Luv this. Really cool to hear about all the special cop spec stuff. They went all out to make these things work. Even in that big body, the 413 HP musta hauled ballz…sounded awesome no doubt
Mopar cop cars are the best! That one's pretty clean too, by my rust belt standards anyway. I'd drive that like a princess in a parade every single day.
Very cool! As a point of reference, it took SMS 33 months to get me door panels for the '68 300 convertible I bought from you. Pricey, but worth the wait. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
You had to be a fleet buyer to spec them like this. Top motor in a 64 880 was a 383-2, only police package could get the 413. Found a 64 880 4 speed convertible and it was a 2 bbl!
Cool car, my friend’s dad was a Detroit Cop starting in the late 60’s and told me about the big police cars with the 440’s. He also bought a 69 Charger new and owned it for 3 years (sounds funny but that’s what he did).
I remember these prowling the freeways and highways of Southern California! They were replaced by the '67 Olds, first time Olds Division won the contract since 1954.
The early 60s is an interesting era for Mopar. Like you said, the 62-64 Dodge 880 was a stopgap styling job because of the downsizing and weird styling of the "standard" Dodge and Plymouth, but I really like the looks of the 63-64 Dodge. They cleaned up the front end very nicely and replaced the fins with a fairly clean rear end, and it came out really well considering how cobbled together it was. Just as interesting was the 62 Chrysler. Ironically, the rear portion of the car borrowed some of the 61 Dodge (minus the weird reverse fins) and kept the 61 Chrysler front end. It wasn't all that bad looking, again considering the situation.
Those 62 Chryslers and Dodge 880s were known as the Plucked Chickens because of the loss of their 61 predecessor's fins. From the windshield back the 62 880 was the same as the 62 Chrysler, and in 63 and 64, was an update of that car, unlike the 63 - 64 Chryslers. If the DeSoto hadn't been dropped, what became the Dodge 880 would have been the 62 DeSoto, but with a more Chrysler-looking front end. If there was a 62 880 with a DeSoto still around, it probably would have had it's own rear styling.
The Montana license shows the car was registered in Hill County, County seat Havre with a 12 license, about 110 miles NE of Great Falls. This car would be perfect for hilly route 87 and Havre driver's penchant for passing on hills. The car was registered in or after 1976, as the plate is from the Bicentennial.
I understand 1964 was the last year of the “typewriter” push button transmission control. And it was the only year in which they had a “park“ button as well as reverse, drive, and low gears. Therefore all Chrysler corporation cars with automatics from 1956 to 1963 had to have a DAMN good parking break.
Congratulations! Only a handful of CHP survivors out there. I hate the term "Holy Grail", but yes, any sixties era CHP Dodge fits the Holy Grail category. I own a 61 CHP Polara and its a blast!!!!! AND! Yes, SMS sucks, will not do business with them.
I just love old police units I once knew a mechanic that owned/owns 2 1982 dodge Polaris or something like that he told me that he bought them at an auction as pair they were formal Oklahoma highway patrol one of them even had the original unit number on the roof,both black and white units
Those Police cars had lots of cool features. Hoping Jamie can get the 413 going. Those same rust-inducing insulated rubber floor mats that were spec'd for that '79 RC of mine you looked at....arrrgh!....at least no nasty shag carpet though.
We ran our police cars pretty much 24/7, washed three times a day. Only taxis work as hard as police cars. The worst problem we had was Fords in the 1970’s shifting themselves into reverse when idling. This led to many accidents and one vehicle even drove itself over a cliff. Rear axles on the Ramblers were a common failure. All considered, police vehicles held up well under endless extreme conditions.
One reason I like CHP and Washington State Patrol cars is that they only had one officer driving them, got WAY better taken care of. Oregon State Patrol has a shift system with the cars they use and they are always in way worse shape when sold.
The greenhouse on these looks so dated. But Dodge did a a good job drawing attention in way with the body styling. I’m guessing they put caps on the fender emblem studs so when they threw perps across the hood they didn’t stab them. Also, they could possibly partially block the beams of the spotlights.
Your video & information reminds me of Jay Leno . He does lots of 60's cop car vids too. Early 60's Mopars are so cool. Ty for the learning & small escape back in time . Hi Hemi /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\
Better look could perhaps maybe better with a freash Land Scapping theme. Curb Appeal after all. Shazam!. Great find well done! Any Curb Appeal not right away. Thank You! Excellent stuff, why we watch!
Elwood Engel took over in the last stages of the car being put out and had a lot of influence. He did the 1960 Lincoln continental. Only so much you could do with this platform.
Those trunk emblems are unubtainium. I have a 64 880 and live in Canada, they weren't sold here, so parts aren't easy to come by. Great driving cars though, nice cruisers. Mine doesn't have the fancy upgrades though 😢 Also fun fact - the front and rear bumpers are the same. I currently have a front bumper on the back of my car. LOL
I don't remember those taillights I do remember the previous dodge 880 taillights I believe they use the Michigan State police as a template for police cars nowadays
Could be. Michigan back then did all the testing, at least by the late 60’s and gives kinda neat historical info on what the real performance was of these cars.
Tom I’m hoping you guy’s do a video on getting the dodge 880 engine unstuck be I also have the 440 in my 1967 imperial that stuck and I’m hoping I can also get mine freed up without taking the engine apart
I would love to to see one of these with the unit number and marking still visible I really love this car just as much as I love the 2 units the mechanic I knew had
Thanks for the video. It is interesting that they updated the 62 Chrysler coming up with the Dodge 880 and it is also interesting that they updated the 1961 Dodge Polara and came up with the 1962 Chrysler. That was their quick fix to get rid of the out-of-style tailfins on the 1961 Chrysler. It is also interesting that the same 1960-61 Plymouth versions of the above cars came in a 118 inch wheelbase. To further confuse things, the 1960-61 full-size Dodge Dart models had that same 118 inch wheelbase while the slightly upscale Dodge Polara came on the 122 inch wheelbase. Dad almost bought a 62 Dodge 880, but being a Plymouth man, waited for the updated 63 Plymouth Fury. It was a much more attractive car than the 62 Plymouth.
So... how much did these 880's share with the same year Chrysler Newports.... the heal pad on my parents '64 Custom 880 4 dr hardtop had the Newport 3 crowns logo! Not a Dodge logo. I seem to recall we always had to buy "police brake" parts too. The 4 dr hardtop had a more graceful roofline and a different rear window than the post sedans. BTW: the NJ troopers used similar 880's and Newports. I worked with a guy whose father owned the dealership that delivered some of these to NJ.
Newports are in the same platform so they are very similar. Chrysler had longer wheel base, different dash and front and rear sheet metal but the frame, front stub and green house are identical. Yep 11x3 heavy duty brakes! When the GTO had 9 inch brakes standard. Chrysler always had better engineering.
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍. As a kid in NY me and my buddy’s would pick the vehicles that were cool and different ! Police cars because of the paint jobs fell into different. California black & whites ok , NYC black-Dk Green we’re just ugly so the models you list the color made really ugly ! This video is very interesting & very informative ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍
@@rocketresto I remember seeing a article from 1971 and they were covering the upcoming 72s , I wish I could remember the magazine but they had a 6 barrel 72 fury police package highlighted....that would really be grailish!
Interesting back story on these police dodges. I already knew some of it, but not to the detail level you supplied. I have seen a few of these dodges, but not the police ones. They aren’t the prettiest cars, but their styling looks better now than it did 50 years ago.
I know that the 1967 Coronets had a build sheet on the rear seat back. Did the 1964’s also have a build sheet there too? That would be an interesting discovery!
If you think that the 62 Dodge Custom 880 was a rush job, look closely at the 62 Chryslers. The passenger cars are 61 Dodge bodies, encluding the trunk lid, rear filler panel and rear bumper. The front clip and dashboard are 61 Chrysler. Only the rear quarter panels are new sheet metal. The wagons are 61 Dodge bodies with 61 Plymouth quarters and tailgates and 61 Chrysler front clips.
Growing up in Northern Wisconsin then moving to the Minneapolis / ST. Paul area when I was 16 (in 1969) Dodges were not as popular as Plymouths 63- 65. I learned to drive on city streets from my grandmother in her then new 64 Belvedere when I was 11 yrs old. Makes me wonder if this was a common regional thing- where some car models - like this one in the video- are rare in some parts of the country, but popular in other parts. But - on the other hand- Darts were very popular. That Dodge seems much longer than a 64 Belvedere or Fury...?
Great video on a great find! I waited 3 years for SMS to send me seat material for my 64 Imperial. I think it does work, as someone else said, to call them and ask what's going on. I hate the term " holy grail" too. It's overused almost as much as "basically " ( no offense).
Maybe It's time to try some evapo rust in spark plug holes. I bought some a while back. Wasn't super impressed on what it did to my vintage Briggs & Stratton gas tank, but it helped.
Had to smile on your comment about speeding tickets. Your showing your younger age, referring to 55 mph. speed limits Lol. That dodge needed that 413 for a reason, At least out west the new Interstate freeway systems going in the sixties were designed for speed limits of 70 and 75 mph depending on the area. The 55 mph speed limit wasn’t a thing until the seventies ! 73 or later due to the Opec fuel shortage. So if a police car had any chance of even pulling over a speeder out on the freeway, going up against all of the other powerful engines of the day. It needed all of that 413.
Blue lights did not appear on police vehicles until the mid-1970's. And yes, the reason😮🎉 there were no gumball lights on these cars because of areodynamics and to sneak up on speeders.
Tom, I am almost positive that the 64 Custom 880 used 63 Chrysler bumpers front and rear. I know that the 63, with the new front clip, used 63 Chrysler front bumpers with the same optional bumper guards, but still used the 61 Dodge rear bumper.
35 years ago, I bought a new headliner from the entity in question and received a pre-stained headliner and an offer of a partial refund or one in a different color. It seems they had the material, that had long ago been stained, and they just went with it, sewing it up presuming I'd be ok with stains in a light colored fabric. They offered one in a slightly different color. I took the refund and left with a corrected impression of the place. I think the way to buy is to go there directly, ask to see the material and buy then and there for the whole amount needed.
@@rocketresto Thats an easy plug to get started firing. The really cool stuff they do is di-electric embossing. If a guy could get one of those machines, one could pump out door cards all day. I found a company in Beaverton that sells a hardboard, very similar to the auto industry used. To make the dies, a mold is made from an existing embossed piece of vinyl. Melt down some lead(?) into the molds and you're set for life with the pattern for that specific car model.
@@rocketresto a 2nd thought on that, a digitized di-electric embosser would be an improved idea. It would eliminate the mold process if something like a 3D printer could be adapted to print out the embossed design that could be bonded as a backing to a flat and suitably trimmed sheet of vinyl .
Had a 63 880 with a 361, and it ran like mad, even overall performance was what you would have expected from a 413, don't know how they did it but that big tank would give a stock Camaro a run for it's money, but on top end the Camaro would only see tailights. Buddy had Camaro with a 350 and it simply could just outrun me for the first 1/4 mile but after that it was topped out, but if you look at the final gearing it was logical.
Think maybe some elements but it’s really a bunch of 61 Dodge parts (entire front clip, interior and dash) on a 62 Chrysler body with different tail lights.
Probably true, as it is the same car with different styling details as the 62 Chrysler, and from 1933 on, the Desoto was a Chrysler-based car, except for the 57 - 59 Firesweep. That car was Dodge-based and ruined DeSoto's reputation.
NOTE: This `64 Dodge 880 police pkg sedan doesn't HAVE "413HP". That's the cubic-inch displacement of the V8 engine! Factory, rated around 380HP when new.
Who doesn't love a cop car....🤨🤔....you know what I mean! 😉😆😂 Where I grew up in Sweden (I live in Glasgow, Scotland these days), that town was...is, a MOPAR stronghold and one my colleagues and friends at my old work is huge Mopar fan and one of his pals was drag racing '68 or '69 Barracuda with a Hemi, I still remember to this day painting those massive valve covers in that black paint and hearing church and choir music while doing it! 😉 Aaaannd, one of my best, closest, friends has a '57 Chrysler 300C and a '57 New Yorker (four door), I think that his 300C is one of very few painted brown from factory...I'm not jealous at all, not one bit, nope....😉😆😂 Needless to say, even for the size, that 300C hauls some serious ass when flored....DAAAAAAMN! 😳😲
I like it when you nerd out on stuff like this too.
Have a lot of fun doing these.
If knowledge is nerdy- then count me a nerd. More information = better understanding.
Excellent and informative video on this 60 year/ old CHP cruiser Can’t be more than a handful left. Worth saving!
@@jeffreyvietzke228 💓💓💓
Luv this. Really cool to hear about all the special cop spec stuff. They went all out to make these things work. Even in that big body, the 413 HP musta hauled ballz…sounded awesome no doubt
Chrysler had by far the best engineered police package cars. Heavy cars but top speed was awesome.
413 cubic inches, not 413 horses.
@@jamesbosworth4191 yea...i mean 413 High Performance
Very cool piece! Can't wait to see it brought back. Thanks Tom, great video.
I agree Matt
When I was in high school in 1967, a buddy of mine had one of these he bought from an auction - trust me, that thing would MOVE!
The 413 HP motor moved these things pretty good.
I still have my Dad's old 1973 Dodge Polara California Highway Patrol Car 440 100 % numbers matching.
@@norrismulgrew859really? That’s awesome! Would love to see a picture.
Love the style of this car. So clean. Elegant but not too fancy.
Very cool.... recall a 71 Polara law enforcement in a driveway forever the guy never wanted to move
I'd love to see it restored, it's a great candidate. What a bonus that you got the rare single officer model with the front spare tire carrier! ; - )
My dad had one on the road from Sept 69 to summer of 85. Was rusty but not super bad. Believe it or not. I loved/lived it as a kid.
I betcha those fender top emblems were removed so that an officer wouldn't catch himself on it when running by. Cool video!
Very possible.
This is a real score, be nice too see it on the road 😊
🤞 we can get the motor free
I wish I had paid this much attention to my teachers in school, thanks for the lesson.
Thanks for paying attention!
Hey Tom,thanks for the background history lesson
That's a really nice car Tom, hope to see it more
Hoping we can get the motor free.
Wow, 5 years! That's crazy, and here I thought Laysens and Firm Feel were pretty bad at shipping stuff in a reasonable amount of time.
Firm feel tries, Laysons and SMS on the other hand…
I love these!! The back window and tail lights!!i would leave it just the way it is just make it mechanical sound 👍🏻✌🏻
Think that’s the plan.
Absolutely 💯 love this content !!
Thanks Tom
Very cool Tom, look forward to seeing more
Great detail on the car & I really liked hearing of the corporate circumstances surrounding that production year.
60-64 was a very turbulent time at Chrysler.
I like learning about build tags. This things cool, Cop cars are always awesome! cheerz
Mopar cop cars are the best! That one's pretty clean too, by my rust belt standards anyway. I'd drive that like a princess in a parade every single day.
Very clean!
I did own a 1964 dodge that was a former state police vehicle! That was the fastest car that i did own
They are great cars.
Very cool! As a point of reference, it took SMS 33 months to get me door panels for the '68 300 convertible I bought from you. Pricey, but worth the wait. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Ya you really have to bug them.
Awesome video sir. Quick question...could civilians spec a car out with the police options?
It was possible through the fleet order department.
You had to be a fleet buyer to spec them like this. Top motor in a 64 880 was a 383-2, only police package could get the 413. Found a 64 880 4 speed convertible and it was a 2 bbl!
I had a 64 Custom 880 4 door, hard top,it was one of the best vehicles l have ever owned.
They look really good in a hardtop.
In the 80s, I would see quite a few 62 - 64 Dodge 880s and 62 Chryslers, more than same era Plymouths and "Plodges".
Cool car, my friend’s dad was a Detroit Cop starting in the late 60’s and told me about the big police cars with the 440’s. He also bought a 69 Charger new and owned it for 3 years (sounds funny but that’s what he did).
That’s about all they lasted in Detroit.
Great job with the video, and good information, thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Holy crap is that thing straight and solid! Well minus the twisty front bumper, but man is it in nice shape!
Bumper is easy to change, dents and rust not so much.
I remember these prowling the freeways and highways of Southern California! They were replaced by the '67 Olds, first time Olds Division won the contract since 1954.
Think that was a political thing, you always bought Dodges you need have to buy something else!
@@rocketresto They did in '69...Mercs with 428s.
@@desertbob6835that was actually 1970, Polara’s in 69 (I have one!)
That is one sweet cop car.
Can't wait to see her run.
🤞 we can get it to turn
The early 60s is an interesting era for Mopar. Like you said, the 62-64 Dodge 880 was a stopgap styling job because of the downsizing and weird styling of the "standard" Dodge and Plymouth, but I really like the looks of the 63-64 Dodge. They cleaned up the front end very nicely and replaced the fins with a fairly clean rear end, and it came out really well considering how cobbled together it was. Just as interesting was the 62 Chrysler. Ironically, the rear portion of the car borrowed some of the 61 Dodge (minus the weird reverse fins) and kept the 61 Chrysler front end. It wasn't all that bad looking, again considering the situation.
The Exner to Elwood Engel transition was a little rough in areas.
Those 62 Chryslers and Dodge 880s were known as the Plucked Chickens because of the loss of their 61 predecessor's fins. From the windshield back the 62 880 was the same as the 62 Chrysler, and in 63 and 64, was an update of that car, unlike the 63 - 64 Chryslers. If the DeSoto hadn't been dropped, what became the Dodge 880 would have been the 62 DeSoto, but with a more Chrysler-looking front end. If there was a 62 880 with a DeSoto still around, it probably would have had it's own rear styling.
The Montana license shows the car was registered in Hill County, County seat Havre with a 12 license, about 110 miles NE of Great Falls. This car would be perfect for hilly route 87 and Havre driver's penchant for passing on hills. The car was registered in or after 1976, as the plate is from the Bicentennial.
Thanks for the info. My buddy I got it from lives in Chinook.
My late best friend had a old Dodge Polaris ex cop car as his first vehicle.Brings back memories.
POLARA, POLARIS is a snowmobile, not a DODGE.
@@markreisen7038 My bad we're talking about things that happened back in 1977.
Super solid Mopar. The Leece-Neville alternator was the hot set up back in the sixties. Had one on my 66 Galaxie 428 cop car.
They put out a lot more power.
I had a 64 Custom 880 back in 1970. Had a 361 push button automatic.
They are well built cars.
I understand 1964 was the last year of the “typewriter” push button transmission control. And it was the only year in which they had a “park“ button as well as reverse, drive, and low gears. Therefore all Chrysler corporation cars with automatics from 1956 to 1963 had to have a DAMN good parking break.
Congratulations! Only a handful of CHP survivors out there. I hate the term "Holy Grail", but yes, any sixties era CHP Dodge fits the Holy Grail category. I own a 61 CHP Polara and its a blast!!!!! AND! Yes, SMS sucks, will not do business with them.
Found another 61 CHP car a couple years ago, unfortunately it wasn’t savable.
@@rocketresto I know of a least 2 more, only one is savable
I just love old police units I once knew a mechanic that owned/owns 2 1982 dodge Polaris or something like that he told me that he bought them at an auction as pair they were formal Oklahoma highway patrol one of them even had the original unit number on the roof,both black and white units
Unusual, most had all that stuff taken off or covered up
Those Police cars had lots of cool features.
Hoping Jamie can get the 413 going.
Those same rust-inducing insulated rubber floor mats that were spec'd for that '79 RC of mine you looked at....arrrgh!....at least no nasty shag carpet though.
Shag had its day and that’s no longer today
We ran our police cars pretty much 24/7, washed three times a day. Only taxis work as hard as police cars. The worst problem we had was Fords in the 1970’s shifting themselves into reverse when idling. This led to many accidents and one vehicle even drove itself over a cliff. Rear axles on the Ramblers were a common failure. All considered, police vehicles held up well under endless extreme conditions.
One reason I like CHP and Washington State Patrol cars is that they only had one officer driving them, got WAY better taken care of. Oregon State Patrol has a shift system with the cars they use and they are always in way worse shape when sold.
The greenhouse on these looks so dated. But Dodge did a a good job drawing attention in way with the body styling. I’m guessing they put caps on the fender emblem studs so when they threw perps across the hood they didn’t stab them. Also, they could possibly partially block the beams of the spotlights.
I mean it was dated at this point, it's the same greenhouse that debuted in 1960 but they did a fairly good job of making it not look like that.
Your video & information reminds me of Jay Leno . He does lots of 60's cop car vids too. Early 60's Mopars are so cool. Ty for the learning & small escape back in time . Hi Hemi /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\
He had a 69 Polara CHP on, very cool video.
@@rocketresto I saw that video too 👍
Yes, would have had a Leece-Neville alternator. Necessary due to the two way radio equipment and sirens installed.
Know they used them later on CHP cars, very hard to find now.
I love the 880's
A 1964 Dodge Custom 880 2 door coupe is a thing of beauty.
Better looking than the 4 door.
I had exactly that, in white. My first car.
Love hearing the history
Better look could perhaps maybe better with a freash Land Scapping theme. Curb Appeal after all. Shazam!. Great find well done! Any Curb Appeal not right away. Thank You! Excellent stuff, why we watch!
I had a tough time seeing the traditional Mopar lines.
It kinda reminded of Buick from some angles.
Elwood Engel took over in the last stages of the car being put out and had a lot of influence. He did the 1960 Lincoln continental. Only so much you could do with this platform.
I saw a video here about the 1969 Polara used by the CHP. One item of interest,no power steering.
Yep, no power steering on this one either. They didn’t get it till 72 I think.
Those trunk emblems are unubtainium. I have a 64 880 and live in Canada, they weren't sold here, so parts aren't easy to come by. Great driving cars though, nice cruisers. Mine doesn't have the fancy upgrades though 😢
Also fun fact - the front and rear bumpers are the same. I currently have a front bumper on the back of my car. LOL
Thanks for the info, guess I’ll start looking for that emblem!
I love the 2 door Imperial in the background.
It’s a clean car
@@rocketresto Is the Imperial in the background a 1967?
@@48northphotography568
it is those Tough looking tires that give it MT Police Car look.
Awesome car! I would love to have one!
You have me convinced I need a cop car in my life.
You do!
I don't remember those taillights I do remember the previous dodge 880 taillights
I believe they use the Michigan State police as a template for police cars nowadays
Could be. Michigan back then did all the testing, at least by the late 60’s and gives kinda neat historical info on what the real performance was of these cars.
Elwood would approve! Jake might take convincing (he's a caddie man).
Tom I’m hoping you guy’s do a video on getting the dodge 880 engine unstuck be I also have the 440 in my 1967 imperial that stuck and I’m hoping I can also get mine freed up without taking the engine apart
Been soaking it for a week, going to try again tomorrow.
I would love to to see one of these with the unit number and marking still visible I really love this car just as much as I love the 2 units the mechanic I knew had
Thanks for the video. It is interesting that they updated the 62 Chrysler coming up with the Dodge 880 and it is also interesting that they updated the 1961 Dodge Polara and came up with the 1962 Chrysler. That was their quick fix to get rid of the out-of-style tailfins on the 1961 Chrysler. It is also interesting that the same 1960-61 Plymouth versions of the above cars came in a 118 inch wheelbase. To further confuse things, the 1960-61 full-size Dodge Dart models had that same 118 inch wheelbase while the slightly upscale Dodge Polara came on the 122 inch wheelbase. Dad almost bought a 62 Dodge 880, but being a Plymouth man, waited for the updated 63 Plymouth Fury. It was a much more attractive car than the 62 Plymouth.
60-63 was a very turbulent time at Chrysler.
The 60 - 62 Dodge Dart was a "Plodge" - Plymouth body with Dodge-style front and rear clips.
So... how much did these 880's share with the same year Chrysler Newports.... the heal pad on my parents '64 Custom 880 4 dr hardtop had the Newport 3 crowns logo! Not a Dodge logo. I seem to recall we always had to buy "police brake" parts too. The 4 dr hardtop had a more graceful roofline and a different rear window than the post sedans. BTW: the NJ troopers used similar 880's and Newports. I worked with a guy whose father owned the dealership that delivered some of these to NJ.
Newports are in the same platform so they are very similar. Chrysler had longer wheel base, different dash and front and rear sheet metal but the frame, front stub and green house are identical. Yep 11x3 heavy duty brakes! When the GTO had 9 inch brakes standard. Chrysler always had better engineering.
@@rocketresto The 880 had the same wheelbase as the Chrysler, 122 inches.
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍. As a kid in NY me and my buddy’s would pick the vehicles that were cool and different ! Police cars because of the paint jobs fell into different. California black & whites ok , NYC black-Dk Green we’re just ugly so the models you list the color made really ugly ! This video is very interesting & very informative ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍
Super cool car thanks for sharing ! Hope you can get it to the Ripon show in 2025
Still haven’t made it to Ripon, one of these years.
I think holy grail actually applies to 1972 440 six pack/barrel cars .
Kind of what I meant, and didn’t articulate very well, is in the world of cop cars CHP cars are always top dogs and worth the most.
@@rocketresto I remember seeing a article from 1971 and they were covering the upcoming 72s , I wish I could remember the magazine but they had a 6 barrel 72 fury police package highlighted....that would really be grailish!
Interesting back story on these police dodges. I already knew some of it, but not to the detail level you supplied. I have seen a few of these dodges, but not the police ones. They aren’t the prettiest cars, but their styling looks better now than it did 50 years ago.
It has grown on me a bit.
I know that the 1967 Coronets had a build sheet on the rear seat back. Did the 1964’s also have a build sheet there too? That would be an interesting discovery!
If you think that the 62 Dodge Custom 880 was a rush job, look closely at the 62 Chryslers. The passenger cars are 61 Dodge bodies, encluding the trunk lid, rear filler panel and rear bumper. The front clip and dashboard are 61 Chrysler. Only the rear quarter panels are new sheet metal. The wagons are 61 Dodge bodies with 61 Plymouth quarters and tailgates and 61 Chrysler front clips.
Lotta weird stuff and parts sharing those years.
Growing up in Northern Wisconsin then moving to the Minneapolis / ST. Paul area when I was 16 (in 1969) Dodges were not as popular as Plymouths 63- 65. I learned to drive on city streets from my grandmother in her then new 64 Belvedere when I was 11 yrs old. Makes me wonder if this was a common regional thing- where some car models - like this one in the video- are rare in some parts of the country, but popular in other parts. But - on the other hand- Darts were very popular. That Dodge seems much longer than a 64 Belvedere or Fury...?
Small towns tended to have whatever dealer was in town or close to town.
Tom, you need to start doing these 60's cop car vids in a corny Dragnet mid-Atlantic accent.
Not sure I have that in me 😂
Great video on a great find! I waited 3 years for SMS to send me seat material for my 64 Imperial. I think it does work, as someone else said, to call them and ask what's going on. I hate the term " holy grail" too. It's overused almost as much as "basically " ( no offense).
You have to show up in person.
Very cool!
So, it didn't have a 880 engine.
Maybe It's time to try some evapo rust in spark plug holes. I bought some a while back. Wasn't super impressed on what it did to my vintage Briggs & Stratton gas tank, but it helped.
Jamie is going to try to get it to turn tomorrow, might try something else if it doesn’t work.
Cool car!! 👍👍
Had to smile on your comment about speeding tickets. Your showing your younger age, referring to 55 mph. speed limits Lol. That dodge needed that 413 for a reason, At least out west the new Interstate freeway systems going in the sixties were designed for speed limits of 70 and 75 mph depending on the area. The 55 mph speed limit wasn’t a thing until the seventies ! 73 or later due to the Opec fuel shortage. So if a police car had any chance of even pulling over a speeder out on the freeway, going up against all of the other powerful engines of the day. It needed all of that 413.
As well as it was California “Highway” Patrol, they needed higher speeds for the…highway.
Blue lights did not appear on police vehicles until the mid-1970's. And yes, the reason😮🎉 there were no gumball lights on these cars because of areodynamics and to sneak up on speeders.
Washington state patrol went to blue lights in 71.
Tom, I am almost positive that the 64 Custom 880 used 63 Chrysler bumpers front and rear. I know that the 63, with the new front clip, used 63 Chrysler front bumpers with the same optional bumper guards, but still used the 61 Dodge rear bumper.
Not sure, I have a Hollander I can look it up. Wouldn’t surprise me they parts shared a lot of stuff on these.
I saw on FB marketplace an 880 coupe that was pretty inexpensive.
They are usually pretty cheap.
35 years ago, I bought a new headliner from the entity in question and received a pre-stained headliner and an offer of a partial refund or one in a different color. It seems they had the material, that had long ago been stained, and they just went with it, sewing it up presuming I'd be ok with stains in a light colored fabric. They offered one in a slightly different color. I took the refund and left with a corrected impression of the place. I think the way to buy is to go there directly, ask to see the material and buy then and there for the whole amount needed.
Ya don’t get me started…
@@rocketresto Thats an easy plug to get started firing. The really cool stuff they do is di-electric embossing. If a guy could get one of those machines, one could pump out door cards all day. I found a company in Beaverton that sells a hardboard, very similar to the auto industry used. To make the dies, a mold is made from an existing embossed piece of vinyl. Melt down some lead(?) into the molds and you're set for life with the pattern for that specific car model.
@@rocketresto a 2nd thought on that, a digitized di-electric embosser would be an improved idea. It would eliminate the mold process if something like a 3D printer could be adapted to print out the embossed design that could be bonded as a backing to a flat and suitably trimmed sheet of vinyl .
Had a 63 880 with a 361, and it ran like mad, even overall performance was what you would have expected from a 413, don't know how they did it but that big tank would give a stock Camaro a run for it's money, but on top end the Camaro would only see tailights. Buddy had Camaro with a 350 and it simply could just outrun me for the first 1/4 mile but after that it was topped out, but if you look at the final gearing it was logical.
Those big blocks really breathe at speed.
Was the Super Bird estate here in Spokane? If so, you are extremely lucky.
Yep south hill
@@rocketresto You are extremely lucky. You got some nice cars!
I want it.....
We all do 😂
Looks like the police cars in the original SpiderMan cartoons of the 60s.
DeSoto cars were no longer made from 1960 on. I was heart broken 😢 because I love DeSotos.
Well they made a few 61’s.
A friend who had a Chrysler Ply dealer ship told me the 62 880 was to be the Desoto May or may not be true
Think maybe some elements but it’s really a bunch of 61 Dodge parts (entire front clip, interior and dash) on a 62 Chrysler body with different tail lights.
Probably true, as it is the same car with different styling details as the 62 Chrysler, and from 1933 on, the Desoto was a Chrysler-based car, except for the 57 - 59 Firesweep. That car was Dodge-based and ruined DeSoto's reputation.
13:32, did these cars have the big mechanical sirens?
Yes they did. They went to electronic ones in the early 70's.
NOTE: This `64 Dodge 880 police pkg sedan doesn't HAVE "413HP". That's the cubic-inch displacement of the V8 engine! Factory, rated around 380HP when new.
Not referring to the horse power, referring to they are a 413 “high performance” engine, not horsepower. These are 360 horse I think?
Please give us more Chrysler Corporation history 🙏.
Will try to do more of these the video did really well.
What was this 413 rated at ?? Long rams pulled up to 380 in the Chryslers.
Probably 360 horses.
Believe it’s 360 horse power
@@rocketresto Probably, as the 65 Chrysler 300L, the last year of the letter car, lost the rams and 2nd carb and produced 360 horses.
SUPER COOL!!!
A college friend had a civilian version . Was a "Love Shak" car cause they searched about 20!
Seat not search
Seat about 20
Ya I got it, hahaha
All California emergency cars must have had a solid forward facing red which on this car was the spot light.
Yep that was the law of the land at that time.
@@rocketresto It still is. All California emergency vehicles have a solid forward facing red.
That thing looks like Rambler and Chrysler had a collaboration and this is the result.
Kinda does doesn’t it?
So this was a 413 CID?
Yes 413 HP engine
"And it's made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas"
Way before cats!
It needs Super. It will ping pretty bad on regular.
Oh man its great!
I really wish I had the money to buy one of them
That thing is cool
I would say it was a pursuit car and the lack of light bar was so the prey didn't know it was a cop car behind them.
They just didn’t use light bars back then in California, slowed the cars down.
Yeee Yeee
Love it! 😍🥰😎
Who doesn't love a cop car....🤨🤔....you know what I mean! 😉😆😂
Where I grew up in Sweden (I live in Glasgow, Scotland these days), that town was...is, a MOPAR stronghold and one my colleagues and friends at my old work is huge Mopar fan and one of his pals was drag racing '68 or '69 Barracuda with a Hemi, I still remember to this day painting those massive valve covers in that black paint and hearing church and choir music while doing it! 😉
Aaaannd, one of my best, closest, friends has a '57 Chrysler 300C and a '57 New Yorker (four door), I think that his 300C is one of very few painted brown from factory...I'm not jealous at all, not one bit, nope....😉😆😂
Needless to say, even for the size, that 300C hauls some serious ass when flored....DAAAAAAMN! 😳😲
It is interesting Supercar Blondie did a story on this car. Did you talk to her?
Nope, isn’t that just a site that takes TH-cam videos does a quick AI written article and tries to get people to click on ads?
@@rocketresto It said it was a Super Car Blondie video. It is odd.
I have a 62 413 HP that I will sell you if that wont start. I love your 64. It looks great in as is condx
Rare engine, think those were just in 300 Sports and H’s. Where u at?
@@rocketresto Thats the problem. Im in Maryland. I bought it as a rebuildable core.
@@rocketresto It was dissembled and inspected before I would agree to buy it.