My 71 polara police car restoration project real police car prob ex Marin co sherriff 383 hp 4bbl

[CopcarMike1971polara]

My project this week will be welding in patch panels doing sheet metel work got a deal traded a dirt bike for her and drove her 2 hrs home she still runs drives grate needs interior and cosmetics just scored proper red line caps has plymuth caps in pic hopfuly soon will be a driver gool for first is to get all rust fixed metel work body work get in primer as I restore her trying to find all corect parts not easy just Can u ever answer your werthles phone wtf do u have it for. wanted to sheer another cool old mopar that's being savad and put back on the road.il post pics as I progress with the work on car Thanks mike in prunedale ca.

 

[Binx]

Very cool cruiser! Back in 1980 I bought a 1977 Royal Monaco Massachusetts State Police Cruiser with 80 k on it for $385! Sure wish I had it today.

 

[CopcarMike1971polara]

Thanks man and yep tger cool old cars what hapend to your car that' 77 is a cool year car would be cool to have and I prob got about that in this one in trade lol had about less than 600 in bike it was werth about 1400 so I got a deal and sorry for that part of txt about the not answering phone I was texting my girl and wasint paying at and got mixed up lol and $385 man I wish they were still that cheep i did score a I gess could still get that lucky thers old cars siting out ther that peple don't no or don't care about iv seen some cool cars go in the local pick in pull and once in back won't sell whole car some sad story's I'm sher u have to iv saved a few cars from that fate this polara was siting but the ochen few more years she'd been a goner. I gess guy had guys wanted motor other guy wanted for d derby he didint want that to hapen I didint have cash he called me told me he wanted me to get it becuse he new Id save so traded him my dirt bike. I'm sher itl take time and money finding all the right parts and making it nice but it's werth it to me not many of them left anymore and I can do most work myself except the metel fab and its fun to buld a old car back up see it come back to life and no I saved it makes me fill good a lot of peple can't see past the rust old paint dry rotted interior but I see what shel be when done iv been looking for wanted one for a long time and I wanted a real one not a clone and any mopar from late 60s to 70s this one was perfect and right price I'm trying to find out how many of these cars are known to still exist 100s or less or 1000s of the police pkg cars spocificly how many 71 polara police pkg cars are still alive anyone know ?

 

[71Polara383]

Very cool!!! Looking forward to your progress.

 

[72Fury]

That's a nice project.

 

[1978 NYB]

Looking forward to following your progress!

 

[LocuMob]

I'll be watching this one.

 

[Wollfen]

View attachment 139020 View attachment 139021 My project this week will be welding in patch panels doing sheet metel work got a deal traded a dirt bike for her and drove her 2 hrs home she still runs drives grate needs interior and cosmetics just scored proper red line caps has plymuth caps in pic hopfuly soon will be a driver gool for first is to get all rust fixed metel work body work get in primer as I restore her trying to find all corect parts not easy just Can u ever answer your werthles phone wtf do u have it for. wanted to sheer another cool old mopar that's being savad and put back on the road.il post pics as I progress with the work on car Thanks mike in prunedale ca.

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How did I miss this posting the first time round? What a cool car in such original condition.

 

[Fratzog]

If cars could talk this one would have some amazing stories. Thanks for bringing another important piece of automotive history back to life.

 

[polara71]

I've drooled over this car while for sale. Just too much of a project for my liking . I will be hoping to see her finished soon

 

[Samplingman]

He hasn’t been on the site since August. Hope he finds his way back here with more pics, info and punctuation.