd have to split the work with someone else anyway.


But they have another large project in the mill for later this year, so I ain't skeert.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Extraordinarily well...

 

[Wat_Tyler]

You'll be all pimped out before you know it

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I am going to need an upgrade...

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I have many good and valuable suggestions.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I did not get hired by the clown college...

 

[Wat_Tyler]

That's why Junior went with the triple black Cahllenger SRT instead of something in Plum Crazy or Super Bee Yellow. It was to maintain his CPA dignity.


Of course, it's not like he can't fill the parking lot with rubber smoke if he wants to.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Yes, a nice plain red truck, or a nice shiny black one or maybe a classic Ford in the mint metallic green...

 

[Wat_Tyler]

If you buy Ford, I will go very far out of my way to insult it.

Chebbies are allowed . . . barely.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I will call it "mule!"


Now, I'm off to KANSAS to find it...

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I'm off for the stimulus right up the street. The Oppressors await . . . .

 

[fgarvb1]

I had a white 1970 Plymouth Fury I police special, ex cop car with a long whip antenna. 440 Cu In.magnum.

Nothing during the Quarter but that mother would not stop winding up.

I was way past the 140 MPH mark once I'm guessing about 155 MPH when I vibrated a bolt out of the intake manifold.

I thought I had blown the engine!

Did I mention I was sixteen.

 

[RobDownSouth]

It is liberation day.

I gave my two week notice yesterday.

Taking a new position with more money and benefits...

Isn't it great that President Obama is managing the economy so well that even chronic underachievers such as yourself can change jobs?

You stand above your RWCJ peers as virtually the only employed one in the bunch. I salute you.

 

[RobDownSouth]

First time I ever cracked the 100 mph mark was in my Dad's Fury III.

Good times.