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Originally Posted by BVZ24
What could be found as evidence that a car was once a police car? My grandpa always said his/my 30 fordor was once a police car.
The only evidence that I have is it came with a police head, and a number of holes in my firewall that if a police car, could have been a horn. It also has two aftermarket amber fog lights mounted.
And at least one bullet hole.
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Look for a lot of wear on the car. Police cars were driven 24/7 in all types of weather and were usually beat to the ground. Compare that to fire trucks where there are a lot still around in unrestored condition with 10 or 20 thousand original miles on them.
A police head could be a sign but that is something that could have wound up on the car at any point in the past 90 years. The low speed generator was offered starting in May of 1931 but those were intended for cars equipped with radio equipment.
Most Model A's used as police cars when new were not outfitted all that well. The pictured Fordor is a sort of exception as most of them did not get special paint jobs outside of a car number or the department's name lettered onto the door. Few of them had sirens but a lot had a sportlite mounted on the A pillar.
As for the bullet hole, more likely to be left in a farmers field or uncle Johnny got drunk on New Year's and popped off a few rounds.
-Tim