Old cop cars

[sam dupont]

On the way home from the dog park and a car coming at me turns on a lightbar and pulls a u-turn. Then he gets in the left turn lane and I'm thinking: "Those new Charger lights look vintage at night".
Sure enough, when he turns, I see it is a '67 Belvedere painted up like a cop car. The driver must be a cop to have it functional as 30 seconds later, a couple new cop cars raced past me and following him, with the lights on.

 

[lemondana]

Here in Nebraska, it is illegal to have your red lights turned on, on a public road in a old cop car. They tell me "You Will Go To Jail" if you use them in public.

 

[fratzog lover]

Here in Nebraska, it is illegal to have your red lights turned on, on a public road in a old cop car. They tell me "You Will Go To Jail" if you use them in public.

Pics please!

 

[lemondana]

I forgot to say-the guy in the 67 is probably in big trouble!

 

[YY1]

In FL you can't even have red or blue lights on your car.

Anywhere (except the tail lights/markers).

 

[sam dupont]

Subconsciously, I must have known; new Chargers don't have square blocks for taillights.
We are rural and it wouldn't surprise me if an active duty officer can respond to an emergency in his private car. Three current issue patrol cars passed me in the next mile, all double the posted speed limit at least, so it must have been an emergency.

To be period correct, it would have a gumball machine light, but if the Department wanted to allow use of a mid-sixties Mopar, they would probably require modern lights. I know they have a 1948 Chevy done up to the period with a gumball light, but I have never seen it on used for anything but parades.

 

[lemondana]

Here are a few pictures of my 71 Polara-A Nebraska State Patrol car. I found it in a salvage yard in Falls City Nebraska back around 1997. I drug it home and it sat outside till 2012 when a good friend of mine offered his shop and time to get this car back on the road. I just took a few pictures and I didn't start a build thread. The Nebraska Patrol cars used HP 383's back then, which is what this had. I acquired a 75 HP 440 out of another Nebraska Patrol Gran Fury, rebuilt the front end, put TTI exhaust on, replaced the 3.23 SG with a 2.76 SG-I do a lot of Interstate driving. I found the correct red roof lights on a garage sale. It's just what you see is what you get. We drove it out of the garage in the middle of May 2014 and drove it on a 1000 mile weekend the first weekend of June.
Don't get me wrong, I have a 69 Coronet R/T, a 67 Dart 270, just got my 67 Coronet 440 4 speed running a couple months ago, But my favorites are HP C Bodies

 

[lemondana]

This is the old guy that sent it to the yard, I let him drive his old car after 30 years.

 

[lemondana]

The 383 was blue, so that is what I painted the 440. I guess the HP 440 in 71 was supposed to be orange. Sorry.

 

[lemondana]

Under its own power after about 28 years.

 

[lemondana]

Another.

 

[lemondana]

This has been the most fun car that I have ever had. Everybody looks, everybody smiles, a lot of thumbs up, a lot of people say they remember these with a smile.
With the 2.76 gears, I can run down the Interstate all day 80 or better. The NOS Thermoquad works flawlessly, and it hauls *** for what it is!

 

[BDF6]

Looks like a fun car to me.

 

[sam dupont]

Performance C's?

https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/ctd/d/bremerton-1970-chrysler-300-hurst-rare/7216840533.html

 

[lemondana]

That would be a good one!

 

[6PKRTSE]

Love old cop cars. I would love to have an old 1970 something or other from any state cop car.

 

[YY1]

I almost bought a 73 Polara 400-4 barrel unmarked car back in 1988.

...and again, almost bought a 73 Satellite unmarked 400-4 GA detective car with bucket seats and still had the radio.
That was about 2010. Pretty car in gold with tan.

Polara was more traditional white with blue int.

 

[sam dupont]

HEY YOU GUYS!
Back on topic... I saw that car tonight. '67 Belvedere with City license plates and a modern light bar. It had modern custom wheels,but poverty caps would look better to my eye.

I haven't had a ticket in decades (not been caught is more accurate), no accidents either. If I get stopped at a light with him and I'm in my Charger I can't promise I won't take a ticket just for the story to tell. 'Course the Judge might name a price that takes all the humor right out of it.