Attention All '82 CHP SSP Owners
 

Please list your unit number and I can see:
If it had an engine failure during its inservice life
If it had a transmission failure during its inservice life
If it had a rear end failure during its inservice life
Where the car served
And what the mileage at the time of a failure if the car had a failure.

My dad found some of his CHP files on the 82 CHP SSP's. I will scan some of them and post them :D

And, according to the CHP documents, there were 404 '82s and 280 '84s ordered.

0559 here.

For your car, I found that it had:
Major Differential Failure(rear end) on 9-10-84 with 63622 miles at the area office- 365
And
Major Engine Failure on 8-14-84 with 62116 miles.

Here's a quote from one of the documents (I will scan and post this one)
The # I had posted in my first post, may be the coupes and the hatches together. These numbers came from original (or copied) CHP Motor Transport Bulletins.

Thanks for checking...anything you can post copies of or any other information?

I will post some things here soon if I can get them scanned.

Looking through the known 82s in the VIN project (with unit #s),
870255 had
Major Transmission fail at 1-11-84 with 74016 miles


870327 had
Major Differential fail at 10-22-84 with 82722 miles at area office 360
Major Trans fail at 2-27-84 with 60392


870300 had
no failures! I wish something had failed so we could see where the car served :(

870567 had
Major Trans fail at 9-10-84 with 60058 miles

870513 had
Major Trans at 10-2-84 with 69378 miles at area office 340

87448 had
Major Trans at 3-12-84 with 62497 miles at area office 835
Front Pads at 6-8-83 with 9785 miles

870594 had
No failures!

Those are the 82s in the VIN project with unit #s listed.

A couple cars I found interesting-
870595 had
Major Diff. at 11-28-83 and 2-22-84 (with 13625 miles) and 6-13-84(with 39987 miles)

870600 had
Major Diff. at 5-12-83(with 40043 miles) and 1-9-84 (with 65061 miles) and 6-7-84 (with 75028 miles)

They were driven hard and most likely don't exist now.

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Enjoy!:cheers:

WOW !

Just when I start to get a little bored with these cars a thread, and 30 year old documentation like this surfaces !!! When I first inspected my 82 I made the comment that it looked like it had never been apart. I will be doing some more inspection now to try and determine if all the drivetrain is original to the car. Must be something special about this 1 of 1 tailhook equipped car.

I will be keeping my 82 now...... :)

HOLY SMOKES, Sam! That is a GREAT collection of CHP documentation. THANK YOU for sharing it with us. :)

The following two pages caught my eye:



The CHP states in one document that there were 404 Mustangs bought in 1982, but says separately that the department purchased 400 Mustang 2-door coupes. That reinforces our findings seen here...

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...ead.php?t=3690

...where we had concluded that there were "most likely" only 4 CHP hatchbacks in 1982. Now we have CHP documentation that reinforces our conclusions.

Great, great stuff! :2thumbs:

ok....so where was the mallory rev limiter mounted in my 82. I have no clue so can anyone help me out here?

Great stuff!!! Thanks again for sharing these here.

WOW!! makes me want to get an '82 CHP. Great stuff!

That is an amazing find! Good work Sam...:yes:

400 consecutive unit numbers for the 400 coupes. Cool.

Great post, Sam.

Thanks guys. I'm glad I can help the community:D

Tonight I will post a Maintenance Instruction Chart and a Motor Transport Bulletin about the 82 Mustangs Vehicle Higlights:)

And if I'm correct, 0600 is the known hatchback. Is that the cars actual unit #?

Fantastic information Sam! Wish we all could find documentation like this on all our rides! Wow.

Wow is right, such tasty stuff! Very historical documents...puts you right back into the day and gives great perpective of and insights to the beginnings of the SSP program/CHP experience and some for the police vehicle situation of the era as a whole.

Many thanks Sam, this documention is 24 carat GOLD. :2thumbs:

Hi Sam,
Anything on 0366?
Thanks,
Jason

Thank you! I checked and office 360 was just south of Santa Rosa, CA in Rohnert. I would love to have copies of whatever you have on 0327. Thanks again!

Fantastic info! Nice work Sam!

Your car had
Major Diff fail at 40103miles on 10-5-83 at area office 420
Major Trans fail at 77500miles on 7-6-84


I don't have paperwork on specific cars, just a list of cars that had problems

CHP area office 420, c'mon now, I guess that means I need to go roll one for the car, and it is CA. Seriously though, Bakersfield, I think?
Thanks Sam, that is the first indication that I have had where the car worked.

Out if curiosity, do you have any docs from the '70?

I really wish my dads had had a problem, cause then we could have found out where it served too.

And yes my dad has the 70s documents :) He will have to find them though

Yep, Bakersfield. Same office as mine, right there at 4040 Buck Owens Blvd. :)

What luck have you guys had in the past and/or what suggestions do you have for going about contacting the offices where these cars served in hopes of getting a name?

with my 82 being 30 years old I am not even gonna try to find out who drove it.

I spoke with a Lieutenant at Quincy, CA Station where my car served. Nobody was around any more from those days. I knew my car was involved in an accident while in-service (judging by the paint layers on the shoddy repair), but that tidbit of info did not help him find out anything about my car.

I am blown away! Thanks, Sam. A big hearty thank you. 0567 here. That's good to find out. I've been under the belief that my engine and trans may not be original to the car. Still, I'm working on a full restoration. As much as I can do.

Keep it coming. This is great stuff and more reason to keep the car. It's been a toss up since I got the car whether or not it would go if I had to part with anything from my collection. The more I've learned and documented, the more I've worked on this car, the more I've grown attached to it. I recently made a firm decision to do my best to keep this car, and the Camaro, as being so rare and special to the police pursuit car evolution. Even my Pontiac friend told me to keep the CHP because it was such a rare and cool car.

I contacted the office my car served at and spoke with the PIO there. He was extremely friendly and took my name and number, car number and said he would ask around because some retirees still come in there. That was last fall and I've yet to hear anything. I don't want to bug them, so I haven't called back yet. Maybe Steve will turn up something one day since he worked there.

Ironic, too, I just bought the service manuals on eBay last night and texted a friend, "let the real work begin." Now I read all this. And spring is here!! More daylight!!

Thanks again!! Greg

the service manuals are a must. I have 83 and 84 need 82, 85 and 86.

Hi Sam. My unit number is 0548. Thanks.

Your car had
No failures:D

Thanks! That's great to hear. This car is very solid. I can't wait to get it back from paint. Still a few weeks out though - he's been back-logged. Thanks again.

You're welcome:D Glad I could help. Keep us updated with progress:thumbsup:

Hey Sam, just curious if you had anything on anything on unit # 0448. Stil no Unit number on my present car until I go down to the DMV for a history check from wne it was brand new. Fortunately my wife will be going for me in about 2 weeks as I dont like standing in lines at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

870448 had
Major Trans at 3-12-84 with 62497 miles at area office 835
Front Pads at 6-8-83 with 9785 miles

Post if you find out your cars unit #. Might look on the first page to see if I already posted it if you find it out.:D

Thanks Sam, I will post when I discover itst E plate number.

Unit 0448 varifiable identity before transfer.

Gotta love those Registration History Reports from California DMV!

1982 CHP Mustang Unit E870204
 

Hey Sam I just got my Vehicle History paperwork from the Department of Motor Vehicles this evening from our mail box and I am glad to discover my Mustang is Unit # E870204. This was the best $6 plus postage that I have ever spent. Do you have any info on this Retired Unit.Thanks again