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91 Mississippi State Trooper Car
I recently picked up this 91 Mississippi Trooper Car VIN 1FACP40E6MF143555 which is in the registry of a group of 10 used by Mississippi in 91. As in the attached photo the roof, trunk lid and quarter were damaged by a falling tree. Torque boxes are also damaged from previous racing. The car is a roller but I have a 5.0 and AOD for it, the cluster and all body, engine and dash wiring are there. Interior complete but water damaged and nasty
I'm on the fence in deciding to repair / restore the car or part it out. What would you guys do with it??
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Ron 91 Mississippi Highway Patrol 63 Fairlane 500 2dr 85 SVO 90 LX Coupe- Highly Modified Always lurking for the right GSP http://public.fotki.com/90Coupe/ |
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Looks like allot of time and money to fix it right. You have to ask yourself how much you really like the car.
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82 CHP Unit#870366 86 TX DPS M6-380 |
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FIX IT... What are the odds of finding another. At least store it until someone can fix it. I would never part it out. In 10 more years people will be looking for cars like this to build and be happy to get them... ( maybe sooner). My two cents...
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Gathering; Collecting & Documenting GSP History... 1983 GSP#3083 Capt. C. Stallings #99 Post 41 1988 GSP#8292 Trpr R. Wilcox #799 Post 27; ACE wrecked in service with 24k miles; most documented & lowest mileage GSP 1990 GSP#0196 Trpr P. Kirkpatrick #756 Post 29 1992 GSP#2221 Trpr M. Prince #895 Post 9; “1 of 6” LoJack GSP Mustangs |
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I agree with Bobby, fix it! The damage to the top half looks worst than it actually is, the quarters can be salvaged and only the roof skin and braces look like they need to be replaced.
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Mike Chesapeake,VA. 1993 Calypso Green SSP Gilchrist Co. 1990 FHP SSP |
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The roof is very simple once you get the headliner down and look at it. Welding a new section or even a new roof on would be a pretty easy event for someone skilled at body work. Torque boxes can be cut out and repaired or even rebuilt with a donor section. But, on the flipside thats alot of work and if you're not skilled or have a decent welder it can look like a mountain of work.
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1987 SSP JCPD Louisville KY Car 1010 1989 SSP FHP 1329 (Sold) 1991 SSP Santa Clara DA 91056 (Sold) |
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I'm with you guys on trying to save it, just wanted to gauge what others thought about tackling it. As Bobby stated the chances of finding another are very slim based on their total usage being so low in Mississippi, also the color combo is great! My wife doesn't get it but you guys do LOL.
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Ron 91 Mississippi Highway Patrol 63 Fairlane 500 2dr 85 SVO 90 LX Coupe- Highly Modified Always lurking for the right GSP http://public.fotki.com/90Coupe/ |
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Hi Ron. I agree with the above posts, fix it if you can. This is only the third Mississippi SSP I'm aware of that has surfaced. I know of another '91 that is essentially a drag car and we have the only '92 to surface thus far.
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Jonathon Mustang Museum of America |
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Glad you saved this one. I could never get the guy to contact me back.
I would definitely do everything you can to save it. Mississippi is one of the states that has virtually disappeared, when it comes to found cars. The big states will always dominate the SSP community. Yours would be the "I didn't know they used them", or "Never seen one of those before." Good luck.
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Unit A-41 |
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That's a really rare SSP, so it deserves that treatment in spite of the time, money and effort that will be involved.
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Mike 1992 Michigan State Police SSP Mustang #5114 1993 Wisconsin State Patrol SSP Mustang 1993 Missouri State Highway Patrol SSP Mustang P641 http://members.fotki.com/MOstang/ |
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Glad to see another MHP car has been found . I'm not 100% sure , but I believe this to be the car that was in Scooba for ahwile . Had a few people tell me about it , but no one could ever get me any info on it . One guy wouldn't give the info , he was looking to buy it . I heard a year or so later that a storm had dropped a tree on it . I think after these two cars were first taken out of service , they were both used for campus security at EMCC in Scooba . Both eventually fell into the hands of gear heads . Your car has a Neshoba county tag on it , I live in Winston county , which is one county north . Also , I think a guy named Brad used to own your car back around '97 or so . Can't remember his last name , but I worked with him at U.S. Motors in Philadelphia . Sure wish we could get info on the other eight '91s . It's really cool that these cars have consecutive vins .
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