Barney Fife, your car is ready!
OK, so the Pick of the Day isn’t Fife’s Mayberry patrol car, but it is a 1958 Ford Custom 300 4-door sedan that the Lutz, Florida, dealer advertising the car on ClassicCars.com says “is believed to be a true Tampa Police cruiser.”
It’s also “the kind of car that’s going to get you invited to everything from parades to charity events,” the dealer adds.
The car comes with a Tampa Police code book, and even without the authentic Tampa Police decals, spotlight, radio and rooftop and dashboard red lights, it’s a post-war American classic with two-tone door panels, new headliner and a 292cid Ford V8 with “Interceptor Special” badging on its air cleaner.
“This is even believed to be the original motor to the car,” the dealer adds. “The V8 fires up and runs with the kind of eagerness that it’s ready to serve its community. Plus, power steering and the column-shifted three-speed automatic transmission give you proper control.”
The car is being offered for $19,995.
To view this listing on ClassicCars.com, see Pick of the Day.
Hello the editor shouldn’t be writing about cars if he has no clue. That engine is a 4 cyl probably out of a pinto. That car should have a V8.
Original engine my ass!!!!
The picture of the engine is not from this car. If you look at the actual display pictures, they show the correct engine.
Good catch, Allen. I’ve replaced the wrong engine (above) with the correct one. — Larry
I’m thinking the "gotcha trolls" should rein it in. Manners count, donchakno-
Keep it !
292 was not the "Interceptor Special "
engine. That was the 352.
The engine is not a 292, but a 332 Interceptor. I believe 1958 was the first year for this engine which used the FE block
Mr Geoff Hogan,
You are absolutely correct. The first "Interceptor" in Fords new "FE series" engines was the 332 in 1958 as is pictured in this article. Many forget about the ole 332 as it just looked like the later 352 in ’59 and then the 390 in I believe 1960-61.
Hay,,, I have an original owners manual for this car. The one that would come in the glove box in a new car. If you want it just pay the shipping costs.
Bill
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