Cincinnati Microwave Escort

[aTeam]

I was talking to my Dad about radar detectors tonight and he pulled this guy out.



I thought it was awesome so we jumped in his car and took it for a test drive. He mounted it on the passenger side (I was driving) and we rolled out getting a few chirps here and there. So we circled around to find the source and couldn't find it until we sat at a red light. We had a few chirps then I spotted a cop driving up behind us. I could tell he was looking at the RD so I told my Dad he is probably going to blast us and turn on his radar. As soon as I said that the escort starting blaring and we started cracking up.

As I drove home I took a little detour to a Chinese place that my friends RMR 450 whatever always goes off (lol I know) and it started going off about 200 yards away from where I think the source is. It alerted before the spot my friends RMR goes off.

Just goes to show escort was better 32 years ago than RMR is now

Front pic

[bigalinwv]

Wow, trip down memory lane. Anybody remember the V. Polak windshield mount we all bought because Escort didn't even make a windshield mount for the Escort?

Also, A bit of history, the one in the photo is an early model, the later ones had a S.T.O.P. feature added to it, and actually had the acronym on the front of the display in red letters. Stood for Statistical Operations Processor, if I remember correctly.

Those were badass until they came out with the Passport.

[nosbusa]

My dad had one of those as well. I asked him about it one day, and he said he threw it away.. said it didn't work anymore.. It would've been pretty cool to hold onto.

[<<JAZZY>>]

Great radar detector...too bad it doesn't detect Ka band.

Lot of cool old radar detectors (Drag down to Vintage Radar Detectors on the bottom left):

MEM-TEK: Radar Detector Information and Reviews

[Curti]

I have one just exactly like it. The number of saves it provided over the years, it is probably worth it's weight in gold. It is still providing a valuable service, a paper weight on my desk. I think it used as a trade in to Belscort on a new RD.

[kpatz]

Cool stuff. You should send it to the Guys of LIDAR and have them do a comparison between it and today's top RDs such as the V1 and Redline to see how it fares on K-band.

A garden rock is a better radar detector than an RMR.

[randypk]

Those were excellent detectors. Does anyone remember the owner's manual including a flexible plastic record that simulated radar encounters?

If anyone knows where I can get one or a wav file of the record, please PM me.

I lived in Maryland when I had mine and every time I went through VA, I had to unscrew the bulb cover and take out the bulb. Those were the days.

[milkman]

I had one just like it and never got a ticket. But one day someone that needed it worse then me, broke into my car and took it.

[jimbonzzz]

Those were excellent detectors. Does anyone remember the owner's manual including a flexible plastic record that simulated radar encounters?

If anyone knows where I can get one or a wav file of the record, please PM me.

I have one, it was called the "Escort Radar Disc". There should be a bunch of them still around, since they came with each detector for a while and were even bound into an issue of Car & Driver as an insert (not sure which issue).

[North Alabama]

Yelp, even I have one hid away. That Escort was the first super hert. I think with the Radio Shack Rejection circuit later on. They used them for the controls for X&K jammers kits, remember those!