> <SNIP>
>> Just curious... How did that happen? Did he pay for them himself or
>>did the taxpayers buy 'em? Or was it an ex-patrol car?
> <SNIP>
> I don't know what jurisdiction this patrol car is in, but MANY PD's
> allow, or require their officers to use their own cars (we have Sheriffs,
> Constables, and local subdivision PDs here in Texas). I guess they get
> to charge mileage, and get to drive what they want. I know several
> Constables who use their Impala SSs as police cars (keeps them from
> having to drive those Crown Bricks).
He's a Pct. 4 Harris county Constable.
It's his POV (personally owned vehicle). He gets a car allowance from
the county. Doesn't pay for the whole car but helps out considerably
especially since he can use it for extra jobs (where all the money
is).
> As for other possibilities, the LT1 Caprice had a BIG problem with
> cracking the exhaust manifold. Some departments may have found it cost
> effective to order some headers and install them, if it would keep the
> cars on the road, and out of the shop. I am sure they DIDN'T pay list
> for them, especially if you are outfitting several cars, buying several
> sets on the same PO.
Gene, that's why he got the headers -- cracked exhaust manifold.Of
course he's a big hot-rodder so he thought why replace it with stock
junk... I'll get headers, which were actually cheaper than the stock
replacement he got an estimate on! His future plans call for a tweaked out 383
stroker fed with an intercooled supercharger. Gonna be a DARE car....
If anyone wants to see this car, I made a page for him:
http://users.argolink.net/hwieghat/
Drop him an email and let him know I sent ya!
---Mike, near Houston.---
My sig file=====> http://web.wt.net/~mclark/signature.txt
My Dakota page==> http://web.wt.net/~mclark/dakota.html
Dakota Webring==> http://web.wt.net/~mclark/webring/ring.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:09:27 EDT