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WIDE-TRACKING CRIME

“Under the hoods of these 1959 Pontiacs was the potent 389-cid V-8 engine, some of which were equipped with Tri-Power sporting three two-barrel carburetors!”

Growing up in the Midwest, I can’t recall seeing a Pontiac-based police car in my rearview mirror. There were plenty of Ford and Chevrolet squad cars and, for much of the 1970s, both the Plymouth Fury and Dodge Monaco four-door sedans played a big

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