I Bought A Fully Loaded Police Patrol Vehicle! Chevy Caprice PPV!

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[@ray24051]

I'm really shocked that this car was sold that way and wasn't stripped of all this equipment.

[@raceandchase]

Spider eggs below the hood? This car really shows off its Australian origin.

[@CrownRickAuto]

😂 😆

[@ericcartman9411]

As a former deputy fire chief and police officer I can say that the fleet manager screwed the pooch on that sale. Live ammunition is never to be left behind in any sale. Period. And honestly I'm kinda surprised to see a vehicle fully equipped sold to the general public. I have bought and purchased many retired police vehicles and the only way I got them equipped was to verify my employment as a fire chief and officer. Or show proof of dealer license etc.

[@snakeisekans]

I was surprised that my SAP crown Vic came with lights and sirens still installed from the city. Previous owner (a company) probably bought it for a good price 😂

[@Natedogg8922]

same. Whenever we sell our old squads EVERYTHING gets removed. It is either repurposed on another vehicle (lightbar, controllers, laptop mounts, etc) or saved for another day. None of that stuff gets sold with the car. Anything to identify it as a police vehicle is removed as well (any wording of our city and the word "police". Any badge emblems come off as well). The only thing that stays is the spotlight since its technically built in to the vehicle.

[@DoStuff1958]

Unless it's sold to be used a TV or Movie prop.

[@baddriversofthenorcalarea500]

Live ammunition is not uncommon to find. This is America, we have more guns than people.

[@fujitsubo3323]

the fact that the laptops still in there is what suprised me the most lol. wonder if they pulled the HDD from it

[@mekhidub]

Man I really gotta buy a retired police car.

[@Reidsbusesanditems]

Yeah

[@yeahooooo9874]

Yea me too

[@joshuatomson5998]

Same

[@strawberryrabbit1681]

Yea

[@mr.brickster5073]

Don’t come cheap these days

[@simon.c7541]

Built in Adelaide, South Australia at the Elizabeth plant in the Northern suburbs. This model is based on the Holden Caprice once sold in Australia however, as US police cars, they were the basic poverty pack models. Last Caprices rolled of the production line in 2017 and were fitted with the 6.2 liter V8 from late 2015 on wards.

[@carrisasteveinnes1596]

That is an Australian made Holden Caprice sedan, of which a few thousand made it across to the USA and Canada, not to mention New Zealand, South Africa and the Middle East. Holden (GMH) ceased local production a few years ago, so don't count on any warranty or spare parts support, especially as this is a 2013 build. But surely, Chevy locally has got some spares stock. Still. a beast of a car, even without the police goodies!

[@LatoyiaRupard]

Do you want to come

[@djjohnnymusic]

The development of the Australian US Police car goes back to WH. I was with HSV when we built one as a sample. I guess you could say. We were also building LH drive Granges for Dubai, so one of those was perfectly suited.

[@lack4455]

Up the holdens

[@mr.iforgot3062]

I'm right here you guys. Sorry I'm late. Won't happen again.

[@BadDriversOfNorthCarolina]

Police departments saw right through this. It’s made in Australia so getting parts was tough. I mean it does look fun.

[@PikaDamos]

Dude. Get yourself a prosecutor or lawyer to write a letter saying that you got it this way to avoid trouble if you get pulled over.

[@molyoxide164]

Is that all you need?

[@PikaDamos]

@@molyoxide164 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h56XfXuXoJqKkLs

[@rylordrylord7347]

Definitely because he definitely will get in trouble

[@MidnightPlayz45]

Bahahhahhahaha "Out with the old and in with the new" lol chris fix moment

[@MidnightPlayz45]

YOU ACTUALLY LIKE MY COMMENT?

[@MidnightPlayz45]

I'VE BEEN WATCHING FOR 2 YEARS AND YOU HEARTED MY COMMENT OML IM HAPPY

[@QaRZ.]

Great video Rick! i've been watching for 3 years now love the videos keep up the great work

[@williamjones4483]

When you are connecting a battery always connect POSITIVE FIRST. This is to prevent any accidental short circuits by tools. Same thing when boosting a dead battery Positive first, then ground last on the boosting battery.

[@davemansfield6259]

These are Aussie cars and commonly driven on our roads 😂

[@carrisasteveinnes1596]

Just not made there anymore.

[@vocalthrower448]

​@@carrisasteveinnes1596 they aren't made at all anymore

[@bluecent]

GM took Australia for granted, made their money and then left.

[@DaleTuck31]

Not really anymore, barely see WM/WN Caprices/Statesmans anymore out on the road.

[@vintageradio3404]

@@DaleTuck31 There are still plenty of them. Many are ex-cabs from Taxis Combined and others are former hire cars. They are quite easy to spot amongst all the Chinese rubbish being pushed onto us nowadays.

[@E39Passion]

Rick? I'm searching for old junk out of LAPD vehicles, such as ticketbooks, blanco speeding tickets, a neon yellow police traffic vest and all the stuff that usually ends up in the trashcan. I collect LAPD items, but here Germany, it's hard to find such things.

[@TrooperW]

Been a watcher for a long time, keep up the amazing work

[@PeterPr0]

Great video Rick! Can’t wait to meet you one day 🤙🏻

[@TheCrazyOregonian]

The caprice has always been my favorite Chevy sedan. Good video man!

[@gavincrispin1436]

commodore mate.

[@gavincrispin1436]

holden.

[@paulseehusen6951]

Its a Holden Statesman from Australia.

[@TheCrazyOregonian]

@@paulseehusen6951 Same thing.

[@klyvemurray]

@@TheCrazyOregonian en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Caprice

[@maryannfoxymamarivera2457]

What an awesome video, great job!!👍

[@Lower820]

I love how you used Chisfixs out with the old and in with the new

[@hankd3]

Very cool! I bought a Caprice out of Richmond CA last year...had a lot of same stuff that yours has, but only 15k miles.

[@mrcoop3955]

Sweeeeer love it, normally i dont like cops or cop cars, but maaaannnn you make those cars look sweeet👍👍💯💯✌

[@nzsaltflatsracer8054]

Yesterday I bought a 2010 Dodge Charger Pursuit at auction here in Idaho that still has all the Sheriff stuff & it's silver-grey color with the Hemi. I'll pick it up in a couple of days.

[@drkousouli]

What a wonderful find/purchase. The only thing missing was a nail-clipper and filer, but other than that amazing! :)

[@billy1673]

In my 24 year career, this was my favorite cruiser of all time. Mine was unmarked, however. The best way to describe this car is a four door corvette.

[@tylerscholtens3531]

a couple of years back my brother bought a MSPD used Ford Crown Victoria not sure on the year but that thing was a beautey. he had a ton of fun with that old thing.

[@sulacoblack6288]

Before it was a caprice it was an Australian Holden Commodore VE. You might not be able to buy the civi model there, but here you can....and a whole bunch of versions. Sedans, wagons.....and the utes. V8 or V6, and parts are abundant. Might actually pay to try n find a wrecker here that will post stuff. Get a full list of what you need and they might just send the lot and you could potentially save a few bucks.

[@gavincrispin1436]

they think they are fast and never heard of hsv,walki etc.lol

[@damonculbert5853]

I was just watching a video about police cars and they were talking about the crown Vic and it reminded me of this channel, I haven’t watched on of your videos in years,

[@CrownRickAuto]

Welcome back! 😎

[@damonculbert5853]

@@CrownRickAuto thank you, it’s been like 7 or 8 years

[@jeffl1460]

I understand your excitement. A few years back I got a 2004 P71 Crown Vic that was ordered special for the county and it was used by the water dept director. it had 77k miles on it. Never used as police unit but had all the goodies as ordered. I lucked out big time.

[@libertygreene3472]

Loving the videos ❤

[@FigQc]

i like that Chrisfix voice when you changed that battery

[@newshaman7251]

Many places In America, you can get that registered as an emergency vehicle, and keep the police technology. You have to be a volunteer service to do so.

[@kevinmoore1401]

I envy you bro. Great find and purchase.

[@JockeyNotFound]

I would love to see the lights on at night 😮

[@johnlafrance2692]

There’s no way they sold it with the computer still in there

[@sniperofbuffalo]

That clear tube was to vent gases that are released by batteries instead of letting it build up in the interior

[@roberth912]

This is so cool! I just bought a 2012 caprice ppv with the 6.0 fully equipped police equipment. And she's phantom black

[@molyoxide164]

I bought a 2013 charger and the department left it fully equipped but without the lightbar, is this legal to just have on the car? I’m from Ohio….

[@roberth912]

@@molyoxide164 small world! My caprice was a sheriff car from Ohio! Wooster to be exact. And I'm not sure if it's legal or not.

[@johnathangregg9127]

She’d make a good addition to the District 76 fleet.

[@darrylschell5654]

Helluva score you have man , lotsa goodies i bet.

[@alexnardone5952]

It’s a cake walk to extend those wires. Who ever built that car took their time with the wiring!!! Great video!!

[@rothxvii5181]

The baton you found in the car looks like a Ninja Nate Woodworking custom cocobolo wood baton, They're like $200. Bet whoever lost that wasn't happy.

[@aaronthiela]

That is for the battery was for an Apex 8000 radio radio

[@samrinehart4364]

Love tour Videos brother!!!

[@tonygeorgievski4746]

Plenty of those washer bottle caps here in Australia

[@680mudman]

love the Piss tub rear seating mmmm lol!

[@gamingprofi2584]

That what goes into the Side of the battery is when the battery over chrages that the battery acid doesent damage stuff

[@mr6johnclark]

Damn... Free Tough book... thats a win.

[@surfrescue_geek]

#handcuffs also, what radio did you find as I’m looking for a Motorola APX also. Love the videos

[@zone47]

Dude!!!!! I would soooOOoo buy that in a heartbeat! and it came with all that free stuff AND a free pet black widow under the hood !!! Weird that it doesn't have a redline on the tach ... I guess you can just rev it too the moon and back without any sweat.

[@miguelsantiago-tj9md]

Bro!!! I’m so jealous!!! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@brandonmorrison214]

I own a 2014 Statesman CapriceV. Here in Australia, you can get parts everywhere for this car. It's not hard to find. Your model locally is known as A Holden Statesman WM model in Australia. If you need help trying to source parts, just let me know and I would be happy to look locally for you and put you in contact with the right people. Holden spare parts are also available through Holden, depending on what it is. Just a tip also, mine was running engine light and we couldn't work it out. Then realized the fuel was the issue. Since running mine on 98 octanes, no engine light and it's now been 2 years. I remember when Holden got the contract to import the stateman to the USA for the police department. It was all over the news before they shut holden down on Oct 2017 and no more locally made vehicles. Everything rebranded to Chevy or GMH. Australian Police here decided on the Chrysler SRT, BMW 530d, Kia Stinger and the BMW X5.

[@petersmith5783]

I would luv do be able to buy an ex lapd caprice black and white fully equipped and bring back to Adelaide Australia where they were built. I spoke to a friend of mine who is a police officer and in her thinking it wouldn't be illegal to drive here. Have loved the black and whites LAPD of course since watching Adam 12 way back.

[@FinnishElevators]

Nice finds!

[@commodorenut]

This model is the Aussie developed Zeta platform that underpinned the 5th gen Camaros, so a more accurate comparison would be a 4 door Camaro. It’s weird for us Aussies to see the (luxury model in AU) Caprice body, but with basic trim and dash fitted. I spun out when I saw an export Caprice LS too. Base model (omega) interior, and basic plastic exterior parts, but all in the long wheelbase body. It was as though they made a long wheelbase omega. The PPV is similar (omega spec) with its components. I was lucky enough to walk the line at Holden in 2011 and see these in production. I really wanted a broadcast sheet, but they wouldn’t let me take one :( Some of the unique PPV parts were fitted on the line, and many of the unnecessary parts were left off (like a lot of trim). A lot more work was completed by the agencies in the states to turn them into patrol vehicles. The foot operated park brake is unique, and clearly had to be fitted to make room for all the Police equipment. The regular VE/WM had a console mounted handbrake that had the lever on the relevant side to the steering wheel. VF/WN went electric with a switch. That would have made their life easier when converting the PPV. The spider eggs are probably from the Aussie redbacks that hitched a ride over on the boat 😂 (I know, they fumigate them, it’s a joke!)

[@coover65]

Germany has base model Mercedes and BMWs that we don't see in Australia. Same, same but different.

[@commodorenut]

@@coover65 That’s right, they do. And Opels compete against the low spec Mercs too. When I was buying my FG (yes, despite my username) an Indian guy at work told me I should be buying an older used Merc for the same money. His comment “Falcon is a taxi” riled up my German colleague, who responded perfectly with “in my country, Mercedes is taxi too.” That Indian guy eventually gave up on his older Mercs when he got sick of paying the repair bills (he can’t DIY to save his life). Funny thing is that he now drives an older hybrid Camry. I gleefully point out to him how many hybrid Camrys are used as taxis these days…. 😂😂😂

[@domgutta6389]

3:56 😂😂😂 chirsfix

[@domgutta6389]

The Chris fix thing😂😂😂😂

[@PickelBack]

I Was In The Hospital So i Couldnt Watch This Until now , This Is Dope!

[@jimenezangel2207]

I’m a oh fan been watching for 3 years

[@tdadp]

You got some great movie & tv cars

[@berkeley5104]

Please make more of these type of videos

[@CB3ROB-CyberBunker]

just one battery is rather odd. normally you want the lights and radios to have their own. so you know, you can still move it after it has done blinky blinky for half a day or so.

[@GiveMeWaffles]

Out with the old, in with the new !!!! ♥♥♥

[@661.smokeyy]

The ChrisFix reference LMAOO

[@ericwsmith7722]

Dam I can't belive how they sell them equipped like that, I bought a 2014 a few years ago, they took everything off,They only left the crap,,,the cage, one spotlight, no controller, nothing, Took every emergency light, including the hide-away bulbs and wiring !

[@alanstock5618]

We have plenty as family cars here in Australia

[@mikegrimm2253]

That’s sweet man!

[@footballfanbangerracing2610]

great video rick

[@thebigboydylan5170]

3:56 was amazing @chris fix

[@leavemealoneplz631]

why can’t my cleaning lady be that cool? she just enjoys taking percs

[@kingstonbolden885]

Lol

[@dylanwood71]

What do you do with all the leftover clothes and kit? do you keep it, sell it on or give it away I'm curious. Love your videos man keep it up

[@djhalevy]

Hay, if i was you i would export some of the complete police vehicles to europe. This because there is a lot of interest in these vehicles.😁 nice vid.

[@NsyShwl]

Positive first then negative to prevent sparking 😇 I always wanted a retired service car to modify to my liking.. maybe drop it a few inches 😎

[@ww21943]

Makes me miss my old Pontiac G8

[@BobbieSmith46]

I used to drive one of these as a taxi. Can confirm they were quick lol.

[@johngoard8272]

I am amazed at what they left in the car surely they would have removed the sensitive equipment and also the decals on the outside. I am pretty sure this would not happen in Australia.

[@sharkplayz453]

someone messed up i think bc once that touches the road its illeagle and inpersination of a officer

[@billhillegass946]

When reconnecting battery always negative last , when disconnecting the battery negative first .

[@jimbopaw]

Jeez it still has the laptop. I really want to see you boot that thing.

[@ashtonconner6024]

Hey if there is a radio in the trunk I could really really use it

[@alisonb4898]

80k miles but you can times that by 10 in idle time with engine running while donuts were eaten and naps were taken 😂

[@JT-SE-OHIO]

They used to show how much idle time was on them if you push the right buttons around the speedometer area. The unmarked ones used to have the most idle time but usually lower miles. I used to buy and sell police cruisers and school buses. I didn't have any trouble selling any of them. I used a 85 9C1 Caprice to race on dirt in the pure stock class and won 73 feature races with it over a 6 year period. I didn't keep track of the heat race wins but they had to at least 150. I had hours of fun in the 'Ole purple grocery getter' as most of the fans referred to it as.

[@KevinPlaysGuitar]

Such a cool car! That baby can fly on the highway. You should paint it black and call it Black Widow.

[@CrownRickAuto]

I love that idea! Her name is now officially Black Widow! 😎

[@gavincrispin1436]

fly how thats the slow one,need hsv versions to fly down the highway.

[@raymondodevries4158]

i used to work for a company in the Netherlands Wich install these goodies on emergency vehicles like lights and radios... if you find the two way radio let me know witch one it is.

[@sealteamsix1784]

sick holden

[@edsmetaldetecting31]

Awesome looking car!!

[@ThoseWeirdPeople910]

Sport mode picked up a whole second

[@X1ZR]

The fact that you can buy these is crazy to me.

[@brandoncarden6293]

Love the videos

[@chrish4469]

It's just a rebadged a Holden Caprice, Made in Adelaide, Australia, Where they were a upmarket model (Longer wheel base) of the Holden Commodore (G8 and SS). Where anyone could buy one

[@DaleTuck31]

There are body parts that are different too.

[@chrish4469]

@@DaleTuck31 What body parts are different? It's the same car.

[@benzoseffect]

Man I'd really love have that light, I've got all tools amd supply too fix the light @Crown Rick Auto

[@presidentofHerrusfa]

Aye Rick, send that light out to me and I can fix it.

[@sealteamsix1784]

respect to america for trusting and buying australian made cars... sadly we don't produce cars locally anymore.. now most holden/ford drivers have switched to mustangs and chevy/ford/dodge trucks so at least we are supporting our closest allies.

[@johnfogarty4588]

Not bad for a bad ass aussie Holden

[@thedullone]

they say negative first when removing battery cables. When connecting them it’s positive first. No sparks.

[@lee-annastone2735]

Man that's a big ass black widow spider

[@countrybopp7467]

I get the baton I love collecting them my grandfather was a police officer

[@stuartmcqueen7862]

these are Aussie made cars calle Holden caprice. great car last of the holdens

[@gamingwithzeke2738]

I wanna know if he found that radio... and if he wants to sell that toughbook!

[@timopar]

#Handcuffs love the new police car. I would love to find one around here it would go good with my Ford crown Victoria police interceptor

[@magiccheeseball]

That would be cool to leave on the lights on and change them to purple

[@russellwilliams4317]

You should let me have access to that tough book. I’m a programmer and could probably have some fun with it.

[@dontmindme5821]

the tube coming out of the battery is a vent tube becase of the potential of dangerous gasses being released from the battery

[@TaylorSpears-rj9xb]

I wonder who put the ninja Lego there😂😂😂

[@MarkSarg]

Should have did research before buying.... I thought about getting a 9c3 unmarked Caprice....glad I didn't... The car is actually made by GMs, Holden in Australia. Holden closed its doors a few years ago. Long story short, it's hard to get parts for the Caprice and if you do, they're more expensive than American car parts.. Good luck...if it was me, I'd recondition the car, strip it, paint, make it look, "street appearance" then sell it....