Old police cars


I am watching this movie.... They still used those old police cars - in 1997!

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Yeah and the boys are still driving a 1969 dodge. Besides it wouldn't be the same if they used new cars.

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I noticed that. Does anyone know what kind of cars the Police Cruisers were? They kinda look like old Buicks.

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They are old Dodges. Usually Dodge Diplomats, and they look nothing like Buicks.

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also since the buget was so tight they used A LOT of stock footage form the old show.

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I agree, they should have used modern ford crown vics, or chevy caprices in this movie to make it more real.

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Almost all of the car stunts were just old footage from the show cleaned up a bit, thats why they used the same style cars.

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Well think of it this way. With Bo and Luke away from Hazzard all those years I am sure they would have wrecked anywhere near as many cars so they would have no need to get new squad cars.

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Many were late 70 model Plymouth Fury's, sometimes there were Dodge. During the first season there were early 70 model Dodge Monacos and AMC Matadors.

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if they are the same from the show, they are actually pontiac bonnevilles.

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hate to tell you captain solo but they are not pontiacs. they are dodges and plymouths any moron can tell this by watching the old episodes

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Yes, but I know where you got the Bonnevilles from;

for some reason the Ertl toy police cars that were licensed during the show (and still today) were Pontiac Bonnevilles. Probably because Ertl had some licensing arrangement with pontiac and already had released a police car. (perhaps from Smokey and the Bandit.) Anyway, they gave it a white paint job and a gold star and it became a hazzard police car..
I always wondered the same thing myself when I was a kid, because there were never any Bonnevilles on the show..

90% of the cop cars were 1975-78 Dodge Monacos. Very rarely (if ever) they were Plymouth Furys. Furys of that time were almost exactly the same as Monacos, but one way to tell is that the Monacos have a two-peice grill split down the middle while the Furys have a one-peice grill, from headlight to headlight.

The pilot and first few episodes used some earlier Dodges; the same as the Blues Brothers car, and then lots of AMC Matadors for the early seasons.

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Well then what do ya'll think a true modern hazzard county patrol car would look like? Just a fun for thought question.

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Well since in the TV show most were 77 Dodge Monocos (which were the most popular and plentyful cruisers at the time) and therefore never more than 8 years old (show ended in '85), quite boringly they would probably just be the latest model Ford Crown Victorias in Hazard County today (which have been around since '98)

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I thought they'd have updated the police cars too. Those cruisers would have been worn out several times over, even if used for daily patrol. The cruisers are either Plymouth Furies or Dodge Coronets. I put a model together of one of them and the box said it was a Plymouth Fury.

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The show chose the best vehicles for the jobs....Chryslers for the cars and Fords for the trucks.When CHP retired their mid 70s Matadors,they felt it was a good buy and couldnt resist to save up on some of the Chrysler destruction.The same happened when 9-C1 Novas and 9-C1 Malibus came available,however those were never used as Hazzard police cars,but for criminal cars normally.Jesses Ford pickup was chosen because the pickup used in the first 5 episodes was a Ford Flareside,so when they went to California they chose a white Ford (although a later model and regular styleside bed).In later episodes,the Ford would be upgraded with 1 ton rear axle (full floater),the size difference between front and rear tires being noticable.
Owning a late 70s Chrysler B-body myself (back in the Dukes days)I can say they were not cars for the weak.Loose steering,scary rear brakes (they would lock),rear bump steer on rough roads,huge gas appetite,hard to parallel park,lousy Chrysler gear reduction starter.....the cop versions were popular because they gave what no one else could at the time,big engines,and durable drivetrains.1977 Impalas came with no engine above a 350 (Chrysler had the 400/440),and while the huge LTD had a 460,it was a boat anchor and the car handled like crap.They had no choice but the speedy,stylish Dodge/Plymouth cars.

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