Here's one of my favorite police cars-sorry for the poor image quality. Back in the 70s, the town of LaConner, Washington, once had a Renault LeCar as a patrol car!
1960 fury
the 1977 Pontiac Police Enforcer sitting in my driveway.400 4bbl,thm 350, 308 gears,after i put some good flowing secondary jets in Q-jet it would really roar, right up to 136 Mph. and no worrys about OD trans problems either.PONTIAC made the same car in 1978 making PONTIAC the last car maker of big Cubic Iinch POLICE CARS!!
I had a GN fly by and pull a car over up ahead. No external lights and very dark windows. Probably a town that had "captured" it.
Stringtown had a black camero with "Stringtown" painted on with what looked like 2 inch stenciling, and the overall car looked pretty rough.
anyone remember the 80's chryslers that were police cars? Dodge diplomat or something? they had a 318
Well I do know there were 1978 Ford LTD's with 460's and Dodge Monaco's with a 440's. Each of them were also available with the small cubic inch 400's too.
Here's one of my favorite police cars-sorry for the poor image quality. Back in the 70s, the town of LaConner, Washington, once had a Renault LeCar as a patrol car!
That goes well with the tulips that that area is so well known for.
I will say they were tough engines, probably didnt produce enough power to kill themselves. They hung onto 360's for a few of the early 80's years I think.
I vote for the 1993-96 Caprice cop cars. The 9C1 pkg had the same LT-1 350, as the Corvette's. My latest 95 model started life as a detective's car and then as a fire chief's car. The detective I bought it from claims to have seen 140mph a time or two. He left the spotlight and pushbar on it too. I don't think it took the everyday beating that some of the regular patrol cars got. If you keep your foot out of it, 20 mpg is normal. Most will go 200,000 miles with maybe a trans overhaul in between. That is what happened to my first 1994 model while it was in "hot pursuit," the trans gave away right in the middle of the road. It limped home in 1st gear.
