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Date Posted: 00:01:39 05/21/01 Mon
Author: Poor, innocent Billy wouldn't dare throw a stone
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: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 10:32 PM
Subject: BoardRoom: re: Bogus Police Units being shown as correc

>
> Time: Thu, 20-Jul-2000 03:32:45 GMT IP: 24.14.77.15
>
> Ditto, Dave! Just more problems with these bogus cars being
> represented as
> REAL Police package vehicles, when they aren't, or at least don't
> properly
> represent the agency that Mr. Alfieri has them "done up as!" I
> won't tell
> you who suggested to me that I buy a pristine 1972 Ford Galaxie
> or LTD, take
> my original, real, documented, authenticated, 1972 Ford Custom
> 429 Police
> Interceptor, which was in poor to fair condition, and swap
> everything,
> including the VIN number, over to the pristine civilian/retail
> car, calling
> it a police package car! I rejected this plan, bought a not so
> pristine parts
> car and along with several thousand dollars worth of NOS parts
> and labor, I
> and "farmer" Frank ( who is a real restoration specialist having
> restored
> many $1,000,000 Duesenburgs... two of which are now owned by Jay
> Leno), are
> about 50% complete with the restoration of the REAL 1972 Ford
> Custom 429 P.I.
> car!
>
> This replicar, clone car, bogus car thing upsets me, and should
> upset us all,
> particularly when someone comes along and attempts to taint the
> hobby by
> representing something to us all that isn't what it's being
> represented as,
> for whatever reason! This makes a real good argument for two
> collector
> groups (or minumumly two distinct, separate classes of cars at
> our sanctioned
> events)! One for real, authentic, validated Police package cars!
> And, one
> for 1st amendment, freedom of expression, anything goes,
> replica, clone,
> psuedo police cars! I've been to many antique collector's shows
> and never saw
> replicas of antiques being mixed in with the real antique items,
> never mind
> being misrepresented as such! Regards to all,
>
> Bill Parks

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Blast from the Past -- Nawww, Bill is just a nice guy, minding his business in his hobby., 00:02:57 05/21/01 Mon

"....How do you think that it looks from the outside in, that we (cops) can't be honest about what it is we do or represent?" -- Just enjoying the reading., 09:11:31 05/21/01 Mon