1985 CHP For Sale

[28HopUp]

Originally Posted by rocketscience

Seems like a good group here. I'm the one who bought 8419. I don't (yet) have near the breadth of knowledge about these cars that you guys do, but, interestingly, I had similar concerns about this car to the ones I saw posted on ssp enthusiast sites...though I didn't see the threads until after I'd bought the car.

28HopUp: I'd love to have the assignment card, if you wouldn't mind passing it along to the new guy. I've begun assembling a hefty e-file of pix, links, and info. So far, hard paperwork is mostly all the DMV stuff involved in getting this thing registered to be driven again.

I have a few questions: could someone refer me to a parts source for antennae, spotlights and other lighting? Also, were the 85 CHP SSP's quarter window louvers painted black or white? I've seen them both ways in pictures.

I've got a long, long to-do list, and am reaquinting myself with the specifics of the Holley-carbed 5.0.

Hi Brian,

Welcome to the site, and congrats on purchasing #8419! I also thought long & hard about picking up that car. Your car seems to be in about the same condition that mine was in when I bought it in 2008, but you paid less for yours. I will be happy to mail you the original Assignment Card when it comes in.

Regarding the side louvers, the '85 CHP's had them painted white, and in '86 they were painted black. There are two restored 85's that have them painted black, which arguably looks better on the two-color car. You have to refer to the few in-service pictures to see for sure.

In terms of sourcing the CHP radio equipment, I will PM the contact I have for those parts. He's in Sacramento. The parts are not inexpensive, but it's not like you can buy them by calling 1-800-CHP-PARTS. Sometimes you'll see things listed on eBay too.

If you would, please post up more pictures of your new car. The seller only sent two that didn't show much of the car. I would love for you to post pics of the bumper cut-out on the driver's side, and maybe include dimensions of the hole (it's for the siren). Your car still has the original bumper, so that information would be helpful to those of us whose car has a replacement bumper.

Again, welcome to the site!

[Andy]

Wow......looks allot like 8397 before i started working on it.
this is the place for good information and help.
I put a patch behind the speaker cut out on my 85 before paint and
have not yet re opened the cut out for the speaker.
the patch that i used was bigger then the opening so when it's
cut out it will have some re enforcement (overlap) around the opening and
will not flap in the wind. Good find! Welcome to the site!
you are Amigo 5? 4? ..............ask Bill i have lost count

[ImEvil1]

+1 to what everyone else said....welcome to the site.

As for the radio equipment, I have some more coming from our friend in CA (not the contact mentioned above by Bill). I'm not sure if there will be any more CC1s from him, but it doesn't get any better than the radios still marked with CHP property stickers (surplused years ago). I definitely have 2 more available, and probably more after that.

Also, check out some of the restoration-related pics and info we have in the CHP resto section if you haven't already.

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/CHP.htm

[rocketscience]

Thanks for the welcome and the info, everyone.

I'll get some pictures together and measure the bumper opening when I have a few minutes. I've removed a lot of the trim in prep for paint, so the car looks particularly ragged (great for before and after pictures, though).

My wife thinks I'm nuts.

[ChrisL]

Congrats on the save! I can't wait to see some pictures!

[NoDrama43]

Originally Posted by rocketscience

My wife thinks I'm nuts.

have your wife call my wife. Then your wife will breath a huge sigh of relief.

welcome to the site. Be sure to check out the resto doc posted here as it has a wealth of good information.

[EXNODRAMANOTCH]

Originally Posted by NoDrama43

have your wife call my wife. Then your wife will breath a huge sigh of relief.

welcome to the site. Be sure to check out the resto doc posted here as it has a wealth of good information.

Jim, I've used you and your collection on several occasions as exhibit "A" when discussing my Mustang/car obsession with my wife. Unfortunately I agreed to a 4 vehicle limit (not including my daily driver and cabin plow truck) about 4 years ago after I dug a 69 Mach 1 out of a field and told her I was going to restore it. $70k to restore a car that might be worth $50k when completed did not make $ense to my wife and I agreed and sold it a month later for parts. Thanks for making it a little easier for all of us.

[NoDrama43]

my wife has put up with a lot but believe me she is well aware that I have accomplished my goal +1 extra 84 car. She has made it very obvious to me that I am done buying police mustangs and I am ok with that. For now they are all safe in dry climate controlled storage so I am not in any hurry to get them all done. Planning on doing one car at a time so in about 13 years I should be finishing up.

[MOstang]

Originally Posted by rocketscience

My wife thinks I'm nuts.

Join the club...I think it's been said that it's better to ask for forgiveness than for permission...although one must be thoughtful about when to use that and how often to do so.

[88stang]

Just tell your wife it is CHP Unit 8419. Then she will understand. lol