It’s the one kind of car you’ll see every single day that we guarantee you wouldn’t pass up the chance to drive a police car.
There’s no question that Jay Leno is living just about every car enthusiast’s dream with his Jay Leno’s Garage web series. In this latest episode, he checks out a 1961 Dodge Polara California Highway Patrol car, which was recently restored by the Automobile Club of Southern California.
The Polara police package consisted of the expected “cop motor, cop tires, cop suspension, and cop shocks,” but it also utilized Chrysler’s 383-cubic inch V-8, not its larger 413 V-8.
There are just two ’61 Polara police cruisers left.