2nd in-person schedule w/assigned MSHP Trooper

[MOstang]

Hello - Leaving Thursday for trip home to Missouri to visit my parents and to partake in the opening couple days of Spring Turkey hunting season. As part of my visit home I'm going to trailer my returned to in-service specs 1993 Missouri State Highway Patrol SSP.

My father and I have scheduled our 2nd in-person meeting at MSHP HQ with Lt. Vince Rice, who was the MSHP Trooper assigned to my SSP the entire time in was in-service with the MSHP. Our 1st in-person meeting with Lt. Rice was a wonderful opportunity and happened about year and a half ago.

This meeting will provide the first opportunity for Lt. Rice to see his old SSP in-person since turning it in at the end of its MSHP service life. As you can imagine he's looking forward to the opportunity to see this Mustang again. I may be more excited than he is to afford him the opportunity to not only see but drive this SSP again.

I know a few of the SSP enthusiasts have had the opportunity to share their SSP with the Trooper it was assigned and those stories are always alot of fun to read. So long as no unanticipated assignment should surface that day for Lt. Rice this meeting will occur. I'll be sure to take lots of pictures to share with everyone.

[93sspcoupe]

that is very cool. be sure to include stories of the trooper and the car, like if there was any high speed pesuits they was involed in

[ssp91ssp]

MOstang , That sounds great !
Have a safe trip and don't shoot too many turkey's ..lol

plz post any findings from the trip/meeting with the trooper.

ssp91ssp

[MOstang]

You bet...heading out early in the morning for Missouri. 9am (+/-) meeting on Friday. Eric and Jim out of KC are going to be making the trip in as well so looking forward to meeting them too.

[mustangretriever]

I met Mike Patterson today in Jefferson City MO. It was a neat meeting, Lt Rice gave Patterson his original license plate (632-HP) that was on this SSP. Lots of Troopers came out of the Headquarters building to check out Pattersons car.

Patterson won't be home til next week so he asked me to go ahead and post some photos. Enjoy!

Rice giving Patterson his license plate


Lt Rice with his former car


Troopers checking it out


Patterson in front of Headquarters

[mustangretriever]

More.....

Patterson let Rice drive his former car while Patterson rode shotgun.

[mustangretriever]

More....

[NoDrama43]

That looks like it was a great time. MSHP is a real class act for sure.

[ssp91ssp]

WOW !!!!
Thanks for posting those great pics ..that must of been a blast of a time !
you accomplished what most of dream of doing if we found the orig troopers that drove our ssp's .

ssp91ssp

[Texaspony87]

That is great, glad to see it!