There are plenty of ways to make an entrance at a classic car show, but arriving in a Hazzard County Sheriff’s cruiser with a V8 rumbling under the hood is difficult to beat. One particularly recognizable Plymouth is currently looking for a new home, complete with the lights, markings, and police equipment to make fans of The Dukes of Hazzard look twice.
Thankfully, this isn’t one of the unfortunate patrol cars that spent its television career crashing through fences or sailing into ditches. It began life as a civilian 1971 Plymouth Sport Fury before receiving its law-enforcement makeover under previous ownership.
The transformation goes well beyond a few decals slapped onto the doors. Whoever built this tribute clearly paid attention to the details, adding functional police equipment and even a small nod to one of Hazzard County’s best-known residents.
Now the big Plymouth has appeared on Bring a Trailer, where it’s being offered at no reserve. At the time of writing, bidding sits at $6,666, with the auction scheduled to end on August 25.
Ready For Patrol In Hazzard County
The Sport Fury has been refinished in white and wears Hazzard County Sheriff graphics inspired by the patrol cars driven by Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in The Dukes of Hazzard. Sitting prominently on the roof is a working Tomar 925 police light bar.
The theme continues inside, where a Federal Signal Corporation PA20A Interceptor electronic siren and public-address amplifier is mounted beneath the dashboard. There’s even a Cooter’s Garage service-reminder sticker on the windshield, a subtle reference that fans of the television series should immediately appreciate.
Other exterior details include concealed headlights, front and rear bumper trim, Sport Fury badging, a deck-lid antenna, and black-painted 15-inch steel wheels wearing Plymouth dog-dish hubcaps. It’s an appropriately understated combination for a car that’s supposed to look like a small-town police cruiser from the early 1970s.
There’s A 383 V8 Under The Hood
Unlike some movie and television tribute cars that are primarily about appearances, this Plymouth has respectable hardware underneath. Its 383-cubic-inch V8 was rated at 300 horsepower when new and breathes through a four-barrel carburetor, dual-snorkel air cleaner, and dual exhaust.
Power reaches the rear wheels through an A727 TorqueFlite three-speed automatic transmission. Power steering should make maneuvering the substantial sedan easier, while power-assisted front disc brakes and rear drums handle stopping duties.
The suspension remains suitably old-school, using longitudinal torsion bars at the front and semi-elliptic leaf springs at the rear. The listing notes that corrosion is visible on some of the underbody components, so prospective buyers will want to study the auction gallery carefully before bidding.
It Wasn’t Always A Hazzard County Cruiser
The Plymouth’s fender tag confirms that this isn’t an original police-package car. It left the factory as a high-trim Sport Fury four-door sedan finished in Glacial Blue Metallic, with a light-blue cloth-and-vinyl bench-seat interior and a white vinyl roof.
Its factory specification was actually rather luxurious for the period. Options included air conditioning, tinted glass, an AM radio, front disc brakes, a lighting package, turn-signal indicators mounted on the fenders, and bright exterior trim.
Much of that comfortable character remains inside. The cabin now features two-tone blue vinyl bench seats, woodgrain dashboard and door trim, blue carpeting, air conditioning, a push-button AM radio, a clock, and rubber floor mats.
It isn’t pristine, however. Bring a Trailer points out cracks in the dashboard pad and damaged or separated seams on the seats, while the five-digit odometer currently displays approximately 36,000 miles. The Oklahoma title lists the mileage as exempt.
Probably Best To Leave The Jumps To Television
A Hazzard County police car tribute is inevitably going to attract a very specific kind of buyer. Pair this Plymouth with a General Lee replica, and you’d have an instant rolling recreation of one of television’s most recognizable automotive rivalries.
The 383 V8 also gives this Sport Fury enough muscle to make it entertaining without requiring the next owner to pretend they’re actually chasing the Duke boys. Given what happened to so many cars during production of the original show, keeping this survivor firmly on the pavement seems like the wiser plan.
Bidding remains relatively modest for now, although a no-reserve auction means someone will own it when the clock runs out. For a Dukes of Hazzard fan, this might be one of the more unusual pieces of automotive nostalgia to hit Bring a Trailer this year.