Interior Rear

The car is looking great. Will you be able to work with the paint on the hood and bumper or will that need to be painted?

Your car really reminds me of mine, as far as, one owner racking up the miles but caring for and maintaining it. Not many SSP's had that luxury!

Thanks,

The hood will have to be painted, and I think that the bumper covers will be too.

I was able to keep the original headlights, marker lights and taillights by carefully polishing and cleaning them.

Also, almost all of the interior was retained as well. I went ahead and rebuilt the console arm rest, ash tray door hinge, and replaced the drivers side arm rest pad. They were past showing wear and into full deterioration.

I really want to keep as much original feel as possible, but at the same time I want it to appear as "in service" as possible, even if that is a late (worn) in service appearance.

Do you have any trouble with the FHP paint scheme in Florida? When I bought #0510 It still wore its FHP colors... I painted it all black to avoid any issues with the FHP.

I would if I drove it, I am sure.

FS 321.03

Right now I just trailer it as is.

Quoting the FL statute that 8034 posted above.

Home > Laws > 2012 Florida Statutes > Title XXIII > Chapter 321 > Section 03

Contacted Owner that bought FHP1396 from the auction.
 

Getting lots of great info from him, and some pictures from when he owned it. Alot more of the original after auction condition is still visible in 2009.

That's great you've made that connection.

Yes, very happy about that.

When I bought the car, word of mouth said it came from Troop D, Orlando.

That was in conflict with an official record that showed Troop H was the 1st issued Troop.

Talking with the auction buyer, he said he was the source of that info in that since he bought it at an auction in Orlando, he assumed it was from that troop.

So that puts it back in Troop H.

HOWEVER, it has 3 antenna holes. The most common reason for the 3rd hole (not a clamp on, but a hole) was 800 Mhz radios in South Florida. BUT Troop H did not have 800MHz from 1992 through 1996, when 1396 was in service.

Since then 3 scenarios for the 3rd antenna have been proposed:

1. Troop H was headquarters, and they may have been testing 800 MHz with it.
2. The 3rd hole was for a permanent install of a SO radio.
3. The car was transferred to South Florida for Hurricane Andrew.

Other than that, I did hit the Jackpot for pics from 2009: :)

Exterior Pics
 

Circa 2009

Other Pics
 

Details

Very Cool :)

Very nice!!

Very Nice!!

That's great to have all those pictures.

Yep, very cool to have those pics to document its post-auction history!

Yep,
Very happy to have them. Got 45 all together.
And supposedly more on the way from prior years.

Circa 2001
 

Pics from the owner that purchased the car from the auction.

He's a HAM radio guy, so he had some cool stuff.

Note the cooling hose and hood!

Circa 2001
 

From the other side.

Also Note:
 

Another thing I found out was that he added the wigwags. They were not FHP installs!

So, I guess in the long run, they will be coming out.

DOCUMENTATION JACKPOT
 

Well guys, the original owner really surprised me this afternoon.
He found all of his old records that went with the car, and a lot of auction records too.

Detail of Used Mobile Equipment
 

State of Florida Form

Emissions Compliance

Odometer Disclosure

Calibration Certification 1

Odo Cert 2

Owners Folder - in bag

Inside folder - Warranty Card

Wow...that's great he kept all of those and you were able to make contact and obtain.

You hit gold

Holy cow, that might be some of the best documentation anyone has ever gotten with their ssp purchase!! Congrats!!

Extended Service Plan Paperwork
 

Packet Arrived Today!

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Shipping Punch Card and Key code tag

Ford Owner's Manual Packet

FHP Service Record (in car)
 

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