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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
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Rare collector car
One of 40 made for the Oregon State Police. I remember when the word was out that you didn't want to mess with these '59 Chevy cop cars...
1959 Chevrolet Biscayne Duntov Patrol Car | Red Hills Rods and Choppers Inc. - St. George Utah
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12-28-2016, 08:29 AM
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I remember a couple of cars like this when I was a kid. One was a '55 sedan my neighbor had, which was a real sleeper. I also have a distinct memory of seeing a '59 that looked very close to this one at a stop light intersection in my neighborhood in '59 one day walking home. It was a plain Jane looking car. The guy driving it was a middle aged guy that looked like a salesman. You could hear the sound of the loping caused by the cam and the solid lifters, & it made a really aggressive but quiet sound. Thought it was really cool at the time.
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California Highway Patrol used '59 Chevy's for their patrol cars. California law for headlights is that headlights MUST be 24" off the roadway. One CHP officer busted a hot rodder for having too low of headlights. the Hot rodder took a tape measure to the CHP car and it failed. All '59 Chevy CHP cars needed to have all of their springs replaced.
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