No, but close - it was an old Dodge Monaco - looked like someone had been living in it. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />

Good news! I won't hear back on the Titanic until tomorrow when the officer I called returns to duty and runs the serial number..... But - I just had another officer stop by in his patrol car, so I asked his advice on the Colt. He told me not to turn it over because the department would melt it down. So, I asked him to run the number for me.... he took the number to his car and returned in a few minutes with the results. In his words: "You're good to go... It's clean"!!

Now I need to find out more about it. I looked at the jouster 1911 message board site that Bruce linked and found that some of these things go for big money, but there are more proof marks on the internal parts that my reference didn't include - so I've got some more detective work to do before I can say that it's original. I really don't care if it is or not, though - it'll be a carry weapon for the center console.

The disconcerting thing is what Bruce and Scott are saying about the potential value - I almost hope it's not worth that, since I want to use it. On Bruce's site I saw that some of these in rare serial numbers inspected by a certain fellow are selling for up to $25,000. Yikes! I sure hope this one is a daily driver. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Frank