[MOstang]

Many in the police car restoration hobby would state that the devil is in the details with these restorations. To help with that, I'm thankful to have previously obtained a training video from Jim Young that the Missouri State Highway Patrol Training Academy produced on what was Missouri's new 55 mile per hour speed limit law. Even better, the SSP Mustang that served as the "featured star" of the video is my 1993 Missouri State Highway Patrol P641 SSP Mustang. This is known due to the license plate (632-HP), which contains the assigned Trooper's badge number (632). The Trooper who was assigned to my SSP (now a Captain) did not appear in the video, but rather the Academy borrowed his assigned SSP and it was driven during the video by individuals from the Academy.

It had been several years since I'd last looked at the video, but I had it out over the winter and watched it again. In doing so, I studied the video footage more closely and various screen shots I made from the video. I noticed a couple details that were off with my SSP as compared with how it specifically was depicted while in service during the video. More specifically, it was equipped a different style Midland CB Radio and the MPH S80 Radar setup was a bit different (the bracket and no handheld) as compared with how I'd set it up when returning the SSP back to in-service condition. The MSHP didn't always use the exact same CB Radio, so the one I had in it was patterned after an interior in-service picture from another 1993 MSHP SSP.

Figured I'd make those tweaks to my SSP in preparation for next month's Missouri State Highway Patrol 100th Recruit Graduation, where I will be displaying my SSP. The 1st attachment is a screen shot from the video with my SSP in service; 2nd attachment is how it was set back up in 2010 and the 3rd attachment is after tweaking it a bit over the weekend. I'll tinker around with a little bit more before the actual event, but the weather was fantastic this weekend to be out working on the SSP.