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I think the last was the diplamat. The fury was never offered to the PDs in two door versions. It might have the motor but not the whole package. And that in its self really wasn't nor is much. stiffer suspension, better charging and gauges..
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When the small-block cop cars came out there was such an inconsistency in the fleet purchase, some were REAL good (like a 360 Aspen with W-2 heads & 4bbl) while others you were actually embarassed to drive. However they were equipped they were FAAAAAAR better than the current crop of police cars we're stuck using. All the manufacturers seemed to have forgotten the abuse these cars take & for the most part only upgrade the electrical & cooling systems...... 
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Darts, Valiants, Aspens, Satellites, Furies, Belvederes were all part of the police package family & could be had with anything from /6s to 440s & a VERY FEW had Hemis. N.M. State Police even had a Superbird for a "courier car" for a short time. I was lucky enough to start my law enforcement career just as the big-block cars were getting phase out, so as a rookie I got the "old" (& BB powered ) cars to drive since they were pretty used up by then. They still ran like a scalded ape, though. The seats, while firm were so slick that a sharp turn required you to have a death grip on the steering wheel otherwise you'd slide out from under it. The odd/interesting thing with these cars is that many of the big motors had the same parts or engines as their musclecar relatives, so essentially I was getting paid to drive a musclecar 40hrs/week!
and id love to hear stories from the old days. Dont knock the new Chargers though, they are a pretty dang good police car, save for the lack of room and visibility compared to a Crown Vic.
My cousin had a 69 Fury Police Pursuit it came from the PA HP in McConnellsburg PA. It was a captains car or something. You only saw this car on the turnpike. That thing would flatout fly. He eventually put the engine in a 39 Dodge truck that he intended to go in from the start. I have a pic of it in the background at a family reunion in August 1972. Still had the spotlight with the Keystone on the doors painted over.
Quote:That would have been a Chrysler 9 1/4, not a Dana 60. Chrysler never put a Dana 60 in a cop car. The 9 1/4 took the place of the 8 3/4 in all automatic, big-block cop cars (and in most small-block cop cars as well) in 1974 and was used through 1981 in the R-bodies.
I had a 74 Plymouth fury. ex state police car Connecticut. it had a 440 auto. with a dana 60 rear end. I paid 520 at the state auction in 1980. pics, coming soon.
& had Fords before that. The County Sheriffs have Chargers & they are gorgeous but from what I hear they have a brake fade problem. Shades of AMC Matador cop cars! 
Still I'd gladly take one, outfit it with some Baer brakes, a Procharger & I'd be good to go!
Quote:Quote:That would have been a Chrysler 9 1/4, not a Dana 60. Chrysler never put a Dana 60 in a cop car. The 9 1/4 took the place of the 8 3/4 in all automatic, big-block cop cars (and in most small-block cop cars as well) in 1974 and was used through 1981 in the R-bodies.
I had a 74 Plymouth fury. ex state police car Connecticut. it had a 440 auto. with a dana 60 rear end. I paid 520 at the state auction in 1980. pics, coming soon.
