When I was in high school I heard about a program where they were going to restore a car from the ground up and turn it into a police car. it sounded interesting, and it turned out to be a lot of fun. myself and about 12 other kids with countless adults did a frame off restotration, the project was sponsored by a local police dept, as well as many local hobbyists and their businesses. we finished the car in 9 months. I personally went to Reno for hot august nights where the car won the best car of the night from the Atlantis hotel and casino. I was 16 and got kicked out of the casino 3 times before the award was given out, just before the called my name the bouncer had spotted me and he looked pissed, he nicely congratulated me before kicking me out for the 4th time.
ill try and get some more pics, this was back in 1995-1996 before the age of digital so I need to scan more pics. the car was recently sold and the money was divided up between the original kids.
we wanted to keep the car, but it was needing repairs and sponsoring and insurance was getting to be quite costly, after the police dept gave the car back, (they used it for PR and parades for about 8 years) it went to the beat the heat anti street racing club.
the car had a simple warning package, 4 corner strobes , the streethawk, and 2 firebeams on the rear deck, ( no flash shields) the speaker on the roof was wired via a PA300 to rebroadcast the bad boys theme song over the tape deck. remember 1995 guys..lol
some of the mods included a built 396 chevy engine, narrowed ford 9in rear axle, jaguar front suspension. we had a great time building the car, we did all the work while wet sanding I sanded through the black paint , this was 2 days before the debut of the car at a show, the remedy was to hand paint a bullet hole over that spot... that caused a shit storm let me tell you...
all of the sponsors got their name on the top of the trunk lid, and the kids names went to the back part of the trunk.