Vin Help Please

[urustyone]

1fabp40e6kf277992

Would it be safe to say the above vin is a Florida Highway Patrol?

Below is a section I found in the vin project.

1FABP40E5KF277983
1FABP40E7KF277984
1FABP40E9KF277985
1FABP40E0KF277986 - Florida Highway Patrol (DSO #24-0498)
1FABP40E2KF277987
1FABP40E4KF277988 - Florida Highway Patrol
1FABP40E6KF277989 - Florida Highway Patrol
1FABP40E2KF277990 - Florida Highway Patrol
1FABP40E4KF277991 - Florida Highway Patrol (DSO #24-0498)
1FABP40E6KF277992
1FABP40E8KF277993
1FABP40EXKF277994
1FABP40E1KF277995

[28HopUp]

I saw that car on eBay too. It is most likely a FHP, given the property sticker in the photo and the car's color scheme. You could ask the seller to send you a photo of the VIN label or Buck tags. The DSO is likely 24-0498.

[urustyone]

I saw that car on eBay too. It is most likely a FHP, given the property sticker in the photo and the car's color scheme. You could ask the seller to send you a photo of the VIN label or Buck tags. The DSO is likely 24-0498.

Thanks! I talked with the seller earlier today. He is not familiar with Buck tags, but said he will look for them for me. I am to contact him again tomorrow for some additional photos too. I will have him include one of the VIN label.

[urustyone]

Do you see any concerns in the listing or pictures? Otherwise this is exactly what I've been looking for. Thanks!

[28HopUp]

Here's the car in question on eBay -

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ssp-/191655341455?_trksid=p2054897.l4275


I haven't taken a real critical view of the car (some guys are great about noticing little details/flaws in f/s ads), but it looks pretty nice. You can tell it had a recent repaint because of the untouched fender edges under the hood (the doorjams too). It will need tires if you intend to drive the car, but those Eagles may be of interest to anyone looking for tires for their correctly restored show car.

[urustyone]

Wow just ran a AutoCheck on this car and it says in 2005 the car had 162,000 miles. The seller has it reported as having "low mileage" 118,000.

Also the seller says it has "no hit body". The report says the car was in 2 accidents.

I guess the $11.00 I spent is well worth it!

[MOstang]

Researching a major purchase is very important. Glad you have that info up front.

[Five-o-joe]

I purchased this car Saturday. Let me start by saying I am NOT an SSP expert but I do own 4 fox bodies and have owned over 70 fox bodies over the past 20+ years so I have seen these cars range from new on the lot to complete basket cases.

I suspect that the auto check information may not be accurate for this car. The interior, engine bay, and undercarriage of the car are VERY clean. Cleaner than one of my 78k mile coupes. Any collisions the car has had in the past were very minor. It has all VIN tags in place except the rear decklid and rear bumper cover. Looking under the rear of the car, there's no mangled metal or anything like that. The original rear bumper is still under there with just a small dent in it. Even if the auto check info is correct, it's no biggie to me. The car is in very good condition with many cool ssp original pieces, plus it's a LoJack car....bonus.

Regardless of whether or not auto check is correct, I haven't seen many coupe bodies this decent lately.....much less an ssp that was typically used very hard in service.

I'm elated with the car and glad you passed on it.......I'm from fla originally and have wanted an 89 ssp since..........well, 1989.

[28HopUp]

Congrats on your new SSP. 'Happy to hear you're happy with it. Please keep us posted on the car.

[Five-o-joe]

Thanks! I certainly will.
After connecting with a couple members on here, it is possible that this car is the LoJack car pictured from "real stories"......not FHP 432, but rather, the other one with the roof number on it, driven by Trooper Alberto Hidalgo. Either that, or there were more than 2 LoJack cars in florida and mine is a third one that has been located. I'm actively researching the car and can use any help or pointers to obtaining more history...

Thanks!

[Five-o-joe]

More research leads me to believe this car was a LoJack car operating out of Tallahassee, not the fhp432 car, or the FHP LoJack car pictured in real stories with the roof number ending in 99...but rather was likely unit 0048 operating out of the Tallahassee area and equipped with LoJack.......the search for more history continues..

[Five-o-joe]

After speaking with trooper hidalgo who drove this car in miami, the car was involved in two minor collisions and is the first fhp lojack car. This one was the first, and #432 was the second. These two cars were the "beta test" cars. By the time of filming, Trooper Ralph Lolas car (also pictured in real stores of the highway patrol) was also equipped with lojack, as were some others. This was confirmed directly with trooper Lola.

Neat stuff.

[28HopUp]

Very cool! Thanks for the update!!!