Personally, I do not care for clone cars, but it is your car to do with however you please. I don't object because it's a loss of a SSP. The FHP cars are more plentiful, so turning it into a clone of another agency is not the worst thing in the world.
My reason for not liking clones comes from my experience taking my SSP out in public and answering the inevitable questions that come up. In most cases, they will ask me if it is/was a real police car (or Highway Patrol car when I display it with the magnets). People WILL ask you if your SSP is/was an Alabama State Police car. If you don't mind telling people that it is a cloned car, then by all means don't let that stop you. Although you should do what makes you happy, you MAY get tired of telling folks that it was a FHP that you made into an Alabama SSP. It would bug me, but only you can determine if that would be a problem for you.
In terms of the restoration, if you are going to make it an Alabama cloned SSP, then I would suggest doing all that you can to make it as accurate as possible. You can sell your FHP equipment to help pay for new Alabama-specific parts. If you're gonna go that far then do it right IMO.
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Bill Jr.
To everyone out there, wherever you are. Remember, the light at the end of the tunnel may be the police chasing you down in their own Mustang!
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