[mystang99]

cool and true story!
the guy across the hall from me here at work is from Chicago and drove home for Thanksgiving (from St. Louis)
Driving back home from Chicago Sunday, he was just North of Springfield and saw a Trooper on an overpass pointing the "gun" down at oncoming traffic. he slowed down but the guy in front of him didn't. after they went under the overpass, in his rearview mirror, he saw a dark Mustang coming down the on ramp very quickly. it passed him and pulled right in front of him and pulled over the guy who hadn't slowed down.
my coworker said he was amazed to see it was a Bullitt that the Trooper was driving. it had 5 antenae on it and flashing lights INSIDE the vehicle.
now at 1st, i was skeptical saying "are you sure it was a Bullitt?"
but he looked at me and said "Marty, i see your car every day in the lot, i see your posters and pics in your office, and i see the screensaver on your computer....EVERY day!! i think i can recognize a Bullitt by now"
anyone else seen or heard of State Troopers using a Bullitt in Illinois?

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[barry bullitt]

More than likely a GT. It's very unlikely they'd use a vehicle with a 5 speed. State police here use Mustang GT's. Don't forget the Torq-thrust wheels are an option on them too and it'd be easy to confuse it for a Bullitt.

 

[Cupfan]

A few months ago, also driving from St. Louis to Chicago, I got pulled over by a 6 speed SS doing 83 in a 65.

Luckily, he let me go (I was in the famly van with the family).

 

[99svt32v]

thats really dangerous. i would surely try to race it and get busted big time

 

[Blakwing]

Damn!! Illinois is sure getting sneaky! Up north here around Chicago they have a few older SN95 Mustangs cruising around, a bunch of Mercury Grand Marquis, as well as a few Camaro's and Ford Explorer's doing Highway duty.. And get this.. A few of the unmarked cars.. Have Vanity plates.

 

[bullitbill]

Bloomfield Hills, MI has a Z06. So, I believe that it could have been a Bullitt. I imagine that if the guy noticed it was a Bullitt, it would have been from the rear badging and differences in the body, as the wheels would have been turning too fast for him to tell which ones it had.

 

[mystang99]

i tend to agree Bill,.....barry you could be right BUT everyone i work with already has seen WAY TOO MUCH Bullitt stuff (as far as they're concerned)in my office and this guy also often parks next to me in our lot! i think he'd recognize the difference BUT you never know...it could have been a GT too.
still, it's interesting to hear all you guys tell stories about high perfomance Cop cars you've seen!

HEY CAM!!! what's the most HP car you've seen in Ohio??

 

[Badkharma]

The highway patrol in the Vancouver area uses 6-spd SS's. Mean machines, all decked out in cop badging and a light bar! Makes the hood scoop look menacing.

 

[01GTB]

A Z06? Thats just crazy Why the hell do they need that? I hope they didn't buy it. Thats almost as bad as one of the local police departments down here running their cars at Speedworld.

 

[jacob67]

i really don't like unmarked cars(i easily get in trouble). but i have seen mustangs used often in MO.

 

[chilli bullitt]

Marty, OSP (Ohio State Patrol) only gets Crown Vics and Explorers but they do get some Camaros and Vettes on title fraud cases they come across. Last I hear they had thre Vettes and I think 4-6 Camaros. The one Camaro I saw several years ago was a late 80- early 90 with T-tops and it was RED!!! Z-28 IROC. They've toyed with getting Mustangs in the past but they get shot down in the end. I know Ricart Ford (MegaMall) in Columbus had a Lombroghini made up in a police package!! I'd say that would take the cake for highest HP in a "police" car!!
Ohio doesn't have unmarked patrol cars. When I was out in Ill this summer that was all I saw (unmarked) in Indiana. And several years ago on my way back from Kansas that was all I saw in Missouri.
Cam

 

[Badkharma]

Abbotsford P.D. has a VW Bug all marked up, with a light bar and everything. Just a promotional car. :smile:

 

[TripleDuck]

Kerrville Texas PD has a late model Vette......serious pursuit car.

 

[Green Monster]

Here in Illinois on top of the Camaros and Mustangs, I've seen unmarked Luminas and the best one of all was an early '90s F-series, unmarked with the lights inside.

When I used to live in Michigan I had seen 93-95 unmarked SHO's.

 

[justindal]

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol used to have notchback Mustangs for pursuit vehicles. They did a big news story on them. Pretty cool cars. About a year and a half ago I was pulled over by an OHP in a Camaro all done up in black and white with a big light bar. I didn't like the ticket, but I loved the way the car looked.

 

[BudACAD]

California went to the Mustangs back in the late 70's early 80's because every punk kid had a faster car. A Toyota ran from Eureka to San Francisco and they could not stop him. If it was not for the air patrol, they would have not been able to eventually catch him;-)... After that I started seeing and reading about the high Horse Power Mustangs that the California Highway Patrol was getting;-)... Very KEWL looking but not when you were speeding<G>.

Bud

 

[Nasty Bob]

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More than likely a GT. It's very unlikely they'd use a vehicle with a 5 speed. State police here use Mustang GT's. Don't forget the Torq-thrust wheels are an option on them too and it'd be easy to confuse it for a Bullitt.

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All of the California Highway Patrol's Mustangs they used to drive had 5 speeds.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if Illinois did have one. I've seen them use a Ford pickup with a camper for radar duty.

 

[chilli bullitt]

You can go here to see everything from TA's to Samurai's!!
http://www.copcar.com/
Cam

 

[mswaim]

For years the California Highway Patrol utilized manual transmission Mustangs. our agency had two of them that were used by the traffic division. Made for some interesting pursuits.........

 

[01GTB]

The few FHP Mustangs that are left go for big money at the auctions. A buddy of mine tried to get one for a long time, but South Americans would come in and outbid everybody. He ended up buying one wrecked from a cop out in Ormond Beach. That guy had bought a couple of them and messed this one up pretty bad.

As for all the other police vehicles patrolling the streets these days, it's hard to say what they have. I've seen Z28's, trucks, SUVs, marked, unmarked, everything, but never a Z06