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[28HopUp]

Bob, thanks for the VIN picture for that car!

Originally Posted by ImEvil1

Thanks for posting it, but we are only putting verified cars in there. However, now that we have it, it may lead to identification of the agency/order in the future.

To expand on this a bit, we have partial verification on over 50 more cars that are not listed with active links in the VIN Project. These are cars which in terms of documentation may only be a picture of a VIN sticker having a 6-digit DSO. But civilian cars could be ordered with a 6-digit DSO, so we need more information before calling a specific car a SSP. We are holding onto the information for these pending cars to see if we can find add'l documentation at a later date.

And I just added a link to our VIN Project in the first post of this thread

[28HopUp]

Here is an example of the Standard Marti Reports being helpful to our research. The following car had weak documentation:

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...info225776.htm

So by getting the Standard Marti Report for the preceeding car in the consecutive VIN range...

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...info225775.htm


...we were able to confirm both as SSP's because they have the same DSO. Pretty cool IMO!

[28HopUp]

We now have solid documentation for over 200 SSP's in our little project. Although we know the VIN range for the 1982 SSP's, our current total only includes those SSP's where we have photos which document those cars in that CUN range.

Over the next couple of weeks, with help from Marti Auto Works and submissions by our members, we should be able to document another 30 or so SSP's.

[CHP8336]

Originally Posted by 28HopUp

We now have solid documentation for over 200 SSP's in our little project. Although we know the VIN range for the 82 SSP's, our current total only includes those SSP's where we have photos which document those cars in that CUN range.

Over the next couple of weeks, with help from Marti Auto Works and submissions by our members, we should be able to document another 30 or so SSP's.

GREAT WORK BILL! Your work on this project is AWSOME!

[28HopUp]

Somebody recently asked me what the breakdown was by year in terms of documented SSP's for our VIN Project. So here is the list by year as it stands today, which includes a few cars we need to create pages for:

.1982. 15
.1983. 07
.1984. 14
.1985. 25
.1986. 26
.1987. 17
.1988. 23
.1989. 22
.1990. 12
.1991. 20
.1992. 27
.1993. 38
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total 246


So that makes 87 four-eyed SSP's, and 159 aero SSP's as of today. That's about a 2:1 ratio.

[smunczen]

Nice to see a count. I really wonder how many cars on the road today.

[MOstang]

Originally Posted by 28HopUp

So that makes 87 four-eyed SSP's, and 159 aero SSP's as of today. That's about a 2:1 ratio.

Thanks Bill...any idea how many distinct agencies are represented in the overall number? Thanks again.

[28HopUp]

Originally Posted by MOstang

Thanks Bill...any idea how many distinct agencies are represented in the overall number? Thanks again.

Mike, this list will quickly become outdated as new SSP's are added, but here is the current agency break-down:


Alabama . . . . . . 4
Arizona . . . . . . 2
CHP . . . . . . . .50
Colorado. . . . . . 2
Delaware. . . . . . 1
FHP . . . . . . . .35
GOV . . . . . . . . 2
GSP . . . . . . . . 3
ID. . . . . . . . . 5
KS. . . . . . . . . 2
KY. . . . . . . . . 3
LSP . . . . . . . . 4
MA. . . . . . . . . 1
MI. . . . . . . . . 1
MISC. . . . . . . .41
MN. . . . . . . . . 4
MO. . . . . . . . . 4
NC. . . . . . . . . 5
NE. . . . . . . . . 4
NM. . . . . . . . . 1
NV. . . . . . . . . 2
NY. . . . . . . . . 2
ORE . . . . . . . .10
PA. . . . . . . . . 2
PCSD. . . . . . . . 1
RCMP. . . . . . . . 1
SantaClara. . . . . 2
SC. . . . . . . . . 6
TxDPS . . . . . . .21
USPS. . . . . . . . 4
UT. . . . . . . . . 5
WA. . . . . . . . . 6
WI. . . . . . . . . 1


And then there are individual agencies with only 1 SSP listed:

Beverly Hills, CA
City of Florence
Frisco, TX
Fulton County (GA)
Pensacola, FL
Portland, OR
Rome, GA
Stem, NC
Winter Park, FL



Those cars listed under "MISC" means that the agency is not known, but these are confirmed SSP's. We still have more SSP's that are "pending", whose documentation (i.e. pictures) is weak. I can think of several more known SSP's in the hobby that have yet to be included. So if your SSP isn't listed yet, then please send me a message.