New Stallion Coming ! shhhhh!

[ssp91ssp]

We have another Stallion SSP in route to deep south tx .
shhhhh.. it's a surprise ..
should be here by the 18th ?

[MOstang]

Are you going to keep us in suspense? :D

[wheelerg]

hey? you can't tell only half of a story....

[28HopUp]

I know of a CHP that recently sold. Coincidence?

[jpargo]

Hector ssp91ssp...I think that CHP is a 91 as well. I have a nice 91 if that's your year;) ! Congrats on the addition...which one does your wife get?

[ImEvil1]

I know of a CHP that recently sold. Coincidence?

:yes:

[28HopUp]

:yes:

Turns out it WAS a coincidence. That 93 CHP (SparkSVT's car) is headed west - western PA that is! Maybe I'll still get to see it.

[ssp91ssp]

Hector ssp91ssp...I think that CHP is a 91 as well. I have a nice 91 if that's your year;) ! Congrats on the addition...which one does your wife get?

John , she gets the automatic USPS car ...
just a couple hints since you are all COLD on the guess...lol
new car is a 5spd , true ex trooper car , from a cold state north/west of me.
mammma said no more info or she drives the new car ! hell no !

ssp91ssp

08 super duty
03 cobra
93 USPS ssp
89 LX hatch 9sec 302 car
88 ????? coming soon
95 land rover discovery I

[Andy]

http://i50.tinypic.com/sdmmno.jpg
Listen mister start talking Posting Pictures
or were going down to Parker Center!

[ssp91ssp]

http://i50.tinypic.com/sdmmno.jpg
Listen mister start talking Posting Pictures
or were going down to Parker Center!

Pics as soon as lands in Tx ..Hold your Horses !

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[NoDrama43]

I know I know ;)

[ssp91ssp]

Jim, stay on your Horse buddy !!!! NOT YET ! lol

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[ssp91ssp]

Turns out the transport truck had some issues !! So, i find out last night on my own that the guy dropped my car off at a storage yard 4hrs from here and never called me !!

You wanna talk about being pissed off all of last night ! after i payed permium $$$ for the delivery , at least keep the cust posted ! Right ???

I told the transport company it Better be here today or i want half my money back and i'll rent a trailer and go n get it the rest of the way ..

It gets better guys , I got lucky and found a trooper plate for my car on CL and had it shipped to my house , some dip shit plowed my mail box down with a trailer !!! dam it !! and yes the plate is now damaged .

what luck !

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[MOstang]

Yikes! If you didn't have bad luck, maybe no luck at all? Of course having a new SSP arrive is lots of fun and good luck any way it happens, so that is a good think. :yes:

Looking forward to hearing more about the car.

[ssp91ssp]

Picked up the Stallion just a bit ago .
It's a white 88 Colorado State patrol SSP .lots of documets on this one .
the car is in super staright O rust condition , all orig panels ,paint exept the roof possibly from the light bar ?? Unit# 246, still has it's roll bar but no padding .the interior looks like day 1 other than the typical driver seat wear n tear, the carpet even has a shiny look to it .
As per previous owner , his wife drag raced the car and before that his buddy's wife raced it also.. It wears some racing components to show its past life which will be put back to ssp stock componets little by little .
more info and updated pics later next week after a good scrub!
the following pics are while still in Colorado.


http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/DSC_2694.jpg

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/DSC_2706.jpg

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/DSC_2688.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/DSC_2689.jpg

ssp91ssp
http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/ more pics here .

[ABN2060]

Congrats on the find. Are you removing the roll bar as well? It looks like it won't take much to return it back to stock.

[MOstang]

Congratulations Hector :thumbsup:.

[NoDrama43]

Hector...excellent find bro. Awesome it still has the original CSP roll bar in it.

awesome car !! :2thumbs:

[ssp91ssp]

Congrats on the find. Are you removing the roll bar as well? It looks like it won't take much to return it back to stock.

The roll bar was 1 of the neat CSP options .
thanks to all and sorry about the long wait on what my find was ..
as of this am it already has it's 10 hole wheels on it ...Here we go !!!

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[ssp91ssp]

more pics as of this morning at work ..

http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/

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[sspanthony]

Very nice car Hector ! ! !

[Andy]

Looks Great! :)
I always enjoy reading stories.
about anticipation Fear and relief.AKA
WAITING for the transport company
to arrive. Have Fun with the new ride.

[MOstang]

Just a note of caution to folks...I picked up several Trojan viruses during the course of viewing the pics @ the link provided. I'm in the process of trying to remove them from my computer. I have good up to date virus software so should be ok but I know others don't always keep current on that software. I'm not very knowledgable about how all this happens but wanted to give a courtesy "heads-up" to others.

[ImEvil1]

Hector,

Congrats on the purchase...nice car with great documentation.

Mike,

Thanks for posting that info up. I googled it and it seems to be a problem for Photobucket (I'm not computer savvy enough to know how you can get a virus from downloading a .jpg, but I know I don't want one).

[jpargo]

Hector, congrats on the car my friend! ;)

[ssp91ssp]

thanks all ! the car is already a ton of fun ..as we looked it over at work in the air we noticed that you can still see the police decal outline on both doors , nice proof of original paint .. all but the roof as far as i can tell.
the paint is oxidated some so the same guy that did my USPS car will do his magic .

Mr Evil , should we delete the link on my post ??? I hate to cause a comp issue for someone . sorry guys ! i hope you guys got to see the inservice pic on my photobucket , take a look at the roll bars in both cars and the 3rd car behind those two ... sweet pic !!

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[ssp91ssp]

Updated photobucket .. document pics .

http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/

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[28HopUp]

Looks great Hector! A Colorado car is a nice find! There's one by me, but a previous owner sadly removed its SSP identity to the point that it'll never be restored (but it'll blaze the 1/4 mile in 10seconds).

But I digress. Congrats on the new SSP! Bringing a new one home is an exciting time, so enjoy yourself. :)

[ssp91ssp]

guys is it safe to say that this was the in service plate # ?
looking to order a set of replica plates and came across this document this morning . looks like REL456 , if it is the plate # i kinda figured it would have the unit # on there ???? HELP !
any ideas ? or is it part of a driver lic # ??
ssp91ssp

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/0221001020.jpg

[28HopUp]

guys is it safe to say that this was the in service plate # ?
looking to order a set of replica plates and came across this document this morning . looks like REL456 , if it is the plate # i kinda figured it would have the unit # on there ???? HELP !
any ideas ? or is it part of a driver lic # ??
ssp91ssp


Hector, can you compare that number to any in-service shot(s) of other CSP cars that show their tag? I'd say the chances are pretty good that's the right number.

[MOstang]

I noticed the 68k mileage amount. Do you know at what miles they ended the in-service life of this Mustang? Can you tell whether that document was from when the State Police still owned it or after it went to a civilian owner?

The link below will allow you to look up varoius State Trooper license plates.

http://www.statetrooperplates.com/sp-hp.htm

Is the in-service picture you had on Photobucket that actual car or just an example of a CO one in-service? I don't know much about the Colorado cars but didn't notice a plate number like your document on the link above. Not sure if they had unmarked cars or not and whether would have had diff't license plate configuration.

[ImEvil1]

guys is it safe to say that this was the in service plate # ?
looking to order a set of replica plates and came across this document this morning . looks like REL456 , if it is the plate # i kinda figured it would have the unit # on there ???? HELP !
any ideas ? or is it part of a driver lic # ??
ssp91ssp



Hector,

That's probably the first plate that was on the car after it sold at auction. Your in-service plate was the car's unit number.

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/Gallery/images/CSP/90CSP4.jpg

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/Gallery/images/CSP/90CSP4.jpg

[ssp91ssp]

Hector,

That's probably the first plate that was on the car after it sold at auction. Your in-service plate was the car's unit number.

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/Gallery/images/CSP/90CSP4.jpg

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/Gallery/images/CSP/90CSP4.jpg

Guys , Upon further document reading i answered my own question on the plate #.. the lic plate # i posted earlier is after auction ! sorry .
looks like the State last smoged the car i 91 at 90k miles and then went to auction.

As far as what plate belongs on the car and what it looked like this is what i found on statetrooperplates for a mustang up to 1989.
The above in service plate pic may of been up to a 93 mustang ..???

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/HSP.gif

the #10 prefix -designation of the Colorado Dept Of Highways the last digits were the Unit # as stated by Mike ..
thanks guys . this history stuff is fun . the above plate i found on CL in Colorado a week ago and purchased it .

ssp91ssp

[ssp91ssp]

MOstang ,
The in service pic on the photobucket was given to me by the previous owner , i don't think it's my car .? just because it has the newer CSP lic plate ????

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[ssp91ssp]

Jim , here are some pics of the Roll Bar ..


http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/101_3995.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/101_3996.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/101_3997.jpg


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[ssp91ssp]

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/101_3998.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/101_3999.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/101_4001.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/101_4003.jpg

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[ssp91ssp]

Take a look at the mounting holes on driver's door of my CSP ...
It's got 5 mounting holes for something ???
I have seen pics of older ssp's that had a shotgun mounted there ???
my paper work states this car had a shotgun mounted .
any ideas ???? the length of the holes is too long for a club i think ??
it measures 28" from the 1st to last hole .

Mr Drama , is your driver panel on the CSP the same way ? any ideas ?
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/101_4004-1.jpg


http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/101_4005.jpg


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[NoDrama43]

Hector,

My car did not have the original door panels in it when I bought it. I have the correct interior to go back in it but nothing original so I have no idea what was mounted there.

[MOstang]

Hector - I'm certainly not an expert on the CSP cars, but was thinking same as you were...shotgun rack. The MSHP in some instances had brackets they customized and installed in that general location within the SSP's. Hopefully someone else will be able to provide some solid info.

[NoDrama43]

I noticed the 68k mileage amount. Do you know at what miles they ended the in-service life of this Mustang? Can you tell whether that document was from when the State Police still owned it or after it went to a civilian owner?

The link below will allow you to look up varoius State Trooper license plates.

http://www.statetrooperplates.com/sp-hp.htm

Is the in-service picture you had on Photobucket that actual car or just an example of a CO one in-service? I don't know much about the Colorado cars but didn't notice a plate number like your document on the link above. Not sure if they had unmarked cars or not and whether would have had diff't license plate configuration.

My 90 CSP was not put into service till Feb 1992 and was sold in 1995 with 83k miles.

[mustangretriever]

Hector - I'm certainly not an expert on the CSP cars, but was thinking same as you were...shotgun rack. The MSHP in some instances had brackets they customized and installed in that general location within the SSP's. Hopefully someone else will be able to provide some solid info.

The MO door brackets were made for a PR-24. But some Troopers have told me they shoved their Remington 870's into them!

[28HopUp]

The MO door brackets were made for a PR-24. But some Troopers have told me they shoved their Remington 870's into them!

That certainly makes sense.

[ImEvil1]

Take a look at the mounting holes on driver's door of my CSP ...
It's got 5 mounting holes for something ???
I have seen pics of older ssp's that had a shotgun mounted there ???
my paper work states this car had a shotgun mounted .
any ideas ???? the length of the holes is too long for a club i think ??
it measures 28" from the 1st to last hole .

Mr Drama , is your driver panel on the CSP the same way ? any ideas ?

ssp91ssp

Hector,

The mounting holes on your door were for an in-house-fabbed shotgun shell holder. I know it sounds weird, but CSP screwed them into the door (webbed material with elastic for the shells). I have an email somewhere from the trooper that drove my '83 describing it, but I have no idea how long they were or how many shells they held. My '83, which is still original down to the paint, has the same holes in the door panel.

You should have several holes on the top of the rear driveshaft hump. This is where the shotgun rack was mounted. The shotguns were Remington 870s with folding stocks, and they were stored with the stocks folded up. The Trooper that drove my car described that as well, and I'm sure his memory was correct; he killed a suspect while driving my car with his shotgun.

[NoDrama43]

:2thumbs: Excellent info Mr. Evil.

[ssp91ssp]

Hector,

The mounting holes on your door were for an in-house-fabbed shotgun shell holder. I know it sounds weird, but CSP screwed them into the door (webbed material with elastic for the shells). I have an email somewhere from the trooper that drove my '83 describing it, but I have no idea how long they were or how many shells they held. My '83, which is still original down to the paint, has the same holes in the door panel.

You should have several holes on the top of the rear driveshaft hump. This is where the shotgun rack was mounted. The shotguns were Remington 870s with foldding stocks, and they were stored with the stocks folded up. The Trooper that drove my car described that as well, and I'm sure his memory was correct; he killed a suspect while driving my car with his shotgun.



Mike ,
Wow ! thanks for that info ..
I will raise my CSP at lunch time and check the trans tunnel for extra mounting holes .

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[ssp91ssp]

Jim ,
Did you notice these mounting holes that Mike just mentioned at rear of trans tunnel while your interior was out ???

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[NoDrama43]

Yes I believe they are there. I will check for sure when I get back home on Friday evening.

[ssp91ssp]

Mr Evil,
Your the man ! I owe you a cold one friend ..
check out the pics .
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/101_4008.jpg

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/101_4007.jpg

these holes are at the rear trans tunnel just as Mr Evil said ..
thank you !

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[ssp91ssp]

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/101_4006.jpg

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/101_4009.jpg

these as you can see are on the pass side of tunnel right next to
trans tailshaft ...
thanks to all again !
ssp91ssp

[MOstang]

Congrats on finding those. :thumbsup:

[FHP813]

Nice car and the documentation is a definite plus. Congrats.

[NoDrama43]

Hey Hector i ws looking at my documentation for my CSP tonight. it was smogged and inspected in April of 1995 then 9 days later sold at auction. The smog receipt shows the License plate as being 100237. My car never got the updated "CSP" plate. Check your smog stuff to see if it shows the license plate number. :thumbsup:

Post up a pic of the plate you bought on Ebay. I am going to have the platemeister make me a set with the correct numbers on them.

[ssp91ssp]

Jim , I just looked at my documents and my smog sheet and it states
my plate # was XX20645 ???? as per my documents , the smog was the last thing done as a CSP car ... The smog sheet reads State Patrol !!
I don't understand that plate # at all ???

Here is the pic of the CO plate i puchased on CO CL ..and the one i had made up in FL with the original unit #..

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/88%20CSP%20SSP/HSP.gif

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/88%20CSP%20SSP/0302001958.jpg

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[NoDrama43]

very nice Hector. did the platemeister do the plate for you?

[ssp91ssp]

very nice Hector. did the platemeister do the plate for you?

yeap ! did my USPS plate also , very nice work !!


Hec

[ssp91ssp]

Jim , Sorry... my answer on the plate maker was very quick as i'm at work..
It was not that guy ! these where made by cartag.floridact.

he does sweet work and very quick ! he will send you samples via email until your happy with the results ... they were at the house in 3 days ! ;)

sorry about that false info ,Jim .

Hec

[ssp91ssp]

Got home today to find a package from Colorado on my porch ????
Read the label and saw it as from my CSP contact in Co.

Ex trooper Mansen sent me 2 correct colorado size red bulbs for my spots, 3
large color copies of the CSP logo , and the the best part ! a 15 min dvd of a couple CSP Mustangs in high persuit in the mountains of Co.
the vid is from early 1992 .

Jim , maybe it's your car in the vid as mine was already retired at that point .
the vid is a bit blurry since it's a copy , i'm just glad he sent it , period ..
Thanks again Ron !!!!:2thumbs:


http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/88%20CSP%20SSP/0416002152a.jpg


http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/88%20CSP%20SSP/0416002153.jpg

[ssp91ssp]

I noticed that all my photobucket pics i posted earlier in the post are gone ?:No no:
so here is a pic from when it arrived home ..:D
ssp91ssp

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/88%20CSP%20SSP/101_3968.jpg

[MOstang]

That's awesome Hector...great job on fostering that CSP contact. :yes:

[ssp91ssp]

You guys may remember that my Colorado State Patrol graphics permission was under way.
It has been granted! graphics should be here a week from today.
this has taken several months to complete but well worth it.
The graphics were expensive but again well worth it !

Evil, Drama,
The initial cost for the setup of the graphics is going to save you guys a lot of money , this is because i was charged a fee to redo the door decal as they only had GM car at CSP to go by.
The flying wheel art rework was $225 alone! yes , $225.00.
I will post pics with them on the car as soon as they get here. The permission states they must be magnetic ! that's fine with me as the car just came out of storage and is making trips to work.
__________________

[ssp91ssp]

The day she came out of storage a few days ago. As of today the front height has also been raised as it wore BBK springs that were too low. She also got new skins and power coated wheels, thanks,Stubes.
sorry about the date on the pic.



http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/88%20CSP%20SSP/101_4461.jpg

[ABN2060]

Nice looking car Hector. I can't view any of the other pictures except for the one in the last post. May be due to this military network.
My '93 will look identical to that one when I get it painted and the wheeld powdercoated. Big fan of the black door moldings as well.

[ABN2060]

I noticed that all my photobucket pics i posted earlier in the post are gone ?:No no:
so here is a pic from when it arrived home ..:D
ssp91ssp

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/88%20CSP%20SSP/101_3968.jpg

:(

[ABN2060]

I was just able to view all your photos of the car on you photobucket page. Looks like a very nice interior and a well docmented car. Very nice :thumbsup:

[28HopUp]

It's looking great Hector! Thanks for the pics...

[ssp91ssp]

Thanks for the comments guys! :)
This is after i raised the front susp to match rear, the pic is a bit dark. It came down 1/4" from the way it sits after a quick drive down the road and things settled back down.


http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/88%20CSP%20SSP/101_4476.jpg

[ABN2060]

Much better:thumbsup:

[ssp91ssp]

The CSP has been doing daily duty to work n i noticed that i couldn't see much of the road in the dark mornings.Yellowish front lamps.

I purchased a polish kit from Silver Eagle and took about 1.5hrs to do all front lights. The kit does require shop air.
Take a look at results !
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/88%20CSP%20SSP/101_4482.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/88%20CSP%20SSP/101_4483.jpg

[stubes]

glad to see the wheels worked out for you

[ssp91ssp]

While at the CSP Anniv event this past wknd , Major Bratt presented me with the signed permission for the Colorado State Patrol decals.
Since already there i made a purchase of 2 sets , magnets / hard marked set.

It really changes the total look of the car!
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/88%20CSP%20SSP/0927001832.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/88%20CSP%20SSP/0925001245a.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/88%20CSP%20SSP/0923001135.jpg

[NoDrama43]

who did you buy the decals from?

[ssp91ssp]

The decals were done by the outfit that does all the CSP cars.
Major Bratt set it all up once the Chief gave the ok and they met up with me at the CSP Academy upon arrival.
Jim , have you sent your permission letter to the chief yet ? I know it took me several months for it all to work out.

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/88%20CSP%20SSP/downsized_0928001900a.jpg

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/88%20CSP%20SSP/0928001901.jpg

[MOstang]

NICE photos Hector...cool! :cool:

[Wolfe1013]

Looks great, Hector. Got an email from Major Bratt today asking for my DOB to run the background check and saying that he should have the signature from the Chief next week. Hopefully, it won't be long before I have my set of decals!! Although, I'll have to re-size the flying wheel logo down a bit for the Camaro's door. You really paved the way for the rest of us and that's greatly appreciated. :)

Greg

[ssp91ssp]

Greg , That's great !!!
It took me a few months to get it all done but well worth it!

As far as the paving I did ??
Like Mr Drama said ......That's how we roll here!:D

[MOstang]

Hector - Post up some interior pics when you have a chance...thanks.

[ssp91ssp]

Hector - Post up some interior pics when you have a chance...thanks.

MOstang , my comment about being done was about the decal permission.;)
The interior is still all stock , Tho equip is being gathered to try n finish that up for spring showings.:cool: