'Round The Block: 1978 Dodge Monaco Police Pursuit 440 with Elana Scherr and Tom
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- We got a new car! This is a survivor, unrestored, former Iowa State Patrol 1978 Dodge Monaco Pursuit. It's a model made with catalytic converters, uses unleaded gas and Electronic Lean Burn. It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It tops out around 140MPH and was the fastest (top speed) domestic car produced in America circa 1978. No ordinary citizen could buy one new (you had to be the government to get this engine in '78). It's also a car that Tom has a personal connection with, and one he's been searching for for a long time. Join us for a walk-around, and of course we'll see if Elana can make any tire smoke with it.
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Elana has more balls behind the wheel than 95% of all Corvette owners - Hats off to you! Very very cool car, love old cop cars all types.
NO SHE DOES NOT...WHATS WRONG WITH YOU!
This lady has the "car geek" thing only really true car guys have. My mind was blown. She's awesome!
THESE CARS WERE USED IN A LOT OF TV SHOWS DUKES OF HAZZARD ATEAM TJ HOOKER ETC
@@ekop1778 They were buying them dirt cheap from auctions. They could just respray them when different movies or TV shows came along. They were a dime a dozen. They used the Ex-LAPD Matadors in Movies for years
Yes, I would definitely work for her.
She works for car magazines and has for years, so would have a lot of first-hand knowledge.
@@culcune She is an amazing writer.
"Cop engine, cop suspension, cop lights..." sounds like the beginning of a certain Blues Brother movie.
"It's dark out and we're wearing sunglasses." ;-)
@@anthonyc1883
Full tank of gas, half pack a' cigarettes and 110 miles. Hit it.
Again two new not a cop engine it's all.smogged out with pollution garbage moter cant pull.or breathe.. a real cop car was a 1968 coronet that's a ass hauler.the younger generation never saw infotinutly the stuff mopar had back then if the did they would be scared shittles
Blues Brothers car was a 1974 Dodge Monaco.
@@clintadams8451 yep
Before the Crown Victoria/Caprice, there was this and the Fury. So nice to see one of these in good shape, giving how rare classic police cars are nowadays in functional condition. That's a piece of history right there.
You gotta go a little further back before you had a 1978 Dodge Monaco to a 1990 Ford Crown Victoria and Chevy Caprice.
You are missing the 1980s interim vehicles
@@broncomcbane6382 A lot of 1980s Diplomats out here in CA. I think 318 4BBL
@@bananaspartan2234 i ll have to take a look. What website
@@broncomcbane6382 they had crown vics and caprices all the way thru the 80s dude.
@@torque-ej4nu they sure did but the MOST popular police car in the 1980s was the Diplomat/Gran Fury AND the cheapest.
The Crown Victoria didnt seriously win police bids until 1989 when the Diplomat was discontinued. The Caprice 9C1 as well wasnt a big seller until the same year, 1987.
The real unicorns for police cars are the one you didnt expect like Delta 88s(B body then H bodies), Cutlass(G bodies and then W bodies), Bonneville G bodies, Bonneville H bodies, Malibu G bodies.
RUclips algorithms recommended Elana and a unique old Mopar. Nice.
Algorithms...lol
I have a '78 Monaco also. Mine is a California Highway Patrol car. Love these cars, absolutely the greatest of the great. -David
TODAYS CARS ARE PLASTIC AND SELF DRIVING JUNKS THAT LAST A MONTH BEFORE BREAKING DOWN
Mine was a '73 Coronet, same body shell with slightly different trim, but mine was a 225 slant six with three-on-the-tree. I really loved The Green Latrine.
For fun i would put a 650+bhp Tesla drive unit in it and also reckon the full Tesla battery pack modules would disappear in there too :):)
That’s great you have one of those! 1978 was the last year for the 440 in cop cars. After that, a 360 was around for another year or two then it was the 318 till the end in 1989. Read an article once that said many CHP Officers were extremely disappointed with the Mopars after ‘78, thus the term “Big Block Withdrawals” was coined. It wasn’t until 1982 when the Ford Mustangs came about that the CHP had something that could give them a little performance that was needed to run the pace to capture the moving violations of the motoring public.
@@kylereese4822 AINT GONNA DRIVE A TESTICLE MAN
CHEAP JUNKS WITH ION BATTERYS THAT BLOW UP
Back when I was younger I saw many of these grilles in my rearview mirror.
“This is Sherrif Rosco P Coltrane going after the Duke boys!” 🤣🤣🤣
I thought of Roscoe as soon as I saw this LOL!!
So many of those were trashed in that show....
James Best. I met him at a restaurant once as he lived in the area. Very soft spoken gentleman. Real class.
Gkhuh-gkhuh-gkhuh! Hot pursuit, i love it! I love it!
Duke off hazzard. Love this car.
The transmissions they put behind those pursuit engines, and the torsion bar suspension up front. And the sound a thermoquad Carter made when the secondaries opened. Smell of rose put to sound... Congratulations
747 TorqeFlite? Absolutely bullet proof.
@@richardmerriam7044" 727" torqeflite...
@@dang223434 All big blocks had it. There was no other option for an automatic.
You could hear the engine intake a mile away with the siren off. Very reassuring to hear it and know the calvary was coming.
Holy cow! In the early 80’s I was in my 20’s and piss poor and in bad need of a ride. I went to the Oregon State police auction in Salem where they had a couple of dozen these in this exact package. White on gold. I bid $200 for a low mileage (56k) and it cost a fortune to keep rear tires on it. 0-60 was a smoke show but 40-100 was a blast! The one car I wish I had never sold.
When I was 20 in 82 I had a 77 Monaco Pursuit that was light blue with the nicer interior. I went to a junk yard and stripped out a regular Monaco for it's cloth power seat, matching rear seat and door panels, I had it for about a year then ended up trading it to a guy at work for a tricked out 72 Chevy Luv. Prior to that I had a 75 Plymouth Fury, which looked exactly like it except for round headlights and a 318 engine. That Monaco and a 69 Polara convertible are two of three cars that I wish I'd never got rid of. The other was my first car, that I had bought in high school which was a 70 Chevelle. If we only knew back then...
These old Mopars can run forever, they used to build them in Australia. Best car I've ever owned and will never sell the old girl. They put most modern cars to shame . The police here swore by them, our cars were A body based . Mate had a 1979 highway patrol cm Glx with a 318 , 360 heads factory. Very fast car and would leave my ls1 behind.
A friend of mine had a retired Highway Patrol Monaco and it was a beast.
Love these Monacos, they would still be great police cars today. The old retired guys on every department talk fondly about the Monacos from this era. So many good cars from the 60s and 70s that we cant match today. With the death of the Charger, there is nothing left to compare.
"But THIS car always caught THAT car".... I like the way you think brother 👍
I had a 78 Fury. Retired Washington State Patrol. White with light blue interior and a front bench seat, otherwise almost the exact same car. I may have made the fastest run ever from George to Ocean Shores one night. Such a smooth ride you could drive one handed and drink coffee from an open mug with the other. I gave it to someone because I had too many vehicles at the time. What an idiot. Never get rid of that car!
In the summer of 1981, a green 1978 Dodge Monaco 4-Door Sedan like this car was the first car I ever drove. I was a high school student and the city-owned Monaco was used for driver's training. It had an additional brake pedal on the passenger side of the front seat for the training instructor. We began our training by driving very slowly around a Kmart parking lot.
Thanks, for commenting... We kind of MOPAR FAMILY, ETC. ( my first new Car purchase: 70 CORONET 500/383 turquoise)), our in Laws::bunch of Polara’s ( one SPECIAL HD), Monaco’s, Aspens, )....
@@opera93 My grandfather had a 1925 Dodge Brothers Coupe before he was married, then he bought a new 1935 Plymouth 4-Door sedan. That Plymouth was replaced with a new 1950 Dodge Coronet 4-Door Sedan. As an elderly man he drove a used 1972 Chrysler Newport Royal 4-Door Sedan.
Back in 1985 in high school, I had a ‘76 Grand Fury unmarked highway patrol car. 440 and a 140mph certified speedo. It was super fast!
I've wanted a late 70's Fury pursuit package car forever, this video just reinforced my need for one
These cars were definitely no joke. As a kid growing up in the 80s I always enjoyed seeing them on The A-Team or Hunter....and they could really light up the tires to be sure!! You're right, they definitely wrecked too many of them. That and combined with their hard use in police service really makes them rare....you were Very lucky to find this one. Congrats!
its not rare. Its common to find a Monaco, Fury or coronet police car or 4 door. What makes it rare is the 440, which really isn't "Rare" by any means.
@Adrian Vegas they aren't trust me, i can still pick them up for 1500-3500 in no rust condition. and thats with a 360, and 440 the 77 and 78 are by no means going extinct. Look at the production numbers.
@Adrian Vegas finding a 440 police car isnt like finding a SS 396, or a K code 289 65 mustang, or a yenko, or shelby.
rare is not by how much they buy them for, its how many there are, and there are alot of 77-78 monaco's, Furys, and coronets, and their kin by the Chrysler Corporation.
Love this car! Brings back memories of late 70's early 80's. 440 makes it even better! I would love to own it.
So great to see old cop cars getting some love.
The smiles on both of you having a blast is amazing ! Good for you guys 😊
I don't know if i'm more impressed with that 1978 Dodge Monaco or the couple driving it. Wow what a great couple. They both have a passion for automobiles that it makes me so jealous. Great video.
My dad had a 78 Monaco with the 360! what a fast car!
Great looking Monaco, great find. The interior is almost perfect and the dash ain't cracked, as a Mopar lover, whatever you paid was well worth it.
Cool that your wife shares the passion, that's rare in todays world.
The official police car of every 70s and 80s TV show and movie.
That looks like a constable or investigators old car being in that perfect of condition. Nice ride.
Dream car for me, greetings from the UK 🇬🇧
I'm shocked that this car exists at all, never mind how good of shape its in!
In Iowa,I owned a 1974 Monico Custom.It was an uncover police Pursuit Vehicle North Carolina State Patrol.
400 c.i. motor,and it was fast!
Sheriff Rosco and Rick Hunter would be proud of this beauty.
I used to have a 77 Plymouth Fury - wish I could have one again.
Me too. Was Coffee with tan interior
Thank you. This brings me back to my first car in high school. My Monaco was a retired Iowa state trooper with blue Interior with a shotgun mount on the dash that didn't work. 440 intercper 747 torcflight transmission heavy duty suspension. It could pass anything on the road except for gas stations lol
I loved that car. In 1989 I was in the process of restoring it and rebuilding the 440
When I lost it in a garage fire. I miss that Monaco
Cool video, Tom & Elana! I also have a '78 E86 440 A38 Monaco of my very own that actually never saw service! A Tennessee car believed to be originally ordered new by a Fire Dept, but was rejected by them upon arrival at the dealer because it had been optioned wrong... Such as not having A/C! So, the dealer placed it in their regular inventory and sold it to a private owner where it changed hands a few times until I ended up with it 10 years ago! Like yourselves, I always wanted a car like this also!
When I moved to Los Angeles in 1980, they had these Polara's and AMC Matador's with the can lights like on Adam 12. The solid color cars had a yellow blinking light facing the rear and either a fold up or fold down from the ceiling, a big steady burn red light. California has a law about having 1 facing forward steady burn red light. I worked near the Van Nuys division of the L. A. P. D. and saw these cars in action. Cars that can't be sold to the general public are often called fleet cars, but other vehicles sold in large numbers are also called fleet vehicles. Nice car. The cars that were used on TV and in movies were very well used, not nice cars like this.
This reminds me of Sheriff Roscoe P Coltrane From the Dukes Of Hazzard... Great find BTW!
I'm in HOT PURSIUT!! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! CUH JUH JUH!!
Oh man, that thing rules!
so beautiful! 😍Thanks!❤
Nice old sleeper, very stealth
Greetings from France! I like Dodge Monaco and Plymouth Fury with this body, my favorite chase cars in the 80's TV series like Hunter, the A-team etc... Thank you very much for your video!
My favorite cop car of all time
beautiful car!! nothing better than driving a car from the late 70's... greetings
I picked up a 78 Monaco last thanksgiving. Ex county detectives car. Starlight blue, light blue interior. Not as clean as that one, but it lived it's entire life in WI. No rust. I attribute that to it being a county car kept in the county garage where it was washed every time it left and came back.
Someone took the cop wheels and put these odd steel wheels in full chrome on. Like giant saucers, full chrome. The paint was faded, I spent two days with an orbital polisher and compound to save it, only original once! BEUTIFUL blue metallic color, that Starlight Blue. I have a non tilt wheel, but that means I got the much, much cooler tri spoke steering wheel with the little circle horn cap.
Cop engine was a 400(no lean burn) but it is total trash, cracked head. I have a line on another ex police close by I want to get the drivetrain from plus some other goodies.
Cop goodies may include:
engine
Rear end(some got 9.25 rear)
28" radiator (vs 21", it's HUGE)
HD transmission cooler
Trans temp gauge
140mph speedo($$$$)
Full gauges
Bigger brakes(wider drums in back, discs in front)
Sway bars(not nearly as common as they are now days)
3.23 traction lok rear
Cop wheels(usually 15x7)
"Map" light on the ceiling up front(shown in video)
Pretty sure I missed something, maybe the alternator....
The Dodge emblem was a decal on the trunk, and built into the front grill
May or may not have had a Monaco decal on the driver side trunk
To anyone wondering about acceleration- first gear in a 727 is pretty tall, and some of these cars came with 2.76 gears. No overdrive remember. These will do 40mph in first, so they might not get off the line so well. But on the highway, once you get going into the 30mph range, it is like a rocket, it pulls and pulls.
Sure, obviously 40 years later there are faster cars. Duh. But there is a fun factor to these old cars that will never be replicated.
back in college I had an old 1972 Dodge Polara ex cop car.. I got through my uncle who was then Sheriff of our home county.. .. it was a fast car with the factory Police package 440 Interceptor under the hood.
Sorry. Now that the video is over Im a fan. That lady really pushed it. The burnout was epic and it did it so easy! Awesome car weirdos!
When I was a kid I remember seeing an article on this car in Car & Driver magazine. Loved the car it looked mean. Now I know its exact spec thanks to these guys. Thank you for enlightening me! Dave from UK
These were the perfect size police cars. Your example is a very loaded car. I’ve always loved that body style
Chrysler offered both the C-body Polara and Fury, and the B-body Coronet and Belvidere/Satellite.
In 1975, the Polara became the Royal Monaco, the Fury became the Gran Fury (the only nameplate to survive through the end, in 1989), and the B-bodies were renamed Fury and Monaco. Much like the later M-body Diplomat/Gran Fury twins, the '75-'78 Monaco/Fury were different in trimmings only.
1977 was the last year (until the 2011 LD Charger Pursuit) for police models (as opposed to police package cars).
1978 was the very last year of the E86 Police 440, and the first year for the E48 Police 318. The E48, while virtually bulletproof (pardon the pun) received a lot of raspberries from the CHP in their somewhat underpowered 1980 St Regis cruisers, but one year later, it was the darling of police fleet managers in the lighter new-for-1981 M-body squads (and - as the ELE 318 - closed out traditional Chrysler police powerplants in 1989).
The 1979 R-body St Regis/Newport was created using the B-body architecture. Available police engines were the Slant 6 (yes, true), the E47 2 bbl and E48 4bbl 318 Police V8, and the E58 360 bbl. There was no Fury in 1979. The R body was the last Chrysler RWD passenger car with longitudinal torsion bars. The F/M/J cars had transverse torsion bars.
The Electronic Lean Burn system was originally an analog spark control computer, and was one of the first of its kind in mass production vehicles. It first appeared on the 1976 400 big block, and by 1978, was standard on most 318, some 360, and most 400/440 cars. In 1980, it was redesigned as a digital system, and began to incorporate the Electronic Fuel Control system (feedback carb) in some applications. That addition became standard on all US models with a V8 in 1981, and the Slant 6 got it for its final year in US passenger cars in 1983. Although Chrysler had engineered a TBI system for the M body, intended for use in the 1986 models, bean counters held off and the cars kept their 2bbl Holley or 4bbl QJet (which replaced the ThermoQuad after 1984), with the computer still hanging off the side of the air cleaner, or up under the dash on 4bbl squads.
POLIE PACKAGE IS: A38-POLICE PCKG, 440 V8 & A727TF, PWR STEER/BRAKE, NICE!!
Fantastic! I wanted one of these for pretty much the same reasons you mentioned, from aged 8 - well, I'm 44 now, and I found one last year. Not a police package like yours, but a civilian 318, still, they are awesome menacing cars and I'm excited for you ! Great vid and great car!
Great car and great find. Thanks
Love the Monaco Police Package...that’s a beautiful car. 440 power, heavy duty suspension/cooling and utilitarian good looks. What a find.
I’ve wanted one of these for years. Back in 1997 I nearly bought a 78 440 Coronet police car as my first car...way back then they were still around. I kick myself every time I think about it.
Drove one just like that one in late '77 and '78. Sitting still they just rumbled and shook, ever so slightly. That 440 rocked me to sleep more than once working the graveyard shift running radar on the highway. Relax, I always woke up right away. These were much more nimble and quick than the '76 and earlier versions. We had these with the 383 and the 440, and those of us with seniority got the 440's. That's how fun they were. The front suspensions were prone to issues, though.
JUST one more thing.. “Punch it Baby!!” 😂 Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw in “The Getaway”..😂👍
Little known fact, this car could be ordered in canada with lean burn and cat delete but only for leo's. Hot car of the day. Freind of mine did a full blown resto on that very (canadian) model. I personally was riding shotgun when he hit 135 and STILL going.... impressive for the day.
Better drivetrain. Better brakes. Better suspension. Mopar police cars were a total package. Back in 78 car&driver had high praise for this car. Made me smile when you lit em up
Rosco P. Coltrane and Hunter would be proud of this 1978 Dodge Monaco
This is Major! This is Real This is Deep! Might as well get it out in the open- This 1978 Dodge Monaco Police Pursuit Package 440 is More than a classic police car-More than a mid-century masterpiece-This is a national treasure in the highest order
Love these cruisers!
Motor still sounds friggin awesome!!!
I had a new 318 Lean Burn 78 Monaco as a work car. There were some build issues with the car but in general I really liked the car.
Was that posi!!! Those 440’s were monsters! In my family Dad traded a beautiful 64 Imperial Crown Coupe in on a new Chrysler Town&Country Beach Wagon. That he ordered special for the additional children Mom an Dad had planned, after myself, a sister an brother, there was not enough room in the Imperial, so before minivans families bought 9 passenger wagons! This one was a beauty in dark metallic maroon with matching leather interior, every option and power everything. Towing package with hitch, wiring and a decent 3:09 posi trac! But best of all? A honking 440/4 brl dual exhaust Commando engine, marked 375 hp on the air cleaner! Plus rated at 475 lbs. ft. torque! That car could light up BOTH rear tires and not only bury the speedometer, but send the needle past the 120, into the clock to the right all the way to 3 o’clock!!! With the engine screaming! All 6 of us siblings learned how to drive in that car. Dad used it to tow the families 5,500lb wooden Lyman inboard Chrysler 440 boat, lime it wasn’t there! In 1976, when I came home after Honorable Discharge, Dad let me use the car as a daily driver, for about 6 months! Dad finally sold that car with 160,000 hard but trouble free miles, in 1982, after we were all done with it! The only problem we had with that car, other than gas, tires, brakes, oil was freeze plugs! One alternator and a starter! That was it! Ran strong till the day Dad sold it to a proud immigrant family with 6 kids also! Mater of fact Dad just about gave the father that car! I remember seeing it running around for years after! Very strong durable car! Built like pickups are now!
A good friend of mine had the Fury version of this but with a 400. It had belonged to a small Township police department. They held onto their cars longer than the State police and bigger police agencies. So the Township would get request to send this car out for high speed chases, because the newer small block cars just could not go nearly as fast.
It was also good for embarrassing Fox body V8 owners as the stock carbed 302s were not very fast.
Much more finesse than I could muster.
I learned from your struggles. -E
I grew up riding in all kinds of huge 70's cars. They all have a special place in my heart. Still nothing better for a road trip.
Hello there! I'm 48 and have recently been rewatching The A-Team, my favourite childhood programme. I've always liked the military police cars that always seemed to end up on their roofs - and I also remember them from TJ Hooker and Dukes of Hazzard, so I finally decided to look them up as I never knew what they were. This was the first video that came up when I typed Dodge Monaco.... well done, what a survivor! I so would love to own one... but it's a tough call. I live in Malta in the Mediterranean (we've always had American cop shows on our TV - in original English not dubbed) and though there's a healthy US car collector scene here (mostly Corvettes and Mustangs - though one guy has a collection of TV car replicas) locating, importing and maintaining a car like this would be too complicated. But thanks for the video - really nice to see one of these cars still looking and driving so well!
An Unmarked 78 Dodge Police Package, So Clean Great Score
I've always wanted a Dodge or Plymouth police car. They always came with the best of everything, best suspension, best engine, best cooling, best brakes.
not so much in the 80's...
I know this beauty was use as police cars on DUKES OF HAZARD, but it's was also Rick Hunter's car on HUNTER.
That car was most likely kept for the detective unit of a police department or any related government agency that had access to purchase and used similar vehicles. Regardless, it’s an amazing time capsule. That electronic spark control/lean burn was a dysfunctional nuisance and almost always swithced over to regular electronic ignition. Having driven numerous HP 440, 360 and 318 cars, Mopars were by far the best of the bunch back then. Flip the lid on the air cleaner of any 440 with a thermoquad and I swear you can see the hood buckle when those secondaries open up. Great video. Enjoy that ride, she’s a beauty.
I can identify. When I was in college, the motor pool had a retired SCHP LTD with a 460 in it. That car was scary fast and quick. The 225 net hp they said it had was pretty funny.
STEEL CARS WITH STEEL ENGINES
NOT THE PLASTIC KRAPS OF TODAY THAT BREAK ALL THE TIME AND CHARGE YOU A MINT
@@ekop1778 I think you are wrong! My wife's "plastic" Subaru has 250,000 miles and haven't fixed anything besides brakes and tires. My old cars on the other hand, are far from reliable. I don't leave the house without a small toolbox and fire extinguisher.
@@tlr-nut7275 I GOT ONE TOO A SUBIE 2018 WITH 6 RECALLS SO FAR
NOT EVEN 16K ON IT
LIKE SUBIES BUT
STEEL ONES ILL TAKE ANY DAY OVER PLASTICS SCHTITS ON THE ROAD
@@tlr-nut7275 every modern car I buy is completely finished before 250,000 . My old Australian built Chrysler regal se with a hot 360 has million and 30,000 k's on it. Rebuilt it 30 years ago, not much went wrong with it. Did a couple of ignition modules and the usual brakes and suspension. I buy new cars so I don't have to get my Chrysler dirty but they fall apart and I'm still driving the Chrysler to work. I really hate working on modern cars.
@@petergoodwin2465 < Buy a Toyota.
What a rare find. In such great shape to. Love the fact it has the 440 and the sound of the carbs and the tires breaking loose is music to my ears.
Just an awesome example... fantastic piece of history ! I'd love to own it.
My brother got a 78 Fury Virginia state truper car like this one. Yanked the engine out and replaced the cam, pistons , rods ( thay were 6pack rods to heavy)and heads. Trashed the lean burn carb and replaced it with a Holly 850 double pumper. Now we had a Monster sleeper! It would try to suck the hood into the intake! And would bery that 140 mph speedometer quickly!
Great car, wish we still had ours.
You could tell a MOPAR starting from blocks away. That patented *ING ING ING ING VROMMM* starter noise that nobody else had.
I remember hearing a MOPAR starting in a grocery store lot. Although my 72 Chevelle does not start like a Mopar, I am glad I kept her.
I love how the climate control is all the way on the left hand side where the wife can't get a hold of it.
Underrated innovation
Or if you’re a cop.. your partner
Chadpilled car design.
Chadpilled car design
I had a 78 Dodge Aspen Police Interceptor. It was a county sheriff car in Indiana. They took out the 360 and put a 440 in it from a wrecked 1971 Dodge Interceptor that the Aspen replaced. It could do mid 12's in the quarter with drag radials. It wasn't worth trying on regular street tires. I sold the motor and transmission and put a 340 in it. That was a perfect match.
Oh wow, love that car, I remember seeing these and Plymouth furys in a lot of television shows back when I was a kid and I'm also a big fan of the R-bodied Dodge St. Regis and the R-bodied Plymouth fury, I own a 2001 Ford Crown Victoria P71 and they're very popular cars as well😊😊❤❤👍👍
I love how you guys did the 80's car chase stuff at the end! Peel out then, perfect! "Get on it again like your going after the violator" - felt like we were about to go Code 3 in the 1980s. Love it! I truly wish I could own one of those. Always loved the 78 Fury...
I'm having flashbacks of the tv show Hunter from my childhood
I've just bought a 70 'Cuda 340 with a 440 HP, I wasn't so excited about that swap but upon running the numbers, it's from a 78 car made in Lynch Road, so a 78 Fury or Monaco, which means a Police Patrol car. I can't wait to try it ! The car is a project so I haven't been able to test it yet but it runs and drives.
Makes me miss my 77 fury, but it had the leaning tower of power.
I made the IG screen shot! 🤘😁🤘
The Leaning tower of power was a great engine you not going to win races but you were good to go A to B without engine issues I'm a big fan of the slant 6 my first car a 1979 Dodge Aspen had the super ix in it and never had any engine issues and would start right up in the dead of winter I loved that thing
I had one from a city auction($850 if I recall)they were black and white while in duty but they painted the doors and roof matching black to sell so it looked like a slick top ghost car,added bonus was the entire back had been removed and renovated for K9 including a sliding partition that came intact,didn't hurt that I had great German Shepard at the time(why I bought it so I could transport him) Fun vehicle,and you could park anywhere.
I cannot believe you came from my loins !!!!!!
They were all in Pontiacs.
I learned to drive in a 1977 Fury. Cool
Tell Tom congrats of the sweet score and glad he was able to fulfill a childhood dream of his. Hug the pups for me! 😁
Very nice. I know these are considered the smaller Monacos but they are still a huge car. She moves pretty dang good!
That’s true! I have basically the same car. A 1976 Coronet retired CHP police car. It is as long as my 69 Charger. It doesn’t look like it but in person, the front end huge!
omg thats great lov those old plymouth/chrysler power 440 awsume video
I love you guys !! That car is so much up my alley.1978, I had drivers ed in one of those, and like Tom, I wanted one so bad. I had to settle for a 73 Coronet Custom. I know Tom cringed at beginning of Beverly Hills Cop when they were smashing those babies with the big GMC Semi, lol lol. They even smashed the little Diplomats. CPD put awesome heat in those cars and they starts every time, especially in the cold. good find & luck !!!!!
Our department bought some 1978 Plymouth Fury's with the 440 pursuit package. Me and my best friend had one, they would go like raped apes but the brakes were not real great plus the brakes squeaked while patrolling around town late at night. When we first got them the computer systems were often going out and would not allow them to start. When running though they hauled ass and handled real well. I had a 1973 Dodge with 440 before that. Loved the sound of the big Mopar.
Ah, the sound of the “Highland Park hummingbird” as a Mopar starter was known.
Back in the late ‘70’s these populated the taxicab fleets I drove while in college. Nobody but me would drive the 440 equipped cars because of MPG concerns - they all preferred the 360 equipped Polaras. I discovered that if I could keep my foot out of it the 440 cars would get better MPG than the beat to death others.
Then they switched to diesel Peugeots. The finest French engineering in the hands of hack mechanics and drivers with predictable results.
"we're on a mission from god" nice ride!
That is a nice ride !
That's a sweet ride. I daily a 2013 Charger Pursuit, cop cars are fun.
Back in Mass, I had a buddy with a late 80s (88 or 89) Crown Vic with the 351 and old Mass State Police cruiser. I *think* it had a factory 4 barrel, it was a very cool car. Handled well, and could hit 120-125
I came here because I wanted to check what kind of car my father used to have in the 70s here in the Netherlands. It was indeed a Dodge Monaco but green. Although the name is 'Monaco', very few of these cars drove here in Europe. Much more Mercedes or BMW. I remember that we went on holiday to Austria via the German 'Autobahn' and there he drove full throttle I think, there was no speed limit, but he could not see how fast he was going because the pointer of the speedometer did not go beyond 190 km/h. But we drove 200 km in less than an hour… lol
"We better go home before the actual police officers show up" lol
just found your channel,....wow this car is so nice,...the pattern in the seat material,..wow !,.i also found out that,....you are one lucky dude Tom,......Elana is so COOL,...a 10 !!!! thanx for sharing this video,...cant wait to see the others.
In Iowa State Patrol we had full wheel covers , All troopers had the nice interior and was issued to all ,yes it was fast new with light bar 134 MPH
It had the full wheel covers when the previous owner got it. Also, it used to have a light bar with two large lights I believe and some kind of light on the right front fender. Can you confirm what the fender light or siren might have been? Thanks for watching!
Owned the Coronet version when stationed at Norton AFB in so cal (circa 1986). Mine was a 1976. The 440 was a monster!