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SSP Stories
I was just wondering how everyone here got involved/interested in SSPs? I saw one years ago in Michigan and thought it was cool but forgot all about them until I saw one on eBay last Spring ( which I bought ). Did anyone ever get pulled over by one or have any interesting stories?
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2003 AB Mach 1 1992 PASP ( Sold ) 2013 Focus ST 2008 P71 |
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I went to my first FHP (Dept of Transportation) auction in 1989, saw lots of '86-'87 cars there...didn't buy my first SSP until 1997, though (at the auction in Gainesville, FL).
I drove one in-service with the PD '96-'97 ('92 AOD car). The more research I did back then, the more hooked I got (who am I kidding? It's still true today).
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Mike '82 SSP (Marketing Order) '83 Colorado State Patrol #202 '83 Texas DPS '85 Florida Highway Patrol #1422 '93 Florida Highway Patrol #1187 '93 Florida Highway Patrol #1363 |
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What PD did or do you work for that used Mustangs? |
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Gainesville, FL. They bought 3 in 1992 for the traffic unit. They repainted 2 of them and assigned them to the narcotics unit I worked for. Mine had 28K miles on it when I got it.
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Mike '82 SSP (Marketing Order) '83 Colorado State Patrol #202 '83 Texas DPS '85 Florida Highway Patrol #1422 '93 Florida Highway Patrol #1187 '93 Florida Highway Patrol #1363 |
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OH! Open the can of worms with me!!!! I have a flood of stories but it basically boils down to this:
I thought it was SO COOL that the Texas DPS began using Mustangs as patrol units. I took an interest in Mustangs around 1984 and began lobbying my dad for a Mustang for my high school car. I ended up with a new '86 GT in July of that year and by that time, the TXDPS had many Mustangs in the fleet. In 1987, my interests changed with the cosmetic improvements of 1987 on the Mustang and my desire for a 5.0 sedan grew outrageously! Out of all the Mustangs I've had in 20 years, only 2 were hatchbacks and all others were SEDANS!!!! I guess my interest in Mustangs combined with a police package fueled my fire altogether more. Just as "Smokey and The Bandit" sold thousands of Trans-Ams for Pontiac, the police agencies throughout America have sold many Mustangs for Ford. Don't you know that when kids saw the police using a Mustang for a patrol car, they thought: "If a Mustang is good enough for the police, it's good enough for me!"
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Roman Collins Lufkin, Texas Last edited by policemustang; 12-11-2006 at 02:24 AM. |
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Got my first SSP in July of 1990. A 1987 X-Texas DPS car. Awesome car. Wish I still had it of course. Loved them and screwed with them ever since.
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