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[Beefmalone]

I have a lead on a cop monaco in a junkyard that will soon be scrapped. What all should I see if I can get off of it? Obviously the speedo and rear sway bar if present, but what else is there? torsion bars? steering box?

[Mr Mercer]

Beefmalone said:

I have a lead on a cop monaco in a junkyard that will soon be scrapped. What all should I see if I can get off of it? Obviously the speedo and rear sway bar if present, but what else is there? torsion bars? steering box?

Others help me here if I'm missing something . Yes get those and if the double snorkel breather is there or a single snorkel with a trap door in the bottom , 2nd interior lamp between the visors . Seat material / springs is stronger but probably ruined . Radio delete plate , rubber floor , if possible the motor / trans if original . Fender tags for cloning , larger rear brakes and differential . Factory switch to change from horn to siren , even a throttle lock to raise rpm's while idling . I think the brake booster is larger ? But the car has frame / floor strengthening that you cant remove , or maybe ?
Sorry if I missed something .

[Shotgun Blues]

Torsion bars in front and rear to prevent body roll. They're much thicker on the police models.

[El-Wood]

check if the fender tag reflects "A38" (police package)

[Cropper Classic]

You guys are ON IT

[scatpack01]

heck get the whole car!

[Neums]

The police Monaco's frame is not stronger than the regular car's. Reason: no frame, it is unibody.

[Mr Mercer]

Neums said:

The police Monaco's frame is not stronger than the regular car's. Reason: no frame, it is unibody.

Uh huh , front subframe . And the thicker part of the unibody .

[Beefmalone]

it's WAY to far away to go get plus the motor is long gone. it does have a 140mph speedo so I'm pretty sure it's a cop car.

[chrisinnh]

Spotlight and mount? Maybe the drilled A-pillar trim too, to guide re-installation.

Also, care to leave a hit about where this car is? Of course, I don't want you to get undermined by the rest of us (good find, good for you), but there might be somebody nearby who can assist with the rescue...

[Ghostbluesman]

I think the VIN tag will have that "K" designation, won't it?
Rob

[DK41U4D]

I realise that this post is over a year old , but I feel inclined to toss my two cents into the ring ...

From what I understand , 1966 was the first year for the "K" as the 2nd character of the vin ; however , not all police models received this designation , as there are some with the aforementioned "A38" conversion code .

Typically , police cars were made out of either full-sized models ( Fury , Monaco , Polara , and in certain years , Chrysler Newport "Enforcer" ) or , for city use , mid-sized models ( Coronet , Belvedere , Gran Fury '75 - '78 , "B" Body Monaco '78 , and Satellite ) .

For the most part , the full-sized models got the big(ger) engines ( 383 HP , 400 HP and 440 in both HP and 'regular' versions ) , whereas the 'patroller' cars got small(er) engines ( 225 Slant Six , 318 , and 360 HP & two bbl. ).

Ask former-but-running-again-for California governor Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown what makes a CHP car , and he'll tell you that :
1. It has to meet the same emissions standards as a civilian car
2. The most gutless engine available ( 120 h.p. 318 four barrel ! )

Basically , here's what's standard with Chrysler police cars :
- Certified calibration speedometer ( 120 mph on mid sized cars , 140 mph on big cars )
- Extra welds and reinforcements
- "Air Foam" seat cushions
- Radio ground straps
- higher capacity alternators
- severe-duty cooling
- semi-metallic riveted & bonded brake shoes ( same with pads on disc brake equipped
cars )
- rubber floor covers ( instead of carpet )
- extra heavy duty suspension
- speed-rated tyres ( on pursuit models , option on patroller models )

Your typical 1974 Monaco CHP-spec vehicle received :
- 440 Magnum ( 280 h.p. , with the special overlap cam for pursuit models )
- high speed upshift TorqueFlite ( with a looser-than-stock converter )
- 2.94 gear with Sure Grip
- tan interior
- dual Unity spot lights ( red-coloured lens on driver's side if car is sans roof lighting )
- remote trunk release
- high speed a/c cutoff module
- hand-control for fast idle speed
- Firm Feel power steering
- Roof and front doors in white ( body paint codes as "999" for both body and roof colours )

I've also seen a CHP-spec '74 Monaco equipped as follows :
- E58 360 HP ( 245 h.p. in police trim with long overlap cam )
- A/C
- power windows
- power seat
- rear window defogger
- 3.21 gear with Sure Grip
- 100 amp alternator
- 3 dome lamps ( 1 between sun visors , 1 in the standard location , 1 in the rear passenger area )

So , while there are guidelines when it comes to Chrysler police cars , there's no set standard as far as options ; Chrysler let the departments order whatever they wanted ( within reason ) , especially the CHP , as that was their biggest account .

I hope that this info is of some help !