1987 WSP - Pic of MY car when in-service!!

[Andy]

That is some great stuff.....Can't wait to see some more pict. Any idea what street that is?
It would be fun to go back to the same house and take a picture in the same driveway.

[Rhino]

Originally Posted by Andy

That is some great stuff.....Can't wait to see some more pict. Any idea what street that is?
It would be fun to go back to the same house and take a picture in the same driveway.

Trooper no longer lives there. But he did invite me out to have lunch in the next few weeks. Maybe I can snag a new pic of my car with him behind the wheel again.

[ImEvil1]

Originally Posted by Rhino

Mike - Absolutely PM me and I will give you the name of the trooper that had it - as it's his photo.

Added. Thanks again.

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/Gallery/WA.htm

[Rhino]

Thanks Mike. Will send any others that come along. Really want to see if there are any shots of it in the snow while on patrol. That would rock.

[Rhino]

So, I was sipping my coffee and checking e-mail this morning. Just about shot coffee out my mouth when I saw a mail from Trooper Herron with some "just found" in-service pics of my/his 87 WSP SSP. He's sending me the full-color images to scan and send back, but did manage to send these:

Car was buried in the snow from the HUGE storm we had back in 89 - and the answer I have heard is yes, they dug them out, put chains on and patroled in the Mustangs just like any other car:


Here's the front half of the car scraped off to give an idea of depth of the snowfall:


And finally - a shot of his son in front of the car circa 1990. The car in the back is also an 87 and belonged to Trooper George Martin (477WSP). Trooper Martin worked out of the Chehalis detachment.


Mike - once I get the pics scanned in color and not so grainy, feel free to add to the WSP section on the site. I'll post up once I get them in the mail.

[MOstang]

Ryan - Those are awesome photos...thanks for sharing. Nice!

[ssp91ssp]

Ryan ,
those are killer pics !!! That's very kind of the trooper to share those!
I think the rest of us would like to land info and pics like that some day.
can't wait to see them in color.

[ssp91ssp]

Yeah , my Colorado SSP also has the mud/snow flap holes at all 4 corners.

[1jerryl]

Originally Posted by Rhino

How cool is this!? Check this out. I got a mail this morning from the WSP trooper that had my car all four years while in service. Attached was this photo:



What a find. He says he likely has a few more and possibly some shots of it in the snow (as it patrolled the mountain passes). Now THAT would be cool. So interesting seeing it in it's full markings. This totally made my week.

Is that a TURBO sticker on the quarter glass??


Jerry
91 X-CHP #8990
90 X-NCSHP Caprice
77 Nova 9C1

[Rhino]

Jerry - YES!! Trooper Herron put on an ATS turbo sticker (popular at the time) just to mess with people when he pulled them over or engaged in conversation. Everyone would see the car and ask "That thing has a TURBO in it?" - Trooper Herron said it was quite a hoot - and never did correct them.