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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:

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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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'14 9C1, you're tempting me!! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/banghead.gif)

Those are nice cars. The speed limiter is set at 155, and they'll do it!

I don't think they paint things much. Maybe if it's rusted, but most of the stuff they pick up comes from south of the Mason-Dixon, so usually don't get much salt on them. Our truck looked brand freaking new when we got it, nothing but the factory 'undercoating' where they put it, and the usual light coating of rust on the bare metal where the paint isn't.

I've seen some of the vehicles there that do look like they've been painted underneath, and I suspect that they may either have been coated by the department, or have had come wreck repairs. Not sure either way, just speculating. My only peeve with the guys we got it from was all of the armor all in the interior. Otherwise, we got a nice truck.