New Member Introductions

[03cobra]

Jim sure do like your 85 Tx DPS car. Thats my next find I hope. With lots of luck... I seem to find the SSPs just not the year I want.

[mkv1977]

Hi there - my name is Mark and I have a collection of cars that includes a few Mustangs. I have always like the 86 model (I have a 86 GT convertible with 50,000 miles on it in Canyon Red) but wanted a 1986 Mustang SSP. I recall seeing them when I went to visit a large CHP site in Los Angeles back in 1988. I took plenty of photos and I'll try to scan them and post them up. I bought a 1986 Mustang SSP Oregon car - which I have imported to Australia. It is an all white car. Don't shoot me but I am turning it into a CHP unit - black and white.It was a car I bought out of Oregon and it had been left to sit for 10 years or so - and was probably destined for the wreckers. Anyway - we got it running and I am starting to fix it up now.

[ImEvil1]

Welcome to the site, Mark.

[Mustang Kid]

Originally Posted by mkv1977

Hi there - my name is Mark and I have a collection of cars that includes a few Mustangs. I have always like the 86 model (I have a 86 GT convertible with 50,000 miles on it in Canyon Red) but wanted a 1986 Mustang SSP. I recall seeing them when I went to visit a large CHP site in Los Angeles back in 1988. I took plenty of photos and I'll try to scan them and post them up. I bought a 1986 Mustang SSP Oregon car - which I have imported to Australia. It is an all white car. Don't shoot me but I am turning it into a CHP unit - black and white.It was a car I bought out of Oregon and it had been left to sit for 10 years or so - and was probably destined for the wreckers. Anyway - we got it running and I am starting to fix it up now.

Welcome! First off, thank you for saving the car. Second, why didn't you buy a CHP Mustang in the first place (I know its hard to ship a car to Australia, but there are plenty of CHP cars out here). OSP only ordered around 20 Mustangs for 86, which makes it pretty rare, much rarer than a CHP Mustang. I saw your car on ebay and my dad was one of the other bidders on it. Pretty nice original car.

Curious, do you have to convert it to RHD?

Would be a shame to clone a CHP out of such a rare car. It's your car though...

[mkv1977]

I had a look at your restoration. Fantastic!!! Do you know the best place to find one of the whip ariels? You have done a great job putting all those elements together and the pic of the build sheet was great too. Well done. Hmm - maybe I should keep my car as an OSP???

[28HopUp]

Mark, welcome to the forum!

[Mustang Kid]

Originally Posted by mkv1977

I had a look at your restoration. Fantastic!!! Do you know the best place to find one of the whip ariels? You have done a great job putting all those elements together and the pic of the build sheet was great too. Well done. Hmm - maybe I should keep my car as an OSP???

Thank you very much I've worked hard to get my car to the point it is. My dad already had most of the equipment.
Sometimes the whips pop up on eBay. Not sure if you can buy the exact chp kind new, but NOS can be sourced with some searching.

If your car was mine, I would restore it back to OSP. My opinion though. Certainly would be different there in Australia! If you don't have to convert the dash to RHD, you could repaint it and fix it up then sell it and buy a real CHP. There are probably only 5 86 OSP cars in existence, but not totally sure on that #.
Your car, your call, though.

Enjoy the forum

[mac88chp]

Welcome aboard Mark. Have fun with that SSP and whichever way you choose to go with it, just do it up right. This group is a great resource!

[GSPI]

Welcome Mark! Lots of information here and lots of help for the SSP person! Good luck on your restoration.

[chism]

He doesn't have to make it RHD. I don't think they even made RHD fox body mustangs to source a dash from. If they did, I've never seen one.