When the Blues Brothers made their Saturday Night Live debut on April 22, 1978, it was clear immediately that the alter ego characters portrayed by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd on the sketch comedy series were destined for greatness. Several … Continued
Probably one of the most famous and identifiable movie cars of all time is ECTO-1 (Ectomobile). ECTO-1 is a 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor Futura (limousine style windows) Duplex (hearse / ambulance combination) used in the 1984 film Ghostbusters and other Ghostbusters fiction. … Continued
The car you see here is an original 1989 Ford Mustang SSP (Special Service Package) police car, it was issued to the Canadian Royal Mounted Police, specifically to Corporal Brad Popowich. Unusually for an SSP the car is fitted with … Continued
The last year Chevrolet offered the Caprice 9C1 police car was in 1996, and its 139 MPH top speed made it the fastest police car you could buy at the time. Chevrolet re-introduced the Caprice 9C1 PPV (Police Patrol Vehicle) … Continued
In 1991 Chevrolet replaced the older rectangular body style Caprice with new aerodynamic design. Much of the engine availability was carried over from the previous generation, which included the 190 horsepower 350 cid (5.7L) L05 V8. The L05 was a … Continued
It’s 1969. You’re speeding along the 101 freeway in California, when you look in the rear view mirror and spot this 1969 Dodge Polara coming up behind you. You briefly contemplate making a run for it. You downshift and hit … Continued
The Nebraska State Patrol has brought one of their 1993 Ford Mustang’s back in to service. The 5.0-liter Special Service Package (SSP) Mustang was sitting in storage for years until Trooper Charlie Cook dusted it off about a year and … Continued
In 1989 the Minnesota State Patrol bought twenty of these SSP (Special Service Package) Ford Mustangs to crack down on speeders. Of those, four of them were the dark shadow blue metallic color that you see here. Only the passenger … Continued
The Mustang SSP was a lightweight police car package based on the Mustang Fox-body and produced by Ford between 1982-1993. The car was meant to provide a speedier option for police departments in lieu of the full-size sedans on the … Continued
If you’re in to Jeeps or off-roading, then you probably heard of the Rubicon Trail. For those that haven’t, the Rubicon Trail is a 22-mile-long route, part road and part 4×4 trail, located northeast of Sacramento, California, and just west … Continued