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Old 01-07-2011, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by CNTLOSE View Post
I remember though that was the thing to do back then. Buy a cheap Police Mustang and race it. My father and I autocrossed and did some IT racing in the 80's and 90's. They were cheap cars to take racing and looks did not matter. I hate to think of people doing it to them now, but back in the day they were just "old cop cars".
You have it exactly correct. Over the years I've lost track of how many ex-CHP cars I've seen that were transformed to race before anybody cared about restoring them.

1989 ex-CHP spotted at Laguna Seca in '05:






It was just the thing to do back in the day but luckily there were enough of these cars so that a decent number survived to enjoy a kinder fate.
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