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[petercasper1969]

Looking for the following.
-1987 manual seats and tracks. want to replace power seats and tracks with manual. (any info on if this is possible and how to do it would be great) also not opposed to paying someone if they are fair and honest...not worried about timely as long as they can keep me updated once every few days if it takes that long which sometimes is the case. I am located in northern CA SF Bay Area)
--also looking for 1987 CHP SSP original grey cloth (or vinyl if that was an option) seats or at least the material as my seats are in good shape but the original cloth material on them now is worn. I am not opposed to the charcoal gray tweed or any other tasteful seats as I may not go 100 percent original on my restoration/recreation.
-- need grey carpet, headliner. both front and back seat upholstery, rear package tray and the factory style trunk carpet or surface cover material .
------need drivers and passenger stock kick panels
---fuse box cover
--factory shift knob.

--also looking for the bracket that held the chp radio and shotgun. I believe that it mounted to the dash and the floor on the passenger side somewhere.
--replica or non working chp radio
--rear outward facing light bar that was mounted on the rear package tray for oncoming traffic to see
--outward facing upper windshield mounted lights (if 87 chp ssp had them that would be good to know)
--factory radio and or delete panel
--great to have the various bumper stickers like "get it together" "dont drink and drive" D.A.R.E" or any of the other bumper stickers some units had on them.

Please email me directly at petercasper1969@gmail.com with any leads, items, comments or anything else you deem helpful. I may go days without checking fb and I do not know how to make my cellular phone ping when I get a fb message. If any one of you are in the business of finding and or installing any of this please.. I would love to make your acquaintance quick fast and in a hurry, or if you know of a good shop or person who can do these items...i would love to know about it.
----iso---wtb---wanting to buy--in search of---wanting to trade for--tags are in search of looking for, wanting to buy. wanting to trade for. searching for. iso-wtb.

[brinkjm]

New to the forum (thanks Wilcox & Mike) and joined the FB page a few days ago. My first foray into FB...the only reason I joined!

Sometime around 1988 or so, my dad and I wound up winning the closed bit auction for an '85 SSP from the CHP's South Los Angeles Motor Transport location. It was silver and super clean. My dad had a cassette (!) radio installed and drove it to work every day. After a few months, it developed a host of issues: leaking water pump, noisy timing chain, cracked transmission case, bad input shaft bearing. We were quite disappointed. My dad returned to the CHP to complain. They told him the car was sold as-is, but did he transfer the warranty? Huh? Warranty? Apparently, Ford then (and still does) warranty the powertrains on police vehicles for 100,000 miles (when my assigned 2017 Utility PI puked it's engine at 102k miles, Ford stepped up). After a $50 warranty transfer fee, Ford repaired everything (to include a new clutch, rear main seal, radiator...what a deal!

We drove that car, originally assigned to Needles, all over the place. My dad sold it for practically nothing. Oh, how I wish I knew how special it was then!

I've gone through a ton of vehicle phases, to include a long stint in the Toyota 4x4 world and a BMW motorcycle obsession. But now, I'm am casually looking for a running SSP. I'm not picky. Prefer an aero vintage but I'll consider older. Bonus if it's a former WSP car!

I've literally gone to the end of the Internet reading up on the SSP pedigree. I've learned a lot and really appreciate the work the enthusiast here have put into this hobby. Looking forward to getting to know the community here.

[28HopUp]

Thanks for joining here. Any chance you can find the VIN for that 85 CHP? Regardless, good luck on your search. Feel free to ask questions.

Bill (Wilcox)

[brinkjm]

Hey Bill. My dad says that he doesn't have a scrap of documentation left from the car. I think he sold it in 1992 and bought a T-Bird Super Coupe. I wonder if the CHP Fleet Ops in Torrance maintains records of sales or has an archive?

I'd love to find that car again...