Old Police Cars

[lawbreaker]

Looking for a daily driver, and I can't find anything that I really want.  But... came across a listing for a 2004 Crown Victoria P71 police car.  Black and white paint scheme.  Police push bar.  Spotlights.  Looks like it still has some of the extra lights behind the grill and inside the rear window.  No lights on top though.  Sounds silly, but when I think about it, it sounds kind of interesting too.  Park it out front of the house, and less chance for break-ins.  Heck the whole neighborhood might benefit with a drop in crime.       Driving down the highway, and people might actually let me merge without flipping me off.    Less likely to be stolen.  (Actually maybe more likely, I don't know.)     I've read that they are built to last, but they usually take a good beating during service.  The thing still looks like a service car, how do I not get arrested for impersonating an LEO?  Anybody have any first hand experience with these?

As long as you dont have functioning emergency equipment ( forward facing red light/audible siren etc...) you should be fine for not gettin' busted perpatratin' da role...

Most Depts will take off ALL identifiable police markings and only leave the base colors...

Personally I wouldn't touch one of those cars with a 100 ft pole ( all varity of scumbag has prolly been in the back and lord knows what funk they've left behind.... You wanna breath that crap or expose close friends/family to that?)

I've seen cars with 20k on the clock that were HAMMERED... and L.A used to retire cars at 60k.... thanks to the economy they bumped that higher now...

It'd be great for a DEMO Derby car tho !!


Disclaimer : " I'm not a cop...... But I did stay at a Holiday Inn once"

[Speedbag]

A friend of mine owned several (Ford) former highway patrol cars back in the late '80s and early '90s. Back when they were equipped with 351 HO engines. He drove the wheels off 'em, usually turning the odometer over 200K before picking up another.

Methinks a highway patrol car would be a much better choice than a city squad...

[1KDS]

Methinks a highway patrol car would be a much better choice than a city squad...

This

[orangelion03]

My brother owned an ex-CHP Crown Vic for many years and loved it!  Car ran like a Timex.  Handled pretty darned well for such a large car.  His was repainted a dark metallic gray so it looked like a detective's ride. 

[xRANDOx]

Both of my parents are police officers and those cars are VERY well taken care of. At least down here in TX. If ANYTHING goes wrong it's immediately taken to the shop and repaired. I had a couple of friends in high school that had old cop cars and they all ran like champs.

[ute]

I built those babys for 31 years  ( well i should say since the Vicky came to STAP ), so if you need any advice or repair  questions i can answer them .

A couple of things it has a cop frame  (heavy duty ) , engine config could be all the way from virtually stock to supercharged most of the Interceptor engines had the marine heads

The cats are high flow

severe service tranny which has been "flowed" ie a mild shift kit

Some have bucket seats some bench 

some have a locker in the 3rd member most have posi

steel high strength rims , high speed v rated tires ( goodyear only )


we built CVPI's in every imaginable option setup , chrome package , mags , 6 pack cd ,floor shifter ,supercharged


you will love this car it is indestructible, remember 99% of all CVPI's go onto taxi service and will end up with about 750,000 - 1,000,000 miles on them 

[corey]

[the_Journeyman]

This.

JM

[B.Rock]

We had a CVPI for a few years. It was a pretty good car. Eventually the transmission gave out. They do get run hard, and they spend a lot of time idling and not moving too.
One other thing - people DON'T move when they see you usually. They slow down to 5 under the speed limit. That was a pain in the ass.

[ROBsS4R]

I prefer this old Police car

[Monsterlover]

One thing nobody has mentioned...

Big brakes

I snagged the brakes off the front of a caprice type cop car in the junkyard

HUGE rotors (13.75 I think) and big two piston calipers

[Speedbag]

I prefer this old Police car

You may want to refer to my first post on the topic. 

[Slide Panda]

you will love this car it is indestructible, remember 99% of all CVPI's go onto taxi service and will end up with about 750,000 - 1,000,000 miles on them 

yeah - around the DC metro area a lot of the cabs area ex LEO vehicles and you see a decent number running around as personal vehicles.

[lawbreaker]

One thing nobody has mentioned...

Big brakes

I snagged the brakes off the front of a caprice type cop car in the junkyard

HUGE rotors (13.75 I think) and big two piston calipers

Those were on the LT-1 powered cars.... which were way cool

[1KDS]

I would definitely rock a black one with a supercharger