I find it interesting when people that are know something about the pics comment on them. That idiot Tater has to get on hear and leaved his stupid comments. He never has anything to add. He only insults people who know something.

This looks more like a Louisiana Contraflow plan.

Being a former Shreveport police officer, I found this interesting and appreciate the photos. At the time I was working in Shreveport, I recall Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office having some units with all red lightbars. I thought the MX7000 was an excellent light bar, always effective.

Leave me out of this.

Well, I thought it was interesting. Thanks for the explanation.

So now I see the point is that you're here to sell a lightbar. What happened? Nobody in Shreveport wants it?

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No, I wasn't dozing off. Please tell us more about every police car lightbar in the Shreveport area.

Wow. Uh huh. Fascinating. Tell us more. We were just discussing the Shreveport PD's take-home policy as well as their current lightbar configuration recently and you've answered most of jw's questions. Personally, I think the officer would be better off parking in his driveway rather than on his lawn and under the bushes.

This unit has a Lectric Lites model LL300 Ranger strobe bar. They are among the first generation of enclosed strobe bars from the early '80s. Lectric Lite was bought out by Code 3 several years ago, and these bars were only produced for a couple of years. They are very rare to find and had a single flash alternating pattern to the 360 degree end strobes. The inner front and rear bulbs are par 36 sealed beams that were designed to flash or steady burn depending on the factory setup. The alleys are the same type of par 36 sealed beams and are embedded into the domes by a chrome trim ring setup instead of behind a clear window in the domes. The domes have some very unusual and large, round shaped protruding areas in them over each of the inner lights. I have a Ranger bar just like this, and if any collectors out there want to buy it, I'll let it go cheap. Email me for more info. Thanks!

FYI, these are two Bossier City, Louisiana PD units working an accident on I-20. The adjoining city, Shreveport, uses the same type MX7000 lightbar and color configuration above as seen in the photo to the right of this one on the main page. The Caddo Parish Sheriff (Shreveport) and the Bossier Parish Sheriff (Bossier City) also use red and blue MX7000s. It's hard to tell who is stopping you at night if you happen to cross over into each other's jurisdictions. A large emergency equipment dealer in S'port got the contract for every agency's lights and gave them all the same type of bars.

Just a FYI for everyone. I am from Shreveport, Louisiana and this is an SPD single officer assigned takehome unit. The takehomes were issued in order to have better response times for emergency and backup response, and also for higher visibility in neighborhoods. They have 600 series unit numbers instead of the usual 100-200 series of the patrol and traffic fleet cars. This one is unit 671, located just behind the front wheelwell. The lightbar is an all light MX7000 with all red on driver's side, all blue on passenger's side, clear center rotator, front red and blue alternating lower flashers, 4 takedowns, rear arrowstik, alleys, and smart intersectors. On assigned units, the officers are allowed to add their own chrome trim rings to the factory black wheels with center caps and this officer has done that. The original full hubcaps on earlier CVs were removed from all the units in the fleet when the risk of flying off during pursuits and such became a liability issue. The city started the takehome program in hopes those cars will serve at least 5-7 years in service due to only being used for one shift instead of 24/7 like a fleet unit. The officer is allowed to use the car to run personal errands when off duty but must radio in and have his gear on hand and be able to respond at once if needed. A takehome is not such a bad bonus perk.

and on weekends the sheriff's wife would peel off the gold star and get the family groceries

Uh, yeah... I'd say this car's "off the rack"

(are those pinstripes...?)

Any mechanics out there remember the Ford Variable Ventura Carburetor?

Those are actually Kansas Turnpike troopers. The small writing below "Trooper" on the door logo says, "Turnpike".

-Nick-

Hey.....I was guessing at the year. The picture was taken in 1982. Could be a 79, 80, 81, Who really cares....Let's not be so picky.....sheeeeesh.....

Hey all.
John Anderson has a picture of an 1981-1983 Malibu with the quad headlights.
Check out the link: http://copcardotcom.fotki.com/john_anderson/fwpdmal.html

Dave
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Here is a better view of each car for a side-by-side comparison.

This is a dual headlight 1979 Malibu- Thin, angled C-pillar between roof and rear quarter, non-opening triangle window not part of the rear door.
http://images9.fotki.com/v175/photos/4/42477/1574301/amppd79malibu-vi.jpg


Here is a quad headlight 1983 Malibu. Notice the fatter C-pillar connecting the roof to the rear quarter, vent window as part of the back door glass and the separate front fender amber side marker light
http://public.fotki.com/copcardotcom/greg_reynolds-_poli/a-mppd83malibu.html

The Fort Worth car in the above photo is mislabled. It is a 1980 or older Malibu

Greg
copcar dot com

I would have to agree with M & M Custom. The Malibu's in the early 80's I recall had on the window's of the back door had a "split window" design. You take the quasi-triangle window behind the back door in the picture. and put it with the door, that is a 81-83 Malibu. The one in the picture has a separate quasi-triangle design. So, I believe it is a 79 or so.

Dave

Jeez! That looks more like a taxicab than a patrol car. Makes me wonder if a drunk would hop in the back seat on his own. :-)

hey nice old Dallas police car and i also live in Dallas..

nice police car