1985 CHP #E408428
 

Well, it's official: I am an SSP hoarder. Brought home 1985 CHP #8428 last weekend. This will be my first 4 eyed SSP.

Pics are at:
http://s1090.photobucket.com/albums/...428/?start=all

So the story goes...the car was purchased from the CHP on 3/16/88. Original plate was E408248. The person that purchased the car had a stack of paperwork about 4 inches thick with every receipt from day 1 (will get that next week). Jimmy at the Fox Shoppe in Portland, OR acquired the car from a guy that did concrete work. The concrete guy got it in trade from the person that bought it from MTM in Torrance. Suppossedly, the guy that bought it from the CHP was the officer that drove it and has in-service pics in the stash of documents that I will get next week.

The car needs work, but it all there. I am currently working with several members on this site to acquire gear and nicer parts (thank you all in advance). The car will be headed back down to The Fox Shoppe once I have the $$ saved up for the repair and paint. Jimmy does AMAZING paint and restoration body work out of his shop - and can't wait to take it back down.
I find it interesting on how many 85 CHPs have surfaced - and are subsequently being restored. Pretty cool.

Love the non-EFI feel of the car so far. It has a recent motor, trans and rear - all in the last 1,500 miles. It was smacked in the front at some point - and will need to be worked over, but the sheet metal still hangs well.

A few pictures to get us going:
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...8/DSC_0356.jpg
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...8/DSC_0375.jpg
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...8/DSC_0387.jpg
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...8/DSC_0408.jpg

Congratulations...looks like a fun one! And yes that's quite a collection you have going there.

Congrats Ryan!!!
She looks tough !!! I think it's time I ask!?!
Where do you put all these fine rides?

I have a 2 car garage that can squeeze in 3 SSPs. Then I have a cousin across the street who usually houses 1-2 for me. And then 2 rented parking spaces (Where they store RVs).

One day...perhaps I can have a massive garage built like Jim and store all these suckers in a nice covered space. (One can dream!)

Absolutely Ryan! Excellent catch! That is some luck being able to find cars like that. Good luck on the restoration! Really like that car!

1 of the things at the top of our list with this new job is ...FINALLY ?? a
30x40 building ..Ohhhhhh what a dream !!!!!
#2 is cabinets for MAMMMMMAS kitchen.:D she has to remain cool/happy!

Here's an option... We can all rent from Jim and once a month we fly in and tackle 1 ssp at a time till we knock them all out! Wacha think guys??

I would love my own place too like that! Jim does have a very nice place!

Awsome Ryan........ Great find ! Anyone interested in restoring a 85 CHP can look at over 200 detailed pics on my Fotki Photo site. Congrats on your awsome find! Rich

Andy - you crack me up!

I have seen quite a few of these painted in a similar grey/silver. I wonder if it was a staple for the CHP when they went to auction?

I plan on eventually painting it back to black and white. The Fox Shoppe in Oregon will do the work for me - just need the $$ to get it done. They do superb work - and Jimmy knows this car in and out and has a lot of the parts to bring it back (i.e. mint dash our of a wrecked 85 GT with 30K on the clock, engine harness, and may have a good LX nose).

Looks like one of the former owners cut out another hole and figured....hey...let's install these huge fog lights.

I'm also on the hunt for all the CHP gear - which will take a while, but that's half the fun of putting them back together. :)

Ditto on your page, Rich. Has been a fantastic resource for restoration - and one of the reasons why I went with this car after seeing what great info you posted.

Would love to get this car down to Ripon once done. You, Michael and the other CHP fellas need a little company, right? :)

When the CHP sold the 85's there were a few colors that the CHP painted them. The Earl Schieb paint jobs were usually painted bright blue, bright red, bright yellow,and few were painted beige. There were alot more 85 cars with beige interiors as well. Around 25% of the 85 cars had the charcoal grey interiors. Those cars were usually painted silver.

Thank you Ryan for the kind words. When I started my restoration members here told me to post as many pics as you can. Thanks everyone..... Great Advice!......... see you at Ripon Ryan lol..... Rich:D

More docs are coming, but got this in the mail yesterday from Jimmy - the pre-sale checklist from the CHP in 1988:

http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...-Checklist.jpg

Very cool find! Can't wait to see more of the documenation with this car. That will really be something special!

Nice! My car's ('85 CHP 8419) gray paint was badly faded, so it's very cool to see your car with some shine--makes it easy to imagine how these cars looked when they were auctioned off.

Looks like it's in great shape, and having that kind of history on the car is incredible. I'm looking forward to following your work on the car.

Congratulations!

8419? Cool! Post up some pics!!

Ryan,

I have been out of town for awhile....just saw this thread. Excellent find and what an excellent resto candidate. Good save for sure.

If you build your barn 106' x 56 you can store about 20 SSP cars and still have room to work on them. ;)

Got to love a good garage!

Ryan, my apologies for taking so long to post in your thread. Like Jim, I too was traveling (no, Jim and I didn't run away together!).

Your car looks like an INCREDIBLE find! I hope the packet of information you receive turns up more gems like that CHP inspection checklist. Thanks for posting the pictures!

Been off the grid for a number of days as well. What a great piece you have there Ryan, congrats! It looks like quite the keeper to me. Seems like some real nice new ones continue to surface. :2thumbs:

Yes - I got lucky. And who knows, perhaps I'll have to bring it down to Ripon to hang with "the club" one of these years. :)

Per your request, pix of 8419 are in this thread (which reminds me that I need to take some more):
http://www.specialservicemustang.net...ead.php?t=2792
If you don't mind, keep us posted on the documentation as it comes in--looks like 8428 has got one of the thickest history files out there.

Yes!! I totally remember this car now - very cool.

Connecting up with the seller this weekend - hope it's a good score. I plan on sitting in the sun on my porch with a six pack and weeding through the paperwork. :)

For sure!

Rocketscience needs to bring his '85 too....:yes:

If its a CHP Mustang BRING IT! There will be a 1989 CHP SMPV car there this year as well. Unit
E435300 will be attending it's first show.

Good deal, Ken needs to post up on his progress!

There should also be a newly repatriated and finished off '93 there as well. :)

Ripon will likely have to wait a year or two for me. Need to make some progress on the car first. Has been a show I always have wanted to attend. :)

Ryan .... The 2 godfathers of CHP Mustangs are here to help you!! Mike and Rich ....Les roll.... You can make the show!! lol..........:D

Oh my - hope I don't find a horse's head emblem in my bed tonight. Yikes!! :)

Yay!! After 2 months of lining up dates/times, it appears I will be getting the bag 'o documentation/paperwork on Saturday along with a better hood, dash and engine harness. May also pickup a set of doors and mint seatbelts while down there. Will keep you guys posted.

However, here's a quick teaser:

Big bag of stuff:
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...P-8428/019.jpg

Docs from CHP log:
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...P-8428/018.jpg
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...P-8428/017.jpg

According to the CHP - my car was stationed out of the El Cajon office (Border Division) - just Northeast of San Diego:

http://www.chp.ca.gov/recruiting/docs/873_81007_Geo.pdf

Area: 680 (hot and dry) :)

You are quite the tease, Ryan! Congrats on being able to connect with the seller on all of the add'l items for your CHP. That's awesome!

I got those pics 2 weeks ago and have been biting my nails since waiting for the time to align. You can guess what I will be doing all of Saturday afternoon when I get back home. :)

woo hoo.... doesnt get any better than that! I love the big-o-bags of records :)

Fan-tas-tic...would love to get a look at the CHP documents if you get a chance to scan them. Score!

After a 5 hour round-trip drive, I have arrived back home with the bag 'o stuff (paperwork) and some much needed parts for the 85.

Good news: I have quite a few CHP docs which are awesome to see.

Bad news: Most of the records are from the owner that bought the car in 88. (Which is not a bad thing) I was under the impression that the paperwork was all from the CHP. Also, looks like the guy who bought it was NOT the chippie that drove it and there are no in-service pics in the stash 'o stuff. :(

I do have some highlights though to share:

CHP DMV Registration card - Notice it was issued on 9/19/85, but the car was not placed into service until 5/6/1986:
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...ation-Card.jpg

CHP Maintenance log - Page 1:
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...ance-Log-1.jpg

Notice how the engine was replaced at 7K miles. And...get ready for it...the driver's seatback was replaced no less than 5 times!! Wow, must have been a large framed CHP officer. :)

CHP Maintenance Log - Page 2:
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...ance-Log-2.jpg

CHP Maintenance Log - Page 3:
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...ance-Log-3.jpg

Thought this was interesting - a phone note "while you were away" type message from the buyer of the car to the CHP MT in Torrance asking for records:
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...ne-Message.jpg

Similar to Rich's 85, the buyer at auction was given the ability to transfer the extended warranty. Here is the ESC card that has the buyer's info on it. (And yes, he actually had quite a bit of work done under that warranty from the paperwork):
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...C-Transfer.jpg

The buyer purchased the car in May of 1988 with 85,215 miles on it. And appears he paid $5800 for it (as I have the financing paperwork from his credit union at the time).

He kept the car 20 years and have basically every receipt he ever had on the car up until 2008. That's when it looks like he parted with the car to the next owner in trade for some work, and the guy I bought it from picked it up in 2009 I believe.

Looking through the docs, I can see that the car had 1 engine put in while at CHP. Then the owner rebuilt the engine again in 1993/94. He then rebuilt the engine again in 2008 with a 331 stroker.

The silver paint on it now may not have been issued by CHP (although we know that a lot of them were painted that color grey). He had the car totally repainted in 2005 for around $4500. However, the paint on it is failing and unknown if he shot it in the same color it left MT at in Torrance. Only the assignment card will show us some of these specs.

So...there you have it. Enjoy...and discuss freely. :)

wow very interesting history and it sure was driven hard during its service!

just think how many of these cars had engines replaced.... cops run the h**l out of them at work ! lol

great to have the records to help tell the story.