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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.
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Thanks Jason 86 CHP Unit #3852 86 Texas DPS M6-383 93 Texas DPS M3-379 93 Cobra Teal #2304 (sold) 03 Cobra 10th Annv.Conv. |
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Interior Picts
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Thanks Jason 86 CHP Unit #3852 86 Texas DPS M6-383 93 Texas DPS M3-379 93 Cobra Teal #2304 (sold) 03 Cobra 10th Annv.Conv. |
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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.
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Thanks Jason 86 CHP Unit #3852 86 Texas DPS M6-383 93 Texas DPS M3-379 93 Cobra Teal #2304 (sold) 03 Cobra 10th Annv.Conv. |
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Cool I'm working m6-380. Same int too.
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82 CHP Unit#870366 86 TX DPS M6-380 |
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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!
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Chris L '86 TX DPS Mustang. Unknown Unit # |
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Scott I bet your car , Teds and mine were on the same transport! Yeah I was excited to find this one for sure.
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Thanks Jason 86 CHP Unit #3852 86 Texas DPS M6-383 93 Texas DPS M3-379 93 Cobra Teal #2304 (sold) 03 Cobra 10th Annv.Conv. |
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Wow! Some serious TX DPS projects going on out there. Good job.
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Mike 1992 Michigan State Police SSP Mustang #5114 1993 Wisconsin State Patrol SSP Mustang 1993 Missouri State Highway Patrol SSP Mustang P641 http://members.fotki.com/MOstang/ |
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Nice save, Jason.
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Mike '82 SSP (Marketing Order) '83 Colorado State Patrol #202 '83 Texas DPS '85 Florida Highway Patrol #1422 '93 Florida Highway Patrol #1187 '93 Florida Highway Patrol #1363 |
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