"jkm7680" (jkm7680)
05/27/2015 at 20:18 • Filed to: None
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"jkm7680" (jkm7680)
05/27/2015 at 20:18 • Filed to: None | 12
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It’s apparently a ‘95 with the Lt1. It’s also very awesome that they’re using a 20 year old car on daily patrol. The guy who drives this one must be a Jalop.
Such awesome, completely uncharacteristically cool cars these things are.
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Alex from Toronto
> jkm7680
05/27/2015 at 20:45 |
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I wonder how many miles are on it?
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jkm7680
> Alex from Toronto
05/27/2015 at 20:48 |
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Probably not that many, from the pictures it looks like it’s in really good shape.
Agrajag
> jkm7680
05/27/2015 at 21:39 |
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sigh. I miss mine.
ranwhenparked
> jkm7680
05/27/2015 at 21:46 |
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Some departments like to keep cars until the wheels fall off. Bet this one got rotated out of the primary fleet at some point, maybe in a flush year when they were able to buy one more car than usual, but was still in decent shape, so they kept it around as a backup car. I’d be willing to bet it wasn’t used for routine purposes much beyond maybe the first 5-6 years of its life, and has been relatively lightly used since then.
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jkm7680
> ranwhenparked
05/27/2015 at 21:51 |
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It says it used to be used for parades and special events, and then I’m guessing a patrol officer claimed it as his and went from there. They even stuck a newer lightbar on there, I’m pretty sure it’s more than just keeping it as a backup car.
Looks like the guy who uses it takes really good care of it though.
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ranwhenparked
> jkm7680
05/27/2015 at 21:54 |
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I was wondering whether 20 years was too new for a show/parade car, but it is still 20 years after all.
Other than the transmissions, those B-bodies were fantastic cars, far superior to the Panthers. I think there’s got to be a handful still in use in small towns around the country.
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jkm7680
> ranwhenparked
05/27/2015 at 21:56 |
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Yeah, haha. There’s an overwhelming amount of comments saying how awesome the Caprices were in the comments of that first link so I’d imagine that a lot of people enjoyed seeing them around.
As much as I love Panthers, I love the Caprices twice as much. Faster, better looking and much more than just that. I’m sure that there’s a few around the country still though.
AJ Feldman (alecmets2011)
> jkm7680
05/27/2015 at 22:13 |
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We still have a 90s bronco in service in my town
It’s strange because it’s not like I live in Montana or something. I live 20 minutes from philly in a very modern upscale community.
I guess some things just work forever