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1982-1986 Special Service Mustangs The 4-eyed cars. |
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Ford still does "police demos". You would think there would be several Mustangs that year, as well as some in subsequent years. They are cars loaned out to departments for testing/evaluation and you can imagine what kind of abuse they endure.
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I wonder if the Eminger Invoice for the GL hatchback also says "police demo".
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CHP required Ford to build mustang "pilot" cars every year. Ford would ship the pilot car to CHP and they would inspect, test, and evaluate the car, then make changes to the order if needed. An example would be the addition of oil coolers because the oil temps ran to high without them.
yes I have documents from CHP to prove these statements. I have the corespondence between Ford and CHP about the oil coolers, and I have several original "pilot" car inspection sheets.
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Jim for the first time since 1998 there is only two left: 1984 Oregon SP unmarked 1986 Idaho SP |
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Also...I know we were discussing test cars and engineering probes and the like, so are you saying that you have found one of the pilot cars now??
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Wasn't there a magazine ad in which Ford said that it was the severe service package?
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1982 CHP 0366 Ford Mustang 1970 CHP 5698 Mercury Monterey 1968 CHP 3286 Dodge Polara(sold) "You know, I think it was James Joyce who said that a genius makes no mistakes, that his errors are on purpose and they become the portholes of discovery, that's the kind of thing you say when you do something real stupid." Red Green |
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I will dig thru my stuff and see what years I have info on the pilot cars and see if there is any documentation that identifies them by vin etc.
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Jim for the first time since 1998 there is only two left: 1984 Oregon SP unmarked 1986 Idaho SP |
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This ad confirms that there were 400 cars for 1982 (not 406). However, the ad does not specifically say anything about them being SSP's.
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Bill Jr. To everyone out there, wherever you are. Remember, the light at the end of the tunnel may be the police chasing you down in their own Mustang! |
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I already did that.
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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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In the upper right hand corner, it says there were 154 cars in DSO 72-0406, but there were 155 cars ordered by the CHP in 1985. So the missing car was likely the pilot car for the new model year.
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Bill Jr. To everyone out there, wherever you are. Remember, the light at the end of the tunnel may be the police chasing you down in their own Mustang! |
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