1982 CHP Mustang Bought on Ebay 02/02 2011

[SSPCHPSTANG3101]

Originally Posted by mac88chp

I've seen them in all three of those formats over the years so I guess it might have been who was manning the label maker at any given time. Who knows but here's a pic of an '82 label for you that should answer the question for your car:

Removed the dash bezel this morning to get a better look at the faded and cracked Dymo tape that still exists on my dash bezel.These numbers are a little hard to read and were identified as 10 3 8 on my 1982 Mustang dash bezel.Unfortunately the last digit and the dymo tape is missing with this group of service date numbers. I would assume the mising number would be the number 3 to make it "10 3 83" for my Service date. Thank you for this information as I completly overlooked this Dymo tape on my dash.Now I just need to find out what my Unit number and E plate number .

[Wolfe1013]

OK, it looks like there's no character between the numbers and the leading zeros were dropped. Michael, I meant I wanted to see if they varied from '82 to '82 like you said they did over the entire run of CHP SSPs.

I'll use the one I made to read " 3 28 83 "

Ironic how long these cars sat up. They were built in June 1982 and put in service from March to October 1983 between these three (mine, this one and Jon's).

I hope your build sheet is there. I need to go to my car's thread and post up my Deluxe Marti Report that I recently purchased. Pretty darn cool.

One other thing I noticed, passenger side siren mount. Someone else had an '82 with passenger side siren...oh, the one Mike in Nashville has. I think that's it. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Is that gray primer all over the black? Sorry if I missed that in one of your posts.

[SSPCHPSTANG3101]

Originally Posted by Wolfe1013

OK, it looks like there's no character between the numbers and the leading zeros were dropped. Michael, I meant I wanted to see if they varied from '82 to '82 like you said they did over the entire run of CHP SSPs.

I'll use the one I made to read " 3 28 83 "

Ironic how long these cars sat up. They were built in June 1982 and put in service from March to October 1983 between these three (mine, this one and Jon's).

I hope your build sheet is there. I need to go to my car's thread and post up my Deluxe Marti Report that I recently purchased. Pretty darn cool.

One other thing I noticed, passenger side siren mount. Someone else had an '82 with passenger side siren...oh, the one Mike in Nashville has. I think that's it. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Is that gray primer all over the black? Sorry if I missed that in one of your posts.

After a search of the build sheet I came up with nothing.I did find a couple of coins from under the back seat and I discovered roof top antenna cabeling that routes to the dash coiled up under the rear carpet.I really need to go to the Department of Motor Vehicles and history check this car and I need to get a Delux Marti Report.

I wondered about my passenger side siren mount.I was going to change the location to the driver side but now I believe I will keep the siren on the passenger side.

Going to post a couple of pictures I took yesterday afternoon of the shotgun release buttons that are still intact in my car.

[SSPCHPSTANG3101]

Removed the front and rear seats on the mustang today with the intentions to find my build sheet and no luck. It appears my build sheet is long gone but the coins I did find under the seats should cover the electricity I used to run the shop vac to vacuum the car out.
I figured with the seats out it would be a great time to snap some pictures to share.I removed the driver side door sill trim and discovered a black push button switch.I believe this to be the shotgun release button?
I do not have history behind the harness eye bolts mounted on the driver side floor pan. Perhaps these were installed by Paramount pictures for what ever reasons.

[texunter]

I could be way off but I think prisoners cuffs were attached to those eye's during transport.

[Mustang Kid]

Yes the eye bolts were for prisoners(hold their feet down? Cuff the hand cuffs to floor?). Odd that there are 2 on one side, unless that is what 82s had The black button is for the gun lock(I do believe?). Another version is where smaller buttons are under the dash, one on each side(so that the driver or a riding officer could get the shotgun). 2 of my dads CHP crown vics had them-one had the black button, the other had the 2 smaller buttons under the dash.

I absolutely hate any tan/dark tan/brown (except for the lighter tans) interiors when they are dirty and disgusting(kinda like your carpet). When the interiors are nice and clean I don't have a problem lol.

[chp1982]

I just noticed that your car has the same lap belts as mine. Any legible writing on them? Any progress pics?

[Steve]

Originally Posted by Mustang Kid

Yes the eye bolts were for prisoners(hold their feet down? Cuff the hand cuffs to floor?). Odd that there are 2 on one side, unless that is what 82s had The black button is for the gun lock(I do believe?). Another version is where smaller buttons are under the dash, one on each side(so that the driver or a riding officer could get the shotgun). 2 of my dads CHP crown vics had them-one had the black button, the other had the 2 smaller buttons under the dash.

I absolutely hate any tan/dark tan/brown (except for the lighter tans) interiors when they are dirty and disgusting(kinda like your carpet). When the interiors are nice and clean I don't have a problem lol.

In case anyone is still wondering about these "eye bolts" I didn't have them in the '82 or '84 CHP Mustangs I drove. And i never heard about them in any other CHP patrol car either, and that includes 1978 (440) Dodge Monaco, Plymouth Satellite, 1980s Dodge Diplomat, and Chevy Caprice.

We simply transported prisoners using the seat belt "wrist wrap" technique. Handcuffed, the prisoner is seated, then you have them turn their body slightly to the left and you pull their arms toward you. Then run the seatbelt metal clasp and belt around their wrists/arms, then across their body, and buckle it. Works great. We did this in any of the patrol vehicles that did not have cages in the back (some areas had them,, others did not).

In extreme cases, you may have to tie a prisoner's ankles together (hobble) before seating them in the veh. I never had to do this while operating Mustangs. If I even thought I was going to have issues with a prisoner, I would just tell them before putting them in the veh. that I was going to treat them exactly as they acted. If they acted like a civilized human, they would be treated accordingly, and 98% of the time it worked. I've already discussed the paper shopping bag technique (over the head) in another thread for spitters. I never had any problems with prisoners in Mustangs.