Hadn't even thought about these cars in DECADES! I had a rather-poor 'association' with a sheriff in a town near mine, back in the 1970's...he had returned from Vietnam, became elected sheriff, and purchased TWO of these cars...both Custom 500's with the 429's in them. His town was LEGENDARY for being a 'speed trap', too. Late one night in the mid-70's, about to start college, I had saved during high school and bought a used 1970 LS-5 454 Corvette 4-speed; I came barreling through town about 90...and he had apparently been sitting in the car, outside his office front door...as here came the red lights (they were red back then, boys-and-girls)! We ran through some of the winding-est, hilly-est, most-hair-raising backroads ever built, at speeds far beyond sanity would dictate. I was utterly amazed that big Custom 500 could take curves like it could...and with that 429, it had tremendous 'kick' coming out of curves. I don't know what it was producing, power-wise, but my LS5 was making 390-hp and 500-ft.lbs of torque...and for quite some time, he was staying fairly close. The 'chase' ended when a deer decided to 'jump a fence'...right into the grill of his cruiser...and thus, he now only had one Custom 500 left. I was told that he had the engine transplanted to a 4-door Torino, so he could 'catch that SOB Corvette that cost him a car'...Hilarious to think back almost 50-years and remember that little event now...(I did actually go on to make something with my life, not to be some 'crazed hoodlum' though).
My uncle was a SCHP Man! He was based out in the Florence/Marion area. He used to take me out and show me the day in the life of a Trooper. Here's to "E59" - Retired and with the Lord now.
My mom.bought a 1969 Ford Custom 500 390 Police Interceptor that was a Wisconsin State Troopers car for $500.00 that ran like a scared rabbit and would run a buck 20, buck 30 all day with out a blink..Some years later I bought a 1973 Custom 500 with the 429 Police Interceptor V8 that would through you in the back seat no problem.... Love these pld Freaky Fast Ford's from the good old days...
@@markreisen7038 my uncle owned a garage and towing service, he acquired a galaxy from the Ohio State Patrol, it had a 460 in it, it wasn’t much out of the hole but would run 150 or better. Once you started (tuna boating) it’s time to let out of it lol. I bet you’d love to have one of these cars now, I know I would.
@@markreisen7038 I don’t think the 460’s ran near as good as the earlier motors. The police here used 428’s at one time and they were the best of all of them. Can you imagine running 150-160 on bias ply tires ! 😂
I used a 71 Ex-Maryland state cop Ford Interceptor to tow my drag car.It was unbelievably fast and powerful.I also drag raced it sometimes. Best e.t. 14:75 @99 mph in first 2 gears
My all time favorite cars. The 500/ LTD has a special place in my heart, I have owned 6 of them, and want to find another one day. People say they are the epitome of all that was wrong with the American auto industry, I see them as a shining example of everything they got right. Love it.
The Ford 428 of '66-68 was, what Car & Driver magazine described as "The fastest straight-line production car we have ever tested." Quicker, in street form than the 427, way faster than the 429 (crippled by lower compression and early smog masks). I've owned used police cars since 1964, and used up a few as a Deputy Sheriff. NOTHING was faster than the R-code '67 428, although the '69 Mopar 440 would give it a run for its money.
The NYS police experimented with 67 Biscayne sedans for the NYS thruway, Interstate 90, 427 engines and four speeds. Discontinued because they weren't holding up in patrol use
I was a police officer beginning my career in 1974. I had heard about the 71 with a 429 as it was retired shortly before my arrival. I got to drive the Ford with a 460, the Chevys with a 454 and the Plymouths with a 440. The Ford was fast but I drove the Plymouths where possible as the Ford's handling was dismal and the Chevs were dogs.
I bought a 1971 Fury 440 squad for $600 in 1975. A trip to National Trail garnered a best of 15.99 at 99 mph. It didn't have much low end but from 40 to 120 it was game on! Highway patrol cars have a special camshaft designed to begin where regular cars run out of steam. I still have dreams about that car even though it was 47 years ago that I owned it.
I know exactly what you mean. I had a 1976 Chevelle Malibu that I drove from '93-'96 and had dreams about driving that car for many years after I sold it. I thought I was the only one
Yep, I've had that feeling. I had a '87 Dodge Diplomat w/ police package that I had to sell after a job loss years ago. I've tried to find it but have had no luck. I bought a 2011 Crown Vic P7B about 6 months ago and love it, cherry condition and 3.55 TracLoc rear end. I drove police cars, mostly Mopar 360's in the early 80's, fell in love with them then.
What a great old car. Reminds me of Burt Reynolds 1971 custom 500 in White Lightning. Back then you get chased by one of those and your chances of getting "cuffed and stuffed" were pretty good! Enjoy!
I wondered where someone would make that connection Clint Eastwood drove them in the dirty Harry movies and so did Carl. Maulden in Streets of San Francisco
@@sd906238 I've seen car shows that features those galaxies with factory equipped 4 on the floor trannies. One time I went to a Ford dealer to see about a Granada equipped with one.
I had a '69 Mercury X-100 Marauder. Huge, smooth and quiet car that would get up and go if you needed to be somewhere. Gas mileage was unbelievable. Got 21 MPG on a highway trip..
I had that same car myself many years ago on our way to an Ozzy Osbourne concert going up a steep grade on the freeway I was doing 130 mph Plus and the car started shaking too much so I to let off. What I love most about that car was the interior it was like a living room on wheels the rear seat was just like a sofa curved around to the Contour of the rear it was a red crushed velvet interior very plush but being from Detroit it was Rusty and the suspension was worn out that's why I had to back off the accelerator I didn't want to wipe out at 130 miles an hour.
I was hoping you'd say: "You in a heap-o-trouble boy." 😀 I like the big fishin' pole on the back goes "wusshh wushhh wushhh" . ha ha (Brother Dave Gardner) Excellent job on the restoration. Extra points for the working radar. 👍 I was always partial to the '69 Dodge Polara 440, put this Ford is sweeeeet!
Great video. I drove my last Crown Victoria in 2016, the last one in our East Region Provincial fleet. There was a reason law enforcement used Fords for so many years. They were tough and dependable. I drive a Charger with a hemi now and although it's faster and handles better with the all wheel drive it won't have the longevity the Vic's had.
God bless you Ryan for keeping the old iron on the road. Wonderful piece of history, and a great job of presenting the car to the public. You made me look up something from my Ford 1972 "car service specifications" booklet on the shift speeds of the police car with the 429 engine. On page 18 of the book it states" "Shift speeds-actual MPH C-6 transmission Ford / Mercury with 429(Police Interceptor) engine, 2.75 axle, F78-15 tire, Through detent( WOT) under column 2..... 1-2 upshift is 57-68MPH, 2-3 upshift is 112 MPH and 3-2 downshift is 87-100 MPH" !! If you are running 95MPH and punch it, the damn thing will downshift to 2nd gear!! I happen to have a C-6 Police interceptor valve body that I can install in my 79 F-150 with the 460 engine.. see my other reply below about vin numbers also.
Amen I wish I kept my 69 2 door 429 interceptor 11:1 compression. Had 23,000 miles in 2000. Even then no one wanted it. They had no idea the history and power. A few times I had heard that a highway patrolman could do a 180° turn going 80 mph. I guess it took about a year to three depending on your previous driving experience to learn how to do it safely.
Back in the day, law enforcement was not just the hobby, it was a job serving and protecting. Now that you're retired, you have something that you've enjoyed, worked with, a vintage Ford galaxie police car.
My first car in when I was 17 in 1977 was a 1973 Dodge Polara that used to be a Florida State Trooper car. It was painted dark metallic blue with a blue vinyl top. Still had the search light. It had a 440 but it was slow from a stop but fairly fast when you were moving and hit it. Loved the car because people would move over for you because they thought you were a cop.
Brings back memories. Bought a '72 in LTD trim. Ex game warden car. Olive drab paint and still had the TX parks and wildlife decal on the door. Someone had tried to remove it but failed. Best $500 I spent on a car.
Love those old cars ! They ran like scalded dogs !!! They could run circles around these SUV’s out here today .. Those cars are so much of the old policing days .. they don’t make cars or police like they use to …those days were good …
I remember seeing these in Alabama at the state sale. There were 69 and 70 year models. I was too young to drive then. But when I was 17, I bought a 74 from the GA State Patrol. Painted it black, but kept the GSP "look". It had a 460 PI and police special radials. I paid $550 for it and it would out run the word of god. It was a great car
A friend Of mine who I went to high school with in North Carolina and he became a state highway patrolman said that the 429 Fords were some the fastest police cars he ever drove.
Not even close, a 74 440 would get left in the taillights by this car. 74 was low compression smog, which this car was low compression as well. These 72 ford interceptors have special d2oe casting heads, they are monsters when worked over and given some compression, they nearly as good as the dooe-r SCJ heads, and NO 440 Chrysler would have a chance , both modified equally, they simply don’t breathe near as well. Stock the 440 may have been less restricted so it ran ok, the ford was held back severely
@@mitchanderson5813 that’s bs I have been restoring cars my entire life 40 plus years. I have the performance data from the factory to back it up the compression was lowered but it is about equally low in the ford the 440 in 1974 had 275 hp advertised for insurance companies cracking down on the auto industry. The ford was equally as low if not more because of this. Tell me why 90 percent of the police cars ordered throughout 1970s were Chrysler products?? There were more around than any manufacturer. It wasn’t because they were slow they had more longevity than most everything. I have been familiar with both makes and manufactures. For over 3 decades, in the book dodge Plymouth and Chrysler police cars by Edwin j sanow and John l bellah as well as outselling ALL other makes in 1974 was the Plymouth fury the A38 package was the fastest car produced in North America in 1972 fords highest hp mill for police duty was the 429 rated at 212 hp the 351 clevand cobra jet only made 246 hp. I travel to auctions and car shows all over the states and would be glad to bring one on a trailer to time trial to show any disbelievers that know no better, as well as check this well written book out. I have the real car and proof
@@davidschnase4027 I'm not taking sides here, but do want to say I have the books you mentioned, 1956-1978 book and the 1979-1994 book, both very detailed and interesting.
That was my first Patrol Car assigned to me in the early '70s. Had a huge rotating red light that folded on a hinge attached to the center hump and you had to reach back to get it up or down. Not much got away from that car!!! Thanks for bringing it back to me!!!!!
I have a 1971 Thunderbird with the 429 Thunder jet. I know it’s not the interceptor engine but it is powerful! My parents bought it brand new and later parked it because it uses a ton of gas. Anyways after about 25 years of sitting in the driveway I got I running again, not really difficult to do! Those old Fords are not too hard to work on. I love to drive it occasionally, you stomp on the gas and it friggin goes! I love the old LTD’s too, my friend had a really nice 71 years ago but he wrecked it 😢. Anyways great video from a fellow Ford guy! 👍
I had a 1970 XL coupe, 429 4v (mean barrel carb for youngsters) "Police Pack." It was a Texas Mountie unmarked detective car.I would race Corvettes, Carmeros, Firebirds etc and beat them all. That Police engine was so powerful. I replaced the motor mounts 3-4 times from the motors torque twisting motor up on the passenger side and breaking them. The fastest car I ever owned. It may have been as fast as my 70 Buick GS 455. Great video, man that takes me back.
That is one beautiful car - very good attention to detail. The only "flaw" that I noticed was the black plastic spotlight. Back then, I think they all were chrome-plated metal. I bet the sound of that 429 with the secondaries opened up all the way would be music to any car enthusiast's ears. Regarding the gumball light on the roof, it appears as though one of the four bulbs is burned out. When it rotates, there are only three 'flashes' for ever time it turns around. Those old Fords made for some good squad cars.
He has another video of this car and from what I can see under the air clean it doesn't have the original Rochester Quadrajet 4 barrel Carburetor on it. The original Carburetor was spread bore Rochester Quadrajet with small primaries and huge secondary's specifically for the Ford 429 Cobra Jet and the Police Interceptor. The Ford 429 Super Cobra Jet came from the factory with a Holley square bore carburetor. When I owned the 1971 version of this car and you opened up the throttle the secondary's sounded wicked!
My 1995 Crown vic saved my life. It bought it used in 2002. It was a town of Lexington , SC. K9 car, THEN it was a mail carrier's car. Two VERY good reasons NOT to buy a car with 125,000 miles on it. None the less, It saw over double that by the time I moved to western Maine in 2012 and the odometer broke at 275,000 miles on it, so I'm not sure of the actual mileage. I've actually had TWO 1995 Crown vics and BOTH odometers broke at 275k miles! The second one my ex. "got" from me and I think it went to Montana. Anyway, March 29th 2016, An uninsured 1980's junk Uhaul E350 dually van (NOT owned by Uhaul) truck hit me head on going down an icy hill at over 45 mph. The airbags didn't deploy because I disabled them about 10 years earlier due to electrical issue. I am alive because of that car and am in perfect heath in spite of my knee and facial injuries.
Those are not add ons!The 429 PI engines came with them from the factory .They are essentially a slightly detuned 429 cobra jet and they also used the cast iron tail C6 that was special to the 429cj.The heads were PI only with part # D2OE-AB and almost the same as CJ.
@@jimmillet1442 At 429 inches, the D2OE pieces were actually more efficient than the CJ heads, which really don't start shining until over 500 inches. I have a NOSITB D2 tail housing here. Still trying to find the whole rest of a cop car. 😉 My D2OE heads are destined for my N-code Gran Torino, which is factory cursed with the D2VE heads.
@@413x398 You are right in the sense the D20E heads were designed to have more low end torque that police cars need to get up and going so more efficient but for raw horse power you cant beat true cj heads or DOVE thunderjet heads.
@@jimmillet1442 I think the D2's will make more "raw" horsepower than than the small port heads. I think Scotty would back that up. But, as usual, it's all about the combination. My '70 Spoiler will retain its D0OE heads, but will have a 521-inch lower end. Out of curiosity, I'm going to check the Gran Torino and the '73 Montego GT (also N-code) too see if they have the cast tail housings and/or N-case rears.
It’ll pass anything except a gas station! LOVE IT! As a retired auto mechanic, most of my training came with Japanese cars. However, I’ve always had a special place in my heart for big powerful American muscle!
My Dad had an ex CHP 69 Dodge Polara interceptor. The 440 had been replaced with a 383. But it still ran pretty strong. Huge disc brakes and massive sway bars front and rear along with stout suspension made it handle like a much smaller car instead of the land barge it was. I always wanted to try to peg that 140mph certified speedometer. I've always loved vintage police rides.
You have a bulb burnt out in you rotating roof beacon. You have a nice car there, my dad bought a new 1972 Ford that I took my drivers test in. Our state Highway Patrol (North Dakota) used 1972 Fords.
My grand father bought a brand new grey 1968 Ford Galaxie with the 428 V8, it was one of 8 units the Ohio Highway Patrol didn't accept. It was delivered to south NJ and he had to have it. That thing was fast,
Last year I retired from a 50 year career as a taxi driver. In 1972 I was 25 years old and I had just gotten out of the Army, and I took the first job that I could get, which was at DFW taxi and limo service in Dallas/Fort Worth. With the money that I had saved while I was in the Army I bought a little house that needed some minor repairs, and I was not married with kids so the Taxi job was a perfect fit for me. My boss would only buy used police cars that were in decent shape. Can you imagine being a wild 25 year old cab driver in Dallas Tx driving a car with that much power? Over the years I have driven every kind of American police car there is, and boy were they tough and fast. I remember that particular car he's driving , you had to be really careful with the with the brakes bc they would burn up quick with a lot of fast driving
I had a 1968 custom 500 Washington State patrol car. it had a 390 FE interceptor engine and a C6 automatic transmission. it had all the special police high performance parts on it. and for a heavy four door car it could really haul ass. I bought it real cheap and drove it for long time. and then I made the biggest mistake, I have ever made and traded it off. I really should have kept that car. I still kick myself in the ass for doing that. even though it was a four door it was a badass car no doubt.
Here in California the interceptor of choice for the CHP was the Dodge Polara with the 440 Magnum, and the LAPD had the 4-door version of the Plymouth Road Runner as seen on Adam-12
My dad was cheif of Police / F.B.I. Academy Graduated 🎓 1973 - I remember those police cars 🚔in the driveway parked overnight, every night 🌙 & family road trips !!!
I never had a police car but I had a 69 Tbird with a 429. What a ride for a heavy car. In 77 I bought a new Ford F150 2wd with a 460 . It ran good but nothing like the 429. The 460 was bogged down with emission crap. I didn't realize my dad was hot rodder till he drove the old Tbird.
Way back when I owned a several LTD's but my baby was a black 70' 2dr. 429 w/ elect. windows and antenna, dual exhaust, options hard to find in those days. Nothing like hearing the howl of that motor while smoking the tires at 40 mph in luxury. I truly miss that car.
It's an amazing piece of automotive History I was born in 1968 right at the height of the muscle car era my mother tells me I should have been 16 to 18 years old when the muscle cars were in full swing because I love old classic cars and they don't make them to withstand accidents nowadays like they did back in the day and they don't build them to last 100,000 miles or more like they were back in the day these new cars have too many factory recalls on them and you're lucky if you go two years without a problem but that car is absolutely beautiful.
429 is a beast, I had a 400 in Chevy chase country squire station wagon. I'm thinking that thing was 3+ tons. It would boogie at about 7 mpg.. saved my life in a head on , spin a large 4x and sent it down the road 180° about a 100 yards minus a front end. The 400 was setting next to me in the front seat. True story 84'..
Glad to see it still on the road I wish I could have got the last two my grandfather had before he retired he had a 71 Biscayne 454/ 390 hp and then a 75 Ford custom 500 460 police interceptor, I own a couple former police vehicles myself an 89 Ford Mustang Special Service Package former Georgia State Patrol car no 798 that was stationed at post 44 Forsyth GA have owned it for 24 years and i also have a 96 Crown Victoria P71 that I drive often.
The only 2 former police cars were both 350 equipped caprice. One was the 1990 model, the other was a 1993 model (same as the impala SS from the same year minus some fancy equipment and the aluminium block) the 1990 was relatively quick but the 1993 was a monster for the time. I had the 5.7 vortec. I bought them because they were cheap to buy and to maintain. The breaks were different on the 1990 than those on the caprice classic. I had to ask for the 1500 chevy pick-up because the other wouldn't fit.
@@xminusone1 I had 1990 square Caprice. Then the 1991, completely revised body. Older 1990 was far more stable on the road. Side by side they are very different to the eye.
My Mom had a new 1971 Country Squire loaded with a 429 Police Interceptor. She racked up the speeding tickets with that car. My Dad said when you floored it it sounded like the hood was going to get sucked into the carburetor.
My grandmother had a special order 1972 Grand Marquis Brougham with a 429 PI under the hood. My father inherited it and drove it to his construction sites in the mid 1970's. He told me it was slightly faster than the cars that Georgia State Patrol had at the time. He would reach the job site a couple of minutes ahead of them. Because of the nature of the site property, a court order would be needed to enter the property. He said eventually he would wave as he went by because they no longer bothered to chase him. This was also at very early hours of the morning with no traffic going to Augusta on I-20. It's pretty much a straight road to those not familiar with the stretch of highway.
Everytime I see Ford Custom 500 sedans from '71-'72 I always think of the Burt Reynolds film White Lightning filmed on location in and around Benton, Arkansas in 1973. I am guessing they used a bunch of cheap surplus police cars in the production and his brown unmarked slick top sedan that was supposed to have "429 dual carburetors" and a 4 speed on the floor, was really automatic because you see him pit in park a few times, the interior shifter and under hood shots are from a '71 Boss 351 Mustang I believe.
Here In the "Dairyland State" of Wisconsin our State Troopers drove 3-on-the-tree, 427 Biscaynes in 1967. W/3.31 rear gears they would do 97 in second.
My first car eas a 1971 Plymouth Fury that had once been an unmarked police car, what was known back then as a "plain brown wrapper." The original 360 4bbl engine, though, was missing and had been replaced with a 318. This was in 1983. Four years later, I slid behind the wheel of a 1986 Dodge Diplomat, my first duty patrol car. As an aside, one of Florida's most-respected current sheriffs, Grady Judd of Polk County (north of me), was recently gifted a restored patrol car, same year, make, and model as yours, by his men and women, as a tribute to his fifty years with the county, to replicate his first assigned unit. Thanks for sharing.
I like Fords but prefer mopars. Bought a 85 cr vic for 600 bucks after it was put out of service. That was the best riding car I ever owned. Had the 351. The way it was geared it would get to 100 quick, but no more. The sheriffs dept cleaned the cars engine bays with a detergent that ate away the wiring so eventually it had electrical problems. Sweet ride you have there!
I had a 1968 GTX 440 with "Interceptor" stamped on the block ... That thing was fast ... no headers ,auto , stock tires, 391 gears and bored 30 thou over ... ran 13.4 in the quarter .... do a 150 mph top end ...
@@WPGinterceptor460Interceptor Ya you might be right but it was stamped on the block and it might have been an American made car if that makes any diff ... thank friend
These used to chase me . 69 Road Runner. 61 Nascar 413-426 wedge heads. Never been caught. These Ford's are fast. It's not always the car. It's the Driver 🇺🇸🏁🛣️
My grandfather always had a LTD. Instead of trading them in and getting ripped off, he give it to my mom to drive for 4 years or so. Trade hers in . He do that every 4 years or so. Cars had hardly any miles on them. Grandmother used it to go shopping. Mom just drove to work. Lucky if after 8 years they have 30k on the clock. Lol. I remember the 69 had a 390 in it. The 74 had a 400. The 78 had a 351. Never had one with the 429. Love working on those old ford's. Most ppl hated it cause every bolt was a different size. I said that makes it easier to remember where they go. When I got older I got a 1972 mark4 continental. It had a 460 in it. That car would move for a car that weighed 4800 pounds. Lol.
In the mid 80s when I was in high school I drove one just like that..I had a jeep and when I got in trouble my dad would ground me from my jeep and make me drive one just like this..the rubber off the tires ended up on the rear of the quarter panels
Hadn't even thought about these cars in DECADES! I had a rather-poor 'association' with a sheriff in a town near mine, back in the 1970's...he had returned from Vietnam, became elected sheriff, and purchased TWO of these cars...both Custom 500's with the 429's in them. His town was LEGENDARY for being a 'speed trap', too. Late one night in the mid-70's, about to start college, I had saved during high school and bought a used 1970 LS-5 454 Corvette 4-speed; I came barreling through town about 90...and he had apparently been sitting in the car, outside his office front door...as here came the red lights (they were red back then, boys-and-girls)! We ran through some of the winding-est, hilly-est, most-hair-raising backroads ever built, at speeds far beyond sanity would dictate. I was utterly amazed that big Custom 500 could take curves like it could...and with that 429, it had tremendous 'kick' coming out of curves. I don't know what it was producing, power-wise, but my LS5 was making 390-hp and 500-ft.lbs of torque...and for quite some time, he was staying fairly close. The 'chase' ended when a deer decided to 'jump a fence'...right into the grill of his cruiser...and thus, he now only had one Custom 500 left. I was told that he had the engine transplanted to a 4-door Torino, so he could 'catch that SOB Corvette that cost him a car'...Hilarious to think back almost 50-years and remember that little event now...(I did actually go on to make something with my life, not to be some 'crazed hoodlum' though).
Interesting story! I try not to think of some of the things I did 50 years ago but can't help it, I still do. :)
If that deer had planted itself in your grill instead of his, you probably wouldn’t have survived.
He did get to keep the deer so it wasn't a total loss.
These been popular in OAKLAND since the 80s
Great story! There should be a collection of these stories in a book!
A lot of people despise people who buy old police cars but I think it's awesome and they are some of the coolest classic cars out there
Why depise?
My uncle was a SCHP Man! He was based out in the Florence/Marion area. He used to take me out and show me the day in the life of a Trooper. Here's to "E59" - Retired and with the Lord now.
My mom.bought a 1969 Ford Custom 500 390 Police Interceptor that was a Wisconsin State Troopers car for $500.00 that ran like a scared rabbit and would run a buck 20, buck 30 all day with out a blink..Some years later I bought a 1973 Custom 500 with the 429 Police Interceptor V8 that would through you in the back seat no problem.... Love these pld Freaky Fast Ford's from the good old days...
@@markreisen7038 my uncle owned a garage and towing service, he acquired a galaxy from the Ohio State Patrol, it had a 460 in it, it wasn’t much out of the hole but would run 150 or better. Once you started (tuna boating) it’s time to let out of it lol. I bet you’d love to have one of these cars now, I know I would.
@@deborahchesser7375 A 460, that had to be a 1973 or later cop car...
@@markreisen7038 seems like it was a 75’-76’ from what I remember. Big sway bars and stiff shocks you could tell it wasn’t Grandma’s ride lol.
@@markreisen7038 I don’t think the 460’s ran near as good as the earlier motors. The police here used 428’s at one time and they were the best of all of them. Can you imagine running 150-160 on bias ply tires ! 😂
I had the 1971 version of this Police car with the 429 Interceptor. It is a brute!
I had one too. It was awesome.
I have one right now.
my uncle had 1971 429 Police Interceptor, still has the Dragstrip timeticket, 14.60 it ran in complete stock form!
I used a 71 Ex-Maryland state cop Ford Interceptor to tow my drag car.It was unbelievably fast and powerful.I also drag raced it sometimes. Best e.t. 14:75 @99 mph in first 2 gears
Especially trying to horse it around a tight corner at speed...great straight line power.....try and slalom it, though.🤣
My all time favorite cars. The 500/ LTD has a special place in my heart, I have owned 6 of them, and want to find another one day.
People say they are the epitome of all that was wrong with the American auto industry, I see them as a shining example of everything they got right. Love it.
We had a 71 galaxy 500 was a good car until my older brother borrowed it he got it out and got rodded it and tore it up newer right after that
DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR CAPTAIN'S LICENSE
Ain't nobody gonna applaud the man for the best damn impression of Bufford T Justice I've heard in ALONG time.
Well played sir
Well played
Would have been cool if a black Trans Am flew by at the same time!
My dad, NYS detective, had a 1968 Ford custom with 428 engine, I made sure those 428 engine badges behind the front fenders were always clean. Lol
The Ford 428 of '66-68 was, what Car & Driver magazine described as "The fastest straight-line production car we have ever tested." Quicker, in street form than the 427, way faster than the 429 (crippled by lower compression and early smog masks). I've owned used police cars since 1964, and used up a few as a Deputy Sheriff. NOTHING was faster than the R-code '67 428, although the '69 Mopar 440 would give it a run for its money.
The NYS police experimented with 67 Biscayne sedans for the NYS thruway, Interstate 90, 427 engines and four speeds. Discontinued because they weren't holding up in patrol use
This man is a legend now imo.
I'm sure old timer retired policeman will share a tear seeing this machine
How can you be certain? Maybe a bit of nostalgia but to "share" a tear?
"Shed a tear" ?
Yeah sorry guys the phone auto wrote it and I didn't check twice 🤣
I was a police officer beginning my career in 1974. I had heard about the 71 with a 429 as it was retired shortly before my arrival. I got to drive the Ford with a 460, the Chevys with a 454 and the Plymouths with a 440. The Ford was fast but I drove the Plymouths where possible as the Ford's handling was dismal and the Chevs were dogs.
@@bluemut55 In my career the Mopar 440's were King. I had a couple of them up to 150. The Chevvies were junk.
I bought a 1971 Fury 440 squad for $600 in 1975. A trip to National Trail garnered a best of 15.99 at 99 mph. It didn't have much low end but from 40 to 120 it was game on! Highway patrol cars have a special camshaft designed to begin where regular cars run out of steam.
I still have dreams about that car even though it was 47 years ago that I owned it.
I know exactly what you mean. I had a 1976 Chevelle Malibu that I drove from '93-'96 and had dreams about driving that car for many years after I sold it. I thought I was the only one
Yep, I've had that feeling. I had a '87 Dodge Diplomat w/ police package that I had to sell after a job loss years ago. I've tried to find it but have had no luck. I bought a 2011 Crown Vic P7B about 6 months ago and love it, cherry condition and 3.55 TracLoc rear end. I drove police cars, mostly Mopar 360's in the early 80's, fell in love with them then.
"the older I get, the faster I was"
@@dw8840 LOL
15.9 at 99mph??? Maybe 89mph but 99 no way if it only ran a 15.9 lol.
What a great old car. Reminds me of Burt Reynolds 1971 custom 500 in White Lightning. Back then you get chased by one of those and your chances of getting "cuffed and stuffed" were pretty good! Enjoy!
I loved that movie. Made me want one of those cars.
I wondered where someone would make that connection
Clint Eastwood drove them in the dirty Harry movies and so did Carl. Maulden in
Streets of San Francisco
In some of the scenes Burt is seen the Hurst stick shifter on the floor and in other scenes he is using shifter on the steering column.
@@sd906238 absolutely! Like when he pulled into his parents yard he throws it in park other times he’s working that hurst shifter. Lol. Hollywood!
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I've seen car shows that features those galaxies with factory equipped 4 on the floor trannies. One time I went to a Ford dealer to see about a Granada equipped with one.
Well built competent and trustworthy engine
I had a '69 Mercury X-100 Marauder. Huge, smooth and quiet car that would get up and go if you needed to be somewhere.
Gas mileage was unbelievable. Got 21 MPG on a highway trip..
S.C. ran these 72 Fords for years. I think as late as 1979 I remember them still in service.
Year's ago, my brother had a 1970 thunderbird, that had the 429 thunder jet engine, that car could really move!
I had that same car myself many years ago on our way to an Ozzy Osbourne concert going up a steep grade on the freeway I was doing 130 mph Plus and the car started shaking too much so I to let off. What I love most about that car was the interior it was like a living room on wheels the rear seat was just like a sofa curved around to the Contour of the rear it was a red crushed velvet interior very plush but being from Detroit it was Rusty and the suspension was worn out that's why I had to back off the accelerator I didn't want to wipe out at 130 miles an hour.
Cobra jet?
@@Carla-tz7qw It said 429 thunder jet right on the air cleaner. I think the cobra jet was in the mustang and torino.
I was hoping you'd say: "You in a heap-o-trouble boy." 😀
I like the big fishin' pole on the back goes "wusshh wushhh wushhh" . ha ha (Brother Dave Gardner)
Excellent job on the restoration. Extra points for the working radar. 👍
I was always partial to the '69 Dodge Polara 440, put this Ford is sweeeeet!
Junior! Hold my hat!
Great video. I drove my last Crown Victoria in 2016, the last one in our East Region Provincial fleet. There was a reason law enforcement used Fords for so many years. They were tough and dependable. I drive a Charger with a hemi now and although it's faster and handles better with the all wheel drive it won't have the longevity the Vic's had.
Dad's favorite cruiser was the Plymouth Fury with the 440. They also had a few Dodge Dart ghost cars with the 360. They were fast, but scary.
God bless you Ryan for keeping the old iron on the road. Wonderful piece of history, and a great job of presenting the car to the public. You made me look up something from my Ford 1972 "car service specifications" booklet on the shift speeds of the police car with the 429 engine. On page 18 of the book it states" "Shift speeds-actual MPH C-6 transmission Ford / Mercury with 429(Police Interceptor) engine, 2.75 axle, F78-15 tire, Through detent( WOT) under column 2..... 1-2 upshift is 57-68MPH, 2-3 upshift is 112 MPH and 3-2 downshift is 87-100 MPH" !! If you are running 95MPH and punch it, the damn thing will downshift to 2nd gear!! I happen to have a C-6 Police interceptor valve body that I can install in my 79 F-150 with the 460 engine..
see my other reply below about vin numbers also.
Amen I wish I kept my 69 2 door 429 interceptor 11:1 compression. Had 23,000 miles in 2000. Even then no one wanted it. They had no idea the history and power. A few times I had heard that a highway patrolman could do a 180° turn going 80 mph. I guess it took about a year to three depending on your previous driving experience to learn how to do it safely.
Back in the day, law enforcement was not just the hobby, it was a job serving and protecting. Now that you're retired, you have something that you've enjoyed, worked with, a vintage Ford galaxie police car.
It's a full time job working on fords.lol
Those 429s really go
Better than the late 70s 460s.
My first car in when I was 17 in 1977 was a 1973 Dodge Polara that used to be a Florida State Trooper car. It was painted dark metallic blue with a blue vinyl top. Still had the search light. It had a 440 but it was slow from a stop but fairly fast when you were moving and hit it. Loved the car because people would move over for you because they thought you were a cop.
Brings back memories. Bought a '72 in LTD trim. Ex game warden car. Olive drab paint and still had the TX parks and wildlife decal on the door. Someone had tried to remove it but failed. Best $500 I spent on a car.
The "Gator McClusky "special....👍👍
i so much wanted to go back in time and hear that 4bbl bellow just once.
Nicely done we love your interceptor !!
The last thing that you would want to hear from this gentleman back in '72 would be..."you in a heap of trouble, son".
Love those old cars ! They ran like scalded dogs !!! They could run circles around these SUV’s out here today .. Those cars are so much of the old policing days .. they don’t make cars or police like they use to …those days were good …
I remember seeing these in Alabama at the state sale. There were 69 and 70 year models. I was too young to drive then. But when I was 17, I bought a 74 from the GA State Patrol. Painted it black, but kept the GSP "look". It had a 460 PI and police special radials. I paid $550 for it and it would out run the word of god. It was a great car
Awesome car great job restoring it to its former glory
Best old police car I ever had was a 1975 Plymouth Gran Fury Custom
A friend Of mine who I went to high school with in North Carolina and he became a state highway patrolman said that the 429 Fords were some the fastest police cars he ever drove.
The Plymouth fury’s were the fastest period the fastest car produced in North America was the 1974 Plymouth fury check that out 440 suprtcommando
@@davidschnase4027 I've not driven either one, I'm just going by what someone who was a highway patrol man said.
Not even close, a 74 440 would get left in the taillights by this car. 74 was low compression smog, which this car was low compression as well. These 72 ford interceptors have special d2oe casting heads, they are monsters when worked over and given some compression, they nearly as good as the dooe-r SCJ heads, and NO 440 Chrysler would have a chance , both modified equally, they simply don’t breathe near as well. Stock the 440 may have been less restricted so it ran ok, the ford was held back severely
@@mitchanderson5813 that’s bs I have been restoring cars my entire life 40 plus years. I have the performance data from the factory to back it up the compression was lowered but it is about equally low in the ford the 440 in 1974 had 275 hp advertised for insurance companies cracking down on the auto industry. The ford was equally as low if not more because of this. Tell me why 90 percent of the police cars ordered throughout 1970s were Chrysler products?? There were more around than any manufacturer. It wasn’t because they were slow they had more longevity than most everything. I have been familiar with both makes and manufactures. For over 3 decades, in the book dodge Plymouth and Chrysler police cars by Edwin j sanow and John l bellah as well as outselling ALL other makes in 1974 was the Plymouth fury the A38 package was the fastest car produced in North America in 1972 fords highest hp mill for police duty was the 429 rated at 212 hp the 351 clevand cobra jet only made 246 hp. I travel to auctions and car shows all over the states and would be glad to bring one on a trailer to time trial to show any disbelievers that know no better, as well as check this well written book out. I have the real car and proof
@@davidschnase4027 I'm not taking sides here, but do want to say I have the books you mentioned, 1956-1978 book and the 1979-1994 book, both very detailed and interesting.
That was my first Patrol Car assigned to me in the early '70s.
Had a huge rotating red light that folded on a hinge attached to the center hump and you had to reach back to get it up or down.
Not much got away from that car!!!
Thanks for bringing it back to me!!!!!
I have a 1971 Thunderbird with the 429 Thunder jet. I know it’s not the interceptor engine but it is powerful! My parents bought it brand new and later parked it because it uses a ton of gas. Anyways after about 25 years of sitting in the driveway I got I running again, not really difficult to do! Those old Fords are not too hard to work on. I love to drive it occasionally, you stomp on the gas and it friggin goes! I love the old LTD’s too, my friend had a really nice 71 years ago but he wrecked it 😢. Anyways great video from a fellow Ford guy! 👍
You're a very fortunate person! I wish I had one of my folks' old cars to remember them by!♥️😢
Great job over th years
I had a 1970 XL coupe, 429 4v (mean barrel carb for youngsters) "Police Pack." It was a Texas Mountie unmarked detective car.I would race Corvettes, Carmeros, Firebirds etc and beat them all. That Police engine was so powerful. I replaced the motor mounts 3-4 times from the motors torque twisting motor up on the passenger side and breaking them.
The fastest car I ever owned. It may have been as fast as my 70 Buick GS 455. Great video, man that takes me back.
yes replaced a couple mounts also
My uncle had a new black on black 71 unmarked (detective) car when we are kids, boy did we ever enjoy riding around in that car!
The movie White Lightning with Burt Reynolds
That is one beautiful car - very good attention to detail. The only "flaw" that I noticed was the black plastic spotlight. Back then, I think they all were chrome-plated metal. I bet the sound of that 429 with the secondaries opened up all the way would be music to any car enthusiast's ears.
Regarding the gumball light on the roof, it appears as though one of the four bulbs is burned out. When it rotates, there are only three 'flashes' for ever time it turns around. Those old Fords made for some good squad cars.
He has another video of this car and from what I can see under the air clean it doesn't have the original Rochester Quadrajet 4 barrel Carburetor on it. The original Carburetor was spread bore Rochester Quadrajet with small primaries and huge secondary's specifically for the Ford 429 Cobra Jet and the Police Interceptor. The Ford 429 Super Cobra Jet came from the factory with a Holley square bore carburetor. When I owned the 1971 version of this car and you opened up the throttle the secondary's sounded wicked!
Gotta love a LEO who loves his cars. Good for you collecting rare Ford performance cars.
This was great! Enjoyed watching it!
I'm glad the algorithm knows me well enough to know that I love old school ass kicking cop cars!
Brings back, old Burt Reynolds movies!! 👍👍
Nice ole ford. I used to build and race lots of fords, and that's all I will drive
DAMNED NICE CAR GREAT O SEE YOU CARING FOR IT . I'M LOOKING FOR A CROWN VIC MYSELF. YOU FOUND THE HOLY GRAIL .
My 1995 Crown vic saved my life. It bought it used in 2002. It was a town of Lexington , SC. K9 car, THEN it was a mail carrier's car. Two VERY good reasons NOT to buy a car with 125,000 miles on it. None the less, It saw over double that by the time I moved to western Maine in 2012 and the odometer broke at 275,000 miles on it, so I'm not sure of the actual mileage. I've actually had TWO 1995 Crown vics and BOTH odometers broke at 275k miles! The second one my ex. "got" from me and I think it went to Montana. Anyway, March 29th 2016, An uninsured 1980's junk Uhaul E350 dually van (NOT owned by Uhaul) truck hit me head on going down an icy hill at over 45 mph. The airbags didn't deploy because I disabled them about 10 years earlier due to electrical issue. I am alive because of that car and am in perfect heath in spite of my knee and facial injuries.
LTD CUSTOM WITH A 429 4V? DOESNT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!!! NICE CAR!
Nice to see a restored cop legend before the days of the Crown Victoria/Caprice.
Beautiful! The 429CJ valve covers were a nice add-on. Cheers!
Those are not add ons!The 429 PI engines came with them from the factory .They are essentially a slightly detuned 429 cobra jet and they also used the cast iron tail C6 that was special to the 429cj.The heads were PI only with part # D2OE-AB and almost the same as CJ.
@@jimmillet1442 At 429 inches, the D2OE pieces were actually more efficient than the CJ heads, which really don't start shining until over 500 inches. I have a NOSITB D2 tail housing here. Still trying to find the whole rest of a cop car. 😉 My D2OE heads are destined for my N-code Gran Torino, which is factory cursed with the D2VE heads.
@@413x398 You are right in the sense the D20E heads were designed to have more low end torque that police cars need to get up and going so more efficient but for raw horse power you cant beat true cj heads or DOVE thunderjet heads.
@@jimmillet1442 I think the D2's will make more "raw" horsepower than than the small port heads. I think Scotty would back that up. But, as usual, it's all about the combination. My '70 Spoiler will retain its D0OE heads, but will have a 521-inch lower end. Out of curiosity, I'm going to check the Gran Torino and the '73 Montego GT (also N-code) too see if they have the cast tail housings and/or N-case rears.
It’ll pass anything except a gas station! LOVE IT! As a retired auto mechanic, most of my training came with Japanese cars. However, I’ve always had a special place in my heart for big powerful American muscle!
I had a 1971 ford thunderbird 429 stock it ran 15.3 at 95 mph.
My Dad had an ex CHP 69 Dodge Polara interceptor. The 440 had been replaced with a 383. But it still ran pretty strong. Huge disc brakes and massive sway bars front and rear along with stout suspension made it handle like a much smaller car instead of the land barge it was. I always wanted to try to peg that 140mph certified speedometer. I've always loved vintage police rides.
You have a bulb burnt out in you rotating roof beacon. You have a nice car there, my dad bought a new 1972 Ford that I took my drivers test in. Our state Highway Patrol (North Dakota) used 1972 Fords.
Good looking car
I'll bet that big dude's hell from a 30 mph roll!
Beauty. That ford model looked great
My grand father bought a brand new grey 1968 Ford Galaxie with the 428 V8, it was one of 8 units the Ohio Highway Patrol didn't accept. It was delivered to south NJ and he had to have it. That thing was fast,
Looks great! NIce to know it's history.
I like the" Hawaii five 0 "roof light .
Last year I retired from a 50 year career as a taxi driver. In 1972 I was 25 years old and I had just gotten out of the Army, and I took the first job that I could get, which was at DFW taxi and limo service in Dallas/Fort Worth. With the money that I had saved while I was in the Army I bought a little house that needed some minor repairs, and I was not married with kids so the Taxi job was a perfect fit for me. My boss would only buy used police cars that were in decent shape. Can you imagine being a wild 25 year old cab driver in Dallas Tx driving a car with that much power? Over the years I have driven every kind of American police car there is, and boy were they tough and fast. I remember that particular car he's driving , you had to be really careful with the with the brakes bc they would burn up quick with a lot of fast driving
I had a 1968 custom 500 Washington State patrol car. it had a 390 FE interceptor engine and a C6 automatic transmission. it had all the special police high performance parts on it. and for a heavy four door car it could really haul ass. I bought it real cheap and drove it for long time. and then I made the biggest mistake, I have ever made and traded it off. I really should have kept that car. I still kick myself in the ass for doing that. even though it was a four door it was a badass car no doubt.
Here in California the interceptor of choice for the CHP was the Dodge Polara with the 440 Magnum, and the LAPD had the 4-door version of the Plymouth Road Runner as seen on Adam-12
My dad was cheif of Police / F.B.I. Academy Graduated 🎓 1973 - I remember those police cars 🚔in the driveway parked overnight, every night 🌙 & family road trips !!!
OMG that ancient radar unit mounted outside! Made many troopers fear for their future offspring!
Beautiful example of a bygone era!
I never had a police car but I had a 69 Tbird with a 429. What a ride for a heavy car. In 77 I bought a new Ford F150 2wd with a 460 . It ran good but nothing like the 429. The 460 was bogged down with emission crap. I didn't realize my dad was hot rodder till he drove the old Tbird.
my grandpa had a 70 torino 429 4 door
Man, talk about a zzzz sleeper! 😲
God bless the Owner of this gorgeous CAR
Way back when I owned a several LTD's but my baby was a black 70' 2dr. 429 w/ elect. windows and antenna, dual exhaust, options hard to find in those days. Nothing like hearing the howl of that motor while smoking the tires at 40 mph in luxury. I truly miss that car.
It's an amazing piece of automotive History I was born in 1968 right at the height of the muscle car era my mother tells me I should have been 16 to 18 years old when the muscle cars were in full swing because I love old classic cars and they don't make them to withstand accidents nowadays like they did back in the day and they don't build them to last 100,000 miles or more like they were back in the day these new cars have too many factory recalls on them and you're lucky if you go two years without a problem but that car is absolutely beautiful.
429 is a beast, I had a 400 in Chevy chase country squire station wagon. I'm thinking that thing was 3+ tons. It would boogie at about 7 mpg.. saved my life in a head on , spin a large 4x and sent it down the road 180° about a 100 yards minus a front end. The 400 was setting next to me in the front seat. True story 84'..
that is a boss roller sir..........sail on
Nice Looking Ford Police Vehicle-A Classic From 1972
Glad to see it still on the road I wish I could have got the last two my grandfather had before he retired he had a 71 Biscayne 454/ 390 hp and then a 75 Ford custom 500 460 police interceptor, I own a couple former police vehicles myself an 89 Ford Mustang Special Service Package former Georgia State Patrol car no 798 that was stationed at post 44 Forsyth GA have owned it for 24 years and i also have a 96 Crown Victoria P71 that I drive often.
The only 2 former police cars were both 350 equipped caprice. One was the 1990 model, the other was a 1993 model (same as the impala SS from the same year minus some fancy equipment and the aluminium block) the 1990 was relatively quick but the 1993 was a monster for the time. I had the 5.7 vortec. I bought them because they were cheap to buy and to maintain. The breaks were different on the 1990 than those on the caprice classic. I had to ask for the 1500 chevy pick-up because the other wouldn't fit.
@@xminusone1 I've driven a couple of the caprices that were LT1 equipped 94 and 96 old FHP cars they were some runners .
@@xminusone1 I had 1990 square Caprice. Then the 1991, completely revised body. Older 1990 was far more stable on the road. Side by side they are very different to the eye.
actually had one of those. Old Coppell TX Police Car, 429, spot lights, no rear door handles. I paid $500.00 for it
We had one, except it was a 67 with a 428 Police Interceptor
Former AZ DPS unit.
FAST.....
Loved your intro!!!! Great job on restoring that old Ford Custom 500 Police Car!
My Mom had a new 1971 Country Squire loaded with a 429 Police Interceptor. She racked up the speeding tickets with that car. My Dad said when you floored it it sounded like the hood was going to get sucked into the carburetor.
Thank you for your service young man.
My grandmother had a special order 1972 Grand Marquis Brougham with a 429 PI under the hood. My father inherited it and drove it to his construction sites in the mid 1970's. He told me it was slightly faster than the cars that Georgia State Patrol had at the time. He would reach the job site a couple of minutes ahead of them. Because of the nature of the site property, a court order would be needed to enter the property. He said eventually he would wave as he went by because they no longer bothered to chase him. This was also at very early hours of the morning with no traffic going to Augusta on I-20. It's pretty much a straight road to those not familiar with the stretch of highway.
These are some of the toughest cars built
Such a beautiful tribute, I love it!
Liberty liberty, liberty!
My girlfriend had this car in 1977, I hit a light pole at 100ph, in it , good car, ..I'm still here
Everytime I see Ford Custom 500 sedans from '71-'72 I always think of the Burt Reynolds film White Lightning filmed on location in and around Benton, Arkansas in 1973. I am guessing they used a bunch of cheap surplus police cars in the production and his brown unmarked slick top sedan that was supposed to have "429 dual carburetors" and a 4 speed on the floor, was really automatic because you see him pit in park a few times, the interior shifter and under hood shots are from a '71 Boss 351 Mustang I believe.
That's a great looking Ford police vehicle. The days when police cars could catch speeders real quick.
I was always a fan of those cars when I see the 1972 movie white lightning
Here In the "Dairyland State" of Wisconsin our State Troopers drove 3-on-the-tree, 427 Biscaynes in 1967. W/3.31 rear gears they would do 97 in second.
My first car eas a 1971 Plymouth Fury that had once been an unmarked police car, what was known back then as a "plain brown wrapper." The original 360 4bbl engine, though, was missing and had been replaced with a 318. This was in 1983.
Four years later, I slid behind the wheel of a 1986 Dodge Diplomat, my first duty patrol car.
As an aside, one of Florida's most-respected current sheriffs, Grady Judd of Polk County (north of me), was recently gifted a restored patrol car, same year, make, and model as yours, by his men and women, as a tribute to his fifty years with the county, to replicate his first assigned unit.
Thanks for sharing.
I like Fords but prefer mopars. Bought a 85 cr vic for 600 bucks after it was put out of service. That was the best riding car I ever owned. Had the 351. The way it was geared it would get to 100 quick, but no more. The sheriffs dept cleaned the cars engine bays with a detergent that ate away the wiring so eventually it had electrical problems. Sweet ride you have there!
Best video Ive seen in a long time love me old police package cars!
I had a 1968 GTX 440 with "Interceptor" stamped on the block ... That thing was fast ... no headers ,auto , stock tires, 391 gears and bored 30 thou over ... ran 13.4 in the quarter .... do a 150 mph top end ...
Interceptor is a Ford term... Pursuit was used by Mopar! soo someone without knowledge stamped that on there
@@WPGinterceptor460Interceptor Ya you might be right but it was stamped on the block and it might have been an American made car if that makes any diff ... thank friend
These used to chase me . 69 Road Runner. 61 Nascar 413-426 wedge heads. Never been caught. These Ford's are fast. It's not always the car. It's the Driver 🇺🇸🏁🛣️
Miss those old cars.
My uncle had a vortech supercharged Fox-body that he bought from the Virginia highway patrol. Damn thing ran 12.0flat. that thing was FUN.
My grandfather always had a LTD. Instead of trading them in and getting ripped off, he give it to my mom to drive for 4 years or so. Trade hers in . He do that every 4 years or so. Cars had hardly any miles on them. Grandmother used it to go shopping. Mom just drove to work. Lucky if after 8 years they have 30k on the clock. Lol. I remember the 69 had a 390 in it. The 74 had a 400. The 78 had a 351. Never had one with the 429. Love working on those old ford's. Most ppl hated it cause every bolt was a different size. I said that makes it easier to remember where they go. When I got older I got a 1972 mark4 continental. It had a 460 in it. That car would move for a car that weighed 4800 pounds. Lol.
You'd catch everyone but Gator in that interceptor.
In the mid 80s when I was in high school I drove one just like that..I had a jeep and when I got in trouble my dad would ground me from my jeep and make me drive one just like this..the rubber off the tires ended up on the rear of the quarter panels
The 1971 Ford 400 cid 4 bbl was no slouch either! I drove one as a loaner from a dealer back in the early 70's
Cool piece of history!
Nice looking "Bunkie Beak" 1972 Ford squad car there! Great sleeper with that under-cover 429 Cobra Jet.