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28HopUp 11-16-2016 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolfe1013 (Post 54170)
Greg - HP 43 - 1FABP40E2JF202253
Jonathon - HP 148 - 1FABP40E8JF245351

Just these two. We know that 1FABP40E0202252 was the race car found for sale in California.

I do not have the other unit numbers matched up with VINs. Yet.

Thank you, Greg! I appreciate you getting back to me on that question. Please tell Hector hello. It would be nice to hear from him again on the forum. :)

FoxChassis 11-16-2016 03:55 PM

I cannot make out the "total units" number on the Ford special equipment parts list that Greg posted HERE. Does anybody know what it is?

28HopUp 11-16-2016 04:20 PM

My guess is 5

Wolfe1013 11-16-2016 07:13 PM

There were six WHP Mustangs. I will have to look at that sheet when I get home. Remember, Sgt. Townsend's Mustang is not in the sequential VIN list. Jonathon now has that car.

Wolfe1013 11-16-2016 09:34 PM

5 would make sense as we have 5 consecutive VINS and Sgt. Townsends car followed. However, this looks like 0003. It is definitely closed on the top right like a 3 where the 5 would be open. It matches the other 3s on the page.

Bullitt1609 01-16-2017 11:13 AM

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Finally had some time to go over to storage and get a few pictures. The story on our car is that the WHP mechanic started making modifications to it while the car was in-service. Because of how well it was taken car of, he purchased it when it was retired from service and continued the modifications. I'm still going through the receipts, but I know it has a forged bottom end, GT40 tubular intake, cam, longtube headers... It is a beast to drive!

28HopUp 01-16-2017 11:31 AM

Very cool! :cool: I'm glad you (with Greg's help) were able to save this one. :)

Lookingfor1 11-12-2018 06:02 PM

Just recently picked up a Wyoming trooper car.

Any more news on matching the other vins to unit #s? Thanks

Vin# 1FABP40E9JF202251

Wolfe1013 11-12-2018 10:40 PM

3rd WHP?
 
Can you give us details of where you found it? Photos? I have no new data to match up the VINs but you just renewed my efforts. This is great news. Only 3 more to go, including the first one previously found. Congratulations on a rare find if this is truly 202251. Details, please!

chp1982 11-12-2018 11:52 PM

Whoa. More details for sure!

mustangpro 11-13-2018 09:42 AM

Nice that another one has surfaced. What are your plans for it?

Lookingfor1 11-13-2018 09:25 PM

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Plans are to restore it close to original as possible. Seems to be mostly intact. Has bucktags cluster even has original tape player. Had an ugly gray dash cover. Not many pics yet but here is one. Looking under the car it looks extremely clean no rust. Has some surface rust and interior is in need of serious cleaning. As far as story not a whole lot other than original guy who had it just left it sitting outside a barn for many many years.

Thank you for all the great info photos and stories.

Wolfe1013 11-13-2018 10:37 PM

It still has the white roof! And spotlight! Please verify...Unity S6?

So, you’ve been looking for an SSP. How and where did you find this one and did you know it was Wyoming before you bought it? Did the seller not have any of the original documentation?

Congrats! We need photos of the door decal and buck tags. Interior dash holes and console as well. Would like to match them up to mine. I found some curious holes in the trans tunnel on mine over the summer. It would place a mount of some kind behind the driver against the floorboard.

Lookingfor1 11-14-2018 12:01 AM

From my understanding the original owner just let it sit for many years the guy I purchased it from had bought it several years ago and just let it sit as well. And I haven't even looked at it for more than a few minutes. The guy I purchased it from only bought it because he thought the cop light was cool he had no idea what an ssp was or anything about it.

I did however look at the spotlight and it is an s6. Basically picked it up dropped it off in storage. I got it right out side of Kansas ,Co line from behind an old barn in the middle of nowhere.

Will be glad to get pics of the holes / bucktags ...

And a friend sent me a number from a listing where it had been for sale for a couple months for dirt cheap called thinking no possible way it was still for sale and he said it was. My first question was does it have bucktags he had no clue. I looked up on the Vin project and got the 6 vin's and asked him if his matched and he sent me a pic of the VIN on the title.

It matched. It'll probably take me a few days to get back over to take pics gotta get caught back up on work but will take pics of anything that can help give more insight on what they did or didn't have.

Wolfe1013 11-14-2018 12:41 AM

Thanks for finding and saving another piece of history. Great save indeed. I left a voicemail for one of the SSP drivers today that I’ve talked to before. I’ll warn you, he wants his car back. LOL Look for hail damage to the roof. Of course, that could have happened to any of them sitting outside in that area for so many years. PM me for my contact information. Document everything you can as these are the only 6 SSPs Wyoming used that we know of. I haven’t found my build sheet yet. Would be great if yours could be located.

Greg

mustangpro 11-14-2018 09:23 AM

What an awesome find! Thanks for saving it!! There's a wealth of knowledge in this forum and through the hard work of Wolfe1013. Keep us in the loop, and let us know how we can help.

Lookingfor1 11-14-2018 07:39 PM

Not sure how to reply directly lol so if I miss responding to anything specific just let me know...

Had a few minutes today to pull carpet up and found a few interesting things along the way. The first was a Winchester 380 auto bullet that had fallen up under the console. Then when I pulled seat up found a paint can top that says DSO police... As well as a inspection? Paper and a tag on the dash that may have fell off of equipment??

Trying to upload pictures

Lookingfor1 11-14-2018 08:06 PM

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Door sticker. Someone added reflective tape.

Lookingfor1 11-14-2018 08:09 PM

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Bucktags

Lookingfor1 11-14-2018 08:12 PM

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Paint lid

Lookingfor1 11-14-2018 08:14 PM

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?

Lookingfor1 11-14-2018 08:17 PM

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Bullet/ radio tag?

Lookingfor1 11-14-2018 10:54 PM

Almost forgot to mention after putting a little water on the rear deck lid the faint appearance of where 2 numbers used to be.. 77. You can see that and also where state trooper was at one time. It's very very faint.

Wolfe1013 11-14-2018 11:58 PM

HP 22 has been found!!
 
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HP 22 has been found, folks. Badge 77. Steve Keigley. He’s the one I called yesterday and the one who wants his car back. Hail damage the first year he had it. Roof was peppered good.

Wolfe1013 11-15-2018 12:04 AM

Introduce yourself to the group. You can now start your own thread in this Members’ SSPs area. Congratulations!! How’s that for a quick ID. Your car’s driver info is:

Stephen W. Keigley, Badge # 77, HP 22, Division F, District 1, Guernsey, WY (1980-1998)

xxtrpr 11-15-2018 12:30 AM

Great Find
 
Awesome find can't wait to see more. Congrats

ImEvil1 11-15-2018 01:07 AM

Good stuff!!

I bet the build sheet is back there, too. What a find....

MiCVPI 11-15-2018 01:39 AM

Awesome find! Nice to see they are still out there! And from a state that only ordered a few. Super cool!

FlyinTiger 11-15-2018 09:28 AM

Very cool story developing. Whether the assigned trooper gets his car back, or not, by all means, get him back behind the wheel one day.

chp1982 11-15-2018 01:09 PM

Great documentation you've got. Paint can lids have been found before. I'm sure a search on the forum could yield pics. That'd be kind of cool if the same person was writing on them.

MOstang 12-16-2018 12:55 PM

A fun read of the backstory on the one recently posted about. Welcome to the forum.

mac88chp 12-16-2018 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by chp1982 (Post 56918)
Great documentation you've got. Paint can lids have been found before. I'm sure a search on the forum could yield pics. That'd be kind of cool if the same person was writing on them.

My 1988 paint can lid:

https://media.fotki.com/2vVs6VPEx3RqKh.jpg

https://media.fotki.com/2vVs6V4vx3RqKh.jpg

chp1982 01-20-2021 11:22 PM

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It’s been a couple years since HP22 surfaced then quickly disappeared again. The car that spent much of its civilian life beside a barn out west, was now sitting next to a trailer on a rural road north of Atlanta.

Much of HP22’s interior was gone and the fenders and front bumper had been swapped with parts from a blue car. After digging out its original fenders from a...scrap pile, I was on my way back to Atlanta with the car.

6 months later and after a lot of undoing what had been done, HP22 shipped off to an incredibly, well deserving home a couple weeks ago.

Here’s HP22 looking the part again.

28HopUp 01-21-2021 08:53 PM

I'm glad you found a deserving new home for this rare SSP. :)

MOstang 01-30-2021 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by 28HopUp (Post 58167)
I'm glad you found a deserving new home for this rare SSP. :)

+1...rare SSP.


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