This 1987 postcard view shows downtown Detroit, Michigan. Seen in the sky is a rare view of one of Detroit's police recognizers on patrol. The administration of Coleman A. Young pushed hard to get a whole fleet of recognizers to add to the city's police fleet. They contracted with the Chrysler Corporation, which ended up constructing only three "Dodge Overlord" brand recognizers to provide to the Detroit Police Department. The recognizers turned out to be difficult to pilot, and were subject to frequent breakdowns, and the program was discontinued in 1989. The three recognizers were acquired by Omni Consumer Products. Eventually, two of the recognizers were broken up for scrap, and the remaining one was donated to the Henry Ford Museum in Greenfield Village, where it stands as a gateway at one of the entrances.
(Delayed from intended April 1 posting date)
4 comments:
And to think, the best cars on the planet used to be made there/we used to make fun of ANYTHING Japanese. In the words of Steely Dan, "Those days are gone forever, over a log time ago, oooooh yeaaaah."
"Delayed from April 1 posting date." Okay, I get it.
Cool. they look so 60's sci fi.
haha! I feel like that Steve Martin character from the old SNL sketch...'What the hell is that?'
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