The Ford LTD Police Car is based on the real-life Ford LTD, and sports a light bar on its roof. The model has a noteoworthy lightbar design, with the lightbar being attached from the inside of the car body, but not being part of the window plastic. This allows the lightbar and the windows to be different colors, while the lightbar cannot become detached during hard play. In some versions, the two halves of the lightbar are different colors, which for other models is not possible without the use of paint, or gluing two differently-colored lightbar halves together. This design was also used in 1979's Gran Fury Police Car, and with the beacons on several earlier emergency vehicles.

This car is one variant of the Ford LTD casting; the other common variant is the Ford LTD Taxi. In addition to the lightbar, the police version of the LTD has a radar gun mounted above the right rear window, and spotlights mounted at the back of the front fenders.

VersionsEdit

The Ford LTD Police Car has come out in the following 1/69 versions:

Col #	Year	Series	Color	Tampo	Lightbar Color	Base Color / Type	Window Color	Interior Color	Wheel Type	Toy Number(s)	Country	Notes / Variations	Photo
	1987 1990		White	Black striping & lettering, POLICE; black & silver bade on doors and hood, red PD-21 on roof	Red & blue	Chromed plastic	Medium blue	White			Macau ('87), Taiwan ('90)
	1990	Motor City	Red	Yellow FIRE DEPT, white FIRE CHIEF	Red & blue	Chromed plastic	Blue	White			Macau, later Taiwan
	1991	Graffic Traffic	White	(no decoration)	Red & blue	Chromed plastic	Blue	White			Taiwan
	1991	Live N Learn	White	Red & blue striping, handcuffs, face	Red & blue	Blue plastic base	Blue	White	Red 8-dot rims and tires		Taiwan
	1993		White	(Similar to 1987 version, but white replaces silver)	Red & blue	Chromed plastic	Blue	White			Taiwan
	1993	Intercom City	White	Black (or blue?) striping, badge, & lettering, POLICE; yellow PD-21 on roof, Intercom City logo on doors	Red & blue	Black or chromed plastic Intercom City	Blue	White			China
	1993	5-pack	White	Neon orange and neon yellow striping, Police in black, 17 on roof	Red & blue	Chromed plastic	Blue	White			Taiwan
	1993	Live N Learn	White	Red & blue striping, handcuffs, face	Red & blue	Blue plastic base	Blue	White	Yellow 8-dot rims and tires		Taiwan
	1997		Bronze	Black striping, white lettering, SHERIFF	Red & blue	Chromed plastic	Deep blue	White			Taiwan
	1997	Premiere Collection	Black and Beige	Florida Highway Patrol, State Trooper	Blue		Deep blue	White and Black	Chrome hub with black rubber tire
	1997	Premiere Collection	Gloss White	State Police, NJ, State Trooper	Red		Clear	Light Gray and Black	Chrome hub with black rubber tire
	1997	Premiere Collection	Blue and grey	Virginia State Police	Blue		Deep blue	White & black	Chrome hub with black rubber tire
	1998		White	Silver striping, black lettering, SHERIFF	Red & blue	Chromed plastic	Deep blue	White	(China and Taiwan) (China only)		Taiwan, later China
	1998	Police 5-pack	Blue	White striping, shield, & lettering, MATCHBOX POLICE	Red & blue	Chromed plastic	Medium blue	White			China
	1998 1999	Crime Patrol 5-pack	Silver	Blue shield, red striping & lettering, POLICE	Red & blue	Chromed plastic	Deep blue	Grey ('98) White ('99)			China
	1999		White	Yellow & blue striping, black & white lettering, Ridge New York	Red & blue	Chromed plastic	Deep blue	Grey
	1999 2001	Notfall Team (INT) FAO Schwarz 10-Pack	Black	White doors, hood and trunk, 42, Badge	Red and Blue	Chrome / Plastic	Blue	White		37703 (INT)	China	Highway Police on German card