I went to check out the cars cruzen. to day in Everett WA on Colby Ave. I remember cruzen this location back in the early 70s as a youngster. With my first car we would just park the old 61 Ford Ranch Wagon and sit on the roof watching the cool cars go by. Them when I get nicer cars we joined in in my 57 Olds, then my 62 Cutlass and several others. The last one was my first Cougar. Any way, This is a highly controlled more or less a parade. I got well over 300 pictures today. So now sit back and enjoy the cruze… Caution, Low on Cougar content.
The only Cougar I saw was this 1968
How often do you see a Rambler American Gasser?
First place award for ingenious use of a 1980’s Mustang hood scoop.
A VW traffic jamb…
Ahh, F-500 fenders on a F100?
I really like this.
Some one did a lot of fab work on this.
Even Herby was out.
Powered by Nail head.
Everyone was having fun until the cops showed up. Numbers matching 428 Police interceptor. All the State police badging is magnetic so he can remove them for driving home.
Some people never grow up. And why should we?
I always likes the side view on the mid 50s Nomads
Gasser’s, Gasser, and ,more…
Chopped top…
A Shelby Maverick? Well maybe.
Sweet little Small Block Ford powered 32 Hi boy.
Uncorked pipes too.
I hope you enjoyed the ride. Tomorrow is the show and shine. I;ll post more pictures tomorrow.
Great post Neal, thanks for the share I’m sure the cop car owner did his diligence, some states are more particular than others about repo cruisers.
The Florida Highway Patrol has an absolute ban on anyone using their paint scheme within the State of Florida. What this means is that if you have a, say, replica of an FHP Mustang SSP, you absolutely cannot operate it within the State of Florida no matter what state the car is registered in. Even trailering one to show inside the Sunshine State could bring the wrath of the FHP upon you. Yes, criminal prosecution is not out of the question. They have no issue with their paint scheme being used in the other 49 states by private owners (probably only because they have no jurisdiction outside of their borders), but it is completely verboten in their state. Any decommissioned FHP cars are at least partially repainted before sale.
Which agency is the most popular with copcar enthusiasts? Easy answer…the California Highway Patrol. Now, this famous agency is rethinking the entire idea of private ownership of representations of their cars registered in any state. I don’t mean in a good way for us, either. There are forces within the CHP that believe that nobody should own a replica of any CHP car, especially the more modern ones. There is some degree of reorganization within the department currently going on, so this is not a primary consideration for the new commissioner, so don’t look for anything to be coming down in the immediate future. He has bigger fish to fry. In the foreseeable future, though……probably. Stay tuned on this one. In the meantime, if you or someone you know owns a CHP car, please stay under the radar, especially if you are in California with the car even if it is registered out of state. They are VERY sensitive to any car displaying their insignia anywhere being involved in less than good press. And, yes…they have a knack for finding out. They are also scrutinizing CHP replica cars seen operating lawfully on public roads even with door stars and lights covered from view.
Maybe FHP should concern themselves with more important issues instead of worrying about someone in a replica cop car from the 1960’s. I can understand the whole impersonation angle, but until they invent a time machine get real.
Here are a few, I did not get as many as I sis at the cruze. The turn out was overwhelming. The line to get our cars in was about 16 or so blocks long and took about 45 minutes. I think this year may have been a record number of cars. Maybe 900 or more. I did have hard time getting pictures with the crowd enjoying the cars. The weather was the best in several years too, I’m sure that helped.
This is where it all started…
Cool old school 40 Willies Coupe.
This is the crowd I was talking about. Lots of people enjoying the day and cars.
Same spot looking the other way.
You can see Ginger here with a view of this section of the show. This is Rockefeller Ave. The show took oy 4 blocks on Colby, 3 blocks on 3 blocks on Wetmore Ave and 3 on Rockefeller. North/ south and east west 4 Blocks on Hewet, and 4 blocks on California. Basically all of down town.
A Falcon Wagon Gasser.
Something I think Royce will like.
With the crowds this was the best shot I could get f this Izzeu powered CEO Chev I could get.
It took about 10 minutes for the gentleman at the front of this car to go over this side of the car with a fine tooth comb.
Another COE Chevy.
Another W30 442. The one from Sunday was a convert.
The Brits are coming…
I hope you enjoy this little slide show. I am heading off to Reno in the morning and plan to check out the MCA show at the Pepper mil while in town.
I’m sure the cop car owner did his diligence, some states are more particular than others about repo cruisers. 
