1985 CHP Unit #8395 Found!

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Decided to bump a VERY old thread -

Originally Posted by mac88chp

Looks like an old crayon marking. If it was put on there by CHP Motor Transport, I'm shocked it's still visible. Temporary crayon markings like this have also been spotted written on the front plate bracket. It identified the car's assigned CHP ID# as the unit was taken from new car inventory and sent to the upfit assembly line where that number was painted on the door (always) and the corresponding license plates were attached. It might have also been applied during strip out and sale after the unit was run out.

By looking at some of the pictures from Sam's Motor Transport Picture Thread, I saw one Mustang that also had its unit number written on the side window as a run-out:




To this day, my etched numbers remain on my side window. I'm glad because I may have never learned my car's unit number otherwise.