1st Gen Question

[cancam69]

Sorry if this has been asked before....were any first Gens' used by Police forces across north America? and if so....what special treatment did they receive? Did they have a differnt Trim Tag/Vin? I am asking this because I remember a local car show here years ago and the local police had a display, there was definatlely a 57' chev and I swear the other car was a 69 Camaro (I could be dead wrong of course) if my memory is not failing me and they were used as Police vehicles....any pics? Thanks in advance.

[1968RSZ28]

The only first generation one I've seen was a toy...

http://www.amazon.com/1969-Camaro-Police-Highway-Patrol/dp/B001JIIBGM

Lots of second, third and fourth generation cop cars here...

http://www.sspmustang.org/gallery5.htm

And the fifth generation Camaro is already out there...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9PkwZ9ne24

Paul

[Big_Al]

A lot of Camaro parts catalogs (Rick's for one) show police hub caps. Of course that doesn't mean there were any Camaros used by the police. I've never seen or heard of first generation Camaros being used by law enforcement.

Al

[tom]

Back in the day, I don't remember any police coupes. That has changed, and those memories are mostly of New Jersey. Of those I remember they were all 4 doors, except there might have been an undercover coupe. I'm foggy on the details, but I used to fill the tank. All I can remember was a high performance might have been a mopar, that was used to catch street racers. The officers didn't look like officers at all. Would have been maybe 72 -74 or so.

[rich69rs]

Funny thing about my '69 RS that I never have quite understood.  When I purchased the car in Nov 1991, at that time you could still, to a certain degree, trace the car's history back through title searches via various state DMV's.  I was able to trace my car back to the person who owned it in 1983 in Chambersburg, PA.  The title was issued on Dec 8, 1983.

This is where it gets interesting.  The PA title also clearly shows that the car was originally titled on Feb 24, 1969 (my ride is a Norwood built 01C car) and then if you look just to the right of "Chevrolet" you see the letters "CP".  According to the legend to the right, C = classic car, P = formerly a police vehicle.  The car clearly was never a police car per se.  Don't know if it was confiscated by a police dept and used undercover or what the deal really was.

I have never been able to find out any more information.

See attached - not the best pic due to file size limitations, but I believe you can see the code lettering.

[cancam69]

Funny thing about my '69 RS that I never have quite understood.  When I purchased the car in Nov 1991, at that time you could still, to a certain degree, trace the car's history back through title searches via various state DMV's.  I was able to trace my car back to the person who owned it in 1983 in Chambersburg, PA.  The title was issued on Dec 8, 1983.

This is where it gets interesting.  The PA title also clearly shows that the car was originally titled on Feb 24, 1969 (my ride is a Norwood built 01C car) and then if you look just to the right of "Chevrolet" you see the letters "CP".  According to the legend to the right, C = classic car, P = formerly a police vehicle.  The car clearly was never a police car per se.  Don't know if it was confiscated by a police dept and used undercover or what the deal really was.

I have never been able to find out any more information.

See attached - not the best pic due to file size limitations, but I believe you can see the code lettering.

Interesting....could it also be for Coupe?

[Big_Al]

I'm thinking coupe also.
It is very fuzzy but isn't the next block to the right labeled code? It has an arrow coming out and pointing to the code legend.

[crobjones2]

I'm thinking coupe also.
It is very fuzzy but isn't the next block to the right labeled code? It has an arrow coming out and pointing to the code legend.

for the box labled "CODE"

[Big_Al]

Exactly. If it were CP for classic/police wouldn't CP be in the code box instead of the type box?

[1968RSZ28]

If it were CP for classic/police wouldn't CP be in the code box instead of the type box?

Yup!  The "CODES" box is blank.  "CP" is in the "TYPE" box, presumably for "coupe".

Paul

[1968RSZ28]

Out of curiosity I dug out my California Certificate of Title, aka "pink slip".  It has an area labeled "BODY TYPE MODEL".  The DMV typed in "CP12437" here.  I believe "CP" stands for coupe.

Paul   

[rich69rs]

... I believe that you all are on to something.  So much for the curiosity question.

[qwertyme77]

being a lifelong resident of pennsylvania i can tell you that cp absolutely stands for coupe. the block next to that (labeled "codes") is used for those codes. I have a photocopy of my old 68 camaro that lists it with a code "F" in that other box. (out of state vehicle)

paul.

[lakeholme]

Back to the original question...
In the 60s and early 70s, police intercepters were still 4 door, big blocks.  Camaro interceptors were "widely" introduced in the early 90s.  Look here:
http://www.camarosource.ca/main_new_site.php?url=new_site/rare_specialty/write-ups/b4c_police_pkg.htm