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CrashTestDummy
post Feb 15 2014, 06:17 PM
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The wife's DD, a 1995 9C1 Caprice has right at 200K miles on it. While not a big deal these days, it's age is starting to show, and she needs a dependable car when she's on call. So, what better to replace a police car with than a police truck:

(IMG:http://images16.fotki.com/v382/photos/5/1331095/12806757/tahoe-vi.jpg)

We got it out of Florida. It's an ex-Sarasota County Sheriff's vehicle. It was apparently a supervisor's truck, as the holes for all the gear is minimal. There's two antenna holes in the roof, and a 3/4" hole in the shell of each side mirror I'll have to deal with. We also need to locate a console, since it probably had a Havas console full of radio gear. The outside and underside look barely used for a 90K mile truck, and it looks like the back seats have never been sat in. It has a little wear and tear on the driver's seat, but not much else.

It runs great, and handles better than the 9C1 it replaces. This now brings the cop car portion of our 'fleet' up to 3, including it, our 9C1 and our 92 B4C Camaro. The 9C1 will probably be relegated to 'spare' status for her should we need to have the truck down for extended service. Hopefully that's a rare occurrence for a while.

On the plus side is it even has a receiver hitch, so it could be used to tow the Firebird around a bit should our 2500HD be unavailable. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/2thumbs.gif)

Oh, and the spot light works!
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post Feb 17 2014, 05:07 PM
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I found on my PPV they had disconnected the cables. just had to reattach the cables.
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post Mar 24 2014, 04:41 PM
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QUOTE (Ojustracing @ Feb 17 2014, 12:07 PM) *
I found on my PPV they had disconnected the cables. just had to reattach the cables.


That's all it took. It took longer to figure out how to get the door panel off than to reattach the cable. Now I need to figure out how to get the back door windows to work with the switches on the back door. I think all the relays and fuses are in place, and the switches at the back door are definitely plugged in, but don't work. That's not a deal breaker, though, as most of our back seat passengers will be our dogs. They don't need to be putting the window down.
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CrashTestDummy   New Toy   Feb 15 2014, 06:17 PM
Ojustracing   Gene Sweet ride. Had a 06 PPV Tahoe. One of the...   Feb 16 2014, 01:16 PM
CrashTestDummy   QUOTE (Ojustracing @ Feb 16 2014, 07:16 A...   Feb 16 2014, 02:35 PM
FASTFATBOY   QUOTE (CrashTestDummy @ Feb 15 2014, 06:1...   Feb 16 2014, 01:50 PM
CrashTestDummy   QUOTE (FASTFATBOY @ Feb 16 2014, 07:50 AM...   Feb 16 2014, 02:46 PM
Steve91T   That is sharp looking. Love it.   Feb 16 2014, 05:25 PM
Ojustracing   Gene Thanks for the info. I have seen there sit...   Feb 16 2014, 05:26 PM
CrashTestDummy   I'm reading great things about BB, and will pr...   Feb 16 2014, 05:53 PM
FASTFATBOY   I love it. I bought a 2004 5.3 Silverado and did ...   Feb 16 2014, 07:13 PM
Jacob   I love the PPV Tahoes. Great looking vehicles. G...   Feb 17 2014, 02:12 AM
CrashTestDummy   Thanks, Jacob, we really like the look of them, to...   Feb 17 2014, 04:48 PM
Ojustracing   I found on my PPV they had disconnected the cables...   Feb 17 2014, 05:07 PM
CrashTestDummy   QUOTE (Ojustracing @ Feb 17 2014, 12:07 P...   Mar 24 2014, 04:41 PM
CrashTestDummy   Yeah, that's probably it. I'll wait until...   Feb 17 2014, 06:03 PM
CrashTestDummy   Well, since we're still working on our Firebir...   Mar 6 2014, 05:43 PM
Ojustracing   Glad that helped on the doors. What I found on my...   Mar 24 2014, 04:47 PM
CrashTestDummy   Yep, the front door controls work, and I've tr...   Mar 25 2014, 12:14 PM
DanielB   Awesome tahoe, I would love to own one of those.   Mar 25 2014, 03:47 PM
CrashTestDummy   Thanks, we're really enjoying it. One can be ...   Mar 25 2014, 06:43 PM
Shortcutsleeping   Gene, Does your PPV Tahoe have provisions to moun...   Apr 16 2014, 04:57 PM
CrashTestDummy   Paul, Yes, all the mounting points are present in...   Apr 16 2014, 05:29 PM
Ojustracing   Gene Well I bit the bullet on a 2013 Tahoe PPV t...   Dec 13 2014, 08:53 PM
CrashTestDummy   Cool!! We've had ours just about a ye...   Dec 14 2014, 04:01 AM
Ojustracing   QUOTE (CrashTestDummy @ Dec 13 2014, 11:0...   Dec 14 2014, 11:50 AM
CrashTestDummy   QUOTE (Ojustracing @ Dec 14 2014, 05:50 A...   Dec 14 2014, 03:22 PM
DanielB   Any pics of your upgrades?   Dec 14 2014, 02:18 PM
Ojustracing   Long last few days 1900miles round trip. But the g...   Dec 21 2014, 09:34 PM
CrashTestDummy   QUOTE (Ojustracing @ Dec 21 2014, 03:34 P...   Dec 22 2014, 02:45 AM
Ojustracing   I grabbed the photo from the ones posted on the Ne...   Dec 22 2014, 01:15 PM
CrashTestDummy   Hey, that looks like ours!!   Dec 22 2014, 01:17 PM
Ojustracing   Gene I should just snagged your photo!!...   Dec 22 2014, 01:24 PM
CrashTestDummy   Heh, yep. Hopefully you didn't have to mop th...   Dec 22 2014, 09:54 PM
Ojustracing   Haaah Gene no ArmorAll here!!. Is that wh...   Dec 23 2014, 03:07 PM
CrashTestDummy   '14 9C1, you're tempting me!! ...   Dec 24 2014, 03:40 PM
Ojustracing   Gene Thanks for the answer. Brand freaking new ...   Dec 24 2014, 07:37 PM
CrashTestDummy   I do! Probably end up with one of those down ...   Dec 26 2014, 02:51 PM

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