Released American 80's Fullsize Series 2.1

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this is all i can find, i dont know if this was a limited test run like this (This 1983 Chevy Caprice Wagon Was Built to Chase Corvettes (caranddriver.com)) or what, might want to try and get into contact with the poster of that video. i assume if it was intended for an fbi car that one was set up like the later military ones without smog equipment

 

I have an Idea :

What if instead of the rusty body , you add an option in the part menu that weakens the car (or at least a strenght slider)? And for the rust , it could be incluses as a skin

 

I always felt the driver's camera was too low in its default position, do you plan on working on that?

 

Sure thing, take your time with that.

Hopefully there will be a better Aerodynic lightbar with the remastered mod...

 

is coming animated manual shifters?

 

more manual swaps would be fun. i wanna just desmog a stock 350 and toss a manual+355 welded diff in roadkill style
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cant find any real info on either of these, i presume the fbi cars were based off the police package with more upgraded equipment and less external clues to being special

 

If fancy wheels and an all black paint job can be considerred not special, then yes

 

i found this, though i'm not sure they are actual police cars.
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Yeah, Oldsmobile never actually sold duty spec'd vehicles to my knowledge. I'd just use the Caprice or Impala setups. Screw realism.

 

i wonder if these were custom ordered, never fully produced/an official option?

 

Olds did sell a police package to my knowledge, however the only real evidence of that is a coupe ads and spec sheets. (these ones being from 1950s and 1960s), So probably most of the cars afterwards were probably just regular civilian spec cars bought under fleet sales and up-fitted by the department themselves.
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I believe their based on an old legend if you will, about a bunch of specially made Buick Grand Nationals that were sold to the FBI in the 80s

According to stories told about the FBI Grand National, GM Racing Program Manager Ray Smith was part of Buick Special Products Engineering which was responsible for total development of all Buick Specialty Vehicles, including: Grand National Regal, the 1981 and 1983 Indy pace cars, the Buick Wildcat in 1986, and (80) special Turbo Regals for the FBI.

Around 1986/1987, they were contacted by the FBI who were tired of losing the bad guys in car chases. Buick reportedly took the speed chip out of the Grand National to allow it to run in excess of 140 MPH.

What makes the story interesting is that someone reportedly purchased one of these new FBI GN’s from a dealership in Missouri. Buddy Mitchell was at Phil Beck Motors Inc in Troy Missouri and purchased a new 1987 Buick Grand National. This GN was a bitter different than most though and had a 145 MPH speedometer and a white pinstripe. The vehicle supposedly had a number (GN/132) on the decklid (trunk) in white vinyl suggesting that it was some sort of fleet vehicle. Buddy began making phone calls to see what he could find out about the car and was told that the FBI “may have” ordered some GN’s from buick and didn’t pick them all up. Those not purchased by the FBI found their way to dealers that then sold the cars.

Supposedly a Buick dealer outside of Washington DC received (22) Grand Nationals that were leased to the FBI for a year. These GN’s had a Buick Stage 1 chip that removed the electronic governor and allowed the cars to reach higher speeds. The dealerships employees took the cars to a lot in the D.C. metro area and dropped them off to eventually be picked up by the FBI

According to the book by Dennis Kirban titled “Kirban’s Guide to 1986 and 1987 Buick Turbo Regals” it states on page 271 that it is hard to prove that some were built for government agencies since they were titled by major car rental companies back then so they couldn’t be traced back to a government agency. On page 272 it states Roy Cavan who was a FBI agent recalls his division in Cleveland, Ohio taking delivery of two 1986 Regal T-types in June 1986. The one he was assigned was deep metallic blue with matching blue interior. What made it unusual was it had a column shifter, bench seats and crank windows. There was a shotgun rack mounted in the ceiling just behind the front seats. Mr, Cavan’s understanding is that during 1986-1987 the FBI took delivery of approximately 80 Turbo Regals in various colors. His assigned Regal stayed in service until fall 1988 when it had about 125,000 miles on it. It was sold soon after at a GSA auction for under $3,000. On page 274 Mr. Kirban recollects seeing one of the ex-FBI Turbo-T’s – this one was an 1987 painted dark brown metallic with tan cloth interior. In the headliner was some sort of special sewn-in compartment for concealing a weapon.\

Oh and supposedly the DEA might have purchased them as well to chase drug dealers between Miami and New York.

(info from https://code3garage.com/buick-t-types-grand-national-police-cars/)