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In Pullman we stayed in an apartment over an old glass
store. Farley liked the garage, and found himself dreaming of his law enforcement
brothers. |
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Farley is pictured here with his sister Daphne, a 1987
Chrysler Fifth Avenue. More pictures of Daphne can be seen at Mike's Chrysler Fifth Avenue Page. |
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Although it looks pretty neat, this picture does no justice
to how bright and rude Farley is in real life when getting your attention while responding
to fire calls. The red light flashes as fast as a strobe, and the headlight high
beams flash in a very bright "get out of my way" statement. |
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Between the siren and switch panel for the lights, and the
pre-existing CB radio, there is flat out no more room for extras in this car.
The only bare spots under the dashboard are for the ashtray and fuse panel. |
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This is a DashLaser M with a red/white lens. If
flashes 7500 times per minute at 68,000 candlepower. Very impressive performance.
It's been a long time since Farley resembled a law enforcement vehicle, what
with the rust and little dents here and there. But once again, because of this
light, people are driving the speed limit around me again. It can be pretty
annoying. |
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The red dot behind the grille is the cone of the
rectangular siren speaker. If you click on the photo for the close up, the speaker
is clearly visible. At 100 watts, it's hard to not hear it. A bonus: my
siren is equipped with an electronic "air horn" feature. While I can't
sound the siren unless I'm on a call, there is nothing illegal about blasting people who
cut me off with the air horn whenever it suits me. |
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A rare photo of our 1987 Fifth Avenue, Daphne, who filled
in as the fire car when Farley was out sick for a few months. No permanent equipment
is installed on Daphne. She borrowed the DashLaser, and also used a roof light
borrowed from a friend, but did not enjoy the headlight flashers or especially the siren
that make Farley effectively seen and heard as an emergency vehicle. It was
difficult using Daphne because people would not yield as easily and, frankly, she's not as
fast on the highway. |
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Here's Farley sitting in the background in a photo dating
from about mid 1996. Not an especially remarkable photo of him, but I try to post
everything I run across. |
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Same day as the picture above. This is my daughter
Guenivere. She was about 1 year old at the time. |
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Here is an older photo from about 1992. Farley is posing
with Brian Gerdes, an old college friend from Tacoma Community College. Farley is
pretending to be something like a cross between a police car (which many of his cousins
were), and a college student's car (note the art on the windshield). |
