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jalopnik automotive amerigasm

Ten Greatest American Police Patrol Cars

We're celebrating Independence Day with a week-long automotive Amerigasm heading down two diametrically opposite roads. The first, started yesterday, is a salute to the best car commercials — a celebration of the conspicuous over-consumption that made this nation great. The second road is one we'll be traveling at government-mandated speeds — a salute to the police car. While The Man may always be trying to keep us down, we salute him for having some killer vehicles with which to do it. You can take both roads this week here. —Ed.

We've compiled a list of the greatest American police cars in honor of our patriotic, week-long Independence Day celebration. Whether on the big screen or the rear-view mirror, the radio car is as much a part of the ubiquitous American landscape as the golden arches of McDonalds or the billboards offering "Color TV" to road-weary travelers. Though they represent different things to different people, and we don't always love the people inside, they're there and, in the true American spirit, the cars are usually big, fast and strong. Which is why we love them. Check them all out and vote for your favorite below the jump. More »

Feature

12:30 PM on Tue Jul 1 2008
By Matt Hardigree
9,514 views, 144 comments

Latest by n/a: @QuasarErazar: Our internet filter doesn't like that link... Must be good. more »

down on the street bonus edition

Three Photographers, Seven Fords, One Mile-High City

So the DOTS Bonus Edition photos keep rolling in from every direction- and I'm doing my best to post them all- but the stockpile of car photos from Denver has reached absurd proportions. First there was Kitt on the south side, then EJacobs started shooting interesting old cars in the northwestern part of town; by this time I have a backlog of a dozen vehicles from each of them. To add to the fun, I get shipped to Denver for work every few months, so I can add my own photos to the list! Today, we've got one set of photos each from Kitt, Ejacobs, and me. The unifying theme: Old Fords! Make the jump for three more big galleries.

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2:00 PM on Fri Jun 13 2008
By Murilee Martin
708 views, 22 comments

Latest by Mike the Dog: @FuzzyPlushroom: That would surprise me not at all. Ford has always been pretty good at "parts-bin engineering". more »

classic ad watch

Groovy Aussie Falcons And Fairlanes Must Go Go GO!

Apparently the wholesome singing-and-dancing advertisements Ford used for the '69 American models were so good that they recycled the same concept for their Australian ads the following year. The Aussie musicians and dancers are at least twice as hip as their American counterparts, but that's not saying much; Geetz Romo would likely judge them to be square with slightly rounded corners. Still, check out those Australian Falcons and Fairlanes, all destined for the Lord Humungus' motor pool!

11:20 AM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Murilee Martin
663 views, 9 comments

Latest by Galaxie500: Screw the ads give me a Falcon GT Phase III with 351,, 4spd top loader... more »

junkyard find

1966 Fairlane Wagon Appears To Have Driven To Junkyard Under Its Own Power

Sometimes you'll find a fairly complete old car sitting in the wrecking yard, but I've never seen anything like this '66 Fairlane wagon before. It's a bit rough (and that '56 Chevy hood ornament being used to prop up the bug deflector looks funky indeed), but not a single part has been removed. The keys were still in the ignition! This strikes me as strange, because every car that ends up in a big self-service junkyard has been through an auction process, typically with a minimum bid of $150 or less, and it doesn't seem possible that not a single bidder at the auction was willing to pop his or her clutch for 150 bucks to obtain a 99% original 42-year-old Fairlane. I don't have any Ford projects now (nor do I have time to eBay-ize a bunch of Fairlane parts) but I did call a Ford-restoring friend who told me he'd come out the next day and make sure none of the good parts went to The Crusher.

2:00 PM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,100 views, 59 comments

Latest by n/a: oK SO here it is . Fact # 1 its a yard called "pick your part " the company that runs it can sell it cuz its not in california leagel too. When it hits the yard the vin is more »

star car shootout

March Madness Narrowed To Sweet 16, Round 2 Of Voting Today

Well here we are, Round 2 of Jalopnik-style madness. After the first round of voting, we've eliminated half of the 32-car field. And there sure were some upsets; Parnelli Jones' Big Oly Bronco losing to some white Italian car being perhaps the most shocking. We even had a last minute buzzer-beater, with "Billy" beating out the Rolls Limo by only 2 votes! But, now it's time to vote our sweet 16 down to an elite 8. We'll be one step closer to figuring out which car you think is the coolest on-screen in the 1974 film Gone In 60 Seconds. Update: Polls have closed, voting for Round Three here.

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1:00 PM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By Mark Arnold
7,047 views, 45 comments

Latest by kfdave: Can't believe the Billy mobile is losing so badly in this round..."Oh my goodness gracious". more »

star car shootout

March Madness Begins, First Round Of Voting

Yesterday, we gave you the brackets. Today, the voting begins and Jalopnik-style March Madness ensues. If you haven't finalized your own bracket for the office pool just yet, hurry up! The field of 32 cars from the original 1974 film Gone In 60 Seconds is about to get narrowed down by your votes. At the end this round, we'll be down to 16 sweet rides. Ultimately, we want to find out what you think the coolest car in the movie is. Now some cars are cool all by themselves, but you also have to consider what role they played on screen. So who knows what the results will look like? Update: Polls for Round 1 are closed. Vote in Round 2 here.

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Feature

1:00 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Mark Arnold
11,489 views, 63 comments

Latest by n/a: Eleanor, Challenger, Pantera, Muira are my final four. more »

star car shootout

March Madness, Jalopnik Style

Interested in all the March madness tournament bracketry, but not really into college hoops? Maybe you're looking for a way to redeem yourself after penciling-in Duke to go all the way? Whatever the case, we've decided to throw our own Jalopnik-style bracket-madness party! Instead of basketball, we've got cars! And don't think this isn't some randomly-selected field of Consumer Reports top choices. What we have is a 32-car selection from one of the coolest car movies ever made: the original Gone In 60 Seconds from 1974. Through the rest of this week and part of next, your votes will be tallied to decide the winners of each face-off. Polls will open tomorrow, so that gives you today to print out your own bracket, fill in your predictions, tell your buddies, and make up your own office pool. It also gives you time to go watch the movie, but if you want just a quick refresher, we've provided that too. More »

Feature

1:30 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Mark Arnold
2,107 views, 50 comments

Latest by n/a: Mmmm Pantera for the win. more »

down on the street bonus edition

Orange County Fairlane, Now With Added '65 LTD!

Many of you have been kind enough to send DOTS Bonus Edition photos my way, and you're all very good about not raking me over the coals for taking so damn long to get to some of them. Reader Vance, who dwells behind the Orange Curtain, shot this very clean 1955 Ford Fairlane on the streets of Tustin back in October. Now, most houses down in SoCal have garages, so you don't see quite as much old iron on the street... but that desert climate means you just don't get rust. When you're done checking out the Fairlane, make the jump to see the Bonus LTD, with commentary by Vance.

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2:45 PM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Murilee Martin
786 views, 15 comments

Latest by thepassenger: @scotte: My parents bought a used '66 Caprice wagon around '69 or '70. White w/faux-wood, blue interior, 6 passenger. Too far back to remember anything else about it, but I do remember that in '72 they traded it for a more »

classic ad watch

It Can Roar As Well As Whisper: 1969 Ford Torino!

So Ford grabbed the same incredibly wholesome dancers they used to sell the '69 Mustangs when it came time to try to move some '69 Torinos off the showroom floors. Compare the nauseating perkiness of this ad to the worldly white-collar hoon in the '68 Torino ad. But look at all the engine choices you got! Make ours a 428 Cobra Jet fastback with 4-speed, please.

11:00 AM on Tue Feb 19 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,615 views, 11 comments

found on craigslist

Neither Sleet, Nor Snow, Nor Gloom of Night Shall Stay This Fairlane From Its Appointed Sale!

Most of the time, when we see a listing for a used car for sale and we can't make out anything useful in the photographs, we get pissed off. After all, how hard can it be to de-schmutz-ify the camera lens and knock back enough peach schnapps to banish the shaky-handed DTs for time sufficient to take a somewhat informative photograph of the vehicle you wish to sell? Pretty tough for some folks, apparently. But every so often you run across a car ad with photos utterly bereft of useful information about the car, yet so pleasing to the eye that you don't get irritated. Highmile has found such an ad, in this case for a '65 Fairlane wagon, and was kind enough to share it with us. The seller couldn't wait for the snowstorm to stop, you see, because every second counts when it's time to sell! [Craigslist Colorado Springs]

10:00 AM on Wed Jan 9 2008
By Murilee Martin
644 views, 12 comments

Latest by NovaloadMissesPolar: @Mad_Science: Sorry, that's what I meant, i.e. identifying the Country Sedan as the one WITHOUT the faux wood. We had a maroon one and it was my first (legal) driver. Truly, you do not see many of them--as you say, more »

spy photos

Jalopnik Reader Catches Ford Flex In Porn Valley

Reason number 432 why we love our readers. From chevshev, "Saw this baby on Laurel Canyon, just north of Ventura Blvd. Michigan plates. I've been refreshing your page thrice a day for the last two years — hoping I'd have something to contribute one day. This is no show stopper, but I was excited nonetheless. Enjoy." Ooh, trust us, we are enjoying. In fact, if we had a gun to our head were forced to get a minivan, we would without question choose this surprisingly good looking Ford Fairlane Flex. And Chevshev, baby, you gots to hit refresh at least ten times per day. Two more pics after you jump. More »

Spy Photos

4:00 PM on Wed Sep 12 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
4,428 views, 38 comments

Latest by DodgeDriver: @ranwhenparked: to complete the trifecta all Ford need to do now is get the Orion Falcon over here and they'll have a pretty good range of vehicles. more »

choose your eternity

Project Car Hell: Fairlane Wagon or Volvo Bertone?

We learned yesterday that two out of three Jalopnik readers surveyed would rather reign in Project Car Hell with a '62 Renault Caravelle than with a '62 Corvair Monza. Which makes perfect sense to us, but what happens when we jack up the admission cost just a touch and make you choose between a chopped Göteborg sedan and a vintage Dearborn family hauler?
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5:30 PM on Wed Aug 8 2007
By Murilee Martin
2,534 views, 47 comments

Latest by bantamweight: In some Cadillac Catera performance chip, they provide greater MPG at part throttle and more power at wide open throttle, features internet updateability with included USB cable, easy plug and play installation, 50-state emissions legal, top-speed limiter, engine rev limiter, more »

down on the street

1968 Ford Fairlane 500


Today we have one of my personal favorites, a late-60s midsized Ford with a fastback rear. I've had a couple of these, including a '68 Mercury Cyclone that served as my daily driver for several years, so I know their flaws and strengths pretty well. More »

9:00 AM on Tue Jul 17 2007
By Murilee Martin
5,648 views, 13 comments

classic ad watch

French Chicks Dig The Fairlane!

There's just something about the sexy lines of the '58 Fairlane that more or less forces designer-threads-clad Frenchwomen to caress its flanks with their white-gloved hands. We can only only assume that the same women would feel compelled to rub their entire bodies over the even sexier '58 Simca Chambord. – Murilee Martin More »

5:45 PM on Fri Jun 8 2007
By Murilee Martin
450 views, 2 comments

classic ad watch

All This And Woodlike Trim! 1963 Fairlane Squire

Everyone likes a quick GM wagon, but it's hard to resist the appeal of a genuine Ford Squire wagon. With a soundtrack right out of an anti-VD educational film and cute puppies galore, this ad reminds us why the station wagon was the best weapon Uncle Sam had in the fight against godless communism. – Murilee Martin More »

5:30 PM on Fri May 18 2007
By Murilee Martin
351 views, 5 comments

spy shots

Popular Mechanics Catches Ford Flex With the Long Lens

And as long as the lens of the mechanics with the most friends might be, the Flex is longer. Like, weirdly long. Like, Ford's new minivan replacement looks as if it were built on the same frame as the Expedition EL. Don't worry, it's not. The Flex actually shares a lot of componentry with livin' on the Edge, including the well-sorted 3.5-liter V6 and the even weller-sorted 6-speed auto. Much of the spizarkle from the Fairlane concept (including the suicide doors!) seems to have been bled out of the vehicle. Even the little baby bunting found on the NY Auto Show piece is mostly absent. All that is length left is bigness. Sigh. Pop over to Pop Mech and have a look for yourselves. – Jonny Lieberman More »

2:00 PM on Thu May 10 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
1,274 views, 22 comments

Latest by Major-General: @dculberson: Begging the question: have you actually used the cargo area in a Magnum? Because my only complaint was that it was too short for a rifle case. more »

news

Spy Photos: Ford Fairlane Mule Spotted?

Paukert the Exclaimer, in collaboration with Bothan spies, has uncovered photographs of what's believed to be a development mule of the new Ford Fairlane. And okay, fine, it's a mule, there's preproduction, subterfuge and whatnot, but it appears to lack the pizzazz of the really-quite-cool concept Fairlane. Or it could just be an example of the Freestyle refresh. Literally, we're getting more and more annoyed with this whole Dave business. Not since Cheech & Chong's "Dave's Not Here" gag have one man's words hurt so many Daves. Mrs. McCave is pissed. –Davey G. Johnson More »

Spy Photos

3:45 PM on Mon Jan 29 2007
By Davey G. Johnson
1,073 views, 17 comments

Latest by dtremit: agreed, this is _not_ the fairlane. what it could be is a powertrain mule for the fairlane, in which case all you're really seeing is the shape of the front air intakes. those are generally clipped onto anything more »

detroit auto show

The Adventures Of The Ford Fairlane Continue: No To Detroit, Yes To Design, No To Zuzu Petals

Despite the fact that just about everyone and their mother was under the impression the Fairlane, FoMoCo's new minivan replacement, would be one of the new vehicles on display in the Ford booth at next month's Detroit Auto Show (alternately NAIAS, NAMBLA, or whatever I've ended up calling it on other occasions). I mean, it even shows up in Mark Phelan's Freep list of what to look out for at this year's show. In fact, the Detroit Auto Dealer's Association (alternatively DADA, NAMBLA, or whatever I've ended up calling them on other occasions), the organizers of the show, even went so far as to include it on their list of things to watch out for at the 2007 fun-fest at Cobo. But, it turns out everyone was being a bit premature in speculating that the Fairlane would be introduced — in fact, they were premature to have even believed what FoMoCo PR folks were saying to them — because according to the Freep's Sarah Webster, not only won't the Fairlane production model be introduced at Detroit, the folks in Dearborn... More »

11:55 AM on Thu Dec 7 2006
By Ray Wert
410 views, 4 comments

Latest by Al in Texas: It's ugly anyways, so who cares? Too many crossovers in the market as it is. Not that they have the time or money to do it now, but Ford should have built a better minivan. With GM bowing more »

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