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Date Posted: 19:59:06 05/20/01 Sun
Author: When Bill was Dave's friend... what a tragedy
Subject: Blast from the Past
In reply to: First indicator of impersonation 's message, "Blast's From the Past" on 15:24:02 05/20/01 Sun

From: "Bill Parks"
To:
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 1:19 PM
Subject: BoardRoom: re: '94 Police pkg rad problem!!!

>
> Time: Sat, 08-Jul-2000 18:19:27 GMT IP: 152.163.207.202
>
> Dave, it's reservoir! You were close, but no cigar! French
> derivative; reserver, root word; reserve.
>
> Thanks for echoing my sentiments re: these "clone", "replica"
> police cars. Personally, I feel that it's an easier (nothing in
> this business is "easy") way for people to find a car of a given
> make, model, year, and to make them into, or "magically
> transform" them into a police vehicle "look-a-like!" How many
> pristine, retail, stock 1971 or 1972 Ford Galaxies, LTDs , or
> Custom 500s have you come across that you could have purchased
> and "replicated" into a car that looked like a police package
> vehicle of the same lineage? I've come a cross quite a few like
> that! They are not, nor ever will be even close to the same car
> as a REAL police package car! Your're right, ...drive both and
> one can very readily tell the many differences! You and I and
> many others in this hobby have spent innumorous amounts of time,
> effort and monies in finding these few old, classic "diamonds-in-
> the-rough" REAL, authentic cars and spent many more of the
> foregoing energies and resources in restoring them so that we and
> many others can enjoy them. A real problem that the "clone" cars
> are already starting to present, is that some less than
> scrupulous owners, and in many instances 2nd or 3rd generation
> owners come to believe that the cars are, in fact, real police
> package cars! They will sometimes try to pass them off as such
> to some unsuspecting, newcomers to this hobby, for much inflated
> prices, of course! As the numbers of "clone" cars increase, I
> feel as though these situations may become more pervasive. With
> the advent of eBay and similar sites, along with the increased
> popularity of collecting, in general, and specifially collecting
> old, classic cars and even more specifically collecting old,
> classic police cars, authenticity and confirmation of such shall
> always be a problem. We are all not as astute and proficient in
> recognizing these things as folks, such as yourself, Dave, and
> several other revered regulars to this site and this hobby.
>
> I was also referring to a civilian restoring a mid to late 1990s
> cruiser outfitted with all the latest equipment in/on it, as it
> was equipped only 2-3 years ago and as many others just like it,
> are still on the road, in service. For the life of me, I don't
> know why a person would want to "restore" such a late model
> police cruiser, so as to be confused with in service vehicles. As
> a sworn officer of the department that such a vehicle represents,
> I would have a real problem with that.
>
> Let's all go to our respective organizations and air our concerns
> enmasse. Perhaps the leaders of those organizations, EVOOA and
> PCOOA, will take heed and institute some or many of the changes
> that we, as members would like to see made in those
> organizations.
>
> Now, THIS is rambling, Dave! Thank you all for your kind
> indulgences! Warm fraternal regards to all,
>
> Bill Parks

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