1989 CHP EVOC Mustang #5281 - Page 3

mac88chp · #21 08-03-2011, 01:08 PM

Agree wholeheartedly. Tried to convince the third owner of the '92 EVOC to keep it original too but it fell on deaf ears. That car looks good today but would have been ever more desirable as a lightly preserved survivor...all it needed was door paint, decals, equipment and some new roll bar padding.

Mustang Kid · #22 08-03-2011, 02:55 PM

I want my dad to get the title issues fixed so we could possibly take the car like it is to the Ripon Show, dont think it will happen though, but my dad may bring (if we can go) "the last CHP Caprice #2080". I may try and convince my dad to leave the car alone and do what you guys suggested. I too think that the car would be more desirable and neat preserved like it is.

Mustang Kid · #23 08-10-2011, 05:22 PM

Car wont go to Ripon this year. But the problem my dad sees with keeping the paint mostly like it is is that there are thousands of rock chips and the paint isn't very nice either(but it looks somewhat nice in the photos) and the door jambs have turned to flat black. Heres some pics of after I hand buffed the paint out(the hood was the worst and took like 15-20 min. to buff out).
Before buffing(ugly paint)

Faded, non-cleared paint.

After buffing

Don't be fooled by the shiny paint...

calimustang · #24 08-10-2011, 07:35 PM

To be honest, my SSP is in a lot worse shape than yours and it's original and yours looks a lot better than mine. I did bring it to a local mustang meet, guys kept coming to see it and was amazed to see how rough she is but pretty motor. So why not show yours as it is as it was retired and rolled into your ownership? You can always get a sign "restoration in process" on windshield then they wouldn't ask any silly questions based on its condition.