Glad i could help.

wow what a job
 

i am in the process of re assembling my 86 xRCMP. ssp and I am embarassed to show my pics on here, but I will soon, what an excellent job, great photos for reference for me as well. I am rolling along slowly on my interior, what carpet did you get, supplier & colour, I am debating putting in my worn carpet until I can find a good used blue interior. I never had much luck with the fit of restoration carpet. what tires did you buy, looks great..Brad

You shouldn't be embarrassed to show your car... you should see mine, it's terrible... and yet i still show it for the process of restoration.

Brad, I can't wait to see some pictures of your car! Please post them up! Fox Mustang Restoration ordered me the correct blue carpet from Trim Parts, who they don't normally distribute through anymore because I had read T.P. was the best. The fit is pretty awful, bad enough I'll probably have to replace it at some point. It's bunched up down by the floor, and feels like it's backed with cardboard. I heard the ACC Carpet wasn't as good, but after having this in there I'll try it. The tires are original Gatorbacks, that's why they look so good :)

So the carpeting is too stiff or what? I have researched some of these carpet places and it seems that possibly the backing might be too stiff if you get the thicker backs and may seem wrong for the application. I'm looking too for a replacement for my 86 so I was curious what you are going to pick. I see that ACC is expensive too and someone like "Stock Interiors" out of SC are far less money. Just wondering what the difference is??

Very nice, car looks great!

Greg, the backing on the carpet is far too stiff and it's just not molded correctly in my opinion. I don't think ACC carpet is any more expensive than the Trim Parts I purchased, but I heard their colors don't hold up as well and fitment isn't as good. Honestly, this isn't horrible, but it's certainly not concours quality so I'm not satisfied. I've never heard of "stock interiors", if someone else gives them a shot and has good luck I'd consider it.

Can we see it with the antenna already ?

Chris, you will have to shorten and bend the whip where it comes out of the base. I was gonna send you one that was used but I figured you might want a new whip.
When you get it on the car, it will lean way off the right side. Bend it toward the center of the car until it looks straight from a forward or rear perspective.
I can't comment on the length though. I bought this batch of antennas from the TxDPS through an auction. They havnt used these antennas in quiet some time so I like to think they were leftover from the mustang era.
I totally dig your car! It's amazing to me.

With the frequency range being between 154.000 to 159.000 mHz for Texas DPS, the whip should be somewhere around 35.9" in length for a 1/2 wave mid frequency of 156.500 mHz. That's if my calculations are right ranging between 36.47" to 35.34" respectively for the frequency range they used.

What was the used whip's length?

Thanks for the information guys! Texunter, thank you for the compliments and thanks again for the antenna. As soon as it is mounted, I'll post pictures. I've got the rear SHO-MEs mounted already, and have period Exempt plates for the car, so I'll have to take it somewhere and get a couple pictures from the back with all of the new kit installed. She's getting closer every day!

And Greg, thanks for that info on the length. I'll check that ASAP!

Wow Chris cars is beautiful!!!!

Got the lights mounted up in back, she's looking sharp!
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...5/IMG_0446.jpg
And made a new unit number tag for it, even bought a vintage label maker to get the font close. It's not 100%, but it's extremely close.
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...5/IMG_0447.jpg

That's awesome!
Where did you find the dymo tape?

I was unsuccessful finding the NMO mount for the antenna. I'll see if the one on the Louisiana car will work.

I had the dymo tape (black) out of a new embosser from walmart, but the font was waaaay wrong. So I bought an old one on ebay and the new black tape worked perfectly!

Thanks for the help on the NMO mount! Let me know what you find!

I guess there were many of these Dymo labels used on different departments too... maybe you might have found a niche for that old label maker! I know that Idaho mounted their property tags on the instrument cluster area... I got to go find mine if it's upstairs or something!

He's right!
I'll take a new one!
M8-545

How much?

What about the property tag? I wonder if it can be reproduced?

Ted, I'll just send you one!

Yeah!
Thanks Chris!

Got pulled over in the Dominator this afternoon...
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...55/DPSdom3.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...55/DPSdom2.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...55/DPSdom1.jpg

Man, I need a set of those Texas exempt plates for my Frisco car.

The car's looking great!

Chris, as nice as your TxDPS looks, I must say that your Dominator makes me drool!

Sweet pics...

Spotlights finally installed! Just a few details left to go! Thanks for the spotlights Budd.
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9.../DPSlights.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...backlights.jpg

The car is looking fantastic Chris! I can't hardly wait to see it fully trimmed out with the equipment and decals.:2thumbs:

Chris, that thing looks fantastic!! Can't wait to see it done. One question, did that car have ruby interior originally or did DPS have a split interior color order? That may be one of best looking year/color combos out there. Keep up the good work......






Jerry
91 X-SCHP #2-12-311
90 X-NCSHP Caprice
77 Nova 9C1
83 Malibu 9C1 (Coming Soon)

Looks great!

Jerry, Texas was one of few, if not the only, department to order their cars in the full array of interiors. I've seen '85/6 Texas cars with Blue, Red, Gray and Tan interiors. Really makes them pretty neat, I think blue and tan are probably the most rare of the two, from what I've seen so far.

Looking good.

Finally, a couple of the last missing links. Found the last SSP wheel cap that I needed (thanks!) and got my DB702 mounted up. A local junkyard has a few derelict DPS mustangs left, one of them happened to have a piece of the mount and the cable (although it's been cut, it will at least serve the purpose of the mount). So much better!
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...DPSantenna.jpg

Looking good Chris!

That is one sharp SSP! :cool:

[/drool] :D

Thanks guys! Getting closer by the day. Now I've just got to figure out exactly how and where they mounted the front lights, plus track down all of the necessary interior equipment :)

Dang, I love this car!!!

Thanks Chris!

Looking great Chris! I know that I've seen many images of the front light mountings around, are you looking to mount the Able2 lamps in front?

Thanks Greg! They are SHO-ME halogens, and I'm trying to figure out exactly how TX DPS made the mount, how it was shaped, and where they attached it. I REALLY don't want to drill anything into the car until I know that I've got it right, and I need to have the brackets made correctly before I even start that. But so far, I've had no luck getting a reference picture.

I know that they were not drilled but mounted as tabs on existing radiator or grill support areas that had bolts. Let me see if I can find the reference photos that I was thinking of.

Thanks Greg, I definitely appreciate it!

What!!! No pictures? No saving them? Is it too late to save them? If they are savable people should be trying to save them:eek:

I can't wait until my SSP is as nice as yours Chris:D The car needs decals!;)