Dave,wake up. DAVE! WAKE UP!!! (your buddies from MN.:) )

Daytime shot of my 1994 Crown Vic. Turned 100,000 miles on the way to Chicago show. Car had gone to the P.C.O.O.A. convention in June. The 1996 Crown Vic hidden behind this car is also mine. I also run my own business where I lease police and emergency vehicles to movie and T.V. production companys. Along with being my driver its part of the company fleet which stands at 14 squads and 1 ambulance. My companys name is Badge 360 Ent./Hollywood Leasing.

The Crown Vic in picture is my daily driver. I am a Firefighter with Oakdale, MN Fire Dept. I also work with the city of Maplewood as a Reserve Police officer and with their div. of Emergency Mgt. The car is a 1994 model that served with the MN State patrol. I changed the color from MN Maroon to dark Charcoal grey. This is also the same car that took C class first place on the E.V.O.C. course. I hope to be back next year with my '95 LT-1 Caprice. I am a member of the P.C.O.O.A., had a GREAT time at Chicagoland!

I love this model,nice work. Can this exact model still be bought on the market and if so who (maker)put's it out? Thanks for your time and response.
Bill from Madison Wi.
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Thanks. This model is the AMT/ERTL 1968 Plymouth Roadrunner 2 dr coupe kit and I converted it into a Belvedere 4dr sedan. It was very simple to do with only minor modifications to the C-pillar in back, then add the center door posts and scribe in the new door lines. It is the same model that's prior to this photo as an Illinois State Police car. I built it in 1996 and then repainted it black and white in 2003. I think it turned out nice.

Greg Reynolds

I'd like someone to contact me about using an image from the website for a flash card for eductional materails for children.

My number is 651-582-3513
Kelly Schmit
TREND enterprises, Inc.

Thanks

Where exactly is Sparta, MS. I take it that it is a real place.

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It's in North-central MS but it's just a dot on the map, maybe a 1 horse town. The "Sparta, Miss." of the movie "In the Heat Of the Night", starring Sydney Portier, was portrayed as just a little bigger than a small town, maybe a 3 horse town. It was, I believe, fictionalized. The car you see in the photograph belongs to Monty McCord, who is also posing in the picture. He outfitted the car to simulate the cars from the movie.

Dave Arnold

I dig you car. Mine is a 71 Fury III, 2dr w/ the 318cid, 904 trans and a highway 2:76.1 rear end.

I just had the motor rebuilt, bored .030" over, Federal Mogul Cast .030" over pistons w/ chrome moly rings, Comp Cams High Energy 260H cam, Comp Cam springs with damper spring, double roller timing chain and gears, Edelbrock Performer 318/360 Dual Plane intake Manifold, Edelbrock 600CFM carb, Mallory Unilite distributor, Dual 2 1/4" exhaust w/ Flowmaster 2 stage mufflers.

I just found a grunch of rust, just below the rear window, where the vinyl tucks under the chrome. I'm looking to have the rear window removed so I can get at it. Not sure whether I'll use Bondo, Fiberglass, or more sheet metal.

Any tips that you could give me would be great, with regards as to where I can get C body parts.

Again, killer ride. I like it.

Paul
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I love my Fury, too. I hate my Monaco.

That rust you found is no surprise. These cars are prone to rust at the bases of both C pillars as well as the bases of the A-pillars. The problem was that there was no drainage engineered in and the water accumulates there and sits forever. I can wash my Fury and dry it but for an hour, there's water coming out from under the chrome at the C-pillars. And it never seems to stop.

Dave

That is a Federal PA200 and is vintage to the year of the car. Nothing wrong with it in there. The PA300 has a black face, and the PA200 has the silver face.

Nice! Who owns this now? Get in touch and when I travel cross country with my coupe (same year) if the squad car still exists, maybe we can shoot a few pics and crack a beer or 3.

Car looks great, but what's with the new Federal PA-300 siren?

I would like to know if this is a 440 car. I own to B-body 4drs as it is but for me to buy a 3rd, it would have to be what I like or nothing. Was this a original black car? Any rust? Where has it lived. I doubt it's for sale, and I am not in the position today either to consider but a contact name/number/email would be nice for the future. Either way, nice car! Is it a 9 1/4 Sure Grip car? Which gears? Miles?

Geo
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From Dave Arnold:

Why do so many people think that all these cars are for sale? These pictures were taken YEARS ago by photographers who just happen to like taking pictures of police cars. Do some of you honestly think that we collectively have over 8000 marked, current or antique police cars for sale?

You won't believe the number of e mails I get per week asking how much I want for some car that is featured on this site. THEY ARE JUST PHOTOS, PEOPLE!!! THIS IS A PHOTO COLLECTION SITE!!!!!

Dave

HI DAVE I LOVE YOUR WEB SITE BUT I WILL LIKE TO ASK HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT PUSHBAR IN THE FRONT FO THIS CROWN VIC POLICE PACKAGE PLEASE E-MAIL ME WITH THE WAY TO BUILT IT BECAUSE I AM STARTING A PROJECT FOR MY POLICE CAR OF MY HOME TOWN THE "HONOLULU POLICE DEPTMENT" THANK YOU TO DAVE.

Good Pictures, George

Reminds me of Smokey and the Bandit movie with the Pontiac cop car.

Impossible to tell the year of a KZ1000 unless it is a 2002, or 1981-1989 with square master on handlebars. I bought one of the Fort Worth KZ1000s when they sold them all for Harley's back on 9/17/01. I bought a 1992 for a steal, needed some work and then sold it 6 months later.

City of Carrollton is the rear Diplomat. One of my projects is to get a Diplomat and make a Carrollton police car out of it. Do you have ant more photos of Carrollton cars from the 80s? I think you have another image of one rolled on it's side.

What vintage year is that Federal siren? Look older them my MARS Clarion II (AKA: Federal Interceptor). I think mine is from the mid 70's cause it has wail, yelp, and Hi-Lo. The first Federal siren just had wail I heard. The one I have is just an old piece I am hanging onto, but I would like to find an original Federal with just wail (They all had PA and radio re-broadcast)

awsome car do you have more pics you could send me of it and the details on how you built it i am espesially interested in how you did the pealed of door decal and what you used for rope on the speaker and how you faded the decals that are left on i would appreciate it very much i would love to make one
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This is the only picture I have of that model. It is long gone now. I have since painted up as something else. The Bluesmobile scheme was the second time I decided to repaint that model. It started out as a white Chicago car and I think it's the blue/white Wisconsin SP Monaco now.

The body of the car was painted in satin black and then spritzed with both flat and gloss black at the same time. The P-1 on the door was scratched out with an Xacto-Knife as were the body scratches. An emery board was used to put wiper marks on the windshield. I was able to give the markings that faded look by applying the decals and then coloring over them with a water-based (NON-PERMANENT) black marker and wiping it off before it dried.

The speaker is a cough syrup bottle cap measuring cup on a balsawood roof bracket and the rope is tan heavy-duty thread.

It was actually pretty simple to build.

Greg Reynolds
copcar dot com

When a lasting impression needs to be made..........

Hello,

Very nice looking model and definitely interested in having a model built if possible? I am a collector of police diecast as well as model cars and was wondering if any models you have are for sale or can be built? Currently live in Washington state and looking to have a "Washington State Patrol" chevy Trailblazer made or a 98+ Crown vic exactly to what the department vehicle has including all the detail. This is a very nicely detailed car and would love to have a model built with as much detail as shown. Keep up the great work.

--Jason