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Questions for the older LEO car people. #2800420
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Working on a 74 440/RR that was rumored to be originally a police interceptor.

I see lots of evidence to support this. The car was weirdly optioned, like a police car might be. It still has a shotgun rack in the trunk, several holes where antennas would have been mounted, and even inner fender shields to limit air into the fenders at higher speeds.

There are a couple unusual lights behind the grill, not in front of it, like road lamps would be mounted and I recently noticed an extra switch above the high beam switch.

Is this extra switch indicative of something they would mount on old police cars or is it just a remnant of some wayward repair?

Just curious.

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Re: Questions for the older LEO car people. [Re: IMGTX] #2800433
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Sounds COOL ! up thumbs boogie MORE PHOTOS ! bow

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I'd pull up the rubber mat & trace wires ! shruggy work

Re: Questions for the older LEO car people. [Re: IMGTX] #2800489
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Could be for a siren. Some modern police cars have hidden starter safety buttons in the floor so it could be something like that too.

It wasnt uncommon for smaller police departments to buy their own non-traditional police cars, some even used their own personal vehicles

Cool find


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Re: Questions for the older LEO car people. [Re: kidmopar] #2800490
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Search tune radios in that era had foot controls that kinda resembled high beam switches. Doesn't seem like a thing you'd have in cop car though.

Re: Questions for the older LEO car people. [Re: ] #2800499
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This sounds super interesting. I'd like to see and hear more about this car, too.

Re: Questions for the older LEO car people. [Re: 56_Royal_Lancer] #2800523
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Sure your car is a Roadrunner? I’ve seen two door 73-74 Satalite cop cars


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Re: Questions for the older LEO car people. [Re: dart4forte] #2800539
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My magnum had 2 buttons on the floor 1 for highbeam and ther other would change stations ony stereo

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Re: Questions for the older LEO car people. [Re: ] #2800653
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Yes, that extra dimmer switch could have been for intermittent siren use and/or hands free transmitting when driving high speed. Hit the switch to talk, and as the same time it cuts the siren off so the officer could be heard.

Some of those old school sirens could be extremely loud.


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Re: Questions for the older LEO car people. [Re: RangerDan440] #2800730
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That dimmer switch could very well be the switch for the sirens. At our fire department, we have a 1975 Hahn that is used only for parades and such ; on the driver side floor above the headlight dimmer switch is another dimmer switch like that pictured which
is used to activate the siren on the truck.

Re: Questions for the older LEO car people. [Re: GMP440] #2800745
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My guess is siren also. Later, a lot of them were wired into factory horn button for quickly clearing intersections.

I doubt it was a microphone.


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Re: Questions for the older LEO car people. [Re: larrymopar360] #2800802
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+1 for a siren switch. I flipped a number of police cars years ago and several of them had this set-up.

Re: Questions for the older LEO car people. [Re: IMGTX] #2800811
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Your parking brake needs adjustment.


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Re: Questions for the older LEO car people. [Re: Guitar Jones] #2800823
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Originally Posted by Guitar Jones
Your parking brake needs adjustment.



That's if it's even working and the cables are not broken..... laugh2

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All these responses and yet nobody thought to mention that the Chrysler Corporation never built any "Police Interceptor" models?
Police Pursuit, yes. The "Interceptor" was a Ford term.

Re: Questions for the older LEO car people. [Re: Jjs72D] #2800980
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Pretty cool!

How common is the rubber floor covering in that year RR? I've only seen carpet.

We need more pics!

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Re: Questions for the older LEO car people. [Re: rdrnr6970] #2801028
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Originally Posted by rdrnr6970
My magnum had 2 buttons on the floor 1 for highbeam and ther other would change stations ony stereo


i had a 76 new yorker with the same switch to change the radio stations.

as earlier posted. sure it isn't a satellite? i don't remember ever seeing seen a road runner with a rubber mat.

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Originally Posted by Mr T2U
Originally Posted by rdrnr6970
My magnum had 2 buttons on the floor 1 for highbeam and ther other would change stations ony stereo


i had a 76 new yorker with the same switch to change the radio stations.

as earlier posted. sure it isn't a satellite? i don't remember ever seeing seen a road runner with a rubber mat.


except for a 1968 Road Runner.......................?

Re: Questions for the older LEO car people. [Re: A12] #2801048
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iagree My 68 runner had rubber floor covering.

Re: Questions for the older LEO car people. [Re: stumpy] #2801050
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sorry for the vague post.
i meant 74 Road Runners without carpet.


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