We stumbled on this YouTube video while searching for pavement tattooing burnouts but tripped across the video description. The user states, “This was my 81′ Box with a 383/500/500. Sorry, sold it already. I call it my Police Interceptor because it was the vehicle of choice in the 70s’ and 80s’ for cops. The Interceptor package included a high performance engine, oversize sway bars and a heavy duty braking system.

The cops in those days could compete with even the high line European cars because of the performance and handling of the classic Box Chevy Interceptor.” While it is true and widely known that Chevrolet Caprice sedans were adopted as police cars in the 1970’s when car sizes were downsized. Most police departments used Ford LTDs.

When the Chevrolet Caprice was terminated, Police departments switched over to Ford’s Crown Victoria Police Interceptor as the standard police car. Using the term “Police Interceptor” just makes the hairs on the back of our neck stand up. It’s a Ford term and not at all suited for a Chevrolet product.

From our perspective, we’re glad that more police departments didn’t use Chevrolet vehicles because our rap sheet would have been twice as long because they could have actually caught us. The only thing that we couldn’t outrun on the Ford Police Interceptor was the short wave radio which is why we have any convictions on our record.

Aside from calling his ’81 Box a “Police Interceptor,” it’s a great little car. The little 383 stroker looks like it has enough bottom end torque to out pull a John Deere tractor and rev higher than the green machine too.

Whether the cops could compete with high end Euro cars in this flying brick is another thing completely. We’re sure that it felt like it to man behind the wheel, but keeping up with a Porsche 911 turbo…well, maybe not so much. We are glad that he has fond memories of his Box car and has provided us with this He-Man Woman Hater burnout video.

Police Interceptor?