1958 Mercury Monterey California Highway Patrol car
Posted: Tue 2. Nov 2010, 08:33
I started on this car about three years ago. I finally drove it last week and I thought I would share some progress photos.
The CHP bought 325 cars and Bill Stroppe( Mexican Road Race Lincolns) prepared them for the CHP. They had Park Lane front spindles, wheel bearings and coil springs along with station wagon rear springs. They were manual steering and manual brake cars and were equiped with a Leece-Neville alternator instead of generator. The original photo of the car at speed was taken at Riverside Raceway at the testing done by the State of California in November of 1957.
The Leece-Neville rectifier is shown mounted to the front of core support
Original photo showing Leece-Neville rectifier and the siren just above the bumper
The CHP bought 325 cars and Bill Stroppe( Mexican Road Race Lincolns) prepared them for the CHP. They had Park Lane front spindles, wheel bearings and coil springs along with station wagon rear springs. They were manual steering and manual brake cars and were equiped with a Leece-Neville alternator instead of generator. The original photo of the car at speed was taken at Riverside Raceway at the testing done by the State of California in November of 1957.
The Leece-Neville rectifier is shown mounted to the front of core support
Original photo showing Leece-Neville rectifier and the siren just above the bumper