2 hours ago, 11john11 said:

Lake County Sheriff if I'm not mistaken, I actually wanted to make a BCSO pack inspired by that design earlier, what a coincidence that Lund posted it here.

Their cars are pretty sexy.

 

 

OMG, please make the pack! It will probavly be a hit as it is very unusual and we had nothing like it before)

1 hour ago, ivankram said:

OMG, please make the pack! It will probavly be a hit as it is very unusual and we had nothing like it before)

It would be a default car pack though because I dislike real vehicles in GTA, not sure if you and others would be interested in this sadly.

Edited October 7, 20178 yr by 11john11

2 hours ago, 11john11 said:

It would be a default car pack though because I dislike real vehicles in GTA, not sure if you and others would be interested in this sadly.

Oh, that is very sad I personally hate the default vehicles in GTA 5 but thats compleely my opinion) So good luck with your pack

CHP brochure picture or something I found today.

Chrysler Fifth Avenue... NYPD?!

Now since when was that cheaper than the Diplomat?

57 minutes ago, Lundy said:

Chrysler Fifth Avenue... NYPD?!

Now since when was that cheaper than the Diplomat?

 

The NYPD definitely had a few early 80s ('81 models IIRC) Chrysler LeBarons.  I want to say that they were ordered after the Volare ended production in '80.  In 1982 the LeBaron name changed platforms (the M-body verison becoming the Chrysler New Yorker/Chrysler Fifth Avenue (in its top trim level), and the Gran Fury moved to the M-body platform like the Diplomat. 

Edited October 27, 20178 yr by FCV96

25 minutes ago, FCV96 said:

The NYPD definitely had a few late 70s/early 80s Chrysler LeBarons, potentially alongside early Diplomats.  In '82 the LeBaron name changed platforms (the M-body verison becoming the Chrysler New Yorker/Chrysler Fifth Avenue (in its top trim level), and the Gran Fury moved to the M-body platform like the Diplomat. 

Guess that's one more thing to be done for Carface's Dippy.

Is this mind boggling enough for y'all?



 

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In 1955, this tiny electric narrow gauge train was installed in New York's Holland Tunnel, driven by traffic cops to monitor & slow vehicles

 

13 hours ago, PhillBellic said:

Is this mind boggling enough for y'all?



 

 

Ohhh nooo, this is so weird who on earth had the idea to do this?

On 10/28/2017 at 8:17 PM, ivankram said:

Ohhh nooo, this is so weird who on earth had the idea to do this?

The 1950s did.

Came here looking for these, came out feeling deep, no pun intended. A pair of blue Ford LTD Crown Victorias in Eminem's 'Stan' - thought it were Michigan State Police or Detroit Police, but the lightbar choice and the prevalence of white say otherwise. Looks like just prop cars to me.

Some flickr faves for all you.

I believe the roof hardware is similar to the Whelen Advantedge family?

Funky cut-out Twinsonic by the Las Vegas Metro Police.

And one classy Caprice rocking a Code 3 LP6000

 

57 minutes ago, Lundy said:

 

 

That first lightbar on the Impala is a Smith and Wesson bar.  I've always liked the looks of them.  That second Twinsonic-esque bar might be a Yankee or another company's clone as well given how many variants there seemed to be of them.  And that Code 3 LP6000 is gorgeous!

 

 

2 hours ago, FCV96 said:

 

I'll have to make that!

I like how that Pulaski County Sheriff has all his front part unmarked. Someone had an easy traffic enforcement time even with that thing on top.

Heres one you might find interesting, not sure what year but lets be honest, my guess is 2017 because it was taken in New Zealand. Im sure officers around the world are glad this method of speed detection was upgraded.

Europe is asleep, let's post photos of a e s t h e t i c American police cars!

 

 

 

 

Some interesting pics from Venice Beach taken around 1994
That Caprice is pretty unique I think, I never saw those hubcaps on any LAPD Caprice before

Edited January 12, 20188 yr by 11john11

Here are cars used by the Swedish police through the years. Hope you will enjoy!

 

Up until 1965 the Swedish police were county managed, meaning agencies could use whatever vehicle or equipment they wanted. Many Swedish police agencies liked the American cars. Chevrolet was popular. The liveries were mostly plain black with a sign or door text saying POLIS, but other liveries such as green and black-and-white were also used.

1952 Plymouth Cranbrook:

1955 Buick Super:

1957 Chevrolet:

 

In 1965 the Swedish police went from county managed to nationalized. All police agencies now started using the same vehicle fleet and with the same livery: black and white.

1964 Opel Admiral:

1965 Volvo Duett:

1965 Volvo PV 544:

1966 Plymouth Valiant:

1967 Volvo Amazon:

Dodge A-100:

 

In 1970 the Swedish police started using blue "cherry-top" lightning instead of steady red lights used before. This change was because wanted to follow the European standard with blue lights, originally introduced by Heinrich Himmler during WW2 so emergency vehicles wouldn't be seen as easily from enemy airplanes. This change was criticised. You can compare the lightning in the the next two pics:

1969 Plymouth Valiant with pre-1970 lightning and 1974 Valiant with post-1970 blue lightning (yes, they're on!):

1970 Volkswagen 1500:

1972 Volkswagen Kombi:

1974 Dodge Tradesman:

1974 Volvo 144:

1976 Volvo 244:

1982 (?) Volkswagen Golf:

Ford Granada:

SAAB 90:

 

In 1984 the Swedish police decided they wanted to try change their whole image, with new fonts, logos and police car livery. They went with a futuristic style font and the black-and-white cars became white with yellow, blue, and black stripes on the side in the shape of a hockey stick, giving the livery its name "hockeyklubban". The colors in the stripe had some meaning; the yellow and blue meaning Sweden, and the black to "honor" the old black-and-white livery that most Swedes were used to when imaging the police.

The new livery was criticised by both the public and the police themselves due to the low visibility in traffic compared to the old black-and-whites. The plain white livery with glued on stripes were also planned to save money when taking the cars out of service but the glue stuck so the cars had to be re-painted anyway before being sold on the public market.

1983 Ford Econoline:

1984 Volvo 240:

1985 SAAB 900:

1988 SAAB 9000:

Volkswagen Caravelle:

 

In 1989 "hockeyklubban" and the futuristic font were scrapped. All new police cars would from now on get a blue-and-white livery with a new text font. The font is the same still used.

1986 SAAB 900 CD:

1990 Chevrolet Beauville:

1990 Volvo 740:

1996 Volvo 940 Turbo:

SAAB 9000 CD: