1988 Pierce County Sheriff Dept #1310

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1988 Pierce County SD SSP - Unit #1310

I figured I would also join the bandwagon and post up some pictures of my car as well. Always nice to see progress. Car is mostly good to go for shows, but needs some tweaks/finishing work. Always something to do.

This is one of roughly 18 cars that were sequenced in 1988 for Pierce County. We think there were 3-4 White K9 SSPs, 1 Blue LT car, 1 Silver LT car, and about 10 Cabernet Red traffic cars. Pierce County purged their records long ago - so the above is a best guess based on the info that we have been able to track down.

To date, there is one car still in-service with PCSD (#1308) - and is used as a promotional car about once a year at the Puyallup Fair - used as a recuiting display.

Robert King owns Red Traffic car #1301
David Burnett in Australia owns the Blue LT car #1317
I own 2 red traffic cars: #1304 and #1310 (EDIT: sold this one to Buddy in 2012)
Curtis Lee owns a red traffic car #1302
#1307 was posted on here in late 2010 - found in Denver and likely scrapped (was a roller when we found it)

Robert and I are not 100% sure, but we believe (via CarFax tracking) we have likely traced down all of the known privately held cars. Most have been off the road since the early 90s. Who knows...maybe there is another one hiding out there.

Here's what my car looked like the very first time I saw it. Was owned by a guy who had "pimped it out" with dubs, a bangin' system, etc. He was using it as his cruiser:


Here I am standing behind the car chatting with the owner thinking (If only we could put you back to normal).


I got my chance about 1.5 years later. Robert found the car through CL locally. He looked at it and had to pass on it due to timing. While I didn't need another SSP, I liked the cabernet color and thought it would be a fun car to bring back. And being a native to Pierce County - it just felt right.

Here it is the day I bought it:


Rims were gone, beats were gone. But got a nicely jacked up suspension, dead alternator and a sweet air freshener glued to the dash to cover the equipment cabling holes.