Oh boy! Where to start! I am not trying to bad mouth his car, but a lot of the equipment I see is not what would be on a 71. The pushbar is way incorrect, the spotlight handles should be ivory(similar to the steering wheel), the gun rack is fabbed( originals would mount to the top of the dash, also the dash pad has been replaced as there are no holes), the decklight bracket looks like a crownvic or diplomat, the decklights themselves are correct(but the wires should be run throught the little black grommets on the lower left sides), the whip coil should be black and is different, and there are a few more things
But original equipment is VERY hard to find.
The car is very nice though. The original interior is pretty uncommon also. I hope they don't drive the cars marked like the video(had to search 1969 polara chp) shows. The 69 in the vid and one photo is most likely the clone. The other 69 that goes to Ripon is absolutely the most accurate of all 69s and most likely the other 60s/70s cars. Ron(the owner) has gone so far as to have shaped the underhood wireing exactly like in original CHP photos. Ron is allowed by the CHP to drive the car with all the markings uncovere. My
dad restored that 69 owned by Ron (body and paint, helped put it all together, and lots of other stuff).
The 60s/early 70s CHP cars are pretty rare. 1 1960 polara exists(my dad owns this car
), only 3-4 1970 Mercurys exist (my dad has one), 15 or less 69 polaras exist (my dad has 2 and Ron has 2), and some other years only 5 less survive.
The pushbar should look more like the one on Rons car here.
Sorry forthe long post, I just had to say something haha.