Re: [FWDLK] 1960 Ply "Golden Eagle" CHP car?

[Bill Watson <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>]

The only problem here is that the 1960 Valiant was the first Chrysler
Corporation car to have the emergency brakes on the rear wheels.   The
transmission-mount brake went back to the Maxwell of the mid-1910's.   The
1962 Plymouth and Dodge Dart got the rear drum emergency brake in 1962 and
the rest of the line got them in 1963.

And CHiP was using Mopar police cars prior to 1963.  The Custom 880 was put
into production as an answer to CHiP's demand for a Dodge.  The Dart was too
small and CHiP, at that time, liked the 122" wheelbase Dodges.  Even with
the transmission brake.

Motor Trend magazine tested either a 1957 or 1959 Dodge and broke a u-joint
using the emergency brake at speed.

And as for a Plymouth with "Golden Eagle" - no.   Plymouths had Golden
Commandos.  The Eagle was an Imperial item, not Plymouth.

Bill
Vancouver, BC



----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Jones" <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 1960 Ply "Golden Eagle" CHP car?


> I remember reading and seeing photos of the CHiP's testing of new police
> cars offered by all of the big three. And the Mopars were out of the
running
> after the U-joints snapped when the E-brake was jammed on at speed,
dumping
> the driveshafts. Told to come back when the e-brake was back in the rear
> drums where they belonged.
> -- >
>
> Ray Jones, Jones Ridge, in the Ouachita Mtns near Mena, Western Arkansas
>
>
> > From: eastern sierra Adj Services <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: eastern sierra Adj Services <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 13:00:47 -0700
> > To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [FWDLK] 1960 Ply "Golden Eagle" CHP car?
> >
> > I met an-otherwize knowledgable FWDLK'er,
> > who back-yard-mechanic'ed many of our cars in the 50's/60's.
> > Anyway, he 'swore' that he owned a 1960 PLY
> > "ex-CHP" (CA Hiway Patrol) pursuiter, for a while, and that that car had
> > a fender-emblem that 'said': "Golden Eagle".
> >
> > I asked him if he didn't "mean": Golden Commando, & he said 'no', he
> > knew about the G.C.'s, & his patrol car had "G.- E."  on its emblem.
> >
> > So:
> > 1. Did CA (or ANY states?) use 1960 Ply's
> > for hiway patrol duty.
> > 2. Did Ply 'badge' their cars : " Golden Eagle"?
> >
> > I think that the cars might have had a "G.-C."
> > emblem, but I've never heard of  "G.-E" , before.
> >
> > Neil Vedder
> >