SMPV Mustangs?

[28HopUp]

Originally Posted by ImEvil1

Bill,

Is there anything unusual about the antenna placement on your car (ie the repaired holes)?

Mike,

The repaired holes appear to be in the proper place for a black & white CHP. Once I pull down the headliner I'll be able to see the roof patch from the underside. Other than my unit number being written on the side glass, the most unusual thing about my car is that the window trim is all blacked out.

Bill Jr.

[jarhed123]

Originally Posted by 28HopUp

Mike,

... the most unusual thing about my car is that the window trim is all blacked out.

Bill Jr.

Bill don't get too hung up on this. I have bought more than one 4 eye car that previous owners have painted the trims black or gray so it can look newer or just the way they prefer it to be. While incorrect for '85 and earlier cars, I plan on painting the upper most trim of the car and the sail panel accent gray. The same way '86 car would have come.

[28HopUp]

UPDATE:

I have determined that E408395 was not a SMPV. The silver paint was the one applied by the CHP prior to auction, and the darker gray must have been applied by a subsequent owner.

After receiving a suggestion, I checked a spot on the door inside of the jam area and lifted a section of the topcoat. The backside of that dark gray chip was silver. Although I had done a similar thing to other parts of my door which didn't show the silver, that area proves to me that the car was ALL silver at one time. So the car was not a SMPV.

That revelation is not a disappointment. I can now proceed with my plans to repaint the car without worrying about it possibly being a SMPV.

[stadair]

How are you going to paint it? B&W? Another color?

[28HopUp]

Originally Posted by stadair

How are you going to paint it? B&W? Another color?

I don't want to restore it to in-service condition. Now that I know it's not a SMPV, I can paint it any stinkin' color I want!

Seriously, I would probably go with black or another shade of gray. My wife isn't 100% happy with me bringing home another project, so the smart money is on me picking a color that she likes!

[stadair]

Originally Posted by 28HopUp

I don't want to restore it to in-service condition. Now that I know it's not a SMPV, I can paint it any stinkin' color I want!

Seriously, I would probably go with black or another shade of gray. My wife isn't 100% happy with me bringing home another project, so the smart money is on me picking a color that she likes!

That's right! Keep the Mrs. happy!

[Va 5.0]

http://articles.latimes.com/1986-12-...highway-patrol

It looks like there were as few as 15 total cars, I wonder how many were Mustangs.
Used on Interstate 5 San Joaquin Valley and I-5 and I-10 in Los Angeles and San Bernardino area beginning Jan 12,1987.


From Feb 1986:

http://articles.latimes.com/1986-02-...mmercial-truck

A bill now before the Legislature would allow the California Highway Patrol to use unmarked patrol cars for officers to detect safety violations by commercial truck rigs, an enforcement move unprecedented in the agency's 60-year history. At present, the CHP uses unmarked units in auto theft and some undercover investigations. But a bill introduced by Sen. John Seymour (R-Anaheim) would authorize the use of unmarked cars to nab heavy commercial truck speeders, weight violators and other commercial truckers who are not driving safely. Elmer Brown, the head of government relations for the California Trucking Assn., the trucking industry's statewide lobbying arm, said the industry supports the Seymour bill as a way of getting irresponsible, "'cowboy" truckers, who are dangerous to motorists, off the road.

Both articles from the LA Times.....