Re: Automotive Driving Museum

Posted by 58L8134 On 2015/7/26 10:46:24

Hi

Back in the day in small towns, frequently the police officer supplied his own car, billed the town for mileage and maintenance in addition to his policeman pay. True, they usually drove a Chevy, Ford or Plymouth but even Studebakers and Ramblers were in service in places. At least a couple communities here had constabulary driving the base-model Pontiac and Mercury for police cruisers. Some village sixty years ago might have been protected by a constable patrolling in his black 200 or 300, stick with overdrive.

Steve

P.S. Wonder how I could plan a visit to coincide with the day they'd sport me around in that '41 180 LeBaron Sport Brougham......?

Addendum for PackardV8:

"My memory a bit hazy but El Segundo also had Nash Assembly line during the 1930's to 1953 time frame??"

Patrick Foster wrote in American Motors: The Last Independent, page 18 "At the end of 1955, American Motors reported that it had closed its West Coast plant at El Segundo, California, and later solid it as surplus in 1956."