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OT - Dallas police cars
I don't know if any of you have been following this.
Dallas uses Craown Vic police cars. Several have been rear-ended at high speeds and the gas tanks exploded, killing the officer. Dallas sues Ford for "defective design". Ford puts Dallas on "No sale" status (Why should we continue to sell you vehicles if you think they are unsafe and sue us?). Yesterday Dallas found the solution: They bought 20 Dodge Intrepids. Texas Parts Guy |
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On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 13:19:25 -0600, Steve > wrote:
wrote: || ||> I don't know if any of you have been following this. ||> Dallas uses Craown Vic police cars. Several have been rear-ended at high speeds ||> and the gas tanks exploded, killing the officer. Dallas sues Ford for "defective ||> design". Ford puts Dallas on "No sale" status (Why should we continue to sell ||> you vehicles if you think they are unsafe and sue us?). ||> ||> Yesterday Dallas found the solution: They bought 20 Dodge Intrepids. ||> ||> Texas Parts Guy || || ||I own an Intrepid (well, Eagle Vision, first-gen Intrepid twin). I love ||Intrepids. But they'll never hold up as copcars- front drives cars never do. || ||Now if they'd bought 20 Magnums or waited for 20 Chargers, that would be || a potentially very different story. Especially if Chrysler goes back ||to its old form and releases a true Police Spec version of the Charger, ||as rumored. The old K-code police spec Mopars were genuinely different ||from the standard production run, not just painted black-and-whiite. ||Tons of extra welds and other goodies, as well as upgraded suspension ||and brake components. Yep, I still see those occasionally, with the cheese-holed steel wheels. I bet they don't have production to the point where they can offer a Police-spec Magnum, but they should make it a prioroity. That would be good advertising Texas Parts Guy |
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> > Yep, I still see those occasionally, with the cheese-holed steel wheels. You mean these? http://lonestar.texas.net/~sglacker/...olara/Side.jpg http://lonestar.texas.net/~sglacker/...lara/wheel.jpg Those are 80s-vintage M-body copcar wheels (with circa 1970 dog-dish caps). And no, that '66 is not a cop-spec, they never made any hardtop (no B-pillar) copcars. > I bet > they don't have production to the point where they can offer a Police-spec > Magnum, but they should make it a prioroity. That would be good advertising > Texas Parts Guy I've heard various stories on how the K-codes were built "back in the day." The most plausible (to me) was that the assembly line did a run of vehicles where the *procedures* were changed, not necessarily much of the hardware. The reinforcing boxes and gussets that copcars had were also used on Hemi and 440 muscle cars, the alternators and electrical systems were used on the loaded luxury yachts, and the extra welds are just a procedure change. So it really wouldn't be THAT hard to run off a build of true K-code type copcars. Although, if you ask me, the Magnum should get steel suspension components in place of the aluminum parts for cop duty, and that would be a bit trickier and more expensive than what had to be done with, say, a '69 Monaco which was pretty heavy-duty just for REGULAR production. |
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On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:39:16 -0600, Steve > wrote:
wrote: ||I've heard various stories on how the K-codes were built "back in the ||day." The most plausible (to me) was that the assembly line did a run of ||vehicles where the *procedures* were changed, not necessarily much of ||the hardware. The reinforcing boxes and gussets that copcars had were ||also used on Hemi and 440 muscle cars, the alternators and electrical ||systems were used on the loaded luxury yachts, and the extra welds are ||just a procedure change. So it really wouldn't be THAT hard to run off a ||build of true K-code type copcars. Cars are made a lot different today - robotics etc. Might be more to it than you think. Texas Parts Guy |
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or stuffed heads, and some loose crawfish,
lobster, long piglet, or what have you. Cook on low for 15 minutes, then allow it to set for at least 15 minutes more. Serve over steamed rice; this dish is very impressive! Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Babies really can be found under a cabbage leaf - or one can arrange for ground beef to be found there instead. 8 large cabbage leaves 1 lb. lean ground newborn human filets, or ground chuck Onions peppers celery garlic soy sauce salt pepper, etc Olive oil breadcrumbs Tomato Gravy (see index) Boil the cabbage leaves for 2 minutes to soften. In skillet, brown the meat in a little olive oil, then add onions, peppers, and celery (all chopped finely) and season well. Place in a large bowl and cool. Add seasoned breadcrumbs and a little of the tomato gravy, enough to make the mixture pliable. Divide the stuffing among the cabbage leaves then roll. Place seam down in a baking pan. Ladle tomato gravy on top, and bake at 325° for 30 - 45 minutes. Umbilical Cordon Bleu Nothing is so beautiful as the bond between mother and child, so why not consume it? Children or chicken breasts will work wonderfully also. 4 whole umbilical chords (or baby breasts, or chicken breasts) 4 thin slices of smoked ham, and Gruyere cheese Flour eggwash (milk and eggs) seasoned bread crumbs 1 onion minced salt pepper butter olive oil Pound the breasts flat (parboil first if using umbilical cords so they won?t be tough). Place a slice of ham and cheese on each, along with some minced onion then fold in half, trimming neatly. Dredge in flour, eggwash, then seasoned breadcrumbs; allow to sit for a few minutes. Sauté in butter and olive oil until golden brown, about 6 minut |
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004, Punch wrote:
> > and while we're going way OT, I'm starting to hassle GM Canada and > > Transport Canada as to why the GTO is on the "banned" list from > > Canada. So far, from riv.ca I've gotten a "it's not allowed, and I > > don't know why" response. > Ray, what are you talking about, the GTO is sold in canada! The GTO is *not* sold in Canada, for it does not meet Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (CMVSS) are almost entirely identical to US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. The differences are few and minor. The US bumper standard is 2.5 mph. The Canadian standard is 8 km/h = 5 mph. That means the Canadian standard is more stringent, but most US-spec bumpers are built to the Canadian spec for common-market reasons. If you scrutinize Transport Canada's vehicle importation eligibility list, you see that most of the vehicles requiring bumper modification are from the 1980s and early '90s. CMVSS 108 (lamps and reflective devices) requires Daytime Running Lamps, while US FMVSS 108 merely *permits* them. Low beams, high beams, turn signals or fog lamps can be wired as DRLs in Canada. This is not the reason the GTO is not for sale here. The only other differences between FMVSS and CMVSS requirements: -CMVSS 208 allows but does not require airbags. FMVSS 208 requires airbags. Virtually all Canadian-market vehicles have airbag systems identical to their US-market counterparts. -CMVSS 208 has never permitted passive seatbelts (motorized or door-mounted); FMVSS 208 for a period of time in the early-mid '90s required them if airbags were not present. -Canada requires child seat anchorages, the US does not. This is not a reason why the GTO would be forbidden; importation law permits the aftermarket addition of the anchorages. CMVSS 210: -Has very slightly different allowable location range for seat belt anchorages compared to FMVSS 210. The window of overlap between FMVSS and CMVSS 210 is enormous, and this is very seldom the reason why a vehicle might be compliant with one standard but not the other -- though it is probably why the Pontiac GTO is not eligible for importation into Canada. There is no provision in Canadian law for the original restraint system to be modified to comply with CMVSS 208 and/or CMVSS 210; if the vehicle is noncompliant as manufactured, the car cannot be sold or imported into Canada until it is 15 model years old. DS |
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Daniel J. Stern wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Dec 2004, Punch wrote: > > >>>and while we're going way OT, I'm starting to hassle GM Canada and >>>Transport Canada as to why the GTO is on the "banned" list from >>>Canada. So far, from riv.ca I've gotten a "it's not allowed, and I >>>don't know why" response. > > >>Ray, what are you talking about, the GTO is sold in canada! > > > The GTO is *not* sold in Canada, for it does not meet Canada Motor Vehicle > Safety Standards. Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (CMVSS) are I am still awaiting any "official" Transport Canada wording on that. > -CMVSS 208 has never permitted passive seatbelts (motorized or > door-mounted); FMVSS 208 for a period of time in the early-mid '90s > required them if airbags were not present. The wife's Beretta has those stupid door mounted seatbelts. They do unbuckle though - did the US spec ones not unbuckle? I vaguely recall this being true. > CMVSS 210: > > -Has very slightly different allowable location range for seat belt > anchorages compared to FMVSS 210. The window of overlap between FMVSS and > CMVSS 210 is enormous, and this is very seldom the reason why a vehicle > might be compliant with one standard but not the other -- though it is > probably why the Pontiac GTO is not eligible for importation into Canada. Dang. That's the best reason I've heard yet. But I'm going to keep on Transport Canada's butt until THEY tell me why. Like I said, so far I've been told "you can't import one, but we don't know why." Ray |
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