86 TX DPS with lightbar?

[ImEvil1]

Most cars do not show police use. I'm at work and can't read your file on my phone, but if it came out of service with 135k on it, that was probably DPS.

[ChrisL]

That file attached really small, here is a better read. I have no doubt it's DPS, I have the buck tag (one is missing) from the car stating that it is. Just no idea where it went next unfortunately.

[ImEvil1]

Originally Posted by ChrisL

That file attached really small, here is a better read. I have no doubt it's DPS, I have the buck tag (one is missing) from the car stating that it is. Just no idea where it went next unfortunately.

I wasn't doubting it was a DPS car, my statement was in respect to the mileage put on it.

The Carfax isn't much help. It probably didn't come out of service in '94 w/106K on it. It could have been sold earlier to an individual who didn't register it after the purchase, sold to another agency, or who knows?

I wouldn't worry about it either way. They obviously had at least one car with a lightbar and grille lights on it back then, per the pic.

[1989 Tx DPS SSP]

Chris, do a Title History check through the state.

Tom

[ChrisL]

Hey Tom, I did the title history search. It goes back to 98, when the car was abandoned at a storage unit. So I guess a lien had to be applied at that time, and a new title was issued after it was auctioned. Unfortunately, because of that, the title history doesn't go back past there. And I'm not sure how I could get the history on the original title series, prior to the new title that was issued.

And thanks Mike, I'm not sure what would be best with the car at this point. I'm highly doubtful it ran a lightbar new... but there is certainly always that chance. What kind of bar do you think it would have been?

[ImEvil1]

Originally Posted by ChrisL

Hey Tom, I did the title history search. It goes back to 98, when the car was abandoned at a storage unit. So I guess a lien had to be applied at that time, and a new title was issued after it was auctioned. Unfortunately, because of that, the title history doesn't go back past there. And I'm not sure how I could get the history on the original title series, prior to the new title that was issued.

And thanks Mike, I'm not sure what would be best with the car at this point. I'm highly doubtful it ran a lightbar new... but there is certainly always that chance. What kind of bar do you think it would have been?

I did the title search, too, for my '83. They don't go back very far.

Looks like a Code 3 to me in the pic.

[ChrisL]

Originally Posted by ImEvil1

I did the title search, too, for my '83. They don't go back very far.

Looks like a Code 3 to me in the pic.

Yeah, kind of SOL there. My gut is still to put the car back to a normal state; if I ever find evidence that it really should have had a roof bar then I can re-drill it. I guess that we know for sure that DPS purged individual car records long ago right? There's no information within DPS I can look to tap?