carguy300
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Love that movie!
Pics of 69-73 C bodies
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Couple of cop cars. Toronto Police used the two door post cars 69/70s
CANADA - JULY 20: adillac wrecked in wild police chase. lies demolished about 100 feet away from a rail- it crashed into today on Coxwell Ave. just south of ve; after a wild chase in east Toronto. Chase began after two youths in car robbed a boy selling ice cream from a bicycle. One youth was found in car and another; his face; hands and clothes bloodied was caught in foot chase. Both youths were taken to hospital. [Incomplete] (Photo by Dick Darrell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
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CANADA - JANUARY 28: Truck flips: Four people escaped with minor injuries when their car was flattened by a cement truck on the Gardiner Expressway last night. The truck's driver; Pat Darling; 63; said a car cut in front of him. He skidded out of control in the westbound lane; hit the median and flipped on to the eastbound car. Police closed the Gardiner for several hours so tow-truck operators could clean up. (Photo by David Cooper/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
CANADA - MARCH 16: A police cruiser parked as a roadblock in the curb lane of Yonge St. was hit early today by a car police said was travelling at an estimated 100 miles an hour. The car then smashed through a guard rail and plunged 20 feet to a parking lot near the York Mills subway station; seriously injuring the driver and a woman passenger. The roadblock was set up to trap a car reported stolen in Durham Region which was spotted making an illegal turn. (Photo by Don Dutton/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
CANADA - DECEMBER 10: Two policemen injured in car crash. An unmarked police car went out of control about 2 a.m. today at Victoria and Dundas Sts. and struck a utility pole. Constables Bernard McNeilly; the driver; and edward Adamson; passenger; both 27; suffered head injuries and were treated at Toronto General Hospital Adamson is the son of police Chief Harold Adamson. Police said the car skidded on cobblestones when the driver swerved to avoid hitting a pedestrian. They said the officers were not wearing seatbelts. (Photo by Pat Brennan/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Got carried away. couple of 74s slipped in
Almost like looking at still photos from the Blues Bros movie with all the Mopar destruction in the preceding sequence of pics
fury fan
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As we've forayed into copcars, here's something from Gone In 60 Seconds (the original).
I had seen the movie a few times before I noticed it, but when I did and replayed it, the subtlety became clear.
At first glance, it seems like it's just a clip of copcars juggling lanes to avoid citizen cars.
But what you'll see is the officer in the 70 Coronet deliberately moves from the high-speed lane to the middle lane, the 70 Fury passes, and then the Coronet moves back in behind the Fury.
Obviously the Coronet moves behind the Fury to avoid the Buick, but there was a reason he moved into the middle lane in the first place.
Assuming both cars have their max engine option, the Coronet is at most a 383/330hp, while the Fury would have a 440 of either 360 or 370hp depending on cam.
So it would seem that the Coronet officer moved over for the faster pursuit car.
In this movie these cars/officers were real policemen and not actors, so I imagine there was some reality to some of these chase scenes.
I'm making assumptions on the drivetrains, of course, and that the extra HP more than compensated for the heavier Fury. But for a Fury Fan I liked seeing it regardless.
And the amount of visible tire and height of the valance suggests he's moving fast - heavy throttle + front end is floating. No camera overspeeding here.
I had seen the movie a few times before I noticed it, but when I did and replayed it, the subtlety became clear.
At first glance, it seems like it's just a clip of copcars juggling lanes to avoid citizen cars.
But what you'll see is the officer in the 70 Coronet deliberately moves from the high-speed lane to the middle lane, the 70 Fury passes, and then the Coronet moves back in behind the Fury.
Obviously the Coronet moves behind the Fury to avoid the Buick, but there was a reason he moved into the middle lane in the first place.
Assuming both cars have their max engine option, the Coronet is at most a 383/330hp, while the Fury would have a 440 of either 360 or 370hp depending on cam.
So it would seem that the Coronet officer moved over for the faster pursuit car.
In this movie these cars/officers were real policemen and not actors, so I imagine there was some reality to some of these chase scenes.
I'm making assumptions on the drivetrains, of course, and that the extra HP more than compensated for the heavier Fury. But for a Fury Fan I liked seeing it regardless.
And the amount of visible tire and height of the valance suggests he's moving fast - heavy throttle + front end is floating. No camera overspeeding here.
That's a '69 or '70 Cadillac isn't it?
that cop looks like Freddie Mercury of Queen!
fury fan
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Def not 69-70. The damage is extensive but those are stacked headlights, which puts it at 65-68.
65-66 have the headlights very vertical, while 67-68 are slanted forward. 69 & 70 have the headlights in the grille, with formed-metal at the fender tips.
Can't be certain if the headlights are slanted forward, but the 65-66 had round mirrors and a straight line at top of doors with bigger trim in that location.
67 had round mirrors but introduced a noticeable rise rearward of the doors, with narrower trim (like the wrecked one).
68 introduced flag mirrors that the wrecked one clearly has, and looks to be mounted near the rear of the vent window as appropriate.
I can't fully reconcile the damage at the cornering light to any of them, though.
I would put this wrecked car as a 1968 - unless someone changed the mirrors and did the necessary paintwork on a 67, which was just ~5 years old at the time.
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The fury is behind the Caddy.
CANADA - JANUARY 28: Watching a building from which a sniper fired on the Don Valley Parkway yesterday; a police officer crouches behind his car; a telescopic sight on his rifle. Police closed the expressway for 15 minutes during the evening rush hour while they searched an apartment building overlooking the parkway. (Photo by Frank Lennon/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
CANADA - JANUARY 05: ne of Bank Hold-Up: Police and public over outside Toronto-Dominion Bank branch at Adelaide St. just east of Bay St.; as another policeman arrives on a horse. Shortly before noon today; two masked men escaped with $11;000 in Metro's first bank hold-up of the year. The men; described as being in theri 20s; used a stolen car to effect their escape. On Oct. 22; 1970; the same bank branch was robbed of $12;000. Robbers today were said to have accents. (Photo by Mario Geo/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
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