Ripon vintage restored police car show this weekend

[88LTDCV351]

In case any NorCal members are in the area and interested in seeing some old school police cars. I go every year. I love seeing those old Polara's and Monaco's packing the 440 engines.

http://www.riponmenloparkpolicecarsho w.com/index.htm

[SID210SA]

Cool stuff....I would go, but thats a bit far....have fun!!

[Mr. Man]

I always thought the Monaco/Fury/St Regis cars looked good. To bad they were rust buckets. Probably some goodies out in Cali. Not much survived in the East. Post pics if you go.

[88LTDCV351]

I did take pictures from several years ago which I can post up. Some I took via a disposable camera which don't look so good. Others my sister took with her digital camera which turned out good. Would still love to see an ex-FHP marauder there but apparently people here are staying away from those with a 10 foot pole, lol.

[CBT]

I would go to that if it were near, sounds interesting :beer:

[PRCARGUY]

I would go to that if it were near, sounds interesting :beer:
Same here.

[rayjay]

Wow, those old Twin Sonic light bars bring back fun memories for me lit up the whole area. I still remember driving the old Dodges too.

[hwy73]

Wow, those old Twin Sonic light bars bring back fun memories for me lit up the whole area. I still remember driving the old Dodges too.

I'm a Ford man, but the Dodge St. Regis was a nice police cruiser.

[rayjay]

I'm a Ford man, but the Dodge St. Regis was a nice police cruiser.

Same here, but we had no choice. Whatever the state gave us. Ask me at MV9 about their K Car fiasco in the 80's :puke: Then we went to CVs for a few years, liked em and they lasted forever. The RWD Impalas were quick, but had cooling and other major issues. Once they gave autonomy to us to buy what we wanted, we had to go with whatever was cheapest. Thats how we ended up with Whimpalas. A fully dressed Whimpala cost less than a CV with nothing on it, but they barely made 80K before falling apart. :rolleyes: Now they have gone to SUVs only, with a Charger for the Boss. He can keep it, it is worthless in the snow even with Goodyear snow/ice tires all the way around. I did like my last unit, a Durango with the 5.7 It actually handled real well for a big vehicle.

[CBT]

Wow, those old Twin Sonic light bars bring back fun memories for me lit up the whole area. I still remember driving the old Dodges too.


Did you ever get to yell "Calling all cars! Calling all cars!" or stand on the running board and crank the siren while your partner drove?



Who loves ya. :D

[rayjay]

Did you ever get to yell "Calling all cars! Calling all cars!" or stand on the running board and crank the siren while your partner drove?



Who loves ya. :D

Uhm, ask me in person in a couple weeks. I know nothing... :D One unit we had in the 80's still had a whindy up sireen, you'd be done with a stop and the damn thing would still be winding down. :eek:

[71cyclone]

Back in the 60's I had relatives that worked for Detroit City Service Garage. The police cars that went the distance , were the Ford Galaxies and the Dodge Coronets and the State Boyz Polarisis and Galaxie 500's The Chevrolets were good to 60 thousand regardless of engine selection. [city carz had small blox ]. So you see fast foreward today chevyz still have the same build quality

[88LTDCV351]

Here is the first batch of pictures.

[88LTDCV351]

Got lots more from various years. Here is another batch.

[88LTDCV351]

I am in a few of the pictures and my brother is in some also.

No, I'm not the dummy. lol

[88LTDCV351]

Ripon show is October 6th this year. http://www.crownvic.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2374250#Post2374250

[Roadwarrior]

I wish there was a car show like this on the East Coast. :depress:

[gdsqdcr]

I might show up after the boys baseball game. Looks like fun

[88LTDCV351]

I go every year. Sometimes I bring the old Crown Vic since they have a section for "daily drivers".

We could definately use more spectators. There is plenty of parking on the street as people come and go. Its a nice little park in a neighborhood. They usually have someone selling burgers or hot dogs. Maybe T-shirts. There is usually a raffle also.

They try to do something different each year. One year, there was this truck that was a mobile police museum. One year a helicopter landed on the field and you could check it out. And one year they had a kind of go kart you could drive on a mock course while wearing some "drunk" imitating glasses. Etc.

Love the old luxobarge caddy ambulances. And usually some military jeeps come also.


I might show up after the boys baseball game. Looks like fun


I wish there was a car show like this on the East Coast. :depress:

There just might be. Check Police Car Owners of America, or Police Car Online Owners Assocation, or copcar.com etc. These clubs have thier car shows listed on thier websites.

http://www.riponmenloparkpolicecarsho w.com/index.htm

[88LTDCV351]

Here is a few more photos from past events.

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some more photos

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some more photographs

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One year it was rainy

[88LTDCV351]

A fair share of fire trucks also

[LeoVampire]

Thanks for the pics just sorry it rained

[88LTDCV351]

October 5th is this years police car show in Ripon!

[1Marauder]

Post up on West Coast Marauder group thread... if outer MM owners are going...I could come!!!

[88LTDCV351]

Unfortunately, my Crown Vic is having its carburetor worked on. So I'll just be a spectator this year.

[1Marauder]

I checked on it and we can register the marauder ($30) and be in the show...

[88LTDCV351]

Here are some photos from this year.

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some more photos

[88LTDCV351]

more pics. My fave is the 1969 Dodge Polara.

[88LTDCV351]

Here are some more

[88LTDCV351]

Love the old ambulances and jeeps

[88LTDCV351]

more pics. The mad max car and the Starsky and Hutch car did not show up this year.

[88LTDCV351]

Mark your calendars folks and come see the car show. This year its on October 4th.

[88LTDCV351]

I'll post up more pics from this years show once it is over.

[88LTDCV351]

Bump

Ripon vintage police car show in October is coming up. Good for a look see and any kid who loves fire engines and such will adore it.

[1Marauder]

Dude, let's make this the post Marauderville meet????

[88LTDCV351]

Unfortunately, I can't make it this year as my mother has become ill. I'll be flying back to Indianapolis next week and won't return until Sunday after the police car show. I think this will be the first show that I will have missed for sometime.

[88LTDCV351]

Good show this year. I'll make sure to post up some pics.

[1Marauder]

Did u go? Is it Sunday too?

[88LTDCV351]

Always a good show. This year its on October 7th

[88LTDCV351]

Darn, my fiance made other plans for me this weekend. I won't be able to make it this year folks.

[88LTDCV351]

Anyone able to make it? Any pictures?

[88LTDCV351]

October 6th this year. Mark your calendars to see some cool fire trucks, ambulances and police cars.

[88LTDCV351]

Looking forward to the show this year. It's this weekend. Come see some cool vintage ambulances, fire trucks and police cars!

[88LTDCV351]

Great weather! Here is one photo I took from the car show.

[88LTDCV351]

Ripon police car show coming up. This year its on October 5th.

[sspmustang]

Love to attend some time, though that would be a mighty long trip in my SSP. :D

Still a good turnout?