Police Interceptor? Reply #15 – December 04, 2007, 10:59:47 PM Yeah Carm, definitely a "light usage" car. No spotlight (or hole), has the full-width seats (so no center radio stack), no light bar, no nothing really. And it has some of the hard-to-find on a P71 options, like the power seats and cruise on the steering wheel. Came out of a small township in Oregon, but in OSP colors (Dark Blue on Blue).I'm looking at it tomorrow or Thursday dependent on my finals... Quote Selected
Police Interceptor? Reply #16 – December 04, 2007, 11:24:23 PM I would never buy a decommissioned police car.Aside from the mechanical wear, could you imagine everybody slowing down to the speed limit when you got behind them?That would drive me up the wall.I agree with Carm - find one of the Sport model Crown Vics with the cool wheels, monochromatic paint scheme, etc.Turn 'er into a sleeper. Quote Selected
Police Interceptor? Reply #17 – December 05, 2007, 12:19:41 AM There is a guy in town here that has one put a set of lers, chrome wheels, and tinted the windows, on it and i love it. Do it especially since you dont have to plug that hole in the A pillar. Quote Selected
Police Interceptor? Reply #18 – December 05, 2007, 12:40:43 AM One of the funnest cars I ever owned was a ex-police car. A 1969 Dodge (or maybe a Fury?) 440, with 3.55 gears and four doors. That thing would burn rubber for a block. It would not be in a straight line either, go back and forth over both lanes with two tires burning. Smoke everywhere.The best part was that I got it for $95 because it was running bad, pinged like crazy. But after pouring a gallon of water down the intake and doing a bunch of burn-offs it came right back to life and ran great. After I ran the hell out of it I sold it for $600. Kind of wished I had it today.I would doubt that the 2001 Vic would be quite the same.My co-worker purchased a Vic but he could not get over how big it was. Ended up selling it and buying a Volvo. TED Quote Selected
Police Interceptor? Reply #19 – December 05, 2007, 08:47:23 AM Quote from: Aerobird Motorsports;191114Yeah Carm, definitely a "light usage" car. No spotlight (or hole), has the full-width seats (so no center radio stack), no light bar, no nothing really. And it has some of the hard-to-find on a P71 options, like the power seats and cruise on the steering wheel. Came out of a small township in Oregon, but in OSP colors (Dark Blue on Blue).I'm looking at it tomorrow or Thursday dependent on my finals...Cruise and power seats are found in all RCMP Crown Vics. I had always thought they were standard in the P71's. Very few RCMP cars have the spotlight, too - RCMP is all about safety, and if at some point some officer was injured by something it isn't used again, even if it wasn't the true cause of the injury. We actually had to start removing the armrests from the equipment consoles because an officer had his hip injured in a major crash. That was not a popular policy among the mounties... Quote Selected
Police Interceptor? Reply #20 – December 05, 2007, 05:24:03 PM Not to mention the ant my car theory how many times these cars aren’t warmed up maybe even on a cold day and a priority comes up they don’t exactly let the car warm up. Get in it start it and floor it I just cringe what that does to a motor actually they entire drive line.Now to bring up the obvious, good advice don’t buy one from a city have you scene the NYPD cars.I believe theses munilities poorly maintain them because if it breaks its under warranty and after 2-4 years they get replaced anyway. Quote Selected
Police Interceptor? Reply #21 – December 05, 2007, 05:27:45 PM Quote from: Innes;191221Not to mention the ant my car theory how many times these cars aren’t warmed up maybe even on a cold day and a priority comes up they don’t exactly let the car warm up. Get in it start it and floor it I just cringe what that does to a motor actually they entire drive line.Now to bring up the obvious, good advice don’t buy one from a city have you scene the NYPD cars.I believe theses munilities poorly maintain them because if it breaks its under warranty and after 2-4 years they get replaced anyway.You should see the Chicago Police Vics :hick: Quote Selected
Police Interceptor? Reply #22 – December 05, 2007, 06:28:31 PM Quote from: thunderjet302;191223You should see the Chicago Police Vics :hick:Probably the same I remember a few years ago some had bullet holes in them. You don’t see that any more. Not that they don’t get shot at but they actually fix that now.What else oh heres some; Wire ties holding bumpers on Fenders completely bashed in Bumpers partially cut to make the car operational Hubcaps what’s that Before the cages on the caprices the seats would break and a milk create would hold it up The caprices would rot out holes in the floor don’t know how that happen w/a car only a few years old Forgot this one graffiti I could go on and on but I’m sure any major big city drives the same junk. Quote Selected
Police Interceptor? Reply #23 – December 05, 2007, 07:45:51 PM Quote from: Innes;191236Probably the same I remember a few years ago some had bullet holes in them. You don’t see that any more. Not that they don’t get shot at but they actually fix that now.What else oh heres some; Wire ties holding bumpers on Fenders completely bashed in Bumpers partially cut to make the car operational Hubcaps what’s that Before the cages on the caprices the seats would break and a milk create would hold it up The caprices would rot out holes in the floor don’t know how that happen w/a car only a few years old Forgot this one graffiti I could go on and on but I’m sure any major big city drives the same junk.You think that's bad, you should see how the cars look before going to auction :hick: While stripping cars down I've found crack, crack pipes, hash, weed, a full marijuana plant in the trunk of one, bottles of pills, knives, bullets, a gun (mounties were quite happy to get that one back!) and just about everything else you could imagine being hastily stuffed under the back seat by a nervous criminal...Oh, and Carpimp - when I said they're full of holes I didn't mean speed holes. I meant screw holes from mounting radios, light bars, antennas, radar units, etc... Quote Selected
Police Interceptor? Reply #24 – December 05, 2007, 08:23:35 PM Quote from: Innes;191236Probably the same I remember a few years ago some had bullet holes in them. You don’t see that any more. Not that they don’t get shot at but they actually fix that now.What else oh heres some; Wire ties holding bumpers on Fenders completely bashed in Bumpers partially cut to make the car operational Hubcaps what’s that Before the cages on the caprices the seats would break and a milk create would hold it up The caprices would rot out holes in the floor don’t know how that happen w/a car only a few years old Forgot this one graffiti I could go on and on but I’m sure any major big city drives the same junk.They aren't that bad. Atleast fleet management gets rid of the dents, bullet holes, and replaces bumpers before they let the cars out again:hick: Oh and Chicago buys all it's Vics with the little chrome center caps, no full wheel covers. Quote Selected
Police Interceptor? Reply #25 – December 05, 2007, 09:20:40 PM Quote from: thunderjet302;191252...Oh and Chicago buys all it's Vics with the little chrome center caps, no full wheel covers.I'm tempted to do a 5-lug conversion so I can run those giant heavy 16" steel wheels with those dog-dish center caps! lol....hell, my Sport looks black in most lighting anyway...badass! Quote Selected
Police Interceptor? Reply #26 – December 06, 2007, 12:49:52 AM Quote from: Sick88Tbird;191276I'm tempted to do a 5-lug conversion so I can run those giant heavy 16" steel wheels with those dog-dish center caps! lol....hell, my Sport looks black in most lighting anyway...badass!I was actually thinking about doing that with my car. Quote Selected
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