New guy with a '93 SSP *pics*

[ABN2060]

Well, I found this on CL the other day and quickly snatched it up. Long story short, it was a DARE car belonging to the Brantley County (Ga) Sherrif's Office. It was sold in 2001 and I bought it from the second owner who bought it at auction. Unfortunately he gave it to his son in law a year ago who did not take very good care of it. It is totally stock down to the air silencer and is complete and unmolested. The undercarrage is pristine as well.
Plans are to repaint back to factory color white and leave it stock.
Anyway, here are a couple pics but I will post more this weekend when I have time to clean it up.

I got a kick out of the hillbilly jack stands
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/3669/mustang2.th.png (http://img163.imageshack.us/i/mustang2.png/)

The deputy it was assigned to gave me a pic of it while in service.

[28HopUp]

That's a great in-service shot! Thx for posting...

[ABN2060]

Sorry for the huge pic. Can't edit so here is a smaller pic.
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9638/markedssp.th.jpg (http://img132.imageshack.us/i/markedssp.jpg/)

[ABN2060]

That's a great in-service shot! Thx for posting...

I meet him at lunch today. I was surprised when he gave it to me. Cool guy....

[MOstang]

I meet him at lunch today. I was surprised when he gave it to me. Cool guy....

Great experience....congrats and thanks for the pics. I was fortunate to meet the Trooper who was assigned to my 93 MSHP SSP. I'm going to coordinate another visit with him in April in order to reunite him for a visit with his old Mustang.

[ImEvil1]

Great stuff. (I edited the pic for you). Welcome to the site!

[sspanthony]

Welcome to the site and you will find a wealth of information from people here and always willing to go the extra mile..... Congrats !

[ABN2060]

Thanks for the warm welcome fellas. And thanks for editing that pic Mr Evil :)

[MOstang]

That's a pretty good DARE car look. Take a look at this link to a diff't thread on this forum.

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/forums/showthread.php?p=18404#post18404

My 1993 Missouri State Highway Patrol SSP was subsequently a DARE car for 10 years. You'll see a pic there of what it looked like as a DARE car.

[ssp91ssp]

Welcome ! you have a nice n rare ssp start !
lots of info on this site . enjoy.

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

ssp91ssp
hector

[ABN2060]

That's a pretty good DARE car look. Take a look at this link to a diff't thread on this forum.

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/forums/showthread.php?p=18404#post18404

My 1993 Missouri State Highway Patrol SSP was subsequently a DARE car for 10 years. You'll see a pic there of what it looked like as a DARE car.

When I was a Deputy Sheriff about 10 years ago, we had a DARE Mustang but it had what looked like a Tony the Tiger on the hood. Looked ridiculous but I wish I had a pic of it.

Welcome ! you have a nice n rare ssp start !
lots of info on this site . enjoy.

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

ssp91ssp
hector

WOW!!! Love the blue.... Sweet looking car....

[mac88chp]

You have a nice project there, that's a great in-service look. Welcome and keep us updated on your progress.

[ssp91ssp]

When I was a Deputy Sheriff about 10 years ago, we had a DARE Mustang but it had what looked like a Tony the Tiger on the hood. Looked ridiculous but I wish I had a pic of it.



WOW!!! Love the blue.... Sweet looking car....

thank you for the comment !
i think we all LOVE blue .

ssp91ssp

[ABN2060]

The more I dig into this car i becomes clear I saved this car from certain death. I removed the interior due to the carpet being soaked (rain) and the floorboards look pretty good. Repaired a few surface rust spots and put some seam sealer in one of the corners by the pass door. Today I will start reinstalling the interior.
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[ABN2060]

I was floored when I found this. The pass side muffler was supported from the driveshaft with a close hanger.....

I will post more pics tonight.

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5967/017qle.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/i/017qle.jpg/)

[NoDrama43]

:eek: amazing what some will do......

It looks as thought the car was originally white? Are you planning on keeping it blue or repainting back to original color?

Glad you saved the car as it was obviously headed down the "dark side". :thumbsup:

[ABN2060]

:eek: amazing what some will do......

It looks as thought the car was originally white? Are you planning on keeping it blue or repainting back to original color?

Glad you saved the car as it was obviously headed down the "dark side". :thumbsup:

Yes. It was originally white. It was painted black while it was still in service and issued to their drug interdiction team. I will be painting it back white with the OEM color paint code.

[stadair]

I was floored when I found this. The pass side muffler was supported from the driveshaft with a close hanger.....

I will post more pics tonight.

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5967/017qle.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/i/017qle.jpg/)

Holy Smokes!!! I gotta pass this pic on to my non-SSP buddies!

[88stang]

I was floored when I found this. The pass side muffler was supported from the driveshaft with a close hanger.....

I will post more pics tonight.

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5967/017qle.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/i/017qle.jpg/)

Great to see the car being saved! Wow if that isnt a redneck muffler fix I dont know what is! LOL

[MOstang]

Nice progress...thanks for posting the pics.

[ABN2060]

I put the interior back in today but it was too late for pics. I steam cleaned the carpet and it cleaned up nicely. I will post more tomorrow.

[ssp91ssp]

Great job on saving the car !!! and the progress..
I just got all interior back in mine , when i took it apart it had some mismatched non mustang screws on interior panels so i ordered all the correct screws , looks sweet now !
My headliner has not come in yet ??? My son and i did our first ever mustang cruise to South Padre Island today , GREAT TIME !!!
we took the USPS SSP , it performed like a true stallion !
some pics of the interior clean up job , it's a 159k mile interior !
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/0213001109.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/0213001537.jpg

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss28/alvar4/0213001537a.jpg

ssp91ssp

[ABN2060]

Yours cleaned up nice.
My interior was surprisingly complete and clean. The carpet cleaned up OK and luckily my headliner is in very good shape.
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/8109/004ps.jpg (http://img51.imageshack.us/i/004ps.jpg/)

[ABN2060]

I still have a lot of cleaning to do but the interior is done for now. I have never seen vinyl interior like this before so I'm wondering if the seats were recovered at some point. However, it does look like Opal grey.
Anyway, it has some transmission issues I need to address to get it in drivable condition. Here are a few pics from how it sits this morning.

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/5817/1005oa.jpg (http://img695.imageshack.us/i/1005oa.jpg/)
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9131/heads024.jpg (http://img138.imageshack.us/i/heads024.jpg/)
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[ABN2060]

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[28HopUp]

Is that grass outside on the ground? I haven't seen grass in about 2 weeks (we got 4 feet of snow from two storms in the last 10 days). I forgot what grass looks like. ;)

Nice looking SSP, btw!

[ABN2060]

Is that grass outside on the ground? I haven't seen grass in about 2 weeks (we got 4 feet of snow from two storms in the last 10 days). I forgot what grass looks like. ;)

Nice looking SSP, btw!

Ha Ha...Yes, that is grass. That is why I love Florida.....

[ssp91ssp]

Never seen Vinyl seats like that before ?????
are they correct for the car ?? when i had my interior out the front seats have little metal tags with mustang #'s ..
these tags are on the seat base wire mesh , my old 67 fastback had those
tags also with correct date code.

ssp91ssp

[ABN2060]

Never seen Vinyl seats like that before ?????
are they correct for the car ?? when i had my interior out the front seats have little metal tags with mustang #'s ..
these tags are on the seat base wire mesh , my old 67 fastback had those
tags also with correct date code.

ssp91ssp

Yes, the tags were wired in to the bottom of the seats. I spoke to the deputy the car was assigned to and he confirmed the seats were recovered. Whoever did it did a nice job though.

[1988Bullitt]

Very cool find and good luck with the resto!

[ABN2060]

Very cool find and good luck with the resto!

Thanks....
The transmission (AOD) is getting rebuilt as we speek. Thats going to be expensive.....

[ABN2060]

I finally found time to install my exhaust, front brakes and rotors. I went with the Flowmaster Force II kit and all brake parts from NAPA. I also decided to retain the stock H-pipe.
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[ABN2060]

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[ABN2060]

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[ABN2060]

Pic of my stable....

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[ssp91ssp]

Cool ! nice job ...

ssp91ssp

[ImEvil1]

+1. Nice pics, too.

[ABN2060]

Thanks. My camera either sucks or I can't get the lighting right.
Anyway, I had the AOD rebuilt because I wanted all the drivetrain to remain original. I just wish I would of went ahead and had a 2200 stall put in.

[ABN2060]

A Firefighter buddy of mine hooked me up with a Whelen Edge lightbar which is what came on this car. I also got the power head with a mike. I need to see if everything works.
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/9638/markedssp.jpg (http://img684.imageshack.us/i/markedssp.jpg/)

[ABN2060]

All I planned yesterday was to fix the battery cables. One thing lead to another and before I knew it the suspension was blown apart. I ordered new spring isolators anyway so I'm glad I knocked it out. Good thing because I found out the rack is has play in the drivers side and the ball joints were wore out. I am going to go ahead and clean up underneath, clean up and paint the axle.
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[ABN2060]

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[stadair]

You got that special tool to get those front springs out? I've heard they are very expensive!

[CNTLOSE]

You got that special tool to get those front springs out? I've heard they are very expensive!

No tool is needed. Use a jack to take the weight off the shock and sway bar...unbolt them. Use a small chain and secure the spring to the A arm then slowly let the jack down. To install new springs reverse the order. Also the higher you get the car the easier it is.

[ABN2060]

No "special" tools needed to get it out. Like CNT said, chain the spring to the control arm just to keep it from flying out at you, lower the control arm and pry it out. The trick is getting it back in though.

[stadair]

The trick is getting it back in though.

Yeah, that's the trick. Getting it back in. And what a B*&^#H that was. I made my own special tool. A couple U bolts. Compressed the spring with a spring compressor rented from the local parts store. Hooked up the U bolts to keep the tension. Dropped the spring in place. Hooked up the strut. Let the U bolts off. Is what I finally came up with.

[ABN2060]

Yeah, that's the trick. Getting it back in. And what a B*&^#H that was. I made my own special tool. A couple U bolts. Compressed the spring with a spring compressor rented from the local parts store. Hooked up the U bolts to keep the tension. Dropped the spring in place. Hooked up the strut. Let the U bolts off. Is what I finally came up with.

My spring compressor is a piece of crap. Tried today to reinstall them and it looks like I will have to get innovative.

[ABN2060]

Well, this took a couple steps back. In the process of lining up the hood and fenders, I discovered that the whole structural part of the front end was pushed over by 1 3/4" to the drivers side. I can only assume this happened when it crashed back in '95 and was not fixed properly. So, I dropped it off at a frame shop to have it fixed. It will be a week or two before I get it back but I'm sure it will be better than new after this guy gets done with it. This thing is going to be straight as an arrow.