1985 CHP #E408428

[Rhino]

Yay!! After 2 months of lining up dates/times, it appears I will be getting the bag 'o documentation/paperwork on Saturday along with a better hood, dash and engine harness. May also pickup a set of doors and mint seatbelts while down there. Will keep you guys posted.

However, here's a quick teaser:

Big bag of stuff:


Docs from CHP log:

[Rhino]

According to the CHP - my car was stationed out of the El Cajon office (Border Division) - just Northeast of San Diego:

http://www.chp.ca.gov/recruiting/docs/873_81007_Geo.pdf

Area: 680 (hot and dry)

[28HopUp]

Originally Posted by Rhino

However, here's a quick teaser:

You are quite the tease, Ryan! Congrats on being able to connect with the seller on all of the add'l items for your CHP. That's awesome!

[Rhino]

I got those pics 2 weeks ago and have been biting my nails since waiting for the time to align. You can guess what I will be doing all of Saturday afternoon when I get back home.

[NoDrama43]

woo hoo.... doesnt get any better than that! I love the big-o-bags of records

[mac88chp]

Fan-tas-tic...would love to get a look at the CHP documents if you get a chance to scan them. Score!

[Rhino]

After a 5 hour round-trip drive, I have arrived back home with the bag 'o stuff (paperwork) and some much needed parts for the 85.

Good news: I have quite a few CHP docs which are awesome to see.

Bad news: Most of the records are from the owner that bought the car in 88. (Which is not a bad thing) I was under the impression that the paperwork was all from the CHP. Also, looks like the guy who bought it was NOT the chippie that drove it and there are no in-service pics in the stash 'o stuff.

I do have some highlights though to share:

CHP DMV Registration card - Notice it was issued on 9/19/85, but the car was not placed into service until 5/6/1986:


CHP Maintenance log - Page 1:


Notice how the engine was replaced at 7K miles. And...get ready for it...the driver's seatback was replaced no less than 5 times!! Wow, must have been a large framed CHP officer.

CHP Maintenance Log - Page 2:


CHP Maintenance Log - Page 3:

[Rhino]

Thought this was interesting - a phone note "while you were away" type message from the buyer of the car to the CHP MT in Torrance asking for records:


Similar to Rich's 85, the buyer at auction was given the ability to transfer the extended warranty. Here is the ESC card that has the buyer's info on it. (And yes, he actually had quite a bit of work done under that warranty from the paperwork):


The buyer purchased the car in May of 1988 with 85,215 miles on it. And appears he paid $5800 for it (as I have the financing paperwork from his credit union at the time).

He kept the car 20 years and have basically every receipt he ever had on the car up until 2008. That's when it looks like he parted with the car to the next owner in trade for some work, and the guy I bought it from picked it up in 2009 I believe.

Looking through the docs, I can see that the car had 1 engine put in while at CHP. Then the owner rebuilt the engine again in 1993/94. He then rebuilt the engine again in 2008 with a 331 stroker.

The silver paint on it now may not have been issued by CHP (although we know that a lot of them were painted that color grey). He had the car totally repainted in 2005 for around $4500. However, the paint on it is failing and unknown if he shot it in the same color it left MT at in Torrance. Only the assignment card will show us some of these specs.

So...there you have it. Enjoy...and discuss freely.

[calimustang]

wow very interesting history and it sure was driven hard during its service!

[NoDrama43]

just think how many of these cars had engines replaced.... cops run the h**l out of them at work ! lol

great to have the records to help tell the story.