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Dave Mellor NJ

03-02-2025 01:33 AM

51 Police ad

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110 seems like nothing

kiwi nz

03-02-2025 02:05 AM

Re: 51 Police ad

A coupe?

Highway patrol possibly,…… where would you put the bad guys? Big wrestle to get them in the back seat.

That would have a 255 ci engine I suppose, it would keep with, or outrun, most of what was on the road at the time

mercman from oz

03-02-2025 03:56 AM

Re: 51 Police ad

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...p;d=1740897210

RalphG

03-02-2025 09:26 AM

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The "police interceptors" of that time usually included the Mercury V8 to give them a few extra horsepower. Not sure it would make much difference if they were chasing a Mercury though. And by that time the Chevy OHV six was almost equal to the flathead V8 in horsepower.

petehoovie

03-02-2025 01:48 PM

Re: 51 Police ad

Quote:

Originally Posted by RalphG (Post 2373176)

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...8&d=1740925542

RalphG

03-02-2025 07:21 PM

Re: 51 Police ad

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Originally Posted by petehoovie (Post 2373256)

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...8&d=1740925542

Whenever I see that flathead six option in a Ford ad it kind of shocks me because we never saw six cylinder engines in Fords in Canada until 1955. Prior to that it was V8 all the way.

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