Got back from Troop E a short time ago. I spoke to a 30 yrs vet. there and he told me he had never seen such a thing on any of their cars, talking about the push button starter. Not to say that it could not have been done by the individual trooper.
As far as the car being from Troop E, the Trooper told me that if the antennas are only placed on the two rear quarters of the car then that car was not from Troop E. Troop E only outfitted the cars with the one hole on the trunk and the one on the roof. If the two quarter holes are additional to the standard ones then they might have been added by the individual Trooper for CB or scanner.
These cars were a non-transferable item, Meaning that if a Trooper got transferred from one station to another, the car stayed. The Trooper would be issued another car at the next station.
As we already knew, he told me that unlike today, back then the car where outfitted at the individual stations while today they are outfitted at a central location. He also told me of a Trooper who still is using an ARRIVE ALIVE front tag.
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