1982 CHP Mustang Bought on Ebay 02/02 2011
 

For those of you who may be wondering what happened to the 1982 CHP Mustang (1FABP10F7CF213064) listed on ebay back in February 02, 2011, well I am glad to tell you all I purchased this car on ebay with intentions of restoring this vehicle back into its service condition. The car was purchased in Van Nuys California and is now permanently located in my hometown of Bakersfield California. In the short time that I have owned this historical vehicle I have stayed focused on just acquiring the hard to find period correct equipment this vehicle once had.Here is a short recap of this vehicles progress and whats been going on with it. I was fortunate to get in contact with Robert Reed not long after my ebay purchase and with his help I was able to acquire most of the equipment I was looking for."C L" has also been a valuable site for me on two caissons in acquiring some of this vehicles other hard to find equipment. I posted a listing in "Auto Parts" category in Sacramento and the header said this "Wanted CHIP Ford Mustang Wheels".I went a far to paste a picture of what style wheels and hubcaps I was looking for in my listing. Then one day approximately five weeks later and out of the blue an older gentleman responded to my listing. The first thing he said," is this Eric,I have what you are looking for". I almost hung up on him and not realizing he was responding to my Wanted Posting.(I am glad I did not hang up on him)The gentleman informed me he once owned a retired 1982 CHIP Mustang that he purchased after its retirement from state service and that he believed he had a set of wheels and tires that I was looking for.The gentleman also informed prior to selling his Mustang several years ago he had removed its wheels tires and hubcaps and replaced them with a set of aftermarket wheels and tires. When the kind gentleman proceeds to tell me that after all these years he still had the CHP Mustang wheels tires and hubcaps from his Mustang in his storage building, the phone almost fell out of my hand.Then when the gentleman informs me he wanted one hundred and fifty dollars for the whole set and that he would send pictures later on that afternoon.Needless to say a text message appeared on my phone with three pictures of the wheels and tires my heart stopped. I thought to myself how cool how this transpired To make a long story short,two weeks later the kind gentleman was driving into Bakersfield California on his way to vacation in Arizona.In the back of his truck was the complete set of CHP wheels tires and hubcaps for my Mustang. Just recently I listed a "Wanted Federal Signal CC1" along with a picture in the Los Angeles "C L" Auto Parts category and I get a call with in two weeks from a gentleman living in the Orange County area and he tells me he had an extra CC1 available for sale.Well needless to say after 2 1/2 hour drive up to Orange County from Bakersfield I bought a working Federal Signal CC1.I am looking forward to moving on with this project.Unfortunately my Mustangs unit number and E plate umber is unknown at this time as the driver side door was replaced at one time and Mr Reed has not been able to find my Service Card for this car at CHP Motor Transport. I recently attended the 2011 Ripon Car show and was fortunate to meet "mac88chp" and got to see his beautiful restored CHP Mustang. His encouragement for me to keep moving forward with my project has refueled my motivation to attend the 2012 Ripon event with my CHP Mustang in its finished or unfinished states.

Congrats on the purchase and good luck finding those other, hard-to-find parts. Sounds like you're off to a great start already.

welcome and congratulations on your purchase !!!

Welcome!!:welcome:
Can you post up some pics of your '82?

That's great progress...keep it up.

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Welcome aboard!! Thanks for keeping us informed. Good luck on your project and make sure you take pictures!

Welcome! and congrats on the 82-CHP and equip findings.:thumbsup:

Wow! Nice catch on those difficult to find parts... congrats on the purchase.

Welcome to the forum! :)

Please post any pictures, and don't be afraid to ask any questions. We're here to help you.

Glad to see you come up on the forum Eric, this is a great place to be. You are completely headed in the right direction with your car and there is plenty of enjoyment ahead. Just remember that as neat as it is to have a finished restored car, the process of getting there brings just as much, if not more, pleasure so hang in there. Your car is most welcome at Ripon regardless of it's state of completion...it's really all about the sharing. I showed mine there that way for three years straight and everyone loves the in-process projects! :2thumbs:

Congrats on your '82. The only '82 recently on Ebay that is coming to mind is the one that was alleged to be some sort of movie/stunt car? Is this the one?

Thank you
 

Thank you and Yes I am off to a great start..

Thank You
 

Thank you for the welcoming..

Thank you.
 

Thank you for the welcoming, and yes I will get cracking on posting some of the pictures I have.

Thank You
 

Thank you for the welcoming and I will get some pictures posted here within a couple of weeks if not sooner.

Thank you.
 

Thank you for the welcoming.

Hello
 

Yes this is the alleged movie car that once belonged to Paramount pictures.I have nothing that supports this fact. The previous owner lives in Van Nuys California and works for the movie industry their in Los Angeles.Previous owner claimed he purchased this vehicle from a movie director and that this vehicle I now own and a retired CHP Mustang (last four vin.....3063) were in a late 1980's movie starring Mark Hamill.Supposedly and unfortunately this sister car #3063 was destroyed in a road race crash accident. I have yet to find this movie. My Certificate of Title shows that it once had personalized California license plates that read "DIRECTS".

Thank You
 

Thank you for the help offering and I will be posting up some of my pictures here in a couple of weeks if not sooner.Thanks again.

Thank You.
 

Thank You Michael for the the encouraging advice with my project CHP Mustang.I am glad to be part of the forum and look forward to my contribution of pictures with my project here at SS Mustang .net.I am definitely motivated and looking forward to the 2012 Ripon event.Thank you again..

The movie "Homer and Eddie" had an 82 CHP car as well as the movie "8 Million Ways to Die". Neither of these are Paramount's and no affiliation with Mark Hamill. I can probably get a hold of my contact who did work for Paramount during the 80's in the transportation area and see if he remembers this one and that story. I'll see what he says.

The VIN also shows that the vehicle was being smog tested the last time in August 1999 based on the CA Smog site and no activity at all recorded on the VIN last four 3063.

Very cool car.

1982 CHP Mustang bought on ebay 02/02/2011 (Part 2)
 

I would like to thank everyone for all the welcoming and encouraging comments to this forum. When I originally posted this update on my CHP Mustang last week I was getting ready to head out for work. Being a little pressed for time I left out my Mustang's alleged "Movie" history after its retirement from the CHP.The following day after winning this ebay auction I could not wait for my day at work to end any faster.When I did get home I hooked up the car hauler to my truck and my wife and myself were Los Angeles bound.Luckily Van Nuys was an hour and thirty minutes from my home town of Bakersfield.When we arrived I was able to speak with the gentleman Who I will leave nameless prior to loading up my new historical project on the hauler.This gentleman has been employed and makes a living in the Movie Industries there in Los Angeles. He had many cool movie prop items in his yard and in his garage that he must of felt he needed to have at his home.Now for the record my occupation with being a Gang Unit Investigator with my department I can pretty much tell if someone is being truthful or being less than honest while I am speaking with an individual.Its a skill that did not happen over night but when you are talking to to some of these individuals that commit crimes your skills sharpen. So now while I am talking with this gentleman I wanted to know details of who,what,when,where and how while trying not to seem like he is being interrogated by me for a crime. I just wanted to know details before I handed out the cash to him.One of the classic signs I use that if a person breaks eye contact while he is being asked a question well then my red flags go up and now I am believing this individual is being less than honest with me.The other classic signs are the individuals body movements and mannerisms that do tell alot about his honesty he is portraying. So anyway this gentleman seemed to be honest and sincere with his information he told me regarding this vehicles history.Unfortunately he appeared to have some what of some memory lost on some of the vehicles history and that comes with age and I can completely understand myself.I am 45 years old and sometimes forget things myself.So apparently the gentleman claims my Mustang (1FABP10F7CF213064) and its sister car last four (.............3063) were once purchased by Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles years ago after these two vehicles were retired from state service.The agreement was once the production of the movie was to be completed these cars were to be destroyed.(Reason the CHP did not want to have to chase their own retired chase vehicles if they were ever involved with a high speed pursuit). Unfortunately sister car # 3063was destroyed in a road race crash. The gentleman stated both vehicles were allegedly used in Mark Hamill movie he either starred or directed in.Now everybody knows "Mark Hamil" as being one of the stars in the first Star Wars movie.Unfortunately I have not followed up on the actor/ directors movie credits and have not researched his movie history career.I am sure he has been actively involved in the movie business. Well any way this gentleman tells me he obtained the car from Paramount Pictures years back and he and his wife used this car as a daily driver.I totally believe this to be true due to the fact that I discovered several items under the rear seat that are indcictive to being a daily driver /family car such as small pink hair clips, McDonald toys pocket change and crayons.So now its time for me to load up this car on my car hauler and this gentleman begins to shed a few tears and I actually witnessed the gentleman say his good byes to this soon to be departed vehicle in his driveway.He placed one of his arms over the roof top and the other arm across the middle of outside portion of the driver side door and made the statement "I am going to miss you old girl".With my wife standing by me I almost shed a tear myself as this gentleman spoke but refrained.So a few days later while on my days off I am looking this car over top to bottom and front to back like a crime scene.I am looking reviewing all of the vehicles paperwork and discovered on the title of ownership that revealed this Mustang once had personalized California License plates of "DIRECT".Unfortunately the vehicle has not been registered in several years and the previous owner kept the plates for what ever reasons.So if any one knows of any of this cars history I would Love to hear about it. Unfortunately with this vehicles lost Unit Card and a unknown E-Plate number I have no other history of this car and where it served while it was in service with the CHP.

I watched an old film not too long ago that had such a car in it. Actually there were two.
Go on YouTube and search for Cohen and Tate.
The mustangs are in the trailer I think .

Eric, you may be able to learn the CHP Unit Number by requesting the DMV Registration History for your car. Here's a discussion thread about doing that:

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...ead.php?t=2676

When I received the one for my 85, it listed the CHP as the first owner, and included the original license plate number which would give you the Unit Number. I know another member with an 82 was unsuccessful when he tried, but you'll never know unless you try! :)


I found this picture on Google -

http://www.regrettablesincerity.com/...35-300x187.jpg

Looks to be a tx car.
Sorry

Cohen and Tate
 

I will have to check this out,thanks..

DMV
 

Thanks for the DMV tip it is well worth the try..

#3064
 

That would be wonderful if you can get a hold of your contact. Thanks for the Smog info and I will have to rent these movies you mentioned. So it sounds like #3063 is MIA and possibly nonexistent.

Mustang Pic
 

Yes, I agree this looks like a Texas State Trooper Mustang.

You Tube
 

Thanks ,I am going to check out the trailer.

I took a look; no CHP Mustangs that I saw.

Further, the pic that Bill posted is of an '82 (per the taillights). Chances are that it was NOT a DPS car, if it even was an SSP.

police demo

Exactly. :No no:

I'm guessing he's referring to me. :) I had no luck with the DMV or the Eminger Invoice. I'm about to order the Deluxe Marti Report and Window Sticker. I did however finally get my assignment card from Robert. Check out my posts on here and research.

I'm forced to pretty much do a complete restoration on my '82s interior since it continued daily use upon retirement for many years afterwards. I'm looking into seat upholstery, headliner, package tray, door panels and carpet, not to mention the dash pad/cover. So far, I've found the door panels to be most elusive. I have samples from SMS for the headliner, seats and carpet, but the carpet was too light and the pattern on the black cloth for the seats was close, but not a perfect match. Fox Mustang Restoration has offered to build a package tray out of a sample material they found that's close to original for $124.99 compared to their normal price of $89.95. Our .net discount will still apply. I haven't asked about multiple orders = better pricing yet.

I just got a National Parts Depot catalog in the mail and they have the washer bottle I need for $40 and advertise the seat covers in cloth/vinyl from TMI, but for interior trim code DV, they say to call. I plan to make that call soon, too.

My build sheet is M.I.A. Did you find yours behind the rear sail panel? My left one had tape residue and that's where Mike found his.

Congrats on your purchase and let's stay in touch while we both restore our '82 CHPs.

Greg

Yes Greg, I was talking about you. :) I try not to be a name-dropper. :D

Same Boat
 

With the car not being tagged in eleven years I have not made it down the DMV yet to inquire its history. With the holidays quickly approaching I am thinking a DMV trip will be sometime soon after January.

I am also looking at a full interior restoration myself and you are right about the door panels being hard to find. I stumbled on a set of door panels from a gentleman on ebay a few months back. I believe I paid around $75.00 for the panels and shipping.There were several things he had I wanted at the time but cash was tight that night as I was buying my radio equipment from Robert Read.

I am on Vacation this week and been working on some projects around the house.I am going to look for my build sheet if it even exists where it should be. It would be nice to have the Build Sheet to go along with my Buck Tags. I do know my car is # 31 down the list.

Yes lets stay in touch while we restore our CHP Units..

1982 CHP "1FABP10F7CF213064" Pictures
 

Hello everyone,after all the encouraging messages and the requests from my first posting here I have pictures to share of my unknown Unit. Here are the first pictures I took of my retired 1982 CHP Mustang when I brought it home from the Los Angeles area back at the beginning of the year. She is rough and needs a full restoration.With its historical value I will continue to keep moving forward to restore it back to its service condition.Since I have owned this car I have been actively acquring all the equipment needed for this project before I start tearing into the car. For some unknown reasons someone removed the 4 speed manual transmission and converted to an automatic car. I am glad to say I now have all the parts to reconvert back to a manual transmission.

I like it! It is great that it is pretty original. Interesting how someone used vinyl top trim to separate the white top from the body. A+ on posting lots of pics:2thumbs:

I totally missed your post. Thanks for sharing so many pictures of your car. It looks like a great starting point for your restoration.


Sam, check out the CHP picture gallery, and you'll see on the 1982's that the trim piece was installed by Ford along the paint separation -

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/Gallery/CA.htm


:)

If anyone has a pair of those vinyl top trim pieces, I need them. Mine were removed and the fasteners, too. Can't even tell where they were. If anyone runs across ANY Mustang with these missing so I can see how they fasten, please send me pics.

The red DYMO label tape near the headlight switch is your In Service date. Can you post a better pic so I can see if it's one of the following formats?

3 28 83
3/28/83
3-28-83

That's my car's in service date.