afishhunter
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When he was a teen, one a my uncles stuffed a tater up the tail pipe of a 1949 Nash cop car, then he and a buddy got the cop to chase their car.back in the day,1950's we didn't use safeties on the tail pipe, we didn't even know what one was. but would jam a potato into the tail pipe as the car would run a short time and stall out and would not start or run. the teacher would never think to look back at the tailpipe. worked every time!!
I understand the cop was a wee bit startled when his exhaust split from tater to exhaust monifold with a "boom". (exhaust was rusty from salt on the roads over the winter)
Broke a few windows downtown, too, 'cording to the tale he told.
In 1974 the new Chevy Impalla cop cars ("Police Special" 454 inch V8's, "special" cams, big 4 barrel carburators ...) would not go over 34 mph.
My great uncle had a service station that did all the work on the cop cars.
Cops were putting leaded gas innum, and clogged the catalytic converters.
(recall that 1974 was the first year for emission comtrols, catylitic converters, and unleaded gasoline. I think gas stations were selling leaded gas for the older cars until 1979 or 1980 ...
The cops had removed the restrictor plates in the fuel fill so the larger leaded gas nozzels would fit ... even though that was (and is even today, regardless of the fact that leaded gas has not been sold in USA for going on 40 years) illegal.
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