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10/06/09
Essentially, turning the lid upside-down produced an inexpensive open-element air cleaner, with about a 3" gap between the base portion and the lid. The sound at WOT was magical. I even saw a used Caprice or Impala at a municipal auction once, and apparently the officers had learned this trick. There was a stern warning label on the dashboard that read: "DO NOT FLIP AIR CLEANER LID OVER!"
So, obviously, the guys who handled movie cars knew about this too. So in lots of '80s films where there was a Chevy cop car ("To Live in Die in LA" was the ultimate example), my friend and I would go nuts when we'd hear one on the big screen.
Usually, there was an split-second bog from the Quadrajet when it started sucking in all that air, then blammo!
Something like: "BWUH-WAUGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" as the car accelerated toward the camera. What made TLaDiLA so cool was that the stunt guy driving the car in the wrong-way freeway chase was on and off the gas all the time. "WAUGHH...WA...WA...WAAAAUUUUUGGGGHHHHHH!!!!" beating the engine and the rest of the car within an inch of their lives.
Unfortunatly, fuel injection kind of ruined the party.
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Well I think they deserve to have (Highway Patrol in particular) a Toyota Prius with an electrical short. Or perhaps a G-Wizz with a motor from a hair dryer and batteries from a wrist watch.
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You forgot the 2000-06 (generation eight) Impala 9C1.
The one in the tenth picture came in 2006 as the ninth generation.
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10/05/09
"You, on the motorcycle...You two girls...Tell your friends...."
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Yeah, three cheeseburgers, two large fries, two chocolate shakes and one large coke.
And some flapjacks.
...
Too early for flapjacks?
10/05/09
Although, really, the model name is secondary on Chevy and Ford cop cars anyway, since they've changed so many times. No matter what you call them, though, for a twentysomething like myself the '77-'90 Chevy 9C1 and '79-'91 Ford LTD are pretty iconic cop cars - they're the first ones I remember and they were on the road forever.
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Crown Vic: $$
Charger: $$$
Caprice: $$$$
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No, just me?
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