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Old 03-08-2012, 05:19 PM
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Looking forward to getting to know you all as I am new to the forum. My father (Fred) and I have an 1985, what we beleive to be an unmarked SSP, Mustang that we bought in 1988 from an ex- PA detective that was never used in service. I am in the process of trying to validate it so that I can restore it.

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Old 03-08-2012, 05:41 PM
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Welcome to the site. Is your car an AOD by chance?
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Old 03-08-2012, 07:21 PM
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Great job with trying to pull some of these pieces together.
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Old 03-09-2012, 10:10 AM
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PASP has had many unmarked cars over the years running traffic so it could have been an SSP in 1985 as most all of the cars they used were package vehicles. I don't think they had many though due to the weather conditions. Since Police in PA are not allowed to take radar unless they are PASP, many of the stealths PASP ran out there either ran radar and then paced cars for speed checks when they were mobile.
What is a package vehicle? I can tell you that our Mustang came with Ford undercoating (prob to combat PA road salt) and is all black with no cutouts or holes for lights, etc. which leads me to think it was detectives car. It does have the 140 speedometer....and a caution sticker my the shifter that reads: Do not lower windows above 140 m.p.h.
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Old 03-09-2012, 10:10 AM
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Welcome to the site. Is your car an AOD by chance?
Sorry....what is an AOD?
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Old 03-09-2012, 10:30 AM
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Clay, a "package car" is a factory-optioned police package vehicle. A police package car could be anything from a Crown Vic, Charger, B4C Camaro, SSP Mustang, etc.

If your car is a SSP, then it would have a 6-digit DSO number listed on the door's VIN sticker. All SSP's have a 6-digit DSO, but not all 6-digit DSO cars are SSP's. Ford built regular cars and were sold with 6-digit DSO's. Your car's Buck Tags on the radiator support may contain useful information. The restoration info linked on our main page should help you identify your car.

An AOD is an automatic transmission with overdrive. Post up some pictures when you can...
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Old 03-09-2012, 10:53 AM
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Interesting, our car has a four-digit DSO...

"Larger orders have been seen filled via different 4 digit DSO numbers, and the numbers also varied when batches of cars with different options were ordered, such as with the 1993 Florida Highway Patrol's unmarked cars."

Hopefully ours is not fake. It is a 5 speed transmission.

Ours was definately unmarked and not used in service (we bought it in 88 with 3k on it).

I will work on getting some photos uploaded and a full description of the car's options/ features.

off the top of my head, it has:

stabilizer braces underneath
stainless steel exhaust
hurst shifter
trunk quick release button
140 certified speedo
3.08 rear
no emission control system
undercoating with blue ford logo plugs
dead pedal
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Old 03-09-2012, 11:26 AM
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Clay, another great resource for Ford fans is Marti Auto Works, who sells a Standard or Deluxe Marti Report that lists the options for a specific vehicle -

http://www.martiauto.com/reports2.cfm


These reports have been invaluable to the research we've been doing as part of our VIN Project.
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Interesting, our car has a four-digit DSO...

"Larger orders have been seen filled via different 4 digit DSO numbers, and the numbers also varied when batches of cars with different options were ordered, such as with the 1993 Florida Highway Patrol's unmarked cars."

Hopefully ours is not fake. It is a 5 speed transmission.

Ours was definately unmarked and not used in service (we bought it in 88 with 3k on it).

I will work on getting some photos uploaded and a full description of the car's options/ features.

off the top of my head, it has:

stabilizer braces underneath
stainless steel exhaust
hurst shifter
trunk quick release button
140 certified speedo
3.08 rear
no emission control system
undercoating with blue ford logo plugs
dead pedal
Clay,

The cars could either have a 2 digit DSO, or a 6 digit DSO. Yours is 6. The quote above refers to the method that Ford used to separate the orders, which are educated guesses on our parts based on the documentation that we've seen. In the FHP example above, the special-paint (two-tone) marked cars were produced under different order numbers than the non-special paint (solid color) unmarked cars. Thus, the 4 digit order numbers are different (the last 4 of the 6 digit DSOs).

The sticker that you mention was added by someone and is not an original part of the car.

One last thing to add to what Bill said...the "package" is the Special Service Package. It isn't a "police" package as it relates to the Mustang, and Ford specifically mentions that in its' published literature.

We are looking forward to seeing your pics.
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Old 03-09-2012, 11:42 AM
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I already have a marti report. Is there something I should be looking for?

If the order type is retail, does that mean it's not anything 'special'?

I will post a picture of the ad from Hemmings from back i 88 when we bought it.


ORDER TYPE: RETAIL
DSO ITEM #: 6005
DEALER #: 44U509
FOX AUTO SALES INC
743 E HIGH ST
WAYNESBURG PA 15370
IMPORTANT DATES
ORDER DATE: 02/02/85
CAR SERIALIZED: 03/01/85
BUCKED: 03/21/85
SCHEDULED FOR BUILD: 03/25/85
ACTUALY BUILT: 03/30/85
RELEASED: 04/02/85
SOLD: 04/12/85
STATISTICS
Your car was one of:
5,005 With this Paint Code
2,492 With these Paint/Trim Codes
1,159 With these Engine/Transmission Codes
2,449 Ordered from this DSO
56,781 With LX Decor Group
For the 1985 Mustang 2-Door Sedan
Your vehicle was equipped with the following features:
- Console
- Traction-Lok Rear Axle
- Optional Axle Ratio
- P225/60VRX15 Black Sidewall Performance Tires
- Tilt Steering Wheel
- Air Conditioner - Manual
- Rear Window Defroster
- AM/FM/Cassette Stereo Radio
- LX Decor Group
- Tinted Glass
- High Output Carburetor Engine
- Five-Speed Manual Overdrive Transmission
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