Chrysler-Badged Formal Police Cars

[Timd1804]

Ok. Thx for explaining

 

[detmatt]

$2500 US dollars.

 

[Timd1804]

No more?

 

[Timd1804]

He's asking 10
With all import fees and taxes payed

 

[detmatt]

No more?

It’s a running joke around here, the default value for a formal is $2500 or less.
That being said this one appears to be in nice shape but forget about the cop car story until it can be proven.
In the states I could see the asking price somewhere in the 5 to 7K based on the pics but I’m no expert on these.

 

[Timd1804]

Ah ok. I was starting to sh*t my pants when you said 2500...
Pardon my french...

 

[commando1]

Those drilled holes whack a few several thousand bucks off the asking price if not a genuine true factory cop car.

 

[commando1]

It’s a running joke around here,

No. NO. We're serious.

 

[Timd1804]

 

[Timd1804]

 

[march]

The lamp on the spotlight is also unusual. I've never seen that on a Mopar police car of that era, and I've seen many.

 

[Timd1804]

I did a VIN check and it says it was not used as a police car...

 

[Timd1804]

So most likely it will be some kind of "tribute car" aka fake car.
A pity... but still thinking of buying it though

 

[Timd1804]

Just had contact with the seller. His words: when I bought it in the states, there was an official document saying it was an official detectives car. But he couldn't keep it because the car was going oversees...

 

[commando1]

I did a VIN check and it says it was not used as a police car...

Now, aren't you glad you came here first?

 

[Timd1804]

Now, aren't you glad you came here first?

Yes

 

[Timd1804]

Tag

 

[americanpursuit]

1979 to 1981 Chrysler Newport were introduced in a Police package. They were R bodies, and available with 225, 318, and 360 engines. In 1979 through 1981 the Dodge St. Regis had a
Police package; 1980 / 1981 Plymouth introduced the Gran Fury. They were nice enough, but dreadfully slow.

Wrong. The Newport Police Package was 1979 ONLY for the R-body Newport. It was only offered because there was no full-sized Plymouth that year and Chrysler-Plymouth dealers needed a full-sized police car to sell.

 

[CBODY67]

Still, there were Dodge St. Regis police packages. I saw one at Mopar Nats in the 1990s, had the 360HO dual-cat full dual exhausts under it. I looked under the driver's seat and discovered the reason for "No Power Seat" for the 1979 Cordoba 300s, NO ROOM, width-wise, to fit the power seat mechanism. Only about 3" between the seat risers. The normal lh bucket seat used 1/4" steel straps (maybe aluminum) to allow the wider apart seat base studs to adapt to the narrower floorpan in that area. Had to have room for the cat converter on the lh side.

That particular car had a 440 in it, which is dreadfully easy to do, with a 400 Cordoba subframe. The guy who owned it said it was a Fire Chief's car, so it was in very good condition compared to a normal police unit. All he had to do was get a new a/c line from the RV2 compressor to the condenser made.

Just some thoughts and observations,
CBODY67

 

[Vaanth]

R-body discussions on FCBO catch my attention, particularly involving 1979 Newport Police Package cars. Following are some images containing information about those, FYI...