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$184,000 Armoured Ford Guards Small Tennessee Town.

mstangpny07 submitted on 8/10/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 5:50:22 PM

6 user comments | Category: Misc News | Source: | SOURCE: www.autoblog.com

Tag Links: Cars, Police, SWAT

A grant from the U.

S. Department of Homeland Security has provided the Memphis suburb of Germantown,TN (a quiet,wealthy, safe town) with a SWAT-like armoured vehicle that puts the town at "(the)forefront of preparedness".

Why would a sleepy town like Germantown ever need one of these? Who knows. It would be better suited in a larger city like nearby Little Rock,AR, or Atlanta,GA

As for the vehicle, it looks to be a heavily modified Ford F-Series.

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$184,000 Armoured Ford Guards Small Tennessee Town.

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Rupert

the ultimate school-run-mum car?
imagine turning up to school in that...

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Posted on 8/10/2006 5:58:47 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

dblo7

Sounds like it will be used for small towns for 'test purposes'. Any other explanation would call it a waste or something there that we do not know about.

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Posted on 8/10/2006 8:37:06 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

dblo7

Another thought...it looks like a converted E250/350 and those front tires look very exposed. Sure hope they are run flats!

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Posted on 8/10/2006 8:41:29 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Carboy

Ford F550

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Posted on 8/10/2006 11:08:16 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

UPshift

It really looks like the Studebaker XUV from the Avanti website, which is based on the Ford heavy duty F-platform as well. HAHAHA.

Imagine if that thing pulled you over for speeding....I'd need a new pair of pants!

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Posted on 8/10/2006 11:43:36 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

mstangpny07

Carboy:

Correct, but is might as well be a F-250,F-350,or F-450.

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Posted on 8/10/2006 11:48:24 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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