In the market...
 

Greetings all.
Though I'd stop in to this well known forum to see what's available in the SSP market. I've been involved in restoring police vehicles for about 20 years and I'm in the market for a new project.

I'm not sure I'll end up with an SSP, but I do respect a well done restoration.

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome, this is a great group of people.

Welcome to the site.

Welcome to the madness! :) Do you have any preference on agency? What about condition? I see you are looking for a project, but that description still leaves the field pretty open...

Thanks for the welcomes.
I don't have a definite preference yet, but I'm leaning towards an older NYSP car. I've done two already, both were sold to retired Troopers. But I'm open to other possibilities. I'm in a good position, I'll consider just about anything and I'm in no rush.

Welcome to the clubhouse! I think you'll find an SSP project most satisfying. The biggest difference between one of these and a more traditional police car restoration is that being a Mustang, it will have some pretty wide appeal over a fairly wider age group too. That and you can afford to sink a bit more money into them as the values of the best finished units will support a bigger budget.

Michael,


No mention of a certain CHP car for sale???? I may have to find a new salesman.....lol....



Jerry
91 X-CHP #8990 (For Sale)
90 X-NCSHP Caprice
77 Nova 9C1
83 Malibu 9C1 (Coming Soon)

Ooops, I'm slipping! Hey Tom, you must check Jerry's car out for sure. There is not another restored '91 CHP in existence and his has the possibility of being done as a specially marked unit (SMPV), also none in existence yet.

http://images116.fotki.com/v709/phot...92_smpv-vi.jpg

This would be a fairly straight forward project and I believe the last CHP Mustang up in your area left to come back "home" a couple of years ago.

Michael, no offense intended but as a point of correction, no all-white SMPV's (Specially Marked Patrol Vehicles) have been found yet. There's a member here and on ORG, E435300_SMPV, who has a blue & white '89 CHP SMPV. It's not fully restored yet, but I hear its coming along.

Bill, yes I'm aware of the blue & white SMPV out there. I've met the owner and seen the car but it's still a long way from finished and I was only referring to any cars already restored and being shown at this time. There are none out there right now and I don't see any being worked on either.

We're on the same page here Michael. I just wanted to clarify things a bit. Personally, I'd love to find an '85 SMPV some day. There were only 155 SSP's bought by the CHP in 1985. For the sake of convenience, let's say the CHP reconfigured only fifteen 1985 B&W SSP's into SMPV's (which is most likely a low estimate). Doing the math, then every tenth '85 CHP found would be an SMPV (a huge simplification, I know!). The 85's do tend to surface moreso than other years for some reason. If an '85 IS found to be a SMPV (at least a 1 in 10 chance), then the next requirement would be to find the Assignment Card to verify its use as a SMPV. At present, I think my source for the Assignment Cards has only found about 18% of the cards that I've requested (which is far better than nothing!). Drat, my odds are getting worse here...

Sorry for derailing the thread. To the OP, good luck on your search! Patience can be a huge benefit to you.

No problem, I'm used to hi-jacked threads. And patience I have a lot of, thankfully.