I blame my slight obsession with Mustangs on my dad. He had a 25+ year career with Ford and during '88 or '89 he came home with his new company car, a red Mustang GT with a white top and white leather int. I was hooked. I got yelled at probably 100 times for getting in the car and pretending to drive it. Flash forward through quite a few Mustangs of my own, it was probably 2002 when I went to see an '84 CHP for sale. I passed on the car but really thought the SSP cars were cool and unique so I started to do some research. I bought the Ford Police Cars book with the 1982 CHP SSP on the cover. I absolutely loved it. Years went by and I had never seen one for sale let alone pictures of one that had survived the years. Around 2005, one came up on Ebay (M. Riley purchased it). It was way over my budget but I had the bug again. Another one came up on Ebay a couple years later and I bid stupid money on it. Thankfully I lost because not too long after that one was listed, 1982 CHP 0513 came along making me one happy guy!
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