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notchos90 03-17-2013 11:04 AM

Government ssp
 
Hi, how can you find out what government outfit was the ssp from,

Thanks

FoxChassis 03-17-2013 11:16 AM

Have a look at these two links:

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/Doortags.html
http://www.specialservicemustang.net/Bucktags.html

Can you take pics of those two items and attach them in this thread?

notchos90 03-17-2013 12:20 PM

1 Attachment(s)
Attachment 5136 the other tags I can't locate for now.


Thanks.

FoxChassis 03-17-2013 02:16 PM

Buck tags are behind the driver-side inner marker lamp and headlamp. The '82-'86 tags are up higher and easier to spot than the '87-'93 tags.

You VIN is in a group of 86 consecutive VINs and your DSO is 83-0114.

83 = US Government (General Service Administration, or GSA)
114 = domestic special order #114

There have been two other DSO 83 SSPs found in the same group of 84 VINs, one before yours (83-0113) and one after yours (83-0115). The one before yours is unknown which US Gov't office used it because we have no paperwork. So I'm afraid unless you have some paperwork to go with your car, from when it was originally ordered or when it went to auction, that states which US Gov't dept it was ordered for which dept used it, US Government use may be as close as you're going to get.

We know the one after yours was used by the FBI because auction paperwork indicates such.

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...info191668.htm

notchos90 03-17-2013 04:00 PM

Thanks for the break down i appreciate it, Would the buck tags have more info then the door tag as far as the gov agencie that order it?

ImEvil1 03-17-2013 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notchos90 (Post 39199)
Thanks for the break down i appreciate it, Would the buck tags have more info then the door tag as far as the gov agencie that order it?

Unfortunately, probably not. The DSO 83 cars like yours were usually stamped DSO POLICE on the buck tags (or other generic stamping).

notchos90 03-17-2013 04:27 PM

Found the buck tags but could get a good pic.

ImEvil1 03-17-2013 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notchos90 (Post 39201)
Found the buck tags but could get a good pic.

Sometimes they are definitely pretty hard to get a pic of.

notchos90 03-17-2013 04:30 PM

They did say gov on them, we'll I guess I'm stuck with government for now.

Thanks.

ImEvil1 03-17-2013 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notchos90 (Post 39203)
They did say gov on them, we'll I guess I'm stuck with government for now.

Thanks.

GOVT like the FBI car above, correct?

The only real way to find out, in a case like yours, is to get lucky and have some type of paperwork with the car. You can try to research past owners, and possibly make contact with one, and you might be able to track it back that way. Someone, somewhere purchased the car at auction and might know what agency it was with.

Good luck with it.

FoxChassis 03-17-2013 04:34 PM

Adding to what ImEvil1 posted, most of the DSO 83-xxxx tags that I have seen have also been stamped a nondescript "GOVT."

notchos90 03-17-2013 04:42 PM

You think a carfax would tell me more info also When I was shopping for my notch I was looking for a nice clean one I found this one and later I found out about it being a ssp so my? Is are these car hard to find? Just want to know what I have.

Thanks.

notchos90 03-17-2013 04:49 PM

Thanks you guys. I'll let u guys know if I find out more info on it

notchos90 03-17-2013 05:05 PM

1 Attachment(s)
Attachment 5141

ImEvil1 03-17-2013 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notchos90 (Post 39206)
You think a carfax would tell me more info also When I was shopping for my notch I was looking for a nice clean one I found this one and later I found out about it being a ssp so my? Is are these car hard to find? Just want to know what I have.

Thanks.

Carfax might show where it was first registered, after it came out of service...but that might not be necessarily the same state it was sold in.

I'd start by trying to locate the prior owners.

Nice pic, BTW.

93chipper 03-17-2013 09:48 PM

for mine the carfax says build date and when the first owner owned it nothing in between 10/92 till 5/1999

28HopUp 03-18-2013 09:34 AM

You will probably want to order a Marti Report on your car to confirm the options:

https://www.martiauto.com/reports2.cfm


The Deluxe report will also include the name of the ordering dealer, and list add'l information.

conmech 03-18-2013 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 28HopUp (Post 39227)
You will probably want to order a Marti Report on your car to confirm the options:

https://www.martiauto.com/reports2.cfm


The Deluxe report will also include the name of the ordering dealer, and list add'l information.

+1

stadair 03-19-2013 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 93chipper (Post 39221)
for mine the carfax says build date and when the first owner owned it nothing in between 10/92 till 5/1999

I have a similar carfax. Dead air.

396l35 12-08-2013 12:14 AM

I did a car fax on my today and there was nothing. I also have a black 93 Govt. car...

28HopUp 12-08-2013 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 396l35 (Post 43528)
I did a car fax on my today and there was nothing. I also have a black 93 Govt. car...

Welcome to the forum! Please post up some pictures of your GOVT SSP when you get the chance. Is your car listed in our VIN Project yet? :)

396l35 12-08-2013 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 28HopUp (Post 43530)
Welcome to the forum! Please post up some pictures of your GOVT SSP when you get the chance. Is your car listed in our VIN Project yet? :)

Yes it is listed but there is no info next to the VIN.


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