demoinc392 Posted November 7, 2011 Posted November 7, 2011 I really wish Round 2 would reissue that Force 440- I've heard the tooling still exists. same here
Daniel Lynch Posted November 7, 2011 Posted November 7, 2011 There is mine, my "dirty Harry" style 78 Monaco!!!!!!!!!! Mr Harry!, your new car is ready! Daniel
RodneyBad Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 My two soo far. Roscoes Ride. Hunters Ride.
57peppershaker Posted November 8, 2011 Author Posted November 8, 2011 Fantastic builds, keep 'em coming Rosco's black n white looks cool & love the details on the plain wrappers. Wonder if the guy will bump his head after topping up the oil ? (done that too many times, & 57 Chevy hoods hurt !) Rosco's master plan pro streeter to catch those good ol' boys !
Camshaft Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 Anyone remember that TV show Family Matters, where the father and son rebuilt an old Monaco cop car into a street machine? I think that will be my next Monaco project. I remember that! The opening of that show always showed the son opening the butterflies on the blower scoop. Way cool!
charlie8575 Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Some really nice builds here. Yes, we do need a '74-'78 C-Body, and I'd love to see that '66 re-issued. Charlie Larkin
Maindrian Pace Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 What, nobody built the "Bluesmobile?" Show me the kit, and it's a done deal. Using a B body Monaco would be kinda lame. -MJS
Chuck Most Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Ah, yes, Hunter's ride. Gotta build one of those some day. What, nobody built the "Bluesmobile?" MPC kit's about a half decade too new for that.
Junkman Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Here's my 1:1 '74 440 cop car. Sure would be nice to have a... ...set of full wheel covers Fine ride, Sir. And it's not even bluesbrothered.
Rdkingjay Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 A '77 with a twist for you highway scofflaw types. An unmarked with a Hemi. If this were my assigned cruiser, I'd never come off duty!!
Maindrian Pace Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 ...set of full wheel covers I'll crush it first. Fine ride, Sir. And it's not even bluesbrothered. If I had a five for every time someone said "You should make that a Bluesmobile", I'd have that new flat screen TV. Or at least a toaster oven. -MJS
57peppershaker Posted November 10, 2011 Author Posted November 10, 2011 That looks just right Rdkingjay. Even those wide steels look right at home.
RodneyBad Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 If I had a five for every time someone said "You should make that a Bluesmobile", I'd have that new flat screen TV. Or at least a toaster oven. -MJS Well there is One person that built the Bluesmobile. SpaceCowboy did and if he doesn't mind I'll post the pics. and it started out as a Chevy.
Chuck Most Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 Hmmmmmmmmm.... I see a few repurposed '70 Impala bits on that one! I think.
RodneyBad Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 Hmmmmmmmmm.... I see a few repurposed '70 Impala bits on that one! I think. I'm not sure how he does it but this is how it started.
Rdkingjay Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 Bult this one about 13 years ago. We never used these in 77, save for a few unmarked/admin ones at HQ. We had LTD'S in 77 and at the time only a few turnpike cruisers would have had some type of push bar.
diymirage Posted November 12, 2011 Posted November 12, 2011 those are some nice monacos for sure but what this thread is missing is a real high powered car i mean, the hemis are great and have more then enough power to deal with whatever chevies you might encounter out on the open road but what if you had to chase someone in a hemi cuda, or a challenger or a charger or even a duster with a 440 shoehorned in it? how then will the strong arm of the law keep up ? behold...the monaco interceptor, powered by a Twin Turbo Supercharger Dual Overhead Cam 426 HEMI (TTSDOC for short)
Agent G Posted November 12, 2011 Posted November 12, 2011 My first assigned car was a '78 Fury with the 440. It had been recycled from Traffic to the District fleet. Yeah, give a 23 year old newbie the fastest car in District 6. Hoo boy I had fun, until they decided it was better off assigned to the desk nerds. Then they gave me a '78 Ford Galaxy, with a 400 sumpin' CI engine. Those were the days. G
Danno Posted November 12, 2011 Posted November 12, 2011 Those '75 - '78 Fords were oversized rubber boats with no rudders! I used to get seasick when trying to run hot in one. Now the '77-'78-'79 Furys with the 440s ... whoa, Nelly! Grab your donkey and hang on ... when you pushed on the go-pedal they were already gone! Loved those little hotshots. Got T-Boned in one during a high-speed pursuit (well, 45+ miles into it) when another copper behind me failed to negotiate the left turn and drove straight into my driver's door (and my left ribcage). It still held up pretty well despite being about 15" shorter on the left side than the right side ... and still handled better than those dang Fords!
Agent G Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 Oh those Fords were, were, well, lets politely say, they were softly sprung. I was way up on the river route on the north side when we got a hot call down in the residential part of the district. The copper behind me backed off when I got air. I backed off when I landed. Darn Ford wallowed around so bad I thought I was going in the Mississippi. G
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