1982 SSP find

[28HopUp]

I hope so!

[FoxChassis]

Originally Posted by 28HopUp

Sure thing! I just ordered three reports:

1. 1982 1FABP10F7CF234609 (the VIN after your 82)
2. 1984 1FABP26M2EF224519 (DSO 83-0809)
3. 1986 1FABP26M5GF257534 (Utah car)

I did four-eye cars because they are not found as often as the aero cars.

If EF224519 comes back as an SSP I have the door tag for it. It was on ebay in Lake Devil Hill ND in 2014.

06/84
special tu-tone paint (9W 1E)
grey cloth interior (FA)
AM radio (2)
3.27 (E)
AOD (T)
A/C, defrost, interval wipers, power locks

[ImEvil1]

No new concrete info on the '82. However, after talking with Jim Y. and Bobby I decided to swing by the shop and see if I have any white overspray around the trunk/roof line, in the nooks and crannies. I never really paid much attention to that before, but thought it was worth a closer look.

Looking into those areas with a flashlight, I could plainly see white at the top and sides of the roof (where the molding is). I could also see where the car was painted with the moldings left on, as there is a tape line with black overspray on the molding.

I'm going to do a little wetsanding this weekend (never got to it last weekend, for those that knew). I'm going to hit the b-pillar at the paint break where the in-service pic of the car TX DPS is painted white. If it's the same car, it was repainted black before being sold. My car then received another black paint job a few years back. So, I'm hoping for 2 layers of black paint followed by some TX DPS white.

I'll post pics of the results when I have them.

[chp1982]

Fingers crossed for the amazing find that would be.

[28HopUp]

Given the luck you've had finding Build Sheets, I am hopeful for what you will find... It would be awesome if your car shows signs of having been painted like the 1982 TxDPS test unit -

[chp1982]

Two antennas on the back? That would give you a pretty definitive answer.

[ImEvil1]

Originally Posted by chp1982

Two antennas on the back? That would give you a pretty definitive answer.

I only see one antenna...and it looks like a mag mount.

[chp1982]

Ah, I see the other is a light. Your car also has rocker moldings like the pictured car.

[NoDrama43]

run that plate. check the vin

[ImEvil1]

Originally Posted by NoDrama43

run that plate. check the vin

Had a private paid-service with some of the State's earliest computerized records run it for me. No record found.

TX says the old hard copies cannot be located. I'm sure there's a box of 'em somewhere.