What kind of car would a couple of no-nonsense plainclothes Los Angeles cops drive in 1967? Forget those big lumbering full-size sedans! Joe Friday and Bill Gannon insisted on a snappy-looking '67 Fairlane.
What kind of car would a couple of no-nonsense plainclothes Los Angeles cops drive in 1967? Forget those big lumbering full-size sedans! Joe Friday and Bill Gannon insisted on a snappy-looking '67 Fairlane.

If your ride is tinted, be-winged, be-gauged, be-stickered and you live in the Golden State, you might do well to keep an eye out for Smokey on your Six. The California Highway Patrol is moving ahead with Drag-Net, which targets modified cars for illegal hop-ups. The San Diego PD is schooling the Chippies in ways to…