I purchased the car for a more reliable but still fun daily driver as my other lovely, a 2004 Audi A8L (ridiculously awesome car) just makes my man parts crawl up inside me whenever any malfunction light pops up. Although rare, she just costs more and takes more effort to maintain.
Also, I'm from PA...so the Caprice is not really a thing here
After driving the Caprice for the first time I decided to buy it. it is in pretty decent condition for a 100k mile daily pursuit car. The folks in Jersey pulled all the excess police materials out, which is a bit of a pain as I'm a first responder and will be putting back a lot of the emergency lighting with Whelen or Feniex items as. Now that I have a had a taste of what she is capable of though, she is going to become a part-time race car as well. Planning to do Autocross, RoadRally, and eventually Hill Climb stuff with SCCA and wherever else I can and have some fun. At the very least, she will be a fun sleeper.
Also have already modified radio through WAMS, have PPV Steve sending me cables, and making my own extras, and will be upgrading sound and interior items as needed. I also typically hate forums, but NewCaprice has been awesome so far and I hope that it keeps me going. I'll throw up pictures eventually as I finish things. Hope to make it a nice Mil/EMS/Fire/Police tribute type show/race car...because one thing is not enough. She is going to be partnered with an '85 Corvette with some awesome upgrades as well and hopefully 600 HP, with a lovely OD Green finish.
Plans for interior so far are race seats with harnesses available, roll cage, and a RAM Mounts police tablet mount for passenger side with an iPad mini wired in to provide GPS, and possibly direct music if I want something better...and maybe wireless backup cam if my RCA plugs don't work!
Eventually I'll be searching for suspension upgrades...so feel free to clue me in on some good options! Thanks folks!