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Originally Posted by boxhead
Baz, can I also ask were you and the car where based?
Trying to see if it still exists.
Being a big tank E49 it must be a VH model (square headlights) (but Chrysler did make some oddballs), as there are no reported VJ E49 with big tanks (There are reputed to be only 4 E49 in VJ total)
The silver is called "Mercury Silver" (highly sought after color)
Here is a replica.
But this is a small tank.
Big tank had these fillers.
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Hi Dave,
At the time, I was attached to the No 24 Division Highway Patrol and stationed at Cronulla Police Station. Your not wrong about Chrysler producing some oddballs. The cops seemed to end up with the fruit salad. Some Chargers we had were fitted with the sports 6 cylinder with 4 speed manual box, others had the small V8, (316 c.i., I think) with an auto, while others had the 360 auto. Then there were the triple webber cars with the twin side fillers as shown and big tank.
When Holden won the Contract off Chrysler, they dished up similar oddballs. The early model GTR Torana's were just the standard GTR, but then they purchased a few Harry Firth Bathurst Special GTR XU1's with the triple carbs, big cam, close ratio gearbox, beefed up suspension and a fuel tank which filled the boot. These were real rocket ships and one of the quickest accelerating production vehicles I have driven.
Ford then won the Contract and once again, the oddballs were rolled out. We were getting Phase 3 GTHO's with a standard looking body hitched up to a column shift auto.
Regards
Baz