Also need to get some letters for the doors....only temporary, as I intend to only do this once or twice...get photos of the blazer dressed up as the Amity Police Blazer...where it all began
CK5
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The Original Jaws Blazer Build
- Thread starter Chief Brody
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If only there was a sticker guy that frequented the forums...
ok.....almost ready...just waiting on stickers
I applaud your dedication to the details! It has to be especially hard trying to re-create a bunch of this stuff 40 years later too.
Ahh, now I understand what the visibar stickers are for. You should have them all soon. 
A little teaser...and for the record, this is on private property in my garage with the door closed...so perfectly legal
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Just testing them...they will only be on for a photo shoot once I get the door stickers...then they come off. I plan to take it to a car show once, and only once, as the JAWS blazer...lights will not be installed until at the show. Then after I have all the photos I need, the bar will be sold and the sticker will be removed...and hopefully I will have scratched that itch that began this build in the first place
State laws vary greatly...in some it is totally illegal to even install them. In Alabama it only illegal to turn them on while driving on a public roadway or if impersonating a police officer. I am told that I could likely drive it to a show with the lightbar mounted but unwired. In Alabama police lights are blue. However, if they wanted to they could really hassle you. It;s a lot safer just to drive it without them and then install them at the show,
However, the problem comes in that I want to get photos at a location that isn't private property....sooooo...I may contact an off duty police officer to be present while I take the photos.
You should be fine as this isn't even remotely close to looking like a current Police vehicle...
(2) No person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon any highway with any lamp or device thereon displaying a red light visible from directly in front of the center thereof. This section shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles. - See more at: http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/alcode/32/5/9/2/32-5-241#sthash.eICPhTIT.dpuf
the word "display" reads to me to mean "lighted up or turned on".
I would think you would be fine.
Why sell them? You put that much effort into them, keep them around.
Martin
Why sell them? You put that much effort into them, keep them around.
Martin
If you come down to mobile county let me know, I don't think you will get hassled for them tho 
Perhaps there's a way to get your vehicle permitted as an "authorized emergency vehicle"...?
Either temporarily or permanently. I'll bet there's a weird exception that could be made for you. All it takes is one government worker who loves Jaws.... And some creativity that assigns your vehicle as authorized for "shark related emergencies"... Get the mayor involved!
-G
Join the volunteer fire dept....
You have to be authorized by the dept of public safety and have a siren to actually run them in alabama.
That said I highly doubt you would get bothered. Just don't turn them on.....
You have to be authorized by the dept of public safety and have a siren to actually run them in alabama.
That said I highly doubt you would get bothered. Just don't turn them on.....
Nobody in their right mind is going to mistake your truck for an actual police/emergency vehicle, especially since the only time your lights would be visible would be with the top off. So long as you don't turn them on you won't get hassled. I think you are being paranoid.
That said, I kinda like Gregs idea. I think it would be fun to go down to the local city hall and see if you can get some sort of official authorization to run the lights (probably with a caviot that you never turn them on on public roads). People love stuff like this. The mayor, or equivalent authority, might love the idea as a feel good photo op.
Mount them up and put some socks over them.
When I was stationed in AL, I remember the auto laws being pretty lax there. Came out of the DMV one day and saw an old pickup w/ no doors, an lawn chair for a seat and icepick for a shifter in the parking lot. As I was leaving the parking lot an old Lincoln drove in front of me doing mosquito fumigation...
When I was stationed in AL, I remember the auto laws being pretty lax there. Came out of the DMV one day and saw an old pickup w/ no doors, an lawn chair for a seat and icepick for a shifter in the parking lot. As I was leaving the parking lot an old Lincoln drove in front of me doing mosquito fumigation...
