1989 FHP??? on Ebay
 

DSO 24, Blue interior, AOD, bucktag says "FLORIDA POLICE" Never saw that on a bucktag. Very interesting.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1989-...QQcmdZViewItem

Man...that car needs some help.

FHP unmarked in '89 had a DSO order number one off from this one, so it's possible it's an FHP. If it is...pretty rare (early unmarked for FHP). I guess it could be a city or county car too, though. I've seen the FLORIDA POLICE before on local cars, as well as FHP.

Carfax report would be good. It does need some help. Love the drivers front seat bottom.

Ran this at the FL motor vehicle check, no police on the brands. Color white.

Vehicle Identification Number: 1FABP40E1KF201807

Year/Make: 1989 FORD
Previous Title State: FLORIDA
Registration Expiration Date:
Title: 50947438
Title Issue Date: 12/03/2002
Odometer Reading/Status: EXEMPT
Odometer Date:
Color: WHITE
Vehicle Type: AUTO
Title Status: SOLD
Owner Information: 1 owner
Brands:

Below are the historical events for this vehicle listed in chronological order. Any discrepancies will be in bold text.
Report Run Date:: 02/08/2008
Vehicle: 1989 Ford Mustang LX (1FABP40E1KF201807)
Event date Location Odometer reading Data Source Details
03/16/1989 FL Independent Source VEHICLE MANUFACTURED AND SHIPPED TO DEALER
01/05/1992 FL State Agency FRONT IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE (Case #:15658282)
12/03/2002 JACKSONVILLE, FL Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE (Title #:0050947438)
EXCLUDED/EXEMPT
12/09/2002 JACKSONVILLE, FL Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL
EXCLUDED/EXEMPT
01/21/2004 JACKSONVILLE, FL Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL
EXCLUDED/EXEMPT

I kept looking at the pictures for a while and I just don't think it was an FHP car. It might be from a local PD. The original color seems to be a baby blue/light blue and the blue interrior is just not close to what FHP would have ordered, IMO.

According to someone that Mike R. talked to, FHP ordered their early unmarked cars in different interior colors. Mike has some info on them on his website, including that they had blue interior, and were DSO 0202 (1989 5 speed car). I have personally never seen one, and I have no idea where he got that info, but it sounds plausible. 0201 could have been the order prior, for cars with autos. One good way to figure it out would be to pull the DHSMV crash report and see who owned it. :)

That car doesn't look like it was ever white.:headscratch:

When they first came out with the colors on the registrations (somewhere in the early-mid 90s), there were many that were incorrectly listed. I think I even remember a court case where one of our guys stopped a car based on running the tag and the car coming back a different color, and the case ended up getting dismissed.

It'd be nice to see the door tag for color/interior codes.

The door jambs are still blue. So it may have still been blue until they primered it black. You never know with cheap repaints, not doing the jambs or engine compartment. It'll be interesting to see what the car goes for.

I will check on this and see if the report is still available. I will post my findings.