1986 M6-383 Tx DPS Saved
 

Well as Chris pointed out in the 86 Florida HP car post
http://www.specialservicemustang.net...ead.php?t=4345
that I had located ,he mentioned that I was chasing a unicorn. When I was traveling down to look at the FHP, I made a call to a buddy that wanted me to look at some 5.0 Mustangs he was wanting to sell. So I met up with him and looked at what he was selling. We struck a deal and I asked do you have any other Mustangs. He said yes a few parts cars. Well I never dreamed what I was about to find.
Sitting in knee deep weeds and beggers lice, behind a large fence was a black 86 5.0 cpe and behind it was my brown unicorn 86 coupe. After looking at the blk coupe which had been rear ended on the pass side but was complete. I went to check out the brown coupe and my buddy replied thats a police car. He said I was parting that car out and I responded NOT anymore!!! I want it. He replied you would build that!!
I opened the drivers door which had been replaced (no door tag)and found the DPS internal number sticker (148383)and the car number tape(M6-383). I then raised the hood to check the buck tags and they were both present. The ground straps were intact and it had 3 of the 4 steel wheels. Spot light and antenna holes,Cert cal. speedo are present.
I was thrilled my search for a 85-86 Texas DPS car was complete. The down side is the drivers quarter has some pretty good damage and will need replacing. Both doors are not correct and the tranny is missing. No complaints here, its almost 100% all there. Another rare car saved. I will gather parts for a while then start the resto. If anybody out there that has any clean 1986 LX coupe interior in canyon red and wants to sell PM me. Hope ya'll enjoyed my adventure.

Interior Picts

other pictures which includes the last 2 picts which is a DPS employee parking sticker. I wonder if the last owner was the trooper that was assigned to the car and be bought it from the state.

Cool I'm working m6-380. Same int too.

I got the call from Jason as he was leaving from checking out this car the first time, you've never heard a grown man as excited as he was. Talk about finding the needle in the haystack. These things are near impossible to find, I'm glad that Jason did. And now Scott has my old M6-380 (in the same batch of VINs as Jason's M6-383) so that's super cool. There will be some restored four-eyed DPS mustangs hanging around soon!

Scott I bet your car , Teds and mine were on the same transport! Yeah I was excited to find this one for sure.

Wow! Some serious TX DPS projects going on out there. Good job.

Nice save, Jason.

Thanks Mike! Now you know what the responder was for..lol

Glad it worked out. :thumbsup: