| Within 1 mile of my house is a Police Car builder. He gets in new cars, built at the factory with various police car options. Then he adds what is needed by the Police Dept/agency ordering it, and delivers it. He takes in their trade-in, refurbishes it, and sells them to smaller/poorer Police Depts. Takes in their trades and moves them on down the line. Seems very busy. I had a Chevy police Sales brochure which showed many different packages and options to be ordered. the basic car had a 2" tube running from the trunk to under the dash for installing the wiring for radios and suchlike in the trunk. Also things like delete inside door handles, lock etc for the rear doors, rings for hooking handcuffs to, optional locations for the roof wiring, spotlights and more. Ray in Mena
I am sure that varying jurisdictions bought their fleet cars to different specs though. I know California Highway Patrol went with a weird Polara / Dart hybrid in 61. I thought they used 15" inch wheels. The 60 Dart Washington SP Pursuit car I had ran a B-block 383 with a 3-speed stick and 3.23 sure grip on 15" inch wheels. Vintage literature shows Mopar offered cars as "pursuit" cars and "cruisers", and no doubt this opened up a whole can of worms for different equipment applications. Got pictures of your car ?
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