This 11-Mile Caprice Cop Car Never Got The Chance To Shake Down A Single Mustang

Ford’s Crown Vic might be the best-remembered cop cruiser from the 1990s, but the one tearaway Mustang drivers really had to worry about was its opposite number from Chevy, the Caprice with the 9C1 police package.

The 9C1 you see here never got the chance to make a single stop, however, and is being offered at auction with just 11 miles (18 km) on the clock, which is basically delivery mileage.

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The even stranger thing about this Caprice is that it was never a cop car at all, despite it being ordered in black and white and with the A-pillar spotlight and all the other goodies serving police cars came with.

It only exists because the original buyer’s personal connection to Chevy’s fleet sales department enabled him to buy the car in law enforcement garb.

Finished in a classic tone-tone color scheme, the big Chevy looks just how you remember police sedans from the mid 1990s: low, wide and menacing, with dog dish hubcaps and a rear track too narrow for the body.

The equally basic interior has blue cloth front seats that have never endured a night shift coffee spill or donut drop, and there’s a wipe-clean vinyl bench in the back.

Detuned Corvette heart

Power comes from a 5.7 liter LT1 V8 paired with a four speed automatic, a combination that puts out around 260 hp (264 PS) and made the Caprice surprisingly quick in a straight line.

In period, these cars were known for using their 140 mph (225 kmh) performance to humiliate unsuspecting coupes, though this one never got the chance to, preserved instead as an automotive ‘what if?’.

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Of course, a car that has spent decades in storage isn’t always perfect. While it looks excellent up top, the listing notes some surface corrosion underneath from long term storage on a damp surface.

Judging from the photos, though, it appears mostly restricted to bolt-on components and is well within the realm of what could be sorted with some time and elbow grease.

Preserve it, or add the light bar and stickers?

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The bigger question is what happens next. Does it become a museum piece, a Cars and Coffee conversation starter, or does someone finally put miles on a cop car that never clocked in?

Either way, this Caprice stands as a great reminder of when American police sedans were big, loud, and V8-powered, even if this one never got to wear a badge on its door.

Check out the listing here, and then take a look at this finished listing for a second 9C1 Caprice in full cop colors that sold on Bring a Trailer earlier this month with just 291 miles (468 km). Surely there can’t be many more unused examples out there?

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