This old police cruiser is now my daily driver. I still have that Old Chevy but my dad uses it for work over at Tires Plus. So I still get to drive it every once in awhile. I do miss it but this is a great car and i've wanted a patrol car since I was 5. They're intimidating to other drivers, powerful, sound great, and they just look cool.
The police station who owned this took off the original "Police Interceptor" badge so I just bought one on ebay for 10 bucks. Despite the fact that its on the back of my car along with a CB Antenna I still get tailgators. I'm thinkin about getin strobes to rememdy that issue;) Just jokin.
This looks awesome
This is in great shape for an old patrol car despite some front end problems.
This is the CB I have for the car. I don't have it hooked up all the way yet. It works but its mostly static untill you hear someone talkin.
The 281 V8 isn't as much of a beast as it used to be when it was in police service...but it still moves pretty well.
New driving lights!
I'm thinking about getin a gorhino pushbar I think they look good...plus a little protection doesn't hurt.
I did some detailing on the patrol car and I took the hubcaps off just to see how itd look. It makes it a little more stealthy thats for sure.
I just drove around my complex to see how well the cruiser handled in the snow since the complex wasn't plowed all the way yet.
Unfortunately when I was gettin ready to go around a bend that was about 90 degrees I couldn't get my cruiser slowed down fast enough...I hit a patch of ice on a small slant in a manhole cover deep in the parking lot. I tried to recover but my car hit a curb at about 10 miles an hour. Yea, all 4,300 pounds went on one wheel...
Luckily the right side was fine
I just damaged the left really bad
I knocked out the lower balljoint, destroyed the hub assembly, and I bent the wheel pretty bad. Altogether it was about $350 dollars worth of damages so I'm pretty much broke. $300 went to the suspension parts and $50 went to a wheel. We got it fixed within a day. It took about 6-8 hours.
But god works in mysterious ways because just a few days before I took off the wheelcovers which would've surley shattered, and if I didn't have that accident then my car wouldn't be running as well as it is now. The steering is better, and it drives better than when I bought it thanks to the newer parts!
Finally got a new CB radio with a Whiparound antenna. I'll hook a PA system up to it soon.
New Hydrogen Fuel Cell generator! Bumped average mpgs up to 24-25 mpgs. Before I was gettin 20-21
This was a P73 police package so it came with single exhaust. I switched to true duals with the H pipe configuration with Thrush turbo mufflers. It isn't as deep or loud as Flowmaster 40s but its got a nice low rumble drivin down the road. When you hit the gas it sounds just like the Mustang GT's
