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Wyoming Police Officer Restores 1957 Chevy Bel Air As Police Cruiser
Cowboy State Daily ^ | 12/31/2022 | Wendy Corr,

Posted on 12/31/2022 3:03:38 PM PST by llevrok

Dood Jaussaud may have been born decades too late.

Instead of being a tech junkie and up on the latest trends, the 22-year-old Thermopolis police officer lives vicariously in the past – at least as far as what he drives is concerned.

Three years ago, Jaussaud began working on a classic 1957 Chevy Bel Air he bought in Columbus, Montana. Then earlier this year, Jaussaud was tipped off about a guy who might have some parts for his Chevy.

“I got ahold of this guy, and he goes, ‘I don’t know anything about cars, and I don’t really have parts, but why don’t you come see what I got?’” Jaussaud told Cowboy State Daily. “So, grandma and I got in the car, we drove to Douglas.

“It was on the weekend, and this guy had two ’57 Bel Airs that had been parked in his dad’s garage since 1975.”

Jaussaud sold his original Chevy so he could finance a dream that he had – transforming the four-door Bel Air into a working police patrol vehicle.

Jaussaud explained that the Bel Air’s engine is a 283 small block Chevy original with power steering and power brakes.

“It’s a two-speed power glide tranny with positrack in the rear end,” he said, reverting to carspeak.

“It’s got a four-barrel carb, which is factory – it’s a Rochester, and it’s all original,” he said.

Jaussaud said that with the exception of replacing the after-market steering wheel with an original, he didn’t have to do any retrofitting of the classic car’s exterior.

“We haven’t done a bit of body work to this. All the chrome, the body – it’s all original,” he said. “The motor, transmission, all the way to the exhaust at the back of the car is exactly how we found it.” (SNIP)

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KEYWORDS: chevy; classics; cops; donutwatch
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To: Openurmind

Jackman wheels? Ugh.

I had those on my ‘75 Jeep CJ7 and even there they didn’t look very good.


21 posted on 12/31/2022 5:08:31 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beake)
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To: llevrok

When I was growing up, the cops in my town had 57 Chebby Bel-Airs — with “gumball” machine lights.

White hardtops, over dark green, with white doors — much like the article. No fancy-dan artwork, though.

Bitchin’ slick-lookin’ cop cars, though.. VERY classy.
(It was a classy suburb.)


22 posted on 12/31/2022 5:15:05 PM PST by William of Barsoom (In Omnia, Paratus)
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To: llevrok

Cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks and it’s a model made before catalytic converters so it’ll run good on regular gas...


23 posted on 12/31/2022 5:20:41 PM PST by bigbob (z)
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To: Openurmind
Oh man...I could do this all day long. Cool stuff...


24 posted on 12/31/2022 5:21:05 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: bigbob

It will need a new cigarette lighter.


25 posted on 12/31/2022 5:40:49 PM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: GaltAdonis

Don’t you wish you still had mom’s car?


26 posted on 12/31/2022 9:32:13 PM PST by DaxtonBrown
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To: GaltAdonis

My neighbor filled up her 56 Chevy with 6 visiting sorority sister and I put 7 in my mother’s 57 210 (145HP plus a push down hidden overdrive gear under the gas peddle).

Took them to a bowling alley as part of Judy’s hosting her sorority chapter from Albany,in Baltimore. After unloading all 16 girls and escorting them into the bowl alley, a guy asked me how I did that,to which I replied, “Practice”.

Loved real Chevies from that era of real cars.


27 posted on 12/31/2022 10:16:29 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: GaltAdonis

That’s not blue.

It’s mint green.


28 posted on 01/01/2023 12:38:08 AM PST by ro_dreaming (Who knew that in 2022 "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: ro_dreaming
"...It’s mint green..."

.

It's either (close to) sky blue - or one of us needs to adjust our video settings.

Good Morning!
Happy New Year!

(Just got up half an hour ago.)

Starting the New Year by working on my grocery shopping list -

$95.14 - For one person for one week (bare-bones shopping -
plus 2 meals with my girlfriend - Lunch-Dinner)

Thank goodness there's no inflation, right?

.

A New Year and I'm already babbling at 6:55 AM - coffee does this - sorry...

29 posted on 01/01/2023 4:05:37 AM PST by GaltAdonis
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To: GaltAdonis

Okay, yeah, it’s blue. But it reminds me of this:

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/0f/bc/ea/0fbcea69af76e8aed479bfed1f7f6681.jpg


30 posted on 01/01/2023 8:40:45 AM PST by ro_dreaming (Who knew that in 2022 "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: moovova

:)


31 posted on 01/01/2023 11:41:24 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: ro_dreaming
The tub, toilet and sink in the master bath of my parents'
second house (circa 1969) were that shade of turquoise.
32 posted on 01/01/2023 1:47:11 PM PST by GaltAdonis
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