Deputy Stacy and his replica '74 Dodge Monaco Patrol Car: Classic Restos - Series 41
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ม.ค. 2025
- While in Detroit for the Woodward Dream Cruise, Fletch spotted one of his all-time favourite cars, a 1974 Replica Dodge Monaco Patrol Car and started up a conversation with the owner, former Deputy Sheriff Stacy of Lapeer County Police department for 40 years.
Stacy with his son Brandon, also a Deputy Sheriff caught up with Fletch to tell the story of Sheriff Stacy and the 1974 Replica Dodge Monaco 440 V8 Patrol Car and the replica rebuild. Stacy claims these cars were as tough as they get, capable of 140mph, fast and reliable, but heavy and not known for their suspension and braking.
Fletch a confessed Blues Brother's tragic, has his very own 1974 Dodge Monaco 360 V8, not a Patrol Car but the more up-spec Custom model.
He tells the story of trying to buy the vehicle from his friend Murray Park, a well-known Mopar collector for many years. Murray finally relented, and Fletch got his dream car and brought it back home to Australia.
It has to be one of the most beautiful cars ever made.
Just FYI for the Aussies, the drilled hubcaps didn't come along until the mid- to later 1970's. The correct hubcaps for that car were non-drilled and had the Dodge insignia in the middle, with a red band around it. I can send you a picture of my brother's police car from back in the day, if you'd like. The police models had a steering wheel with a steel horn ring and a 140 mph "certified" speedometer, versus the 120 mph gauge on the civilian car. By the way, I LOVE that you Aussies are into Mopars. I hope to someday tour your country by motorcycle. God bless you!
Thank you for the video, it was refreshing hearing some folks that know how to push those cars. It's a small club.
Dahgum, I thought this was a recent episode, but it’s a year old. I still drive a 2008 Ford Crown Vic Police Interceptor for the police agency I work for and I’m doing all I can to hang onto it as long as possible. Way back in the mid-80s, almost 40 years ago, I worked at an auto parts store in Hollywood, Florida. Well, a local mechanic named Sal would frequent our store for his repair jobs and periodically he would buy and/or order the Edelbrock dual-plane intake manifold, the matching cam and lifter kit, a Holley 650 cfm carburetor, and a set of headers all for the small-block Chrysler 318 and 360 V8s. One day I asked Sal what he was doing with all those performance parts. He told me he was installing them on the Seminole Indian Tribal Police cars; back then the Tribal Police drove the 80s Plymouth Fury police cars. I doubt none of the local Police and Sheriff’s Office Agencies would be able to get away with that.
Another most informative show from Fletch, I was actually with Fletch and twelve other friendly Ozies on this Fletch Detroit tour. If you get a chance to do this next year, go for it. You will get to attend and be part of the Woodward Dream Cruise, a spectacle in itself. In addition you will get to see another 1,000 or so cars at various locations from the -20's through to today. If you enjoy good old American Cars and see Detroit for yourself and visit the original FORD Factory and other FORD sites, and much more, then I say do it. Thanks for the journey Fletch. Kind Regards Graham.
That is actually Graham Douglas, NOT Lennis, used wifes email.
@@lennisdouglas7406 SCP-973-1
Wow wow I had one of these cars and LOVED my Dodge Monaco. I was also shocked at the commercial that showed the classic Charger! Completely different from an American Charger but still so coool. I thank you for this video sir!
The Charger in Australia and Brazil was based on the A body. In Australia it was made from the Valiant. In Brazil it was from the Dart.
Pretty awesome to see a real '74 Monaco police car that's not painted up like the Bluesmoble.
not real.. its a REPLICA!
That must be SCP-973-1!!!!!!
@@WPGinterceptor460Interceptor That Looks like SCP-973-1
@@KingDragonBoyPrime1998 21:20 gives it away.....
Wow very nice Story Fletch i loved it my frind
Great video, Love and respect to you Stacy
Another great episode Fletch Thank You!
Come on man, gaping eras in the historical replay
@@broncomcbane6382 Pardon?
@@CoastalAutoReactionCAR quite a few errors in his commentary on the history of the C body and Chryslers position during the 1st few fuel crisis in 1973
Wow! I like classic police cars! Great video, thanks! (Bad boys bad boys
Watcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do
When they come for you)
Thanks for the vid, it was amazing! Im waiting another vids about the Monaco... 😍🤘
I totally agree 100%
What a beauty
Induction roar 🥰🥰🥰👌👌👌💪💪💪 it’s alive !! Unlike the injection gear now
Yes love the polish 🤩
Love the belt Buckle
Hi Dustin, thanks for your comment. Definitely agree, the belt buckle is a nice detail complementing such a legendary car. - Andres.
The Monaco was not designed to replace the Polara. It was offered as a premium trim level of Polara(since they were actually the same car from 1965-1968. I. 1969+ they were still the same car but with a unique cost effective fascia and tailpanel for fleet sales or bargain models and a more extravagant fascia for higher trim models). In 65 the Chevrolet Impala has a premium trim model Caprice and the Ford Galaxie could be loaded up with trim to the Galaxie Limited(LTD) so this gave Dodge Division a way to bring in the value buyer who wanted premium features on his fullsize family car. Plymouth did it as well segmenting the Fury into 3 specific trim lines and adding onto that ad hoc, with VIP, Sport Fury and Fury GT to compete with the many offerings from GM like the Grand Prix and Wildcat.
I'm guessing this was an A38 package, going by the white interior. That dual snorkle air cleaner is from a ca 1985-89 Dodge B series van with the 360-4V motor
BLUESBROTHERS !!!
By far my favorite car. I have a spare 440 and tranny sitting and waiting for my own 74 Monaco to drop into.
Speed DeMonaco I have a 75 royal Monaco. I made it look like the bluesmobile from the blues brothers!
Speed Demonaco nice 🤣
I need your motor and tranny for my 75 coronet
I knew a girl back when I was a teen from Lapeer Michigan anyway I love those old Monaco's
That was cool he could put a Chrysler 90s radio in it
That blue Monaco rides better than a 72 Cadillac because of thr unibody construction and Torsion bar front suspension and leaf spring rear suspension.
Go around a corner at 25mph and you will see the difference. All that Cadillac body roll and tire squeal
Owned a bunch of cars with 440 engines
I enjoy my brougham
👍🏽
My 78 Monaco 440 HP cop car was fast
A. The cars had been unibody construction since 1957 so 1974 was nothing new.
B. The 1974 models rolled out in August 1973. The fuel crisis happened from October to December 1973.
C. All the manufacturers made cars the same size during this time so Chrysler wasnt singled out for anything
D. Chryslers sales problem was because they had no models below the A body compact class to bring people at the same time. GM has the Vega as a subcompact and Nova as compact. Ford had the Pinto as the subcompact and Maverick as the compact. Chrysler only had the Dart intially then imported the Mitsubishi Colt while Plymouth imported the Hillman Cricket. But these cars should have been here 3yrs before.
Actually the 440 at that time was not available to the general public only police interceptors
not true.. the 440 was available for anybody
@@WPGinterceptor460Interceptor Yep, it was available in this model all the way until its demise after 1977
The blues mobile
SCP-973-1
Wouldn't that radar unit give you a huge brain 🧠 tumor
Started cars no oil change real dumb good way to destroy a engine
i like these things but they really copied the 71-72 buick full size car so bad its not funny lol.
"It's got a 440 cubic inch plant. It's got cop suspension, cop tires and cop shocks. Whaddya say is it the new Bluesmobile or what? "