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03-08-2012, 05:41 PM
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Welcome to the site. Is your car an AOD by chance?
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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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03-08-2012, 07:21 PM
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Great job with trying to pull some of these pieces together.
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Mike 1992 Michigan State Police SSP Mustang #5114 1993 Wisconsin State Patrol SSP Mustang 1993 Missouri State Highway Patrol SSP Mustang P641 http://members.fotki.com/MOstang/
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03-09-2012, 10:30 AM
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Clay, a "package car" is a factory-optioned police package vehicle. A police package car could be anything from a Crown Vic, Charger, B4C Camaro, SSP Mustang, etc.
If your car is a SSP, then it would have a 6-digit DSO number listed on the door's VIN sticker. All SSP's have a 6-digit DSO, but not all 6-digit DSO cars are SSP's. Ford built regular cars and were sold with 6-digit DSO's. Your car's Buck Tags on the radiator support may contain useful information. The restoration info linked on our main page should help you identify your car. An AOD is an automatic transmission with overdrive.  Post up some pictures when you can...
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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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03-09-2012, 10:53 AM
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Interesting, our car has a four-digit DSO...
"Larger orders have been seen filled via different 4 digit DSO numbers, and the numbers also varied when batches of cars with different options were ordered, such as with the 1993 Florida Highway Patrol's unmarked cars." Hopefully ours is not fake. It is a 5 speed transmission. Ours was definately unmarked and not used in service (we bought it in 88 with 3k on it). I will work on getting some photos uploaded and a full description of the car's options/ features. off the top of my head, it has: stabilizer braces underneath stainless steel exhaust hurst shifter trunk quick release button 140 certified speedo 3.08 rear no emission control system undercoating with blue ford logo plugs dead pedal
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03-09-2012, 11:26 AM
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Clay, another great resource for Ford fans is Marti Auto Works, who sells a Standard or Deluxe Marti Report that lists the options for a specific vehicle -
http://www.martiauto.com/reports2.cfm These reports have been invaluable to the research we've been doing as part of our VIN Project.
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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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03-09-2012, 11:42 AM
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I already have a marti report. Is there something I should be looking for?
If the order type is retail, does that mean it's not anything 'special'? I will post a picture of the ad from Hemmings from back i 88 when we bought it. ORDER TYPE: RETAIL DSO ITEM #: 6005 DEALER #: 44U509 FOX AUTO SALES INC 743 E HIGH ST WAYNESBURG PA 15370 IMPORTANT DATES ORDER DATE: 02/02/85 CAR SERIALIZED: 03/01/85 BUCKED: 03/21/85 SCHEDULED FOR BUILD: 03/25/85 ACTUALY BUILT: 03/30/85 RELEASED: 04/02/85 SOLD: 04/12/85 STATISTICS Your car was one of: 5,005 With this Paint Code 2,492 With these Paint/Trim Codes 1,159 With these Engine/Transmission Codes 2,449 Ordered from this DSO 56,781 With LX Decor Group For the 1985 Mustang 2-Door Sedan Your vehicle was equipped with the following features: - Console - Traction-Lok Rear Axle - Optional Axle Ratio - P225/60VRX15 Black Sidewall Performance Tires - Tilt Steering Wheel - Air Conditioner - Manual - Rear Window Defroster - AM/FM/Cassette Stereo Radio - LX Decor Group - Tinted Glass - High Output Carburetor Engine - Five-Speed Manual Overdrive Transmission
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03-09-2012, 11:47 AM
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Last edited by 28HopUp; 03-09-2012 at 12:13 PM. Reason: Trying to make the photos appear. :-)
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03-09-2012, 11:50 AM
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Mike, thanks for clarifying what I had said. I should have known better...
Clay, thanks for the pictures. That's a sweet looking 85! For your reference, here is a Standard Marti Report for a 92 SSP (I haven't seen one yet for an 85) -  You'll note that the Special Service Option is listed. Now, it's entirely possible that errors may occur on these Marti Reports, but they are generally spot-on.
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03-09-2012, 02:42 PM
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Clay: You're looking at the DSO # 6005 that is just below the order type and just above the dealer number. That is the district sales office order #. That is not the domestic special order #, which is what we're talking about and is what all SSPs had. Same acronym but two different things. The domestic special order #, if it exists for any particular car, is part of the two-character region and district, also know as the district sales office. Which means the DSO would be a total of six characters. Looking at your Deluxe (Marti) Report, it would be in the "Door Data Plate Information" box and would say "_____ ordering district under domestic special order # ____" and in the image of the door sticker (above where it says DSO).
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