1989 LAPD Chevy Caprice Lights & Siren Demo

Here you will see a 1989 LAPD Chevy Caprice seen at the Cops Cars & Coffee Event in Beverly Hills.
Beverly Hills, CA - 10/13/18

[@LITTLE1994]

Back when police cars WERE police cars. Those are hard to find these days. Big boxy body with steel bumpers, large V8s (though the '80s were badly underpowered), and BODY ON FRAME. I miss when cars were these. I have a Crown Victoria LX of the same year. I do like the fact he showed the wipers' function, something most people don't do for some reason, especially in cop cars. Police muscle!

[@user-zt7ls7vr6i]

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[@joshuadennis9400]

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[@theseranesiantribune8340]

An icon for staple 80's hollywood police movie, crime drama and car chases

[@Briselance]

Damn right.

[@gunnerjohnson4103]

Nice catch! Love the old 80k siren!

[@90210FireBuff]

Thanks!

[@markquiswest6607]

I miss those days of these police cars along with both The LTD Crown Victoria's & Plymouth Box Police Cars.

[@JohnRohoboth]

Victorias. Idiot.

[@joshuaecht]

Thank you for posting this, and for all law enforcement personnel who protect and serve!

[@GunBuddy08]

Still my favorite lightbar of all time. The Caprice looks good too! 😊

[@Chris-gi9ch]

I bid on a 89 Gray detective Caprice with only 70,000 miles that only needed a battery, and was filthy for $1400. After a clean up, and new battery, I had a new car! It wasn't the fastest car, but the coolest looking car i ever owned! I miss it today in 2021.

[@djl2519]

Did you buy that from an auction? I'm interested in buying something like that!

[@Chris-gi9ch]

@@djl2519 Yes I did, but those older Caprice cars are long gone.

[@djl2519]

@@Chris-gi9ch Rodger that. Thank you

[@Briselance]

​@@djl2519 Eh, keep looking. Who knows? You might still end up finding one not too far and bot too expensive.

[@A7med_22]

When it's A real cop car😨😨✌🏻

[@darkhunter_511]

صادق

[@emvvehicles_8]

Of course it would have an 80K.

[@maxter_paradise]

I think that😎👌

[@civertron9784]

AXEL FOLEY!!!!!!!!!!

[@pauliewalnuts7088]

Axwell

[@nightwolf883]

Those were mostly Impala’s

[@classicgunstoday1972]

This is the cleanest police car I’ve ever been in

[@lisandrogomez5394]

I love it wish those times came back.

[@roninwhitehawk8627]

Fuck that the police brutality in that time caused the riots in la so fuck what u want

[@KenoshaCaptures]

I don’t. Not with all that crime back then.

[@spence_903]

​@@KenoshaCapturesit's not about that crime stuff it's about classic cars like this just patrolling the streets of LA

[@jackmehoffer1037]

Drove one for years, nothing handled better around corners.

[@patrickbateman3070Ti]

Man, good to see this beauty made it through '92

[@awesomeconservative]

Imagine serving your country in THAT thing.

[@djf7688]

Or a community

[@mrbiglarge8820]

🔥🔥🔥

[@123youtue1]

Back before ABS😂 awesome video

[@zflyz7136]

That little chirp in the beginning lol as soon as you heard it behind you “aw f*ck”

[@m7md_m7md]

That's phenomenal!

[@600HondaCBF]

I love those old police cars!

[@nimbly1693]

Tonight, on Rescue 911.

[@markybear92840]

Cool car, but I dont believe it served its life with LAPD. LAPD did not have spotlights on their cars till the mid 1990's. Also, the siren speaker would have been cut into the grille. So great to see an old school light bar!

[@user-rs1990]

Reminds me of one that I saw at WB Movie World for the Police Academy Stunt Show! ;-)

[@Briselance]

Ah, this is THE symbol of what the standard police car is or was in the US until recently. A blast from the police series of my childhood.

[@keithcharles501]

The quintessential model for all police cars🚔for the entire world🌍over🌎💫🌏💫and for all time/ages. ❣️❤️the Chevrolet Caprice is both a beautiful car 🚘 and one w/an unmistakable authoritative stance❗️⚔️⚖️⚜️‼️🛂‼️Thank You 100,000,000x for uploading this killer kick-ass video🎥

[@iv8766]

It is just beautiful! ❤️💙

[@Rummeltobi]

Love it :)

[@Moscow-we1je]

Super video. Rotating lightbar!

[@90210FireBuff]

Thanks!

[@richardfiedler2201]

I was in an academy in 1989 in my fourth week they sent me from one facility to another to pick up milk for cadets. When I got behind the wheel I could not resist I hit the lights & Horn then stomped on the gas. LOL when I got to the other facility behind me four state troopers. That was the first time I got in trouble lol couldn't drive a cruiser for another 2 years. Lol

[@thierrygaillet3251]

Super de nous montrer de belles voitures de police américaine anciennes et bravo à ceux qui les restaurent et les collectionnes 👍👍👏👏😉

[@stuartknight7393]

They were amazing

[@isakjohansson7134]

I love it!

[@paulsheehan2741]

i loved the chevys of the late 1970's and 80's (bel air in canada), impala and caprice, they looked nice. the 1991 caprice (crap heap) looked like a beached whale on 4 wheels

[@Glenn1967ful]

The British equivalent in the eighties was the Rover 3500, a V8 engined car capable of 135 mph when tuned for police use and being a hatchback had a huge boot for carrying equipment like road cones, Another popular one over here was the Ford Granada 2.8, a large saloon that could cruise all day at 120 mph and being made in Germany was supposedly more reliable than the Rover.

[@BIGLOU48]

I don't think LAPD had spotlights on Chevys, but I do know they had the alley cutouts on the lens, but the alley lights were directly below the lightbar, and had black housing

[@southbayfirephoto]

80k 😍😍😍 good video !!

[@90210FireBuff]

Thanks!

[@michaeljavert4635]

So much better than the LED crap they have today.

[@Jamie2829]

You just want it for the looks the new one are better the new ones are faster better sirens faster emergency time then the old one and more storage and modern

[@michaeljavert4635]

@@Jamie2829 The old sealed beam halogen rotators were better too. Especially at night, in the fog, rain, snow, and mist. You could see the beams and saw an orb projected onto surfaces. This LED is just bright, blinding flashes and are hardly noticeable unless looking directly at them. As bad as those strobes they had for a while. The rotating halogen lights grabbed your attention and drew it to the source, be it a police car, ambulance, fire truck, or other emergency vehicle, which is exactly what you need and the whole purpose of the lights.

[@Jamie2829]

@@michaeljavert4635 your saying whelen senken federal signals suck today the other are powerful led lights then the old ones that arent that noticable those dont even light up the street with the old hexagon lights

[@michaeljavert4635]

@@Jamie2829 No, I am saying the Halogen lights are better than the blinding LED rubbish. The LEDS themselves are bright, but they do not produce illuminating ambient light.

[@codetwohigh]

LAPD never had those spotlights or pushbars (except Traffic Divisions) on their cars in the 1980’s. We had one handheld spotlight inside the car.

[@Jackal3210]

Who says this is not a traffic division unit?

[@codetwohigh]

@@Jackal3210 The traffic units didn’t have dedicated spotlights either. Only push bars.

[@VikkiKuznetsova]

R/B FS Aerodynamic with steady burn goes hard all the time! 🔥

[@ChurchTrombonist]

My most favorite of squads my dad drove!

[@TeamPaidToDrive]

God I want one!

[@AlbanyHermes]

“You know, this is the nicest police vehicle I’ve ever been in, this things nicer than my apartment”

[@naotetsu700t]

It's so cool!

[@cordobaEMS]

Hoy much i love this old patrol

[@Lorenzo-fm4ov]

A beauty!!

[@aoikobayashi929]

YESSSSSS

[@D-M-J]

that's one nice car that's for sure

[@davebenjamin5617]

As he rolls through a stop sign lmao

[@Officer239]

One of my favorite police cars, like these a lot better than the explorers & Taurus’s

[@XOTICXPATRIATE]

well in the sea of shit that is curvy cars when I see a boxy boy my heart skips a beat!

[@johnhortoncz4033]

I've loved this police car since I was a little kid. 😍☺

[@tgchan]

Absolutely stellar/

[@alexandernunez109]

Sick

[@CarterCourtney]

Back in the old days when police cars looked awesome. 🤩🚓

[@PAUL_K]

Lethal weapon 3! RIGGS: Riggs, Homicide. COP: Nobody's dead. RIGGS: Night's young.

[@rickyhermawan8979]

I have this car installed in my GTA V lol

[@giorgio.]

First time I got pulled over for speeding was by one of these Caprice cruisers in the early 90s in Montreal.

[@joshuaecht]

I wonder what the story is behind the prototype '88-90 Caprices with the 454s (Mark V big blocks). I would love to see one of those!

[@Johnnyjonas274]

Joshua Echt the 88-90 Caprice never came with a 454 cubic inch engine. 305 and 350 for police package

[@joshuaecht]

@@Johnnyjonas274 Correct, but I remember reading years ago in one of the books I had is they were considering a 454 police Caprice for rural states like Montana and Wyoming, with the TBI engine (The Vortec Gen II engine was several years off at that point). This proposal was around '87 to '89. They ultimately went with the redesigned '91 and kept the LO5 350 TBI.

[@tieroneactual2228]

@@joshuaecht Yes, I remember a magazine article about having a Big Block in a late 1980’s Caprice. It may have been Super Chevy Magazine or one similar to that. But after the LT1’s arrived in the 1994’s that pretty much took care of the performance issues. We had one Ohio State Trooper say that the ‘94 Caprice 9C1 with the LT1 was the first car they had since the early ‘70’s Plymouth’s that would actually break traction from a dead stop, aka do a burn out.

[@joshuaecht]

@@tieroneactual2228 Thank you for this! I used to be on an Impala FB group that mentioned it, but can't find it anymore. It was the same one in the magazine you remember I bet. It was at Norwalk Raceway (interestingly, I am from CLE and have been there). 454 TBI, but it probably would have been as fast as the 350 TPI LT1 that was in the Tri-9s. :)

[@tieroneactual2228]

@@joshuaecht Isn’t Norwalk the track that was renamed to Summit Raceway Park, thanks to Summit Racing Equipment, east of Akron on I-76?

[@ap_fj]

You can tell that the first yelp scared the cameraman, LOL.

[@TomCook1993]

That’s dope

[@RetroGaming-gp2ef]

Beautiful car. Older cars are more appreciated.

[@azizalowaish]

Still owned original caprice 1990 9c1 in Kuwait like the one in the video. But different colour 😁

[@timothyhennosy5488]

Is This the man?!

[@Marco-Lopez]

The old school 90s police cars Chevrolet Caprice?

[@whuffer5103]

0:23 mans is all like "You have to leave"

[@myopinion222]

Whats the siren called?

[@mohannadalswailem69]

Chevrolet Taking Charge

[@qegvW3H]

It's old but very elegant

[@BayAreaMike99]

80s 90s tv show and movies that have cops on it….this is your car

[@SleepysCChevyCaprice]

I have a 1989 Chevy box Caprice 9c1 I'm looking for the vintage spotlights for the driver side and passenger side doorif anybody can help me please let me know where can I buy them all I'm finding are the up-to-date ones

[@shelbysolko7783]

When I think of the LAPD. I think of the Gangland wars in South Central, the 1992 riots, the OJ Simpson pursuit in 1994, the West Hollywood shootout in 1997, and the low budget PM Entertainment Group action movie studios from 1989-2001. Speaking of OJ Simpson he's gone now. Passed Away from cancer so he is banished, and everyone can forget about him now.

[@FCVP71]

BAck in the day, when cops had respect&authority...

[@handymatt1970]

bad boys bad boys, a watcha gonna do?

[@hagerstownredline5274]

Is this an 80k or a pa300?

[@shaneharrisnj3484]

Unitrol 80K. PA300 models weren't really high pitched until like the late 90s...

[@MrProfessional1969]

Unfortunately the Chevy caprice doesn't exist anymore :(

[@ginzazijo]

remind me the Carprice cop car in '88 Die Hard

[@Dexterific09]

😢people who want to go different countries died because of the crash

[@Pauticon3]

Most beautiful car in history 😍😍😍😍 is it possible to buy caprice 9c1 in europe?

[@Briselance]

Maybe. But I shudder at imagining the price of buying one of these older police cars from the USA, and bringing it back in Europe. Without mentioning the red-tape. Best of luck in your endeavour.

[@Pauticon3]

@@Briselance The price to pay per year is +3000€... an E63s AMG or 911 turbo costs less... it's a f**king joke. thanks anyway =)

[@Jackal3210]

@@Pauticon3 per year? What do you talking about?

[@Pauticon3]

@@Jackal3210 oui par an, 5000€ une e63 et 3000€ pour une porsche. La taxe sur la voiture

[@bigbline405]

.357 magnum 12 gauge mullet aviators Earnhardt mustache black coffee get in the car rookie

[@danielvanr.8681]

0:48 Driver ignored the stop sign. I guess the police will forever think of themselves above the law, no matter what decade or vehicle. 😂

[@Dmitriy.Superzlodey]

0:41

[@t.m.8556]

My absolutely lovely CopCar from L.A. and the coolest and hotest ever...

[@edgar6628]

Terminator 2 and police Academy this and the 94 caprice

[@pdsrenos]

There is so much wrong with that car! LAPD didn't have push bumpers or spot lights. The rear end is jacked up. They didn't have wigwags. They also didn't have cages. I am sure there are many more incorrect things in that car.

[@nathanpetrovski7525]

What kind of siren is that?

[@BlackieFoxxless]

Unitrol siren

[@nathanpetrovski7525]

@@BlackieFoxxless Cool thanks

[@JoaoBatista-wt2ed]

Parabéns gostei muito desse vídeo das policia da cidade dos Estados Unidos da América👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍🚔🚔🚔🚓🚓🚓🚓👮👮👮

[@crlaw75]

Today's kids wouldn't know what was around back then.

[@JukeboxBalowski]

Where's TJ Hooker and Romano?

[@viperq]

Who own these cars?

[@90210FireBuff]

A private owner

[@viperq]

@@90210FireBuff How does private owners a loud to keep marked police vehicles?

[@DIphone129]

viperq it’s obviously not in service but that’s besides the point I’m gonna make, anyone can own a fully marked, equipped, modern or old police vehicle and as long as you don’t use the police lights or siren on a public road and don’t use it to impersonate a police officer or any other illegal activities it’s legal.

[@LITTLE1994]

@@DIphone129 That's true.

[@SuperTerminator83]

Its THE american police car , forever.

[@Victor_CoverMusic]

В сравнении с этой "красоткой", современные полицейские тачки просто ур дцы!

[@Genners111]

I set the Bad Boys theme song to play in the background at the same time...

[@megatop412]

Drew Carrey wants his keys back

[@shaggylocs232]

T1000

[@burkanx5546]

Cop: "Have you seen this boy?" Guy: "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" also Guy: *drives off*

[@vr4787]

Need backup at Nakatomi Plaza now!

[@90210FireBuff]

10-4 en route!

[@alexk384]

Copy, reinforcements are in route, including SWAT, 10-4. Great catch man.

[@alexk384]

What’s the situation at Nakatomi?

[@Ho11yw006]

10-4 show me 10-8 what’s the situation?

[@siwhatscrackn]

When the REAL POLICE patrolled the calles and HANDLED the non sense, but i will always take the 90’s caprice especially when they threw in the corvette engine on the last model they made for a while. Then u have people doing the impala SS look alike lol.

[@SummerlinRealtor]

Nice mock up but that was never an LAPD car. Back then the LAPD used alley lights on the sides of the light bar and never bought vehicles with spot lights. That was done on purpose for street tactics. Also the front bumper is wrong. Bumpers on LAPD vehicles were for traffic division cars only. Basic patrol cars do not have push bumpers on them. Also the 911 sticker is incorrect.

[@EvanDowell1213]

Well let's take this into consideration. Have you ever thought that all this could be added post retirement? I think it was an actual in service LAPD cruiser. But for the car show they just added that stuff.

[@SummerlinRealtor]

Hi, I worked as a sworn police officer for LAPD back in the 90's and we still had these cars in service. We did not have spot lights on cars like that until we got the 1994-95 Chevy Caprice. Also, the 911 sticker is incorrect as well as the shop number. Shop numbers back then started with the year of the vehicle's purchase and then the 3 additional numbers are the shop number. Also, it's a montage to Adam-12 with the shop number. It's nice but not 100% accurate. @@EvanDowell1213

[@Jackal3210]

@@SummerlinRealtor the Traffic Division had also no spotlights?

[@Green-qq2kw]

why do I wanna get pulled over by one of those

[@goji_guy_offical-channel1953]

Am I playing GTA San Andreas??

[@spikefojas6397]

Is it retired?

[@90210FireBuff]

Yes. It is now privately owned

[@LITTLE1994]

Obviously. It's from the 1980s! BEEN out of service.

[@vaxxor]

Cars was so much better looking back in the day. Now it's only plastic garbage.

[@DaveE7171]

This made me want to watch the cop car chase in "To Live and Die in LA": kzbin.info/www/bejne/jICuaoSNZ5aJhtE I love these cars.