1980's u.s.a radar detectors

**laserblaster** · 03-23-2007, 08:16 PM

I found theses which may be of interest to the forum..

**Spinner55** · 03-23-2007, 08:24 PM

:shock:

I remember them all. That makes me older then dirt. LOL

Take care,

Spinner

**Lucky225** · 03-23-2007, 08:58 PM

I would love to see the look on a cops face getting pulled over with the microeye supreme lmfao

**edweird** · 03-23-2007, 09:08 PM

I had a job during that time period, where I drove a company car on a route each day, picking up things over a multi-state area. I'd drive almost 400 miles each day.

I started off with one of the X and K band Fuzzbuster II's. Assuming the cop was using constant on radar, you had barely enough time to slow down. If they were moving and it was around a corner, you had better been quick on the brakes.

I decided that wasn't good enough, and spoke to the other drivers at work who had detectors. At that time, the 2 best ones were the Whistler Q1000 and the original Escort.

I got the Escort and it was so much better than the Fuzzbuster II, you had a chance to pickup instant on that was being used up the road, and constant on was no threat at all.

Later I got one of the small original Passports, and found it equalled the Escort in performance, but was just smaller. I used it up until the CHP started getting Ka band gear, and I bought my current V1 in 2001.

**nascar** · 03-23-2007, 09:16 PM

I had those Escorts

Seemed like radar and radar detection detection was much more straight forward then.

No IO, No POP, No Laser, next to No Ka was used in the 80's that I can remember. X was used by everything and everyone and K was always a real threat.

I remember the LEO's always had their radar on so I was like this Escort is the cat's meow in radar detection.

I used to just watch that Analog meter bounce around ever so little till it saw a strong enough signal then the red light came on. It was pretty cool back in the day.

**CactusMan** · 03-23-2007, 09:25 PM

I remember seeing those or seeing them advertised.

**RadioZero** · 03-24-2007, 06:34 AM

talk about a blast from the past, Wow! thanks for sharing!

**proudNMAmember** · 03-24-2007, 07:12 AM

Thx laserblaster for those pics. It's nice to see some pics of some oldie but goodies.

8)

**Jon_Doh** · 03-24-2007, 08:04 AM

I owned several of them! My first detector was the Maxxum RD1 that's pictured. I remember the ads for it where they constantly challenged the Escort to a head to head test. Of course Escort never took them up on the challenge.

**laserblaster** · 03-24-2007, 11:14 AM

It's interesting that the first escort was made by mike valentine and jim jaeger.

It seems like radar detection was simple back then, now we have low powered pop and instant on guns and radars and laser which makes detection harder.