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04-11-2011, 10:56 PM
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I almost bought that Frisco car myself.....and am glad you picked it up. It is a rare one for sure especially with the vinyl interior. I hope you can get it back in running order as it is a neat car.
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03-08-2012, 05:19 PM
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Looking forward to getting to know you all as I am new to the forum. My father (Fred) and I have an 1985, what we beleive to be an unmarked SSP, Mustang that we bought in 1988 from an ex- PA detective that was never used in service. I am in the process of trying to validate it so that I can restore it.
Best, Clay Johnson
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03-08-2012, 05:41 PM
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Welcome to the site. Is your car an AOD by chance?
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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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03-08-2012, 07:21 PM
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Great job with trying to pull some of these pieces together.
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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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03-09-2012, 10:30 AM
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Clay, a "package car" is a factory-optioned police package vehicle. A police package car could be anything from a Crown Vic, Charger, B4C Camaro, SSP Mustang, etc.
If your car is a SSP, then it would have a 6-digit DSO number listed on the door's VIN sticker. All SSP's have a 6-digit DSO, but not all 6-digit DSO cars are SSP's. Ford built regular cars and were sold with 6-digit DSO's. Your car's Buck Tags on the radiator support may contain useful information. The restoration info linked on our main page should help you identify your car. An AOD is an automatic transmission with overdrive.  Post up some pictures when you can...
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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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03-09-2012, 10:53 AM
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Interesting, our car has a four-digit DSO...
"Larger orders have been seen filled via different 4 digit DSO numbers, and the numbers also varied when batches of cars with different options were ordered, such as with the 1993 Florida Highway Patrol's unmarked cars." Hopefully ours is not fake. It is a 5 speed transmission. Ours was definately unmarked and not used in service (we bought it in 88 with 3k on it). I will work on getting some photos uploaded and a full description of the car's options/ features. off the top of my head, it has: stabilizer braces underneath stainless steel exhaust hurst shifter trunk quick release button 140 certified speedo 3.08 rear no emission control system undercoating with blue ford logo plugs dead pedal
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03-09-2012, 11:26 AM
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Clay, another great resource for Ford fans is Marti Auto Works, who sells a Standard or Deluxe Marti Report that lists the options for a specific vehicle -
http://www.martiauto.com/reports2.cfm These reports have been invaluable to the research we've been doing as part of our VIN Project.
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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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03-09-2012, 11:38 AM
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Quote:
The cars could either have a 2 digit DSO, or a 6 digit DSO. Yours is 6. The quote above refers to the method that Ford used to separate the orders, which are educated guesses on our parts based on the documentation that we've seen. In the FHP example above, the special-paint (two-tone) marked cars were produced under different order numbers than the non-special paint (solid color) unmarked cars. Thus, the 4 digit order numbers are different (the last 4 of the 6 digit DSOs). The sticker that you mention was added by someone and is not an original part of the car. One last thing to add to what Bill said...the "package" is the Special Service Package. It isn't a "police" package as it relates to the Mustang, and Ford specifically mentions that in its' published literature. We are looking forward to seeing your pics.
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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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