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Old 01-11-2012, 04:07 PM
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Default Help with a bizzare '86 SSP - Texas car (not necessarily DPS)

This car has come up before, maybe 6 years ago or so on other boards. It's an '86 SSP, with a 57 (houston) DSO (special order 0029).

So the first buck tag reads:
DSO 57 - 0029 Texas
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Door tag and secondary buck tag info go on to show a 5 speed car, 3.08 gear with A/C but the peculiar part is that it was ordered in 1E silver with the charcoal VINYL interior. The car was apparently first registered out of service in Fredericksburg,TX in 1992 and since then it has changed hands a few times. It falls in a batch of 5 consecutive VINs.

So, the question is, any idea what department might have ordered this car? The batch of 5 seems a bit small for DPS, and the combination definitely doesn't fit with DPS. DPS always ordered cloth interiors (I would assume a vinyl interior isn't much fun for an officer who spends all of their time sitting on it) and obviously the color doesn't fit for what DPS typically ordered.

Any ideas?
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Old 01-11-2012, 09:02 PM
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Maarti report the car.
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for the first time since 1998 there is only two left:

1984 Oregon SP unmarked
1986 Idaho SP
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Old 01-11-2012, 09:37 PM
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I might do that if I get closer to striking a deal, but I think it will do little to verify the department. I have the report for my DPS car, and it in no way verifies it as a DPS, it just states what DSO it was, which dealer it was shipped to, and that it was a special paint car (and SSP pkg obviously).

More detective work to be done.
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Old 01-11-2012, 11:19 PM
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eminger invoice will tell you who ordered it
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1986 Idaho SP
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Old 01-12-2012, 12:03 AM
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Hmmm, sounds like a cool one Chris. If you don't want it, let me know how to find it.
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Old 01-12-2012, 11:35 AM
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Jim, eminger invoices for the '86s have been few and far between. For the 8-10 '86s I've tried to order them for, none have been available.

Chris, I'll PM you.
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