This SSP Mustang is not part of the original order of 17 Oregon State Police (OSP) Mustangs 14 of which had grey interiors and were sent to Saleen. The remaining 3 cars from the 1st order were all blue interior. 1 sold off lot to civilian, 1 to local police agency and other not yet account for.
This car (for sale above) is from the second batch (order) of 1988 (OSP) SSP cars ordered by Damerow Ford based upon the serial number. The old "STORY" of there being a "Duplicate" order of 17 cars is BS. It did not happen as the cars from both batch orders are not identical. There certainly was 2 different batches of what appears to be 17 cars. Rest assured Damerow Ford knew exactly what they were doing in making a MISTAKE when ordering the first batch of 17 cars as 14 of the 17 cars 1st order had the wrong interior color that Damerow KNEW the OSP would not accept. Those are the 14 OSP SSP cars sent to Saleen. That my friends is how you get a bigger allotment of cars to do with what you want.
This "Mistake" allowed Damerow Ford to re-order a second batch of OSP SSP Mustangs whose serial numbers start about 30 cars after the first batch. Ironically it appears at this point based upon the known cars that over half the cars from the "second order batch" were sold as retail units off the Damerow lot and were NEVER in-service with the Oregon State Police. That is also true of the first batch of cars as the only unknown car from the first order lot of 17 cars "may" be the only car from that batch to go into service with the OSP.
Now you know!
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