I've loved Mustangs since I was a kid. When I was 17 in 1991 my parents bought a new 1991 Mustang GT for my mom to drive. I was the envy of all my buddies because my mom had a 5.0! I took my High School girlfriend (now my wife) to prom in that car. My mom was a stay at home mom so the car didn't accumulate very many miles. I lusted after that GT ever since they bought it and in 2001 my parents sold it to me for $3500. The GT now has 55,000 miles, it runs, drives and looks showroom new! My parents didn't let me drive the car much when I was a teenager (good choice on their part). But one night when they did let me take it out I used it to outrun a Missouri State Trooper who was driving a square box Caprice. Looking back at that now....wow that was dumb!!
I got interested in SSP's when I was about 20 and I got stopped by a Missouri Trooper for speeding, he was driving a blue 1993 Mustang. (I had my 1991 240SX and I didn't try and outrun him!) I sat in his car while he wrote me for 66 in a 55. I'm sure he was ready to boot me out after I asked him countless questions about his car! About two years later I ended up entering the police academy and the town the academy was in (Cottleville MO) had a 1993 Mustang that was a former MO Patrol car. They brought it to the academy to show it off and then I was really hooked, I wanted an SSP. I really wanted a white 1989 Missouri Mustang but they only bought 5 white ones in '89. I finally came across my white 89 in February 2005 when Jim Young put a posting on the SSP site about a guy in St. Louis who had several SSP's for sale, including a white 89. After reading that posting I immediately called the guy and I owned the car 3 days later. I ended up buying Cottleville's SSP in 2007, they sold it to me fully marked with all the equipment. I didn't need it but I really wanted it! If I didn't already have my 89 SSP that I love so much I would have kept that car. I kind of regret selling it since it was the car that really hooked me on SSP's but now Mike Patterson owns it and it looks really great!
So that's my story! Someday I intend to pass my 91 GT to my son and I've kicked around selling my 89 SSP since I rarely drive it. But hopefully I'll hang on to the SSP because I'd really like to see it donated back to the Highway Patrol. I've put way to much work into it for someone else to F it up!
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