Final Stages of Paint Finishing on the 71 Fury Police Car Clone

[jimserra]

Back in the day, the cop would smack you around and then bring you home to your parents (yes, most households had both a mother and father-and the mother did not work) and then the real beating occurred at the hands of your Dad. No cell phones, no pagers, no cable TV, no air bags, no seatbelts,no Columbines, Oklahoma City's, underwear bombers, etc, etc.

 

[1978 NYB]

Back in the day, the cop would smack you around and then bring you home to your parents (yes, most households had both a mother and father-and the mother did not work) and then the real beating occurred at the hands of your Dad. No cell phones, no pagers, no cable TV, no air bags, no seatbelts,no Columbines, Oklahoma City's, underwear bombers, etc, etc.

Thank God we had good parents!

 

[tallhair]

The decals finally arrived and are on the car. The exterior is done and ready for the local shows. The number 1002 was my Sgt's shield number before getting promoted to Lieutenant. "Safety Unit B" was the command I was assigned to in 1971 when this Fury was built. Jim

Jim your car came out fantastic and you well deserve to be proud. I like the light and the si-reeen. But I think my favorite part is that beautiful grill.

 

[jimserra]

Thanks for the compliments. Jim

 

[Pete Kaczmarski]

Looks good Jim, reminds me to get my '70 Fury III Pursuit out of storage. Do you have any interior pictures? Also I'm looking for a Riot helmet w/full face shield. Let me know if you know of one and how much.

 

[jimserra]

The interior is pretty much clean, original and stock with roll up windows. There are some shots of the door panels on the car's website
www.nypd71fury.com
Can't help with the helmet. Jim

 

[tallhair]

The interior is pretty much clean, original and stock with roll up windows. There are some shots of the door panels on the car's website
www.nypd71fury.com
Can't help with the helmet. Jim

Just checked out the pics and it reminds me of one of my Dad's 71's Furys. One day my Dad drove the RR to work so he could get something done to it on the way home so I drove my sister and brother to school in his 71. Well I had 2 4 speed RR's at the time and had been driving them exclusively for about 2 years ... when I got about 100 yards up the road I went to shift into second and nearly threw myself, sister, and brother through the front windshield! We weren't wearing seat belts in those days.

I hit the big wide "disc brake equipped" pedal instead of the clutch pedal that wasn't there . It was just muscle memory kicking in as that's where I normally shifted when heading up the street. After we collected ourselves we all got a big laugh.

 

[jimserra]

I know exactly what you're talking about. When I was about 17, I used to work on my Dad's wastepaper and scrap iron truck when I wasn't in school. He taught me how to drive on the truck (loaded weight was around 27,000 lbs) and after a day of driving the stickshift, he would let me drive his 63 Chrysler Newport back home. Many times I had to stop myself from stepping on the left side of the large brake pedal with my left foot. My Dad and I had a great relationship and I was fortunate to enjoy his company until he was 81 ((I was 54). My 86 year old Mom was visiting us recently and got a kick out of riding in the Fury. The first thing she said when she got in the passenger seat was "You can really get 3 people across in this car". Good times and great memories. Jim

 

[1978 NYB]

That's great having your parents in to their golden years!

 

[polarus]

Jim, great work, I've always liked that three tone paint job. Was 1971 the last year for that paint scheme? Thanks for the photo's they're a much needed inspiration for me to continue working on my ride.

 

[jimserra]

1972 was the last year for this color scheme. Some people say one reason for the change to the new blue & white scheme in 1973 was in part because of the Knapp Commission which investigated corruption in the department. The powers that be thought that getting away from the old colors would reinforce the fact that the job had changed and corruption would not be tolerated. Here is a site you might like:
http://www.policeny.com/rmps1970s1.html

There is also a site called copcar.com. It's a little difficult to get signed up on and I'll hold my tongue regarding some of the members on it.

 

[commando1]

I've gone to copcar.com to troll every once in a while and if you ask me, enough of them have gone the 5 speed manual route on their Vics and that does earn my respect. But I'm sure there are the wannabe's...

 

[commando1]

I've gone to copcar.com to troll every once in a while and if you ask me, enough of them have gone the 5 speed manual route on their Vics and that does earn my respect. But I'm sure there are the wannabe's...

Oh wait. I'm confusing that with crownvic.com or something like that.
I'm a in-the-closet Panther Bodies lover.

 

[polarus]

Jim, thanks for the great link, I can't get enough of those vintage photo's. To commando1... nothing wrong with loving the Ford panther body, I've owned a few of them, great reliable cars and you gotta love getting on the Mass.Pike left lane, right foot down, and watching all the traffic in front of you just melt away.

 

[commando1]

Jim, thanks for the great link, I can't get enough of those vintage photo's. To commando1... nothing wrong with loving the Ford panther body, I've owned a few of them, great reliable cars and you gotta love getting on the Mass.Pike left lane, right foot down, and watching all the traffic in front of you just melt away.

I bet I have 1/4 million miles on the Mass Pike under my belt. Knew every unmarked car by heart. Ever see the black Mark VIII?

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[jimserra]

 

[72Fury]

Looks like a great article. I'll check it out soon.

 

[mcmlvii]

Looks great.

 

[commando1]

Beautiful!!

 

[polarus]

Outstanding work, I hope my car comes out half this good, the only thing you need is a Dunkin Donuts box with the old logo. I'll grab a copy of Hemmings A.S.A.P.