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Headed out to St. Louis on Saturday to pick up a car I have been trying to get my hands on for about five years....... It is a year and an agency I do not have. 1 of 17 cars.

I am stoked !

:party:

Sounds like one of the 84's need to go..... :D

Frisco or MO?

Eric,

88 MO I left you a loooooong voice mail today. call me please.

Have a great trip...send pictures!

I hope you enjoy my backyard.

Enjoy, and be safe!

Congrats....another nice one.

hope there are no big dogs running loose there. :)

Drive safe and bring your 88 owners manual. lol........

Be safe Jim
post pictures:)












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left at 4am, got back at 10pm. good trip, great car, got some good parts also.

18 hours and 900 miles. It is time for bed now. pics will be posted tomorrow.

Will be waiting Jim. :popcorn1:



Tom

here is a couple prior to the cleaning process.

the leaves are plastered on the car. She needs a bubble bath for sure.

after 450 miles on the road some of the leaves are still with me.

The white stuff on the passenger side of the car is.....concrete.... :eek:

not sure I will get that stuff off.....

Going to start the cleaning process now. Will post more pictures later.

here is where I am hoping to go with this one. Not sure if this is my actual car but the patrol will probably be able to tell me as they usually have all the records for these cars. Mustang retriever has me pointed in the right direction to get that information.

I like that Jim.

Ditto Jim, nice color. I like.

Love the color. Can't wait to see pics when you gether clean.

looks a little better now. :) I am glad I was able to get this one !

another view

engine cleaned up nice also.

Looking good Jim. Looks like a great project.

Looks close to my color. Mine and one for NYSP went thru in Feb 88 when they did the same color that day. Is yours an 88?

Jim - Congratulations...that's a nice looking SSP. Glad you had a safe trip too.

yes it is an 88. built 2/11/88. In service with MSHP in April of 88.

Thanks Don !!
 

with the 88 Missouri I brought these home:

9 gatorbacks. 5 are NOS, the other four are like new. 2 of them on NOS black wheels with the factory spare tire sticker on the front. Also got a mint set of quarter windows, a matched set of S-6 mustang spots, 4 SSP tire boards, and a real nice factory am/fm only radio. It was a great road trip and it was nice seeing Don again. I bought the Idaho car from him years ago and he is a good guy to deal with. He is moving out west in the near future and I wish him the best.

He still has the 1990 Frisco Texas car he needs to sell. If anyone is interested I took some pictures of the car while I was there. The car is a solid white car with blue original vinyl interior. It is a roller however he has the interior, plus a 5.0 AOD doner car that comes with it.

Jim, looks great all cleaned up and will only get better as you go along ;)

That is going to be one sharp looking restoration Jim. Congrats on the mega-score.

Well, Well, Then welcome to the family. I guess there are 3 regatta blue 88's built that month surviving. I just got mine a new paint job as the old paint was going on me. I got all new weather stripping too and its like a new car now.

Looks great Jim. Love the color, is that medium shadow blue? Looks a little dark to be regatta.

The car appears to be super original, what's the story behind it?

Didnt know there was a blue that close but differant. I just thought it was the old regatta paint looking dark. But what is the story behind it?

Nice find!

Looks like an awesome find Jim - CONGRATS!

Paint code is 3R Medium Shadow Blue with gray interior. The car was used by the MOHP then sold to Jefferson County Sheriffs office. Don bought this car in 1996 with 136k miles. He put springs and struts on it and put about 20k on it over the past 13 years. The car has only had one repaint of the original color and has all the original body panels. Still has original ford exhaust (rotten) with all 8 bonding straps. The car is bone stock including the factory radio. It runs and drives really nice. Transmission was rebuilt by the patrol.

Couple of neat things about the car.. Power door locks with manual windows, cruise control, rear defrost, and 3.27 gears. I really like the medium blue with the black ten holes. Can't wait to get it restored. I am planning on doing a complete frame up rotisserie nut and bolt resto on this one.

What town was this car from? The guy I got my 2 FHP cars is a guy named Bill Fischer that has probably sold 30 SSP cars all from Florida. I assume he would know Don? as well?? I wish I still had my first '89 FHP car.

Great looking original car! It's hard to find them like this any more. Good luck with the restoration!

got an email from the MSHP fleet commander today. He is sending me a "packet" of information that he thinks I will enjoy..... Maybe the original wndow sticker....or the elusive build sheet? Hope it will be something good...

Maybe it's a bill for storage or back taxes owed on the vehicle? Likely not! Whatever you get will be cool if it has to do with the car. Maybe all the glovebox goodies. The vin card, warranty book and all that stuff that gets thrown out usually.

Pretty cool car!