1988 Pierce County Sheriff SSP - #1310
 

All, Current owner asked if I would post his ad here on his behalf.

This car used to belong to me, and I sold it to Buddy a few years back. Has won a few awards at some of the shows. Rare car given PCSD only ran them one year in 1988 - and only had around 12 of them in total. The Cabernet Red color was used on their traffic cars.

Ad text from Buddy:
Selling my 1988 Pierce County Sheriff's (Washington State) traffic unit #1310.

I purchased this car from another member, Ryan (Rhino) in 2012. At the time, I was a Deputy with the Pierce County Sheriff's Department and since have lateraled to another agency.

Here is a link to the photographs for the car and gear I have in photo bucket.

http://s52.photobucket.com/user/budd...0County%201310

I was able to obtain some gear from a detective that drove one of the mustangs when they were in-service. (Radio, in-service pics, "perp book" (pages containing info were removed) and pull over sweater).

The car runs and drives great and has been garaged the entire time I have had her.

I have photo's showing where the paint has cracked (hood, above the driver door and the rear driver side).

Lightbar and siren are connected/operational. The directional bar was not installed (was not in the car during service). Decals are magnetic.

I am asking $8,000 (or reasonable offer) for the car with all the gear. I am located in Bonney Lake, Washington.

Send me an email (buddy325i@yahoo.com) or text me (253-820-0832) if you have any questions.

Cool car and price seems reasonable. I hope it finds a good home.

Very nice car...

I'm a bit late on this thread, but I agree...

Not sure if this is still up for sale, but in the event it is, I will give it a free bump for a cool car. :thumbsup:

Car was sold to a "museum" in Florida to be part of their collection.

And...is now on EBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-Mustang...P-/20157179336

And now on CL with a MAJOR bump in price -

https://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/cto/5069113269.html

:No no:

PCSD really ordered 636 SSPS :rolleyes: . It always seems that people who aren't really that involved in the SSP hobby like to buy them low and try to flip them higher than market for the car :eek:. I guess if you can succeed in doing so, more power to you.

BTW, I really like those PCSD SSPs, so I hope it will find a good next home to settle down for awhile. Probably a tougher sell in the Eastern part of the country than would be in the Northwest.

Wow - nothing like that guy trying to make a $11K profit. Yikes!

Nothing to see here....keep on moving along...

If a misrepresentation of Buyer intentions is what occurred here (and I'm making an assumption based upon posts I've read on Facebook and here) that is unfortunate. It seems that sort of thing is becoming a more frequent phenomenon.

Back on Craigs?
 

Cool SSP, hope to see it find a good home.

I see the seller's pricing is finally dropping down into more reasonable territory.

If anyone has an interest, Buddy or I can fill a prospective buyer in on the car and any quirks it had.

Was a nice car. Definitely needed some small things worked out on it, but showed well, and a somewhat rare unit with the color combo and history. Drove nice. Sounded good. Was a lot of fun.

Would be cool to see it land with someone in the group.

I sure do like this car.

I live in Pierce County and remember seeing this car when it was in service.

(no, it didn't pull me over, lol).

Wilson, I used to own the car that is for sale now. It's a nice car. Not perfect and needs a few things. But was fun to own when I had it. It left WA about 6 months ago from the owner I sold it to. And is now in FL. Would cost a bit to bring it back home. But....if you are interested, I can give you in-depth info on it.

I appreciate it, but I'm not looking for a restored cruiser, more of an unmarked type of SSP.

Thanks!

Remove quick disconnects on lightbar and magnetic decal/badges = unmarked cruiser. :)

This is now listed on ebay without a reserve -

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1993-Mustang...p2054897.l4275

As an FYI, I am the current high bidder. I offered what I think is a fair price for this car, and I will not be going higher. We'll see if it is higher than what anyone else is willing to pay (hopefully the seller will not have any of his buddies shill-up the price).

Good luck, Bill.

Thanks Mike. I am not getting my hopes up about this one yet. I'm concerned that the seller may use shill bidders to ramp up the price of the auction. It's a shame because I am willing to buy this for the right price, but I am only going to spend so much.

There are a couple of other SSPs out there that I may pursue if this one falls through. I'd like something that I can get into for a decent price that I can enjoy driving/showing while making improvements along the way.

So there is recent bidding activity by someone with an ebay feedback of only 1. That sounds totally legit, right? Of course, a bidder who is friendly with the seller could have a feedback score in the thousands I suppose...

we shill see........

memba 1 9 8 ?

It would be nice to see it end up with an SSP hobbyist.

I called the number in the ebay ad so that I could ask a couple of questions. There are no good interior shots of the car in the listing, and there are no details about the car in the description (other than saying that SSP Mustangs are the #1 investment opportunity in the galaxy!). I want to make sure that the car still has the police equipment installed, and the sale includes the lightbar and magnetic markings. I just called (you know, during what I would consider normal business hours), and the answering machine kicked on. The seller is actually a golf cart retailer. I don't mind folks making a living for themselves, but that place is certainly not a MUSEUM like the previous owner in Washington was told.

I agree. The price is inching closer and closer to my max bid. Although I said I would hold fast, I will need to decide if I want to offer up a little more or make a play on another interesting SSP (if that window of opportunity is still open).

Well, I finally got a hold of the seller. The police equipment has been removed and is NOT included in the sale. :thumbsdown: He gave me an out-the-door price WITH the equipment, in which case he would end the ebay listing early. The price is not ridiculous, but I'm not sure if I would go that high either. Decisions... Decisions...

:popcorn1: :popcorn1:

Waiting on a call today that may start that window on a downward path.

:eek:

I fully understand, Bob. I will not retract my bid out of principle, and I cannot obligate myself elsewhere ;) until I am no longer the highest bidder on the PCSD car. Regardless, GLWS! :cool:

Understood and admirable choice. I'll keep you posted.:yes:

A deal for my smoke MSP has been reached this evening and will be completed early next week. Thanks for all the interest! I'm excited for the new owner (I truly enjoyed getting to know him this week) and I'll let him come forward with all his SSP enthusiasm.

Congrats Bob! :thumbsup:

I must have missed it. I didn't know it was for sale.

congrats

It wasn't for sale for long, Jim. A little bird told me about it, but it was right after I placed my bid on the #1310 PCSD car on ebay. I figured that my modest bid would have been surpassed quickly, and I could have worked out something with Bob on the Minnesota SSP. However, with just over 2 hours to go, I am still the high bidder and Bob sold his car to another member (certainly no hard feelings). Knowing that Bob's SSP is off the table I decided to up my bid slightly, so we will see if it is enough.

A N D ...............

we have a winner folks !!

congrats on a good price for a rare a$$ car.

Looks like you won (if I can decipher the cryptic eBay bidder name system correctly), Congrats!

Thanks guys! :D I upped my bids to a level I was comfortable spending (after discussing this car fully with Rhino first). This one will be saved and improved upon.

Congratulations, are you receiving the emergency equipment, etc. with it?