1992 Charleston County SSP

[coupe]

Here's the car:
VIN Project - 1992 Charleston County SSP (http://www.specialservicemustang.net/VINlist/MISC/1992CountyOfCharleston148450/info148450.htm)

Thought I'd post a thread about what I'm doing with this car. Bought it back in 2002 from a guy in East Tennessee. It was already painted this "Viper Blue" and had a Cobra Intake, 3.55 gears, and chrome pony wheels. Torque boxes were shot, so that was first order of business...reinforced them inside and out, with 1/4" plates welded underneath.

Added 24# injectors, MAF, and a set of Holley aluminum heads. Backed it up with an Xpipe and Dynomax cat-back. Stuck a small cam off in it too so it sounds nice. Traded my chrome pony wheels for a 5 lug kit and Weld Prostars as shown. Drove it like this literally for about 10 years without issue.

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The poor car must have at least 300k miles on it, and was burning about a quart every 2 weeks. When the water pump gasket started leaking, I decided to go ahead and just do a fresh engine in it. Got some DSS flat tops, a NOS Ford crank (stumbled upon this), and a set of SCAT bushed rods with ARP bolts. Should be a healthy little powerplant:

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[chp1982]

Nice car. How was the car originally painted when in-service?

[coupe]

Nice car. How was the car originally painted when in-service?Per Bill Jr. (28HopUp (http://www.specialservicemustang.net/forums/member.php?u=290)), here is the paint code:

K3 = Bimini Blue Met./Bimini Blue Metallic. You can see the blue where they taped up the decal here:

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/VINlist/MISC/1992CountyOfCharleston148450/92-148450vin1.jpg

[chp1982]

Rare and great color. Car looks great but too bad previous owner wasn't digging the Bimini.

[coupe]

Yea. I may just sand it back down and redo it in correct color. It's all still bimini under the hood. Needs paint anyway. :D

[28HopUp]

Thanks for the update on your SSP. Now being a resident of Charleston County, I do find this car interesting. Do you have any clue as to HOW the county used your car? There is a County Sheriff Department here, but the car could have been used in ANY capacity by the county. I will let you know if I ever learn anything at the County Building about your car. :) Please keep the updates coming.

[coupe]

No idea Bill. I do recall doing a carfax when I got it. If I recall, it left Charleston, went into service in some capacity in Georgia, and then was a servce car in Tennessee...something tells me it was at a college but was a while back when I looked. Somewhere along the way, the thing must've seen the drag strip because the torque boxes were ripped up pretty badly.

[28HopUp]

I thought that I would bump this thread now that our son has been hired as a Deputy for the Charleston County Sheriff's Office. :) I know the OP has not logged on here since the beginning of 2018, so I may have to reach out to him another way. ;)

[psu]

I thought that I would bump this thread now that our son has been hired as a Deputy for the Charleston County Sheriff's Office. :) I know the OP has not logged on here since the beginning of 2018, so I may have to reach out to him another way. ;)

That's awesome! Tell him congratulations.

I'd love to see updates on this car as well.

[GasGuzzler84]

I realize this is 3 years old, and probably nobody will look at this, BUT the DSO on this car is consecutively right after mine. Mine being 21 0599

[Andy]

I seen It:)
welcome to the site.
Good Catch!

[28HopUp]

I realize this is 3 years old, and probably nobody will look at this, BUT the DSO on this car is consecutively right after mine. Mine being 21 0599

That's pretty neat!