Found this pair of decals inside owners manual. This is the back side (the part the decal comes off of).

Here is the pair of stickers...
Anyone ever seen these before?

---------

Question are these stickers Ford or GSP oriented ?

Ford

I know in the D position it would give the driver more control (throttle steer and braking) but seems like like would severely limit your top end?

All about keeping the cars from hunting for OD (and locking up the torque converter).

As for top speed, have you ever wound out a manual, 3.08-equipped 5.0 in 4th and then dropped it into 5th?

Are these decals reproduced or available anywhere?

Not to my knowledge, but I have someone working on it ( at least a few anyway)...

Made contact with retired Trooper Rick Wilcox today
 

Spoke with retired Trooper Rick Wilcox today.
During that conversation I got the story on 8292 ;)


First accident happened at around 3800 miles. Trooper Wilcox was initiating a chase of a speeding pick up truck. He had just turned on his blue lights and was about to hit his siren when he noticed a woman apparently pulling a U-turn right in front of him. he instantly let off the gas and she stopped mid way. Well, Trooper Wilcox (thinking she had seen him) got back on the gas and as he approached her she started moving again. They collided and as he passed by he could see the undercarriage of her car. Needles to say her car was totaled but the Mustang only needed core support; fender and bumper cover.

Accident # 2 happened at 24,909 miles.

Trooper Wilcox was traveling down the road when out of a ditch ran a large (140+ lbs) dog. No avoiding it just POW ! Trooper Wilcox hit the brakes but the large dog lodged underneath the left side of the Mustang. The skid marks were from the right side tires only. The crash investigators determined that the dog had lodged underneath the left side of the car lifting the drivers wheels completely off the ground. There was in fact blood and hair for some distance where the driver side tire marks should have been. By the time the dog dislodged from underneath the Mustang it was completely side ways and still in a skid. This caused the car to veer off the roadway and strike a large popular tree. The accident was ruled completely unavoidable and Trooper Wilcox was instantly assigned a "NEW" 89 Mustang (9222). Trooper Wilcox was a participant in the ACE program and was one of the Top DUI Troopers. 8292 had 17 lightning bolts affixed to the drivers door at the time of this accident. He did not remember how many were affixed to the door of 9222 when it was turned in but it was an ACE car as well. Trooper Wilcox is going to try to find his old in service pics of these two Mustangs for me.

I thoroughly enjoyed talking with him about his two Mustangs and will stay in touch with him as these car are restored.

Congrats Bobby! :cool:

Thanks Mike!

In service pic of 8292
 

Rick gave me this in service pic of 8292 this afternoon. This is not too long after he got it. I'm so excited !!!!

Very cool!! ;)

kool!

Well I've waited for the original purchaser of this car from the State auction to find the title. I have been told he has lost it and has given up on ever finding it. Soooo I ask a small favor and WALLA...;)

I have seen a few wrecked in service GSP's sold with clean clear titles. This one however was not... It will have to be inspected and will have a rebuilt title but it still will be the undisputed lowest mileage and most documented GSP in existence... That is reason enough for a full blown restoration on this car. I will probably follow in Aron's footsteps (with the route he took on his Kansas SSP) and replace both rails; towers and core support for a much nicer cleaner repair. I more than likely will replace the roof skin as well. I have a mint standard block (cross hatch marks still there) and a 60K mile AOD I've been saving that I'll be putting in this car.

More to come...

Huge piece of the puzzle there. Congrats!! :cool:

Congrats!

Thanks Brad and Mike!



It was a great day for 8292 !
Not only did I get a replacement title (stating "NEW" and 10 miles) but I also got a message from Ricky Wilcox ( the assigned Trooper) saying he found a box of paperwork including accident reports and pics from both accidents ! Plus more ? His words were "it's a home run!" Ricky is going to go through everything and then get back with me... I can't wait

Lucky you!

That is a nice collection of information/documentation you are building on this SSP. Here is the updated page in our VIN Project:

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...info225813.htm

;)

Thanks Mike :yes:

Thanks Bill :2thumbs:
It's truly amazing all that info remained in the car for so long...
and Trooper Wilcox keeping all the records as well.
Also a real blessing being able to get a replacement title ...
This car deserves the royal treatment for a restoration :-)

Bobby was able to obtain copies of the GSP accident review report, which I resized for him. I have also upload these to the car's page in our VIN Project too. ;)

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...813report1.jpg

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...813report2.jpg

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...813report3.jpg

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...813report4.jpg

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...813report5.jpg

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...813report6.jpg

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...813report7.jpg

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...813report8.jpg

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...813report9.jpg

Thanks Bill !!! :2thumbs:

These are from the first accident and Ricky is still looking for the paperwork on the last one and both sets of pictures...

Awesome stuff! Just keeps adding up to the most documented GSP ever!:2thumbs:

Thanks Brad !
I can't wait to get started on this one... But... I need to get the 83 in paint first:rolleyes:

Awesome!

Update on 8292...
I finally got fire wall and dash stripped down. Also swapped in a 4 lug 8.8. Next I'll be putting it on the frame machine for a couple pulls before replacing front rails. Pics soon...

I bet I've been in that Ingles a time or two when we'd vacation in Blue Ridge back in the day. Cool docs.

My awesome Christmas present !!!

From retired Trooper Ricky Wilcox that drove both my wrecked in service 88 and my 89 GSP Mustangs...

This is the "actual plate that was on 8292 when wrecked and used for a very short period on the 9222" (GSP changed over to newer 90' style plates by March 31st 1990)...

Side note;

I also have the "ACE" tag that was on the 8292 when wrecked (given to me by Jimmy Crump and still a little bent up). I also have a NOS ACE tag for 9222... I will post up pics as soon as I get a chance I've been covered up at work lately...

I've got a nice surprise coming next week. Retired Trooper Ricky Wilcox 799 has me a new hat pin to go with the two cars of his in my collection ( this "wrecked in service " 88 and his 89 perm 9222. He has already graciously given my the original plate for the 88 and let me make copies of the 90 plate. He promises I'll end up with the 90 original eventually) I am dying to get started on this one, as I plan to go all out on it!!!

welcome to my world.... lol

to many cars...not enough time....

cool badge though.

Had a very nice visit from Ricky Wilcox 799 today. He brought me a very nice surprise. I was floored... This is the organizer that was in 8292 when wrecked and was also used in 9222. Ricky transferred to aviation when he was driving 9222. He believes it had around 50k miles at that time and it was reissued to Gene Cochrane Trooper 277. But it was put away just as is for all theses years. It still even has the pen and State Patrol pencil still there. I'll post up pics in detail later of the other goodies in the organizer...

Pics of 8292 after accident...

Pic 2

Pic 3

Pic of 8292 making a DUI arrest of a tanker carrying sulfuric acid...

great pics Bobby. By any chance do you have any pictures showing the camera set up in the cars? I know where the actual camera itself mounted near the passenger side windshield, just curious as to how they mounted the monitor and the control panel itself. I have located an NOS "small vault" complete system and the guy has offered it to me for a really good price.

Do you know if this is even the correct type of console they used?

No sir... From my research that one was never used in a GSP Mustang.

excellent information. I put that system in another GSP car I had on the advice of someone who claimed to "talk to a trooper" blah blah. I also thought is was probably BS. Turns out it was.

I have some other info I will post up early next week with a different system. I think I have found the correct GSP system I have been trying to find for several years now. Thanks for checking for me.