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Originally Posted by 28HopUp
Personally, I do not care for clone cars, but it is your car to do with however you please. I don't object because it's a loss of a SSP. The FHP cars are more plentiful, so turning it into a clone of another agency is not the worst thing in the world.
My reason for not liking clones comes from my experience taking my SSP out in public and answering the inevitable questions that come up. In most cases, they will ask me if it is/was a real police car (or Highway Patrol car when I display it with the magnets). People WILL ask you if your SSP is/was an Alabama State Police car. If you don't mind telling people that it is a cloned car, then by all means don't let that stop you. Although you should do what makes you happy, you MAY get tired of telling folks that it was a FHP that you made into an Alabama SSP. It would bug me, but only you can determine if that would be a problem for you.
In terms of the restoration, if you are going to make it an Alabama cloned SSP, then I would suggest doing all that you can to make it as accurate as possible. You can sell your FHP equipment to help pay for new Alabama-specific parts. If you're gonna go that far then do it right IMO.
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Agree totally with this one.
I never fails (for me anyway) every show someone will ask the questions
Is it a real trooper car.
Answer!! Yes
How do you get by with those hardmarked decals and all that police Eq.
Answer! I cover all decals , disconnect the electrical to Eq. and remove the lightbar.
If it were me!!!!! redo it to agency specs, but
be aware of that Fl. state and their rules, cause if you don't, worse case senerio! you could lose the car.
Thats why I always tell people it is better to live in a different state than the one which the car was stationed.
No matter which way you go, it's yours and have fun restoring!!
Good luck!!