1988 chp

[bullitt2001]

I want to bring it back to stock.. Did they repaint all chp cars? I thought maybe it was a CID car or other special unit.. I appreciate the help.. I should have it tommorow night!

[chism]

Originally Posted by bullitt2001

I want to bring it back to stock.. Did they repaint all chp cars? I thought maybe it was a CID car or other special unit.. I appreciate the help.. I should have it tommorow night!

Yes, Texas repainted all their cars before sending them to auction too. Poke around the engine bay, door jams, and the underside of the rear decklid and you should see reminance of the old paint. The color on the shock towers should give you some clue to the original color. Another thing to look for is the speedo cluster. It should be a 160 mph unit and say "Certified Calibration" at the bottom of the guage.

[Mustang Kid]

I'm pretty sure that 88 still had a 140 certified speedometer.

CHP had most all their cars repainted various colors before sale. They would get more money out of the cars and CHP didn't want people driving around in black and whites. It's illegal, but if you cover the white doors, you can drive the car if you paint it back black and white.

[mac88chp]

The '88's had 140 speedos.

As far as we know, every CHP Mustang came from the factory painted B&W. The ones redone as SMPVs and investigation units received higher quality repaints. If the car was runout in B&W, it received the typical crappy repaint but not all were sold repainted. A number of them that had been held onto for a long time were sold "as is" with just the decals removed and maybe the doors rattle canned flat black. This included at least my car and another '88 assigned to the skidpan and both the '89 and '92 EVOC cars...all sold long after most all the rest of the Mustang fleet had departed.

[Va 5.0]

It looks alot like mine did! Look for holes in the passengers side front bumper cover for the siren. In the trunk to the right of the spare tire there is a metal bracket covering the fuel pump wires.

[bullitt2001]

Wow that car needed a ton of work!! I'm going to try and find another one

[bullitt2001]

Now I'm looking at a 90 fhp car that a friend of a friend is selling.. It had cam bigger injectors. This car is really nice still has spotlight. He is wanting 7000..