Re: Questions for the older LEO car people.
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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
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Re: Questions for the older LEO car people.
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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.
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Re: Questions for the older LEO car people.
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Re: Questions for the older LEO car people.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Re: Questions for the older LEO car people.
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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.
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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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Re: Questions for the older LEO car people.
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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.......................?
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