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Purchasing ex police vf evoke K9 ute(nz)

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I've owned two BT1s in the past.
I've had 2 ex-cop cars I bought from the government auctions when they moved them at 40,000km's. First was a VK and then a VN manual, and I think I sold them with around 80/90,000km's and both were fine, no issues at all. Back then, you could inspect them prior to auction in raw form and pick the better ones although there were many rough one's too knocked around to consider buying.
 

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My sister had VP BT1 Auto, followed by a 5 spd VS BT1, the VP was a freak, but the VS was an utter disappointment.
The differences compared to standard seemed almost random back then. I’d changed jobs by the time VS’s were going through, but I worked near Pickles at Belmore while VR’s and VP’s we’re being sold off and pretty much all the V8 cars had been fiddled in ways you could tell just from poking around the engine bay … but they were all different! I assume they must have been done in batches and I guess the changes must have been occurring every few batches.

But there were things like airboxes and intakes with HSV badging on some, others had non-standard electronic modules, some had upgraded wiring … back then SS was the top-spec sporty so real SS seats were quite fancy, and one thing we noticed was that all the cop cars had Exec seats and door-cards except with SS cloth, assume that was to boost resale and con the punters at auction into thinking they were paying for an SS interior (a hidden form of tax being used to fund police vehicles).

By the time XR6T’s were popular and highway patrol cars were very close to standard (mostly stuff like upgraded wiring for lights and equipment by then), the cop car performance myth was in full swing … you could buy an ex highway patrol car from a dealer for $3k less then the middle-eastern stereotypes were outbidding each other for under auction conditions.
 
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back then SS was the top-spec sporty so real SS seats were quite fancy, and one thing we noticed was that all the cop cars had Exec seats and door-cards except with SS cloth, assume that was to boost resale and con the punters at auction into thinking they were paying for an SS interior
Some VS cop cars had SS seats and the car yards used to make them look like an SS, except they had live axles, SS were IRS. I bet a few bought them thinking they were a genuine SS!
 

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Some VS cop cars had SS seats and the car yards used to make them look like an SS, except they had live axles, SS were IRS. I bet a few bought them thinking they were a genuine SS!
Yep, My Sister's had the SS seats. It was nice to drive, just gutless and doughy.
 

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I struck a few cop cars that had been in accidents...Nothing major.....Look at the service books and I could see they were serviced reguarly.....Some even before schedule.....What I was told about the before schedule ones was, because they were involved in a pursuit, so they had preventative maintenance done....Some having the extra service done after a few thousand kays after the regular service, purely because of it being involved in a pursuit....Something a regular everyday Joe Blow car doesn't receive....ie, give it a bit of a squirt and go back and give it a service....

One thing that can be guaranteed with a police car is, everything would have been repaired before it went back out so it is in tip top shape and a good chance it has been thrashed.....Something you take pot luck with buying 2nd hand cars generally....

I also own an ex-cop car of the non-holden variety.....No difference buying that car to any other 2nd hand car for me....So why anyone would be scared buying an ex-cop car is beyond me....
 

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there were things like airboxes and intakes with HSV badging on some,
What I did see at a Holden dealer in '88, was a light metallic green VL cop car with VL Group A running gear, it was a manual with the Group A air cleaner, headers and 2.5" exhaust. We talked to the cop picking the car up, and he told us there were 2 of them, one in Vic also.
 
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