Just a little spring cleaning update....good ol pressure washing always helps lol. Before and after pics coming up....

After

Before

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After....still not great but better than it was....baby steps! lol

Pretty big difference to me:-)
Lookin good Brad !

Amazing what a difference a little cleaning can do :) .

That looks MUCH better! :)

Thanks guys! It's going to take some elbow grease to get her back somewhat presentable. But she's in better hands now.

Even with all the stuff Johnny Racer did on this car....all the ground straps are still in place. He installed flowmasters on it and reinstalled the muffler straps....who would have guessed?? Haha....:D

Code 3
 

Brad is your Code 3 the 360 model ?

Looks like your getting some good luck also:-)

Looks to be an LP6000 looking at the pic below....it would've been all blue lenses also.

A little bit anyway....lol :D

Buddy of mine had a stock intake and valve covers in better shape so we swapped....she's getting there little by little.

Before....

After....

BIG IMPROVEMENT !!!
Lolling good Brad :-)

Thanks Bobby!

Dang smart phone!
Just noticed what auto correct put

Lol meant LOOKING !!!!

Well, I just got back from my own fact finding trip to Montgomery. I was pretty successful. Found the folder on my car and even Aaron's car he restored that the Powell's now own. I even have copies of the auction paperwork. The folders have the original issue paperwork with what Trooper drove them, what post and county they were assigned to, tag #'s, the Unit # and even the original purchase receipts/dealership paperwork. I also found about 14 other folders on the some of the other mustangs. When they were originally put in service, DPS was still running S-00000 tag numbers so the tag # and the unit # didn't match. But a few years after, they switched to the ST000 tags and then they matched them to the unit #.

I also lucked out and they still had NOS roof numbers and door and trunk "state trooper" decals sitting on the shelf that they let me bring home with me. Now, they're about 25 years old so whether or not they can be used remains to be seen but still very cool! :D

My unit # was 186 and was assigned to Selma post in Dallas county. That Trooper handed it off to another Trooper in the same post and county. And then it went to the last Trooper in Demopolis Post in Marengo county and was retired in April '94 with 158010 miles on it. I've already made contact with the last Trooper that's retired and he's trying to dig up some in service pics for me. Interestingly enough, I was considering trying to run a Code 3 bar on it to match the one that had one on it while in service.....the paperwork only has property numbers and no description of what style bar. But in my folder there's paperwork showing where the original bar was swapped to another bar with another property number in '89....so I'm going to do some more digging to see if I can track down exactly what kind of bars were used. If the last Trooper has pics then that will show me the last bar so I'm going to try to get in touch with the first Trooper to see what bar was on it originally.

Aaron and Jonathon, your car was unit # 192 and was assigned to the same Trooper at the Evergreen Post in Escambia county for it's entire service. It was retired in May '94 with 128743 miles. :thumbs_up

Nice! It'll be interesting to see what kind of bar it ran.

Sooo freakin cool !!!
Good job Brad... :-)
Guess you shoulda bought a couple lottery tickets yourself !!!! Lol

Awesome results from your trip! :2thumbs:

Hey Brad,
Is that new avatar pic a in service pic of your Bama DPS?

No, I got it from Aaron's thread about his info trip to Montgomery back when he had his bama car.

I'm still waiting to hear from the last trooper that had mine if he was able to find his pics. And I'm still working on getting contact info for the first trooper it was issued to.

Ohh ok,
Kinda got my hopes up there lol

I did find out that the last bar that was on the car was a Jetsonic. I talked to a lady in inventory in Montgomery and she was able to find a minor description with the last property #....it said "signal light/speaker federal" That last word "federal" confirmed it to be a Jetsonic and not a Code 3.

But she wasn't able to find anything on the first bar and different property number. So the mystery remains for the moment on what bar was on it when it was first issued. Hopefully I can get in touch with the first trooper that had it and he'll remember what bar or have in-service pics for me.

Kewl!
Keep us posted!!!
Maybe it turn out to be the code 3 :-)

Yeah, I'm kind of hoping it was the Code 3 to be a little different. Talk about rare among the rare. Only 1 of the already rare 31 cars had the Code 3.

But I like the Jetsonic bars too so really it doesn't bother me either way. I just want to know for sure what it had.

You're doing a good job putting the puzzle pieces together.

Thanks Mike! It's taking some leg work but I'm getting there. ;)

The fact finding is at least half the fun, don't you think?

I definitely agree!! :yes:

Keep up the Outstanding Job !!!!!

Brad,
Any progress in this department?

The last Trooper that had it didn't have any pics. The Trooper that had it before him, said he was going to look for me but never got a return call from him. I need to try calling him back I guess.

If your anything like me it's easy to get side tracked so I just thought I'd remind you :-)