1993 Mustang CHP (it's a SMPV!)

MOstang · #1 01-02-2014, 01:48 PM

Bill - Did the CHP use a Whip Antenna on the quarter of the SMPV SSPs? I was thinking they did not. The one for sale certainly had one. Are the pictures you posted from the "yard" of this same car. That one doesn't really look like it had one. Is it possible this car had one while in service with the CHP or served somewhere else after the CHP who installed? Thanks.

28HopUp · #2 01-02-2014, 02:08 PM

The SMPVs from the 1987 pilot-year did not use a whip antenna on the 1/4 panel, which you can tell was removed from E408383 when the CHP converted it from a B&W into a SMPV:

At least some of the ones from the 1989/1990 era did not have a whip on the 1/4 panel:

...but the ones that followed did have a whip antenna on the 1/4 panel, like this car as seen on page 1 of this thread:

As Michael/mac88chp said, the latter year SMPVs were configured closer to regular B&W units than the previous years. But they are still very cool CHP Mustangs!