and I sure don't understand why anyone would import this to Japan to use as a cop car
Thanks to Gary and Marc B for both pointing me to the Hagerty article on this car!
In service from 1973–84, this Mustang had a 429 Cobra Jet
Ford officially exported Mustangs to Japan from 1971–73, always as high-option vehicles. In 1971, it appears only Cobra Jet-equipped Mach 1s were exported, but all three body styles (fastback, hardtop, and convertible) were exported in 1972 and ’73. All appear to be automatics.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-profiles/japanese-police-mustang-mach-1/
At first I thought maybe it was used in a Japanese TV show, but it was actually a police car in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Sort of like the CHP and other State Police departments using 5.0 Mustangs and Camaros for traffic enforcement in the US, but 15 years earlier.
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A road Interceptors... they are cool. Also Japan street race is a thing, maybe they did need such interceptors back then to chase them?
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