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• Broderick Crawford Rides Again in '50s-style "Highway Patrol" Car by Bob Pool. reprinted from the Los Angeles Times. January 15, 1997
• 55 Highway Patrol Buick : Recreating The Most Famous Cop Car In Television History by John Pearley Huffman. reprinted from Motor Trend. June, 1997
• Pittsburgh Native Revs Up His Own "Highway Patrol" by Robert Biano. reprinted from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 22, 1997
• Highway Patrol : The Series from the The Buick Bugle, Vol. 32. No. 7. November 1997.
• The Broderick Crawford 1955 Buick Special from the The Buick Bugle, Vol. 32. No. 7. November 1997.
• Crawford "Highway Patrol" in Parade by Ralph Saenz. reprinted from the La Cañada Valley Sun. May 25, 2000
• A Route To The Past story by Gene Maddaus. photos by Katherine Head. reprinted from the Los Angeles Times. July 20, 2001
• Salute to Route 66 on its 75th Anniversary by Sgt. Tim Maley. reprinted from CHP Zenith 12000. Volume 48, Number 4, July/August 2001
• Fan travels Route 66 for love of 'Highway Patrol' Series by Will Matthews. reprinted from Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. August 11, 2001
• The Fictional CHP and Real CHP Mark 75th on Patrol Force by Gary Goltz. reprinted from CHP Zenith 12000. Volume 51, Number 2, September/October 2004
• Chabad Inland Empire Hanukkah Parade by Brenda Gazzar reprinted from Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. December 11, 2004
• 1955 Buick Century - Broderick Crawford Special by Patrick C. Paternie from AutoWeek. April 25, 2005 a local copy with extra photos is available
• Highway Patrol - Keeping TV history alive and promoting real police work by Jon G. Robinson from Cars & Parts. Vol 53 Issue 4. April 2010
• 1955 Buick Broderick Crawford Highway Patrol Replica by Patrick C. Paternie. October 21, 2010
• My Friend, the Impressionist by Lucas Rubio. The Storygraph. v1 i2. October 30, 2012.
• 21-50 to Headquarters by Tommy Anderson. Revolutions Magazine. v1 i1. March 2014
• A 1955 Buick and Reruns of 'Highway Patrol' by A.J. Baime. Wall Street Journal. July 27, 2016. A video of the photo shoot is available.
• THIS 'HIGHWAY PATROL' SUPER-FAN PERFECTLY RECREATED THE SHOW'S FLASHY 1955 BUICK , from MeTV, October 3, 2017
• Vintage '55 Buick brings back memories of 'Highway Patrol' , from The Valley Messenger and Boomer News, July 2019

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On Thursday, September 12, 1996, I went to see a concert of my favorite singer/song writer "Neil Young" at Irvine Meadows, in Irvine, California. My friend suggested I drive the Broderick Crawford Special, as he had heard Neil was a nostalgic Buick fan. After the show, I was allowed to park my Buick next to Neil's tour bus.

The tour bus itself was a tribute to classic Buicks. It had two 48 Roadmaster roofs mounted on the top, with a 48 Roadmaster grill mounted on the front, and 61 Buick tail lights mounted on its rear. It also had a set of 54 Buick portholes on its side.

After a short wait, Neil came out of the stage exit on his way to the bus. Upon seeing my Highway Patrol car, he paused to admired it with a true Buick lover's glow in his eyes. I played the Highway Patrol theme song through the car's P.A. system. This brought a smile to Neil and the estimated 30 people that had gathered around. I then switched to a new Neil Young release. With the cars mike in hand, Neil began singing along to his CD over my car's P.A.!

After pausing for a few pictures, Neil was on his way. It was a moment I will always remember.

A year later I was at another Neil show this time wearing a tee shirt that had the picture of us on it. When I got to go back stage after the show Neil walked past me and looked pretty tiered. I yelled out to him and he initially said “hey man I’m ready to call it a night”. But then I said look at my shirt to which he glanced down and immediately got a smile on his face saying “I remember you and that cool Buick”. I asked him to sign the shirt which he did while I was wearing it. I told him the problem was now that he signed it I couldn’t wear it anymore since I was going to have it framed!

In 2002 I got to go back stage at a show in San Diego of the complete group Crosby Stills Nash and Young my all time favorite group. I met David Crosby and Graham Nash back stage with my wife Sharon and got this great picture of the four of us.

About a year later I saw Crosby again this time wearing my Simpson's CSNY caricature T-shirt which he had never seen. Crosby was so enamored with it that I literally gave him the shirt off my back!

For those who may not know, Neil's song Long May You Run is a tribute to his '48 Buick Roadmaster hearst he called Mort. It the one he was driving in Los Angeles back in 1966 when he ran into Stills and formed the Buffalo Springfield. I have since further dedicated the song to my Buick, the Broderick Crawford Special too.

I finally got to meet Stephen Stills at a Beverly Hills book signing for Judy Collins' autobiography Sweet Judy Blues Eyes on Monday, February 2013.

Then on Thursday, November 7, 2013 I ran into Neil at the annual SEMA show in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Neil was a featured speaker at this world renowned aftermarket auto performance accessory exhibition where his 1959 LincVolt classic car he had converted to run on batteries was on display. This time I got a picture with Neil in front of his car. We talk for about 5 minutes on array of subjects including our mutual love of Buicks, the recent Bridge show, CSNY doing a tour next year, and more. I also got a chance to meet and talk to Neil's son Ben who was with in attendance at the SEMA show.

One year later Neil at the Robert Berman Gallery in Santa Monica Neil had an display of all the watercolor paintings he did for new book; Special Deluxe, Thanks to but CSNY Soul Mate Joni’s cousin, Danae who scouted the venue out earlier in the day. She got the owner to extend me an invite to park my Buick next to Neil’s LincVolt which of course I took advantage of. The coolest thing was when Neil pulled out at the end of the night and the car drove away in total silence!
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A summary in PDF format is available.

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