Whenever an interesting topic comes around that's not obviously categorized, I try to put it in a place where I can find it later.
So I created this thread to capture what we know about the origination of the CPD chase cars.
Jenny wrote:
> Chicago cars in the movie were actual CPD units purchased by the
> movie company.
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bluesmobiles.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=owners&action=display&thread=882#ixzz25zpUk7zuand I asked for a source for this info and Jenny wrote back:
> My source for the info about the CPD cars being actual Chicago squads
> is the Chicago Police Dept and CPD sergeant Greg Reynolds! I asked the
> Chicago Pd if actual squad cars were used the making of the movie. I
> was told that the movie company inquired the city about purchasing
> some of the units that were up for retirement. I heard they paid
> $500-$700 a car and according to Greg "The film company bought 100
> real CPD cars that had just been taken out of service that would
> normally have been sold to wholesalers"
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bluesmobiles.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=owners&action=display&thread=882#ixzz25zpgclW1I've found that a lot of people make strong claims about the movie and the cars, but people's memory fades over time, and some people heard something from somebody, etc. Greg's story is a piece of evidence, but I wouldn't take it as a guarantee. It would seem odd to me that they bought exactly 100 cars.
> I knew prior to asking that they were real deal because they are way
> way to accurate to be movie cars!
And I've been told by folks that "this must be an original X, because it looks exactly like what looked like", and then I point out a difference, and they say they never noticed that. Similarly, the CPD cars don't look particularly accurate to me.
We have some with stripes down the whole body, and some with stripes on the door and quarter, but not on the fender. And some on the fender, but not on the quarter. And some with Royal Monaco emblems, and some without.
And if they had 100 ex-police cars, why wouldn't they actually use them for the blumo with the closeup interior shots instead of taking pics of civilian door panels. It just seems unlikely, to me. I'm not writing this to beat anyone up, I'm just trying to collect what we know, as all the pieces of evidence help us get to the truth. Maybe someone has a bill of sale from the CPD to the movie company.
your friend in armchair CPD originating discussing,
arthur
I was flipping the channels and caught the very end of "Code of Silence" with Chuck Norris. Just as the end credits start there's a CPD car, driver side, the back door was open so I couldn't see what was on it but the front door for sure had POLICE on it. 
