[Uncle Hulka]

Thanks for sharing that story with everyone, Milton. You paint pictures with your words, my friend. If you have anything to add to that story OR any more details relating to the 60's Olds Police cars, I think I speak for the group and say "Please Share!" You are the only person I've heard of that can relate stories of the Delta Police cars and I am starving for stories like yours. I've had my Delta for a couple years now and have never driven it! I'm dying to hear about its performance, handling and acceleration characteristics.

I am so glad I contacted Oldsguy when I saw the Lees Summit location in his signature. I took a chance and it's really paying off. Thank you Oldsguy. If it wasn't for you, this story might have remained a forgotten legend.

Wmachine, you really scored a Home Run with Milton. He's one hell of an information resource!!!

Here is the original Lees Summit story. I found it on a Buick site a few years ago. Milton, are you the author or is there someone else out there who remembers this particular story:

"Well ya know, I wasn't going to indulge in Urban Legend, but with all
this talk of Hemi engines and 454's, I think I will. You can believe it
or not (and yes, I AM an Olds guy!)

Back in the late '60s and early '70s, we sometimes wondered whether Olds
really knew what they were doing. It sometimes seemed as if a 390 horse
455 in a Delta 88 was stronger than a W30 A-body. Case in point.

The Missoura Highway Patrol was unique in that, starting in 1950, all
Highway Patrol applicants must have a 4-year college degree. The MHP
were very professional and tough. The new trooper had the choice of
using a motor pool state maintained squad car, or the state would buy
any car the trooper wanted, as long as it was equipped with a highway
police interceptor
package, and give him a monthly allowance for maintainence. Anything
above that would have to come out of the trooper's pocket. The Olds
Delta 88 was a particular favorite.

I lived in Lee's Summit, 25 miles southeast of Kansas City. Troop B,
MHP, was located at the intersection of Highway 291 and US Highway 50, 2
miles from the center of downtown Lee's Summit. The Lee's Summit police
Department had about 35 officers for a population of around 20,000 and
64 square miles of city, in late Summer, 1968.

On one bright summer day, 4 idiots thought they would rob the Farmer's
Trust Bank of Lee's Summit. Their 2 getaway cars were a 396 Chevelle and
a 435HP 427 Camaro SS. The Camaro was also modified. The LSPD
headquarters was only
2 blocks from the bank. When the robbery went down and the silent bank
alarm went off, the MHP responded immediately from 2 miles away, but the
LSPD were nowhere to be seen. A '68 Olds Delta 88 with her MHP trooper
came screaming
down Main street, pivoted left, and stopped. The trooper bailed out, got
behind the left front wheel, shotgun across the hood, and levelled at
the approaching 396 Chevelle. The Chevelle screeched to a halt 3 feet
from the right front fender, and the 2 idiots exited with their arms
reaching for the sky. The LSPD showed up 10 minutes later to take
custody of the prisoners.

While this was going on, the 427 Camaro was playing a game. Figuring
that no one would suspect they would head toward Troop B Headquarters,
that's just what the Camaro did. It hit the Highway 50 intersection,
while all other MHP cars were looking elsewhere, and shot east on 50, as
fast as they could go. Fortunately, a MHP spotter plane was up on
traffic control and saw the Camaro. The pilot radioed for assistance.
Two MHP '68 Olds Delta 88s at a roadblock on North 291 responded. They
screamed south, hit the intersection, and went east. The Camaro was more
than 2 miles ahead. The 2 Deltas were officially clocked by the spotter
plane at 160 miles per hour, "rocketing" toward the Camaro. A few miles down 50
Highway, the MHP Deltas slowed down to sit on the Camaro's rear bumper
at 135 miles per hour. The 2 idiots pulled over and stopped their game.

'68 Olds Delta 88s, with the 390 HP 455 Police Apprehender engine, at
160 miles per hour. The idiots in the Camaro didn't do their homework right. Bad
gearing, and who knows what else, besides a lack of brains to tangle
with the MHP.

Another case in point. The KC Police Department bought four 410 HP,
single 850 Holley, 426 Hemi, road race/police interceptor package, with
4-speed, '68 Plymouths to be the Flying Freeway Interceptor Team. The
funny thing was, on several occasions, MHP troopers would get into Code
3 road races with their KCPD cousins, and beat the Hemi Plymouths every
single time. It pissed the KCPD guys off all the time. My good friend,
Officer Roy Timberman, Legion of Merit holder, was one of them. (Roy
went "cross country" through a plowed farmer's field in his squad car to
catch a heavily armed murder suspect, of a storekeeper, trying to make a
getaway on a cross-country mountain bike. Roy didn't let that little
detail stop his police cruiser. He got his man. Roy and I grew up
together, but in different high schools, as teenagers.)

Yes. The Oldsmobile Legend shall live with each of us on this board...at
least for those that care...lol!!"


There it is folks. The story written word for word as I found it back then.

Comments?