Newbie from germany with a North Ridgeville CVPI

[German_CVPI]

Hi!

I am completely new to the world of emergency lights. Recently I fulfilled my childhood dream and imported an used Ford Crown Vic to Germany. Doing some research I figured out it was used as a cruiser in the North Ridgeville police department OHIO back in the time (from 2010 until 2019).

I would love to bring this unit back to its original look. Already figured out the complete history of this car. I know it was NRPD Unit 51 (special detail car X-96). I even found a picture of this unit being still in service (plus tons of other similar cruisers from NRPD), so I have a pretty good impression what the car looked from the outside.

Still have no clue about the inside. Maybe I am super lucky and somebody from here does know the north Ridgeville Department and can help, especially with sirens and radio Still has the original console mounted.

But first goal is to get the decals right and then install my already purchased Federal Signal Vista Lightbar. I want to get the installation as accurate as possible and hope to learn how in this forum ;-)

greetings

Sebastian

 

[Tony P]

Welcome! I look forward to watching the progress you make on this

 

[German_CVPI]

Making baby steps... Lightbar finally arrived grom Ohio to germany.

Now I need to figure out what controller was typically used by this department. Just could not find any pictures or infos on this.

 

[tsquale]

Welcome to the site! I'm glad to see the lightbar arrived. Hopefully someone here can help you find the correct controller.

 

[tsquale]

While very hard to see in this photo, it appears to be a Code 3 Mastercom. That may have changed over time as they use a Code 3 lightbar on that car in the photo

 

[German_CVPI]

Wow, OK. This helps I'll still try to open up a seperate post to maybe get more response.