Happiness is a four-do0r with three pedals. There, I said it. The recipe worked for my 1987 Dodge Diplomat. It’s somehow working for my 2012 Chevy Cruze, gutless as it may be. But this beast here is just about giving me heart palpitations. It’s a Chevrolet Caprice PPV filled with Texas Speed goodies under the hood, a six-speed manual transmission in lieu of the automatic trans with the surprisingly potent shift system, and it’s rowdy as all get out.
Finding the rebadged Holdens is easy: find a police department that’s starting to age them out and look for a car that hasn’t been beaten within an inch of it’s life. After that, it’s LS-based, so there are a million and one ways to make a V8-powered Caprice fast. This is just one example…and what an example it is. Good grief. Imagine this car painted one color, like dark blue, with the pushbar on it, romping along the Interstate. You’d part traffic as if Moses was imitating an opera conductor. You’d know who had a guilty conscience depending on how quickly they stomped the brake pedal.
Over 800 horsepower at the wheels in a perfectly practical package. This Chevy is a dream machine. Absolute dream machine.
Thanks to Channing Ivey for the tip!
Six speed LS cop car? Yes please, I can dig it !!!
[social media voice] “Duuude, I can do donuts in the rain on my BICYCLE!!!” Then, go do ’em, douche, and get off this sight!!! AWESOME! Old cop cars RULE! Looking forward to more on this project!