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Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6
Why do some people think they have something special by owning an ex-police car? You know, bragging about a Falcon with "Option 20" or a Holden with code BT1 or 9C1.
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Dates back to a time when you could have literally an executive badged SS, sometimes complete with the HSV 185kw memcal, a reasonably potent bit of kit 30 years ago, and legitimately insure it as a V8 Executive without the "P plater in a sports car" fees that you would otherwise be slugged with.
Whilst this never really meant much with Falcons because well.... Ford didnt do as many favours to the cops, this actually continued right though to the VE Commodore's because I know there was at least one VE Omega that saw service with Queensland Police that was fitted with the SV6 spec LY7 instead of the expected LE0.
~2011-ish I was the manager of a Holden parts department and we had a police general duties patrol car come in that had sucked in a gutfull of water and was slated for a replacement engine, I was putting the list of parts together and noticed the engine code..... wtf? LY7 in a base model car? what? check the options, yep, LY7 Engine, check the car itself..... single exhaust outlet but everything on the engine was correct for a SV6 motor!