What's Inside a Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor? | AnthonyJ350
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- We take a look at the classic Ford Crown Victoria panther platform Police Car and observe it's design and features which help make it the king of Police vehicles for such a long time.
The key thing about the Crown Vic is that it's such a tough vehicle. The car can just take such a high level of abuse which reduces down time and maximizes service time. The large dimensions of the vehicle help with storage and ergonomics while using it. This style of V8, full frame, RWD drive car is the end of an era as most Police vehicles are unibody, AWD and typically an SUV format.
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Was given a retired rcmp 2008 p71. Now I know what exactly all the silly holes in the dash were for xD
Love the car to bits. 234 941km with 1 170 hours.
Random tidbit for the people that have one, if you thwack the fuel shutoff label in the trunk with a mallet it makes a pretty good antitheft device, or at least slow them down a bit if they don't know what they're looking for (and to test it's functionality).
Nice video and it's great to see this things still around.
Thank you! Yup there's still a few of these in service and drive pretty good still.
I bought an 2008 CVPI from a neighbour about 8 months ago.
$3000 with 118,000km and 1285 idle hours. It was a Burnaby cruiser. Must have been a detective car or something, cloth rear seats, no holes in the dash, no holes from rear partition. Great condition really for being a fleet vehicle.
I've replaced all the brake calipers/rotors/pads with higher performance. Lowered it 2". Replaced the intake manifold/gaskets, plugs/boots, water pump/thermostat, belt/tensioner/pulleys, blend door actuator/blower motor/resistor/switch, main power window switch, wiper motor/wiring harness, tires. Probably a couple other random things I'm forgetting.
This thing is a beast, super fun to rip on. I put in a ditch at 70kmh in a hard left turn, it hit something with the front right bumper and wheel, hopped out of the ditch with 100 pounds of dirt stuck in the underside (mostly in that cross member lip) and jammed in the tire beads. Passenger tires started leaking because of the dirt in the beads.
Had the tires/rims cleaned/reseated and the alignment checked. Alignment was exactly the same as my last alignment when I purchased the tires. Incredible amount of strength in that front end rear end.
My favourite car of all time, I've had about 30 vehicles in my life so far, it knocked the older Volvos' out of first place for me.
That's an amazing story! So cool to hear it had low KM and idle time. Take good care of it!
I knew the shift programming was different for police vics but not that they were again subdivided to patrol -type and whatever the other one was you mentioned.
I understand Ford has the tuning programs for each VIN available on line, at least as it came from factory.
This is 2 years after your video (assuming that’s when you taped it) and I love that you featured an (ex?) Mountie car still in “dress uniform”. Must be a BC car based on low “rust/km” ratio.
I wonder if the RC’s stockpiled Vics for later use once the end was in site. Newspaper articles on line mention Toronto and London PD’s. did.
I have an ex-OPP unmarked grey 2011 Vic I got 3 yrs ago, retired from service 2019. Works great as you say, having just made a second annual drive to Nova Scotia with it last month. Drove direct to Peterborough from Annapolis valley 18 hours continuous, minus stops for fuel etc.
This was an active car. There's still a few Crown Vics serving my area. In a lot of ways it's still a better police vehicle than the new stuff.
They're tougher and take more abuse and light hits better than the current Explorer Interceptor in my opinion from what we see come through the shop.
Love getting to see stuff like this. Have my own Crown Vic down here in Las Vegas Nevada. Was a local patrol car with LVMPD and ive pretty much fully restored it with all the equipment. Cops love it and many ive talked too wish they still had them. Our department still has them but they are mostly just scacecrow cars in parking lots now
I work on them daily now. In a lot of ways the Crown Vic is better than the new Explorer.
The Vic is tougher, can take a hit, easier to put parts off and on. The drivetrain is a lot more simple as well and handles better.
@@AnthonyJ350 agreed. Most cops I've talked too say the same thing as well
@@vegascvpiaaron6807 Also it being body on frame means the structure doesn't get compromised in a hit as easily. Smack a quartet panel on the new Explorer, it's usually a write off.
And the new vehicles just don't have the same quality or durability.
@@AnthonyJ350 yeah it's a shame really
I’m not sure where you heard about the “Highway patrol tune” but I don’t think that is correct. There wasn’t really different tunes for the car, but there was different gearing options. These cars had two rear gear ratios, 3.27 and 3.55s. Standard these cars came with 3.27 gears which were good for highway cruising and 3.55s which had slightly better off the line and low end performance. Great video and it’s nice to see these things still in action. Crown Vics are exceptionally rare to see on service where I live.
It's anecdotal. That's coming from my boss who has been building law enforcement vehicles for 12 years. He had this weird one came in and the officer said it was order with a performance tune. It's not far fetched since civilian vehicles are programmed for economy. The sedan Tauruses drive so different from the regular versions, mainly shift points are altered and I'm sure timing and throttle response is altered.
I've had 2 of my personal vehicles dyno tuned and they drive so much better and different.
Down here in Florida, it's pretty easy to get retired Crown Victoria police cars. White seems to be the common color with the front bumper ram bar.
Right on, ya white is definitely the predominant colour these came in. I think they look so much better with the push bar on as well.
I have a 2009 CVPI I bought in 2017 with 62k, this October makes 5 years and now 125k, been a GREAT car! I’ve got 3.55’s, Bench Seat, Rug, Cruse Control. Runs AMAZING, very easy to maintain 👍
They are great cars
2008+ Police only for Crown Vic was in Canada....ONLY. In the US, Crown Vic LX in various trim levels was sold right up until the end, but in Canada, only the Mercury Marquis version was sold to civilians. Corporate accounts could ALSO buy the Crown Vic LX in the same trim levels as the Mercury in Canada, but not individuals. Strange marketing....for a car that was actually MADE in Canada. I have a 2003 LX for a daily driver....I HAD a 2009 LX but it got broad-sided...by one of those idiots who cut through parking spaces without looking, at high rates of speed. The Crown Vic Sport had buckets and a floor shifter, the police vehicles have column shifts because most police agencies installed consoles in between the seats that ran right up to the dash, for sirens, radios, etc.
Thanks for sharing!
I love that car, I own one, it just hit 232,000 miles
Nice! How long have you owned it for?
@@AnthonyJ350 3 years
@@infinity3jif Nice! Ya I want to build one
Car is really great.I have got Mercury Grand Marqis LS ~ 89000 miles,and... i'm from Poland.
That's awesome!
@@AnthonyJ350 The best thing is that no one know a badge on the car.When somone ask "What is your ride?"Next question is "What?" ;-).
@@TheBarth79 I bet that car looks so unique in your country.
They need to bring them back dawg I want one so bad
Mercury Marauders are cool cars too.
Yeah fr there the fast ones
@@evancoop918 There's a manual transmission swap kit for these cars too. I think that would be so much fun to drive.
Like yr video. Excellent ! Correction. Vics 2008 model and on not sold to public last yr for Marauder 2004 I have one and a Vic with 241,000 on clock.
Seeing lots of them used by small police depts still.
Ford made a mistake not continuing to make them in 2011.
Thanks for sharing!
It’s a shame they phased out the legend lightbar. The new lightbar they use are junk.
Depends which Whelen light bar. Check out my other videos, you see Delta and Transit Police are different than RCMP spec.
How do I know if I have a general duty mapping or a highway mapping on my ecu? Thanks!
I don't know if you can tell by looking at it. The Throttle response would be better and it would shift more aggressively when you get on it.
182000 kms and still in service. Thats crazy.
And it drove great. I keep telling people I want a Crown Vic with a 5 speed swap lol
the only problem is to buy responsibly, buy one, maybe 2 then stop and ask for help. that's how nice they are
What are you referring to?
@@AnthonyJ350 crown vics :)
@@SilverBullet93GT Thanks for clarifying!
What year is this CVPI?
This one was a 2011 I believe.
i own one!
That's awesome!
I have on it has 111.000 miles on it It's in great shape I'm going to sale it It's a 2003 i want 2500 for it
Nice!
It was 2007 the last year they were sold to the public
Thanks for the feedback!
Also 2011?
That it will be crushed?
@@AnthonyJ350 no the year of the car I think I saw the big head rests
@@scabbythecrownvic I see, gotcha
Who came up with the name panther platform? It doesn't look like a cat to me.
And Fox Body Mustangs don't look like foxes. And the Coyote engine doesn't resemble a coyote nor sound like one.
@@AnthonyJ350 The Coyote I know sounds like a Countach.
Hardly any difference in how it's equipped vs a US car at all. Whelen, Setina, Ford...all great US brands.
Those are the brands our shop prefers because they work the best. The console we prefer are PMT (which is Canadian) we think they make the most robust consoles and are easy to reconfigure.
Sad know it will be crushed
I agree. Waste of tax payer money. They could recoop a little money if they sold it used.
@@AnthonyJ350 well they used to but then that guy went nuts in Nova Scotia. In fact the one in my videos is an ex RCMP one.
Edit: The last coloured RCMP Crown vic sold by the auction.
damn thats sad they still sell them at auctions here in ontario, but we dont have very much rcmp, maybe its an rcmp thing? I bought mine a year ago 150km $2500
no info for security reasons booooo 👎🏻
Just being honest, there's a lot we can't show.
@@AnthonyJ350 im not a mechanic but i know some tricks that i have learned by trouble in my own cars.
@@haml28 That's great! 🙂