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1982-1986 Special Service Mustangs The 4-eyed cars. |
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How run the rear red/amber flashers ?
A question is been on my mind, how run the CHP rear flashers ?
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'67 HT Mustang PWR with 351W '81 5.0 Sheriff Interceptor Project. (not SSP, I know, I know ... ) Member of Mustangpassion France |
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Those were controlled by the CC1
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2007 Mustang GT Fun loving 1988 5.0 Ranger! 1964 Fairlane 500 2 door post (GR350) |
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And here's how they look in action with the rear blue:
Switch set to amber - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NBShm8_dc8 Switch set to red - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QOID...eature=related |
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Thanks. And why red/blue or amber/blue ?
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'67 HT Mustang PWR with 351W '81 5.0 Sheriff Interceptor Project. (not SSP, I know, I know ... ) Member of Mustangpassion France |
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Not to sound too dense, but I always was under the impression that the rear red was a steady burn, used to indicate that the officer wanted the car behind him to pull over.
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1982 CHP 0366 Ford Mustang 1970 CHP 5698 Mercury Monterey 1968 CHP 3286 Dodge Polara(sold) "You know, I think it was James Joyce who said that a genius makes no mistakes, that his errors are on purpose and they become the portholes of discovery, that's the kind of thing you say when you do something real stupid." Red Green |
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It may have been that way....way back when. However, the CC1-equipped cars, when wired with a flasher per CHP specs, don't allow a steady red to the rear.
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Mike '82 SSP (Marketing Order) '83 Colorado State Patrol #202 '83 Texas DPS '85 Florida Highway Patrol #1422 '93 Florida Highway Patrol #1187 '93 Florida Highway Patrol #1363 |
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Correct. Somewhere along the line the rear red changed function, probably because the CHP had long ceased the practice of overtaking and pulling over to the front of a violator as was standard in the early days (1930-40's). If a rear red was ever needed, the "ruby" spotlight was simply swung backwards. From speaking to many officers since I've owned my car and from my own observations in the day, it seems by far the most common way the rear decks in the CC1 era were used was in the amber/blue combination with red/blue available but not activated as often.
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