"NKato" (NKato)
08/18/2018 at 01:47 • Filed to: Vintage Cop Cars, Killer Queen
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"NKato" (NKato)
08/18/2018 at 01:47 • Filed to: Vintage Cop Cars, Killer Queen | 2
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During my visit at Systems for Public Safety, a police vehicle outfitter, I spotted these three beauties in their lobby. Alas, the 2nd-gen Crown Victoria Police Interceptor from Lakewood PD had been moved back to the station — I saw it during my visit last week.
DuPont PD Dodge Diplomat Police Vehicle and Tacoma PD Chevrolet Caprice PV.
Dodge Diplomat PV interior
Dodge Diplomat PV, Rear End.
Chevrolet Caprice passenger side. Check out those hubcaps! Hubba-hubba! I’d kill to have clean wheels like that.
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WilliamsSW
> NKato
08/18/2018 at 02:12 |
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This is the police car that I grew up seeing. Fo r real!
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NKato
> WilliamsSW
08/18/2018 at 02:15 |
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Oh yeah, that’s a real beauty. Someday, I’m going to get one of these old police cruisers, give ‘em a good work-up (aka, improvements under the hood and chassis), and then autocross it in Code 3.
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WilliamsSW
> NKato
08/18/2018 at 02:20 |
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That’s also a Mt Prospect cop car- what the Blues Brothers bought. I grew up in Mt Prospect in the 70s - the movie car was the town’s only claim to fame.
That would be a good car to do that to- always liked the look of the Monaco.
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NKato
> WilliamsSW
08/18/2018 at 02:22 |
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Finding one intact will be a colossal challenge. Restoring it will be an even bigger challenge. Modding it to take a Dodge Hellcat
Hemi will be even more so of a challenge...
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WilliamsSW
> NKato
08/18/2018 at 08:03 |
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Yeah, but it would be awesome!
Hellc at Diplomat would also be sweet!
LOREM IPSUM
> NKato
08/18/2018 at 10:29 |
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Nice pics, Cmdt. Mauser.
Urambo Tauro
> NKato
08/18/2018 at 10:29 |
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It’s posts like this that make me mad that we can’t star posts anymore.
ttyymmnn
> WilliamsSW
08/18/2018 at 12:11 |
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Dang. I remember the Diplomats from TV. When I started driving, our local constabulary was in Malibus (Norfolk, VA, not SF).
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WilliamsSW
> ttyymmnn
08/18/2018 at 12:28 |
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It was quite the source of local pride to see our town’s police car show up in the Blues Brothers. They seem to have gotten it pretty right, too.
I was about 6 when they got the Monaco, and they kept them for quite a while - at least 4- 5 years, I think. We used to refer to them by the P-number- P- 5, P- 9, etc.
I think the Diplomat came next after those Monacos.