Cool CHP Mustang pics

[28HopUp]

Found this posted on the CHP forum -

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/531934-The_always_friendly_highway_patrol-United_States_of_America.jpg

Mike, you may want to save this picture and host it here before the link disappears.

[ImEvil1]

Great pic...do you have the original link?

[Andy]

I like it too ......Looks like a scene from
No Country For Old Men

[28HopUp]

Great pic...do you have the original link?

You can right-click on it to get the address. I'll post it below, but the forum may shorten the link -

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/531934-The_always_friendly_highway_patrol-United_States_of_America.jpg


EDIT: Yup, the link got shortened. But if you click the link, it'll bring the full address up in your browser.

[ImEvil1]

You can right-click on it to get the address. I'll post it below, but the forum may shorten the link -

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/531934-The_always_friendly_highway_patrol-United_States_of_America.jpg


EDIT: Yup, the link got shortened. But if you click the link, it'll bring the full address up in your browser.


Thanks...it shortened it when I right clicked on it last night.

Another one to add at the next update for sure.

[28HopUp]

Found another one tonight on the CHP forum -

http://mustangforums.com/forum/members/28hopup-albums-misc-stuff-picture31395-chpadvertisement.jpg

[ssp91ssp]

:2thumbs: Sweet pics!
thanks , Bill

[28HopUp]

I just saw this one on the CHP forum -

http://www.themustangsource.com/timeline/79-86/82/CHP.jpg


I don't remember seeing that pic before. The OP only said that it was of a fleet of 82's awaiting duty.

[MOstang]

That's a great pic Bill...nice that the plate looks pretty visible too.

[ImEvil1]

Nice pic...it's in an article here, too.

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/83Fordtimes.htm

[28HopUp]

I've never seen this one before. It's an in-service pic of an 85 SMPV - #E408383

http://mustangforums.com/forum/members/28hopup-albums-misc-stuff-picture35859-e408383-an-85-smpv-1-of-maybe-25.jpg

[picture found on CHP forum]

[28HopUp]

Here are a couple of more from the same source -

http://mustangforums.com/forum/members/28hopup-albums-misc-stuff-picture35856-ok-what-is-the-car-on-the-right.jpg

http://mustangforums.com/forum/members/28hopup-albums-misc-stuff-picture35855-82-ssp-to-the-right.jpg

[1jerryl]

I like the white spotlights :D ....I also noticed they did not paint the front bumper cover...





Jerry
91 X-CHP #8990 (For Sale)
90 X-NCSHP Caprice
77 Nova 9C1
83 Malibu 9C1 (Coming Soon)

[28HopUp]

I've seen these two before, but they hadn't been included here -

http://mustangforums.com/forum/members/28hopup-albums-misc-stuff-picture35857-ssp82.jpg
[larger version shown here (http://b2p.imgsrc.ru/f/fotofreddie/7/13853287nTe.jpg)]

http://mustangforums.com/forum/members/28hopup-albums-misc-stuff-picture35858-ssp82a.jpg

[28HopUp]

I like the white spotlights :D ....I also noticed they did not paint the front bumper cover...


Yup, the spots were exchanged for the smaller units. I like that they also used a license plate frame on the front of E408383 (E408445 (http://mustangforums.com/forum/members/28hopup-albums-misc-stuff-picture35860-e408445.jpg) had that too), and you can read the name of the dealer in this shot. There is no shotgun in the windshield either (very stealthy!)

[1jerryl]

I am assuming the one pic was taken sometime in 82 maybe. the St Regis they used in 1979 and the Diplomat's and Mustangs were used starting in 1982. I doubt the St Regis would be around much longer than 3 years or so....




91 X-CHP #8990 (For Sale)
90 X-NCSHP Caprice
77 Nova 9C1
83 Malibu 9C1 (Coming Soon)

[ImEvil1]

Friggin' awesome, Bill. Thanks for posting those up.

[ssp91ssp]

Bill, all those pics are GREAT!!!
thanks for posting..

[MOstang]

Pretty cool pics...the white spotlight is interesting. Thanks!

[Andy]

Great Stuff!
Thanks for posting it here.:)

[28HopUp]

Pretty cool pics...the white spotlight is interesting. Thanks!

Agreed! Here's an old thread where SMPV's were discussed in more detail -

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1522


Let me add a disclaimer that I created that thread before documenting that my CHP was NOT an SMPV. But some good info came out of it.

[28HopUp]

Our own Va 5.0 (Jack K.) took some initiative to locate the photographer who took the following picture, which was shown in the first post of this thread:
http://cache.virtualtourist.com/531934-The_always_friendly_highway_patrol-United_States_of_America.jpg

Jack must be part bird-dog, because he tracked the photographer to The Netherlands. She goes by the name of Gonnie, and she sent Jack an enlarged electronic copy of the picture, which Jack sent to me to post up here:

http://images59.fotki.com/v683/photos/1/1804951/9996267/432954in1989-vi.jpg


Now we can clearly read the Unit Number. She said that the picture was taken in 1989 near Owens Lake. Thanks for tracking down this picture, Jack!

[Rhino]

Wow - there have been a slew of new CHP photos coming in. LOVE it!!

Make you wonder how many more are out there in someone's collection?

[mac88chp]

Nice! Thanks for all the work guys to bring this one to us. You can tell it's an '88 and like my car also had the same terrible placement of the bumper sticker up partially on the bumper cover rub strip. I just put a long-awaited repro of that sticker on my car but opted to place it below the strip where they appeared on the '86s and '87s. Not 100% nit-picky concours but I also opted to leave the "Safety and Service" scripts off because I detested the location they were applied to on my car too, all in the name of better aesthetics.

Original location:
http://images26.fotki.com/v939/photos/4/438439/1627859/88CHP03Bvi-vi.jpg

Better location:
http://images112.fotki.com/v106/photos/9/438439/9741819/P1010934-vi.jpg

[Wolfe1013]

Bill, can you make out the plate number? Can you email me higher res versions of these two photos?

Thanks, Greg

I've seen these two before, but they hadn't been included here -

http://mustangforums.com/forum/members/28hopup-albums-misc-stuff-picture35857-ssp82.jpg
[larger version shown here (http://b2p.imgsrc.ru/f/fotofreddie/7/13853287nTe.jpg)]

http://mustangforums.com/forum/members/28hopup-albums-misc-stuff-picture35858-ssp82a.jpg

[28HopUp]

Bill, can you make out the plate number? Can you email me higher res versions of these two photos?

Thanks, Greg

Greg, please PM me your email address. I will check my home PC to see if I have the larger version or not. The pic I have isn't all that clear, nor did I name the picture file with the unit number (which I usually do when I save in-service pictures when I can ID the number). It looks as though the number could be any one of these four -

E870478
E870476
E870428
E870426

It is most likely one of the first two, but I cannot tell with 100% certainty whether the second-to-last digit is a "7" or a "2".

[Mustang Kid]

Found these on Google.

82 That was in a Mustang Monthly article.
http://image.mustangmonthly.com/f/9210229/mump_0605_01z+1982_ford_mustang_ssp+front_view.jpg

This is on the inservice photo section on the main NET site
http://www.specialservicemustang.net/Gallery/images/CHP/82CHPSR.jpg

RIP
http://images26.fotki.com/v935/photos/4/438439/1947960/92AprCHPMag1-vi.jpg

My favorite pic from my Motor Transport Mustangs thread
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h340/Mustang_Kid84/Motor%20Transport%20Mustangs/mtm7.jpg

[28HopUp]

I found these two pictures on the CHP forum. I don't think they are new, but they haven't been posted in this CHP picture thread.

[Wolfe1013]

Look at all those new correct tires!!!

I got some parts off a white CHP SSP that was sold for scrap in the Denver area. Front end damage that was too severe to repair for the owner. Do we have a total number for the white ones? That one has a CB antenna, right? Looks that way on my phone.

Nice pics.

[chism]

That white CHP car looks awesome! Has someone restored a white on here?

[Wolfe1013]

I went back and found the string of texts with the guy where I bought the dome light and ball antenna mount and he said they came off the white '89 CHP SSP that he had tried to save. Doesn't that look like an '89 in this pic?

Edit: I sent him this photo. Waiting for a response. He said the car was in the list of VINs that's on this site back when I first talked to him.

[chism]

I went back and found the string of texts with the guy where I bought the dome light and ball antenna mount and he said they came off the white '89 CHP SSP that he had tried to save. Doesn't that look like an '89 in this pic?

Edit: I sent him this photo. Waiting for a response. He said the car was in the list of VINs that's on this site back when I first talked to him.

sweet! I'm surprised that paint scheme is not more popular on here. Maybe it is and I'm not seeing it, LOL. I I still had my 87 Poop coupe (white 4 banger converted to 5.0 with stock T5 for the banger and the 7.5 rearend and gorgeous red interior) I would contemplate a tribute car. :)

[John10608]

lol I remember those FORD mustang posters in all of the classrooms at the academy when I went through in 1-83.

Some of those other pictures bring back memories of that time era also.
The older patrol cars. I remember those good ol' days !
I'll have to dig out some of my old patrol pictures. See what I have.

Thanks for the posting !
John

[mac88chp]

Look at all those new correct tires!!!

I got some parts off a white CHP SSP that was sold for scrap in the Denver area. Front end damage that was too severe to repair for the owner. Do we have a total number for the white ones? That one has a CB antenna, right? Looks that way on my phone.

Nice pics.

http://images39.fotki.com/v1287/photos/4/438439/1947960/Mustangs-vi.jpg

I'd sure like to take a ride with Mr. Peabody and bring a set of those tires back with me!

That white SMPV does indeed have a field installed CB. I had the scuff marks made by a similar mag mount antenna on the original paint on the deck lid of my car in that same location.

I've always wondered if that pictured SMPV was one of the originals from Motor Transport that came equipped with all the special low profile equipment and may have later been re-outfitted with the standard dual spots, decklights and low-band whip. Or did it start out as a convential B&W unit and that was just repainted all white? Too bad we can't see the interior set up to check for that lay down shotgun rack that the originals had.

It is known that the famous blue SMPV E435300 was eventually drilled for spots as the magnetic and corded spots that were originally provided ended up being deemed useless and that evaluation could have applied to the u/c antenna and low profile deck lights as well. But still I have a hunch this one may have been a simple repaint that pretty much turned it into the configuration that was used with all the later Mustang SMPVs (overall white paint, white spots and everything else that was standard Mustang issue). Would have probably even been done in the field to turn a regular unit into an instant SMPV. Would be nice to know what office that pic is from, my bet is somewhere in the Central Valley or inland Southern CA.

[28HopUp]

Michael, I tend to think that the above SMPV originally started out as a black & white. If you look closely at the lower left edge of the rear bumper, there appears to be white overspray on the gas tank cover (and maybe on the exhaust tip too). It could have also been in an accident at one point and the overspray came from the repair, but I doubt it. The equipment (other than the white spotlights) is consistent with it having started out as a B&W. If we only had a contact at Motor Transport who could search for this unit's Assignment Card, then we would know for sure. ;) I will ask Robert if he could look for this card as well as the others I asked him about 2 weeks ago.

[mac88chp]

Michael, I tend to think that the above SMPV originally started out as a black & white. If you look closely at the lower left edge of the rear bumper, there appears to be white overspray on the gas tank cover (and maybe on the exhaust tip too). It could have also been in an accident at one point and the overspray came from the repair, but I doubt it. The equipment (other than the white spotlights) is consistent with it having started out as a B&W. If we only had a contact at Motor Transport who could search for this unit's Assignment Card, then we would know for sure. ;) I will ask Robert if he could look for this card as well as the others I asked him about 2 weeks ago.Getting that card would be great Bill, thanks for sending that one by Robert. Hard to know when the repaint occurred without more documentation. Right now the information we have is that ALL the SMPVs started life as B&W units, even the ones built from new cars at M/T as that is the only way they were ordered from the factory. It would be interesting if any documentation ever turns up that can show otherwise.

[Mustang Kid]

Just look at the door and the quarter panel, two different shades of white :)

You guys know that if you go to the CHP and ask about having access to the assignment cards and finding the ones for the Mustangs for documentation purposes, and if you get a letter of authorization, you can get what ever you want with out a problem. Robert would have to look for the cards, or a member in CA could go in with the letter.

I'll probably send you a PM, Bill, with more details. Admin Mike would have to get involved as well.

[28HopUp]

Getting that card would be great Bill, thanks for sending that one by Robert. Hard to know when the repaint occurred without more documentation. Right now the information we have is that ALL the SMPVs started life as B&W units, even the ones built from new cars at M/T as that is the only way they were ordered from the factory. It would be interesting if any documentation ever turns up that can show otherwise.

Thanks for clarifying that. I mis-read your earlier post and thought you were asking if this car had been a B&W or not. :)


I'll probably send you a PM, Bill, with more details.

Please do. :D

[mac88chp]

FYI - I'll be at the Academy with John10608 for the better part of a day next month and may have some time to go next door and do research on the cards.

[05pwrstrk]

http://images39.fotki.com/v1287/photos/4/438439/1947960/Mustangs-vi.jpg

That SMPV is just a great looking vehicle hands down. I would really like to have one of those someday.

[mac88chp]

That SMPV is just a great looking vehicle hands down. I would really like to have one of those someday.

Come to Ripon in October. The owner of an original '89 SMPV is working to get his car there for the show....it will be a first:

http://images38.fotki.com/v1220/photos/4/438439/1947960/P1010448-vi.jpg

Oh, and if your Nevada car runs, clean it up and bring it to enter in the daily driver class. Everybody loved seeing my in-progress car the four times I showed it there prior to getting it "finished*".

* They never truly are you know.

[MOstang]

That SMPV would be a cool one to see returned to in-service condition. :thumbsup:

[MOstang]

Assuming this is another angle of the same/or similar white CHP SSP?

[mac88chp]

Assuming this is another angle of the same/or similar white CHP SSP?Nope, different location and a different unit, this one is a '92:

http://images116.fotki.com/v709/photos/4/438439/1947960/chp_1992_smpv-vi.jpg

Isn't it interesting to note that when they repainted the later cars into SMPVs (all of them in an overall white scheme), they left the beltline mouldings black even though technically they should have gone white also to emulate the monocromatic look of the '92 and up models. :)

[Wolfe1013]

Question: the seller I got my items from said his car was white. I believe he still has the trunk and the underside is also white. On a repaint, would they have bothered to spray the underside?

[NoDrama43]

Come to Ripon in October. The owner of an original '89 SMPV is working to get his car there for the show....it will be a first:

http://images38.fotki.com/v1220/photos/4/438439/1947960/P1010448-vi.jpg



Mike is this the car the guy is restoring? I really like this car !!

[mac88chp]

Mike is this the car the guy is restoring? I really like this car !!Yes, the very same one - E435300.

[Mustang Kid]

Question: the seller I got my items from said his car was white. I believe he still has the trunk and the underside is also white. On a repaint, would they have bothered to spray the underside?

Just because it's white doesn't necessarily mean it was an SMPV. My CHP was painted white prior to sale, or it was transferred to another state entity. My dads 85 was also painted white.

"One Day" would paint everything but the engine bay.

To see if a car was an SMPV, you would need to have the unit # to get the assignment card. Assignment card is really the only way to confirm.

[05pwrstrk]

Come to Ripon in October. The owner of an original '89 SMPV is working to get his car there for the show....it will be a first:

http://images38.fotki.com/v1220/photos/4/438439/1947960/P1010448-vi.jpg

Oh, and if your Nevada car runs, clean it up and bring it to enter in the daily driver class. Everybody loved seeing my in-progress car the four times I showed it there prior to getting it "finished*".

* They never truly are you know.

The color on that 89 SMPV is the same color my 89 NHP is supposed to be. The medium blue, Wedgwood(I think?). I find it odd that CHP would repaint a B&W a factory color. Wouldn't you think when their shop would repaint a car it would be just a color off the shelf. Has the owner of this car verified the color yet?

As for Ripon I would love to bring my car. I need to put a clutch in it first.

[05pwrstrk]

The color on that 89 SMPV is the same color my 89 NHP is supposed to be. The medium blue, wedgewood. I find it odd that CHP would repaint a B&W a factory color. Wouldn't you think when their shop would repaint a car it would be just a color off the shelf. Has the owner of this car verified the color yet?

As for Ripon I would love to bring my car. I need to put a clutch in it first.

EDIT: Not wedgewood. But Medium Shadow Blue.

[John10608]

That white 92 SMPV was 109th unit after my SSP I am restoring.
I wonder if it was a 93.
The plate on that one reads 895310 if I am reading it correctly.

[Mustang Kid]

That white 92 SMPV was 109th unit after my SSP I am restoring.
I wonder if it was a 93.
The plate on that one reads 895310 if I am reading it correctly.

I am pretty sure that 1992 had plates starting with 38 and 93 had 88 looking at pictures.

The 93's in the inservice section have 88 as the first two of the plate, and 92's had plates ranging in the 389000+ area, like my dads is 389042.

Your car is confusing me John, as IIRC, it had a build date that would make it a 93, but your paperwork had 1992.

While I was writing this, I did a little more looking, and found some more 89 plates on Mustangs in my Motor Transport Mustangs thread. But then I realized, the 89 plates were for 1994! All of the 94 Caprices have 89xxxx plates:D

Still confused on why 92 Mustangs would have them, unless they were equipped in late 93??? John's could have gotten lumped in with the batch of 93's that were being equipped? Then 93's that got equipped in 1994 would get the 89 plate?

These are the 89 plate numbered Mustangs I have seen
895201
895310(SMPV, I have pictures of the car at MT)
895400
895216
895392
895250
895254
895309(SMPV)
895338

Pretty much CHP had 88xxxx for 1993, 89xxxx for 1994, and 90xxxx for 1995.

Might just be rambling on here, but I felt the need to investigate :D

[93chipper]

mine is 895333 and it was built 10/92

[mac88chp]

The '93s were issued plates in both the 88xxxx and 89xxxx series. I have confirmed several '93s by VIN# that had 89xxxx plates. This makes differentiating '92s and '93s a bit dicey to ID from the plate alone.

[28HopUp]

Sam, as Michael said the 2-digit prefix on the CHP unit numbers are not necessarily year-specific. I have seen 38xxxx plates on at least two different model year cars (I haven't had my morning coffee yet, so I forget which years). As a result, I have also seen two cars from the same year having different 2-digit prefixes.

Here is a somewhat related post on the CHP forum -

http://www.chpforums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=104399#post104399

[MOstang]

Here's a photo for sale on ePay of a white one...appears to be diff't plate number than one a few posts earlier. Looks like white overspray under the front bumper.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271044509048&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

[28HopUp]

Jack, aka Va 5.0, sent me this photo, which is a better copy than the one I have seen before. But it certainly belongs in this thread. The car is one number off from my 85 SMPV. :)

[28HopUp]

Here is a new photo I found/purchased on ebay of CHP #E408445 (a 1985 SSP) -

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/VINlist/CHP/1985CHP234921/85-234921pic2.jpg


This is the only silver & white SMPV (Specially Marked Patrol Vehicle) from the first year (1987) of the pilot program by the California Highway Patrol. To review, the CHP repainted five (5) SSP Mustangs that first year, along with Dodge Diplomats, Crown Victorias, and Chevy Celebrities (15 cars total) for the purpose of stealthy speed enforcement of truckers. This picture is different than the others I have seen, with the shot being closer to the car and at a slightly different angle. The original I received of this photo I more clear than the scanned copy I posted, and it shows one of the special low-profile Show-Off rear deck lights, as well as the relocated antenna on the decklid.

[kapracing]

SWEET !:D

[nighthawk756]

Man, that's great Bill!! What are the odds huh?? Good ol' ebay!! :D

Did they change out spots also? Looks like 5" chrome spots from the pic??

[28HopUp]

Did they change out spots also? Looks like 5" chrome spots from the pic??


Yes, on those first-year SMPVs the CHP switched out the 6" black-headed spotlights for 5" ones, and painted them body color for a more stealthy appearance.

[nighthawk756]

Yes, on those first-year SMPVs the CHP switched out the 6" black-headed spotlights for 5" ones, and painted them body color for a more stealthy appearance.

Nice!!

[nighthawk756]

Bill, did you get this copy of your car also??

http://m.ebay.com/itm/271371930439?nav=SEARCH

[28HopUp]

Brad, I also received a copy of that color photo of E408445 (which is the sister to mine - E408383)

[nighthawk756]

Brad, I also received a copy of that color photo of E408445 (which is the sister to mine - E408383)

My fault, I should've checked the tag more closely....lol

[28HopUp]

This one is the final SSP Mustang to roll through CHP Motor Transport -

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/VINlist/CHP/1993CHPsmog/93-189095pic1.jpg


I saw in my notes that the car's unit number is E881517 (is that right, MikeC?). If so, then we know the VIN of this car though our collective efforts in the VIN Project:

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/VINlist/CHP/1993CHPsmog/info189095.htm


Since adding it to the Project, this car was last smogged in October 2013. It's still on the road gentlemen, and may end up on Craigslist/eBay someday. ;)

[kapracing]

Sweet !!!!
That'd be a cool car to restore :2thumbs:

[mac88chp]

This one is the final SSP Mustang to roll through CHP Motor Transport -

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/VINlist/CHP/1993CHPsmog/93-189095pic1.jpg


I saw in my notes that the car's unit number is E881517 (is that right, MikeC?). If so, then we know the VIN of this car though our collective efforts in the VIN Project:

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/VINlist/CHP/1993CHPsmog/info189095.htm


Since adding it to the Project, this car was last smogged in October 2013. It's still on the road gentlemen, and may end up on Craigslist/eBay someday. ;)Yes, it's E881517.

Here's the "fractured" version of that photo event that hangs at Motor Transport and commemorates all the physical sacrifice the staff made while equipping the Mustang fleet: :)

http://media.fotki.com/1_p,sbwbfktsgqdqrsdxstkbkdwsrgwg,vi/wwqgrkddgxsqktwdfrf/9/438439/10633458/DSC00403-vi.jpg

BTW, the owner of the "Last Mustang" knows exactly what he has so if it ever shows up for sale don't expect any bargains.

[28HopUp]

That's awesome, Michael! Now that you've confirmed its unit number, I will update the car's page in our VIN Project. :)

[mac88chp]

That's awesome, Michael! Now that you've confirmed its unit number, I will update the car's page in our VIN Project. :)Great, I read the plate number off the large print that hangs at MT.

[28HopUp]

I knew you were the one to ask. Now that the remaining CHP Assignment Cards have been destroyed :(, it will next to impossible to match the VINs to unit numbers. So being able to confirm any more CHP cars like this will be 'bonus'!

[28HopUp]

Rob N. now owns the 1985 CHP Mustang that had been owned by Jim B. up until last year as I recall. Rob recently shared an in-service photo on FB that I had never seen before of E408382, which is the second photo displayed below. The first photo was posted up of the same car earlier in this thread, but in an entirely different situation. :)

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=5529&stc=1&d=1371297322

[MOstang]

Rob N. now owns the 1985 CHP Mustang that had been owned by Jim B. up until last year as I recall.

Just a nit, but I think you mean John B., as opposed to Jim B.?

[28HopUp]

That's right. I must have been thinking of Bourbon. :D

[MOstang]

That's right. I must have been thinking of Bourbon. :D

LOL! :D

[28HopUp]

Bump! 1982 870415 as seen on FB...

[chp1982]

Ha, you beat me to it! I put this pic in my '82 CHP thread.

[28HopUp]

As found on FB -

A Swedish police officer on vacation in California was allowed to get a ride along. But first he had to sign a waver form that the state of California was not responsable for any injuries... ☺️

[28HopUp]

This was posted on a CHP page on Facebook. Unknown photographer.

[28HopUp]

Darryl Lindsay shared two photos on FB of the single 1984 CHP Specially Marked Patrol Vehicle (SMPV) that was used in the first phase of the program. The rest of the SMPV Mustangs were 1985 models that first time.

[Andy]

Thanks for posting
Great Stuff!

[28HopUp]

The following picture popped up on FB recently. It is an actual in-service photo of my first SSP - E408395

How cool is that??? :cool:

[Andy]

wow

[ImEvil1]

I saw that but had no idea....Wow is right!!

[MOstang]

The following picture popped up on FB recently. It is an actual in-service photo of my first SSP - E408395

How cool is that??? :cool:

Great find 👍🏻!