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I Got Pulled Over

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MarkStang

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Today I drove the Mustang (65 FastBack)to work 37 miles one way. It was finally time to have some faith and cut the strings from home. She has around 350 put on about two at a time as I adjusted her needs here and there. This trip was a testament of faith and kahoontas. Oh... besides the guys at work needed to empty their saliva bags.

All went well on the way to work and I even found a premium parking spot. The ride home proved to be even better as I headed into the setting Florida sun along the Turn Pike and then onto another. I only take her to 60mph. Period. The turnpike has construction all the way of my travel right now with a speed limit of 60mph...all good there. The second toll road goes to 65mph so 60 is fine there too. Well... I was approaching a long gentle curve going 60 and saw way way up ahead a car hit its brakes... amateur observation tells me a cop is out of sight farther up ahead so a quick confirmation shows I am still at 60. Sure enough two state troopers are visible in the median with others flanking east and west bound.

Now I just got done telling myself if I got pulled over by a cop and he asks me "...do you know why I pulled you over son"? ...I would say "...because you like my car". Well that fantasy did not exactly include me going under the speed limit buy five. As I passed the Troop fest One of the two parked driver door to driver door in the median immediately threw his car in reverse onto my side and I saw the head lights toss up...followed by the next and the next and the next and an un marked car. I got boxed out and the officer that held my left side held next to my door. I smiled while looking forward knowing something was going down and I was about to be invited. With that smile I turned to look at the Office that slowed next to my shoulder and he shouts out his passenger side window into my open driver window (moments before pumping in a Florida Friday evening breeze)

"...CAN I LOOK AT YOUR CAR..."? I yelled " ...SURE".

I spent the next 30 minutes having a party of troopers admire my car from tail to nose.

The hood seemed to be the focal point and as each officer came to the front of the hood open Mustang they muttered things like

"...wholly sheeit"
"...Wow"
"...man"
"...damn"

The radiator and whirring electric fan were the most admiring part. Guessing on horsepower, oil pan size, brake set up, master and on and on.

The one that pulled me over has owned 18 Mustangs and has a new GT. He has been looking for a 65 FastBack and can not find one.

I left with a smile.

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Re: I Got Pull Over

I take it they didn't find the dime bag of coke I planted in your car? Damn.


Great story! I'll bet you can't find a hat big enough to fit right now, eh?
 
Re: I Got Pull Over

Nice meet-n-greet and sure won't hurt you down the road, your car will be easy to remember. Spending time letting admirers look at your car usually pays off (even if not the local/state PD) when/if you break down somewhere too. Just be sure you don't cut anybody off or get road rage, they'll remember your car just as easy unfortunately but you sound pretty level headed.
Enjoy, hope my car gets that type of attention one day...
Jon
 
Great story. The troopers must of loved your stang and must of been bored sitting there. You came along at the right time. Yes they will remember you musang so be GOOD.
 
Cool story.

I have never been pulled over in Scary, even though I drive it much wilder and much faster than I should.

The '66 on the other hand, the cops LOVE to pull over. Not so much to admire the car, but to read me the riot act. I've only gotten one actual ticket, but have been pulled over about 7 time in it, in the last 10 year.
 
"70 StangMan" said:
Mark, a picture of your car surrounded by troopers would have been priceless.
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My wife and I talked about this. Both of our Iphones broke last month. We are going to sprint on the fourth and look forward to the HTC EVO
 
WOW! I have heard of this happening but never knew it to be true, great story. I would have been wondering why the escort, glad it was for drooling! :10

I went to the Somernites Cruise in Somerset this weekend. We pulled off the Cumberland Parkway and there were two cop cars with the lights going and a car in the ramp with one officer standing by the car. The second cop car waved me to pull up next to him. When I did he stuck his head out the window and said "nice car, wanna trade?" My wife said can we keep the lights and he said yeah, I can get more... we laughed and talked for a few minutes until the other cop waived us to come on thru. Nothing like your story but the cops were pretty cool.
Thanks for sharing the story!
 
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