Now if we could only find a good video of the actual training session. :2thumbs:

Now that would be AWESOME !!!

Coolest one yet!!

Now,
I need to blow it up poster size to go with the other one in my office :-)

Love seeing these old pictures!

Just thought I'd add the actual GSP paint code to this thread.
Notice the M6383 reference code in the one marked Police...
This is from the latest PPG chip system.

1982 GSP Test Car with Trooper Steve Young...

I do not have Perm #'s or Vin as of yet ( But hopefully soon ) on the 82's.
Trooper Young was badge # 715

Trooper Roy Lee Hendrix
Badge #658 Post 28
1983 GSP Perm #3377
VIN 1FABP26F0DF218167


Bill,
This is the 83 we ran a Marti Report on that can back as not a SSP.
Can it be added to Vin Project with notation (not SSP) like the others? I have documentation I can post up if so... I was told originally this was an unmarked Unit and it is obviously a marked unit...
Thanks,
Bobby

I will not be posting any pics of any SSP in which a Trooper lost his life ( there was only one)
Just didn't want any confusion some of these pics does not seem like could have been survivable BUT THEY WERE . Trooper Vowell was VERY BLESSED on this Friday the 13th in 1991... The suspect he was chasing ran him off the road.


TFC Gary Vowell
Badge # 261
Troop H
Post 13 Tifton
1989 GSP
Perm 9237
VIN 1FABP40E6KF262084

Pic 2

On the scene picture.

Like I stated earlier Trooper Vowell was a VERY BLESSED MAN ...

Bobby, well done as always gathering up all this information. That '83 is almost as cool as yours! Does anyone know what hubcaps those are? Man, I love that thing. Walnut is a great interior color.

Friday the 13th was indeed a lucky day for Trooper Vowell!

Thanks :-)
I have others I'm waiting for details and verification of Troopers on...
We ran a VINCHECK on it a while back and it has no records past GSP. Would be really KEWL CAR to restore for sure if it ever turns up. It was not wrecked before being turned in by Trooper so unsure why there's no record ( it COULD BE still around?)...

Those GSP roll bars really worked !!!

Another bad one... This one happened during a chase at intersection of Moreland Ave and Confederate Ave in Atlanta on 04/08/92.

Trooper Jon P. Strickland
Badge #413
Troop C
Post 48 ( ATL )
1988 GSP
Perm #
VIN #

I'm told, He not only survived but made a full recovery and is doing well.

EDIT

This Trooper was issued Perm 8344 new but at some point later was issued a used Mustang Perm 8296 and was transferred to post 6. It was after that this wreck occurred.
Time of accident info was;

Trooper Jon P. Strickland
Badge # 413
Troop B
Post #6
1988 GSP
Perm #8296
VIN 1FABP40EXJF225795

Bobby, I went in and made the edits on the Perm # and VIN. :)

Thanks Bill... :-)

Posted correct documents in VIN Project also...

This pic was sent to me by Charles Walker. He knew nothing of it except he purchased it off eBay years ago. This one took a little while :-) The trooper was issued a 1988 Mustang used and probably as a temporary unit. One thing that struck my contacts strange was the fact the Trooper was wearing the old revolver and bullet clip belt (long gone by the time the 1988 Mustangs came on the scene). So best we can tell (even with the oddity) is this is a legit and authentic photo...

Trooper George Hull
Badge #641
Troop E
Conyers back then (Monroe now)
1988 GSP
Perm # 8271
Vin #
1FABP40E5DF225798

1988 GSP
Perm # 8342
VIN 1FABP407JF225740
Trooper First Class
Danny Chadwick
Badge # 831
Troop A
Post 28 Jasper



Notice the lightning bolts this was a ACE car and 59 bolts!

For those that did not know what an ACE car was;


Aggressive Criminal Enforcement.

Trooper gets a bolt for certain types of felony arrests, DUI ; AUTO THEFT ; ETC...
It's really a type of bragging rights ...
Like WWII pilots...
They were the hot shots :-)

Easy said than done but any thought to adding a GSP resto page along with the CHP and FHP pages? You've done great work Bobby.

Thanks Jonathon,
We're planning on it, Mike ,Bill and I. I'm still in the gathering info phase but as soon as I get enough we will start working on that :-)

Here you go Russ !

VERY VERY interesting.
This is only confirmed SLICK TOP of the aero cars. Confirmed by retired Post commander James Eberhert and retired Fleet Manager Jimmy Crump...

That Makes Russ's 91 a very special car indeed...

Sorry it took so long this was a tuff one! South Georgia cars are harder to track for me, but patients and persistence it paid off...

Perm # 1238
Post Commander James Eberhert
Badge #702
Troop G
Post 10
Americus Ga.

That is very cool indeed!

Russ as in "Stubes" Russ? Awesome indeed! Congrats Russ!

I noticed in the pic that there's something on the roof? I thought maybe a shadow at first but it actually looks silvery/metallic like a lightbar strap but it doesn't come over the gutter?? So maybe a decal or something??

Yes it's Stubes car :-)
That is the top of the 7 from roof #'s 702

Nice! Very cool! That's a 1 of 1 Russ! I know you're proud! ;)

Pretty cool! Did the perm # go on the roof and if so is that part of the #1?

Roof#'s were the officers Badge # as well as the Tag # 702
The Perm # was on left of trunk lid 1238

What's barely visible is the top of the 7 from roof #'s 702

Ok thank you....that's not the shadow on top you were referring to, then, correct? Thanks again.

This was what I was referring to was the top of the 7 from Badge/roof #'s 702. Forgive my crude edit :D

Ok thank you, that's what I thought you were referring. I must have thrown off by the reference to something looking like a lightbar strap though I read in an earlier post.

Here's a picture of one of the 84 LTD's I was recently given...
Unfortunately Perm or Badge # is not visible...

Notice the bubble gum machine ... Most were slick tops.

Bobby, do you have any photos of that style LTD wherr the perm number is visible? Mick and I were discussing these cars today. He has identified the VIN of a couple of these "Baby LTD" police vehicles, and I would like to get a Marti Report on one at some point (to confirm their wording of the SSP option). If we can confirm the VIN on GSP that has an in-service picture, that would be a nicely documented car.

Bill
I can send you the complete vin range as well as Perm range I just cant post it up yet.

Ok, Here is another pic recently given to me of a group shot of the "NEW" 1988 GSP Mustangs. This one even before the decals or ligthbars were installed :2thumbs: Two Perm #'s are clearly visible a third may be able to make out...
Hopefully there will be even more to come... We're not done yet :D

Trooper Ricky L. Wilcox Badge #799
Troop B Post 27 Blue Ridge
1988 GSP Mustang Perm 8292
Vin 1FABP40E8JF225813

Post Commander
Ron Cambell Badge #667
Post 9 Marietta
1990 GSP Perm # 0221
VIN 1FACP40E6LF210346

another pic from Ron Campbell

After I finished identifying all of the Mustangs VINs from 1981 through 1993 (5.0L only for 1988-93), I did the same for LTDs. The resulting list of 1984-85 5.0L Ford LTD, as well as 1985 5.0L Marquis LTS, is here:

http://foxchassis.com/vins/LTD-Marquis/LTD-Marquis.xlsx

Bobby: Do you recognize any 1984 and or 1985 LTD GSP VINs in that list?