My Job Pics (56k Warning)

[Nd4SpdSe]

I'm sure you guys wonder exactly what I go down to Virginia to do. Well, a buddy went home for the weekend, and left his camera behind, so i borrowed it to take some pics. Went in to work today, get ahead for Monday.

Here a Charger I started to work on friday. Left it as it to complete it over the weekend


I'm the trunk guy, so I take care of the wiring and equipement in the trunk. What goes in depends on what they want. This Charger is for the VSP (Virginia State Police). It's getting a "full package" install



Another guy takes care of the front end, the radio control heads and the laptop. That all depends on what they want as well.


And the trunk is finished, all that's missing is the equipment, except the siren controller, that's in there. The radios and such wont be ready until Monday, they are assigned and programmd for each person.






Second Charger, Marked unit "slick top" (no lightbar) that was untouched, started and finished this one today.







And the completed front console.




An Impala. I finished this one Friday, just waiting for equipment. This one is an unmarked unit for the State Police as well. Normally, I love doing Impala's, can finish a trunk in just over an hour if things go well, but I hate working on them if they don't have the equipement. The pre-made harnesses are just long enough, that's it's a PITA to ready the cables for the equipement because of that. tug too long one one end, short on the other.






A Crown Victoria. I didn't do this one. This isn't for the state police, another group, which I dont remember which one


Just to show, it's equipment. Left to right: Siren Controller. Main VHF radio, Repeater for handheld radio.



A Grand Prix. Same agency as the Crown Vic. I didn't do this one either, but nice stealthy install





This is a a fully equipped Charger with a lightbar. This one apparently is going to the Richmond Auto Show, when that is, I dont know yet. The rest of the guys were suppose to come in today and finish it, we know they went out last night, so we figured they we're too hung over. We left at 5 and they still didn't come by yet, oh well, they'll just have to do it tomorrow.

[mike_moss]

Wow, sick work man.

Now it all makes sense! (the screen, your car setup, etc.)

[PATDIESEL]

Holy Moly wiring mess Batman! LOL- that center consol looks like a new age tortouring device of some sick sort. Either that or a mobile mission controll for NASA. Hate to crash sitting next to all that electronics, cabels, bolted down stuff. Your trunk part looks much cleaner and the stealth install looks really nice. I notice it doesn't have a laptop, but why do the others look so messy?

[Nd4SpdSe]

Now it all makes sense! (the screen, your car setup, etc.)

Haha, not quite. I've only been doing this job a year come May, but i've had the CarPC setup for 4 years this past November. Essentially I didn't get influcenced from my job for the CarPC, but I got this job, with help of my best friend, from the experience of the CarPC (I've doen 2 others as well, with a 3rd waiting for nice weather and me to come home) and electrical/electronic experience from school, computer modding and such.

I notice it doesn't have a laptop, but why do the others look so messy?

To be honest, not quite sure what you mean by that.

The grey Charger (mine) has a laptop stand, but the wiring mess was because it was in progress. A co-worker (Pat) worked on and finished the same day I finished that trunk.

The second slick-top marked Charger, also having a laptop, was completed, front and back by myself and Pat.l The pics of the trunk were progression pics

The '06 Impala was completed the day before, but like the Chargers, it was scheduled for a Monday install (done on Friday)

The Crown Vica and Grand Prix was done Friday and ready to go. No laptop, low band radio or light controllers in those ones. NO idea why they didn't get picked up Friday, but oh well, not our problem.

The show Charger (apparently the auto show is this coming weekend) was done by other guys, who we're suppose to come in Satuday as well and finish it. They ended up not even coming in Sunday, but came in a bit earlier Monday morning and finished it then. Those pics were taken Saturday, vehicle left imcomplete.

Not all of the vehicles, even within each agency, need laptops, their only required for those who need information from the state database. Because they dont get a laptop doesn't actually change what can do in the trunk, but there is usually some corrilation, like they won't have low-band radios. No laptop means less work for the guy up front, but usually means more work for me, cause the ChargeGuard and portable radio charger ends up in the trunk.

[Clappy]

do you get to test drive them to make sure your wiring holds up to the cornering? cause that would be sick

[Nd4SpdSe]

Haha, I wish, but that was all researched in the prototyping phase, in which we had no part in. We do get to drive them around the lot, play with the lights and sirens. The best are the tandem transport trucks, or even better was driving the snow plows when we did MTO last summer

BTW, if you didn't know, there's a hidden switch to allow the cop cars to be shifted out of park

[Andrew_Pakula]

Cool pictures, that's pretty awesome

[ExperimentX]

Awesome work Mike, I'm sure this beats the hell out of working here in Sauga