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[28HopUp]

As most folks here know, Mike recently purchased the silver 1993 Missouri State Highway Patrol Unit #666 SSP. The car was already in our Project with older photos provided by one one of our members a couple of years ago. Mike forwarded along some great agency information and the Marti Report, which I have added to the page -

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...info138824.htm

[28HopUp]

For those who are interested, here's the latest break-down by year of the SSP Mustangs confirmed in the Project -

.1982. 28
.1983. 48
.1984. 73
.1985 264
.1986 169
.1987 413
.1988 402
.1989 523
.1990 395
.1991 214
.1992 269
.1993 482
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Tot 3,280

[MOstang]

Originally Posted by 28HopUp

As most folks here know, Mike recently purchased the silver 1993 Missouri State Highway Patrol Unit #666 SSP. The car was already in our Project with older photos provided by one one of our members a couple of years ago. Mike forwarded along some great agency information and the Marti Report, which I have added to the page -

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...info138824.htm

Thanks for the update!

[MOstang]

Originally Posted by 28HopUp

As most folks here know, Mike recently purchased the silver 1993 Missouri State Highway Patrol Unit #666 SSP. The car was already in our Project with older photos provided by one one of our members a couple of years ago. Mike forwarded along some great agency information and the Marti Report, which I have added to the page -

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...info138824.htm

Thanks again, Bill....a suggestion would be to re-word the MSHP vehicle number info listed on the page for this new one of mine to be like my white 1993 MSHP SSP...they don't really have a unit number, per se, but the Inventory Number stayed with the vehicle regardless of assigned Trooper.

Missouri State Highway Patrol, Inventory No. P-993

Perhaps as time permits for the 1990 MSHP SSP VIN 1FACP40E2LF141249) Missouri State Highway Patrol P162 I just sold revise it as well Missouri State Highway Patrol P162 to include Inventory No. before the P number listed. Might help viewers to no what that letter/number combo means.

Thanks again!

[FoxChassis]

I am only asking this because others obviously know more about MSHP that I do.

On some of the pages I see "SHP #" which I would assume is an acronym for "State Highway Patrol #". On the other pages I see "P Number" or "P#" which I assume the "P" is shortened from the "SHP" on other pages.

Where did "inventory" come from? I don't see that on any of the pages for this unit. Is that something that came from research on another unit?

[28HopUp]

EDIT:
I just updated the page to change the unit number to an inventory/plate number. I also added some new photos from Fotki. This SSP now has one of the nicest pages in the Project. Reposting the link for convenience -

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...info138824.htm

[28HopUp]

A car popped up on FB that is interesting. According to Bobby it served with the Camden County Sheriffs Dept along the most Southern part of Georgia along I-95. Pretty cool! It is the second car in a group of 12 consecutive VINs with some TxDPS cars at the end of the batch.

[28HopUp]

Here's an in-service photo of one of their two units (50% chance it is the car here). Black-wheel SSPs are my favorite!

[kapracing]

Camden S/O "Drug Iterdiction Team" on I95 bought both with seized drug money. Pretty cool

[MOstang]

Originally Posted by FoxChassis

I am only asking this because others obviously know more about MSHP that I do.

On some of the pages I see "SHP #" which I would assume is an acronym for "State Highway Patrol #". On the other pages I see "P Number" or "P#" which I assume the "P" is shortened from the "SHP" on other pages.

Where did "inventory" come from? I don't see that on any of the pages for this unit. Is that something that came from research on another unit?

I missed this earlier. The MSHP is the initials for the Missouri State Highway Patrol. I've seen people use SHP as a general abbreviation for State Highway Patrol. The MSHP assigns P Numbers to their vehicles and my understanding is is an Inventory. I don't know how they mark them today, but with the SSPs a metal rectangular plate was affixed in the inside driver side door frame (engine side) and that plate was stamped with the P Number.

The P Number is not a unit number or something a dispatch would use to call out to a certain vehicle on their radio. The number on the MSHP license plates is the Badge Number of the respective Trooper assigned to the vehicle. The MSHP SSP paperwork I have for 1993 and 1990 have hand written P Numbers, by the MSHP, written along side VIN numbers. The MSHP no longer has Trooper Assignment records for SSP Mustangs. So...on the surface you can't correlate a P Number to a specific assigned Trooper. But if the vehicle was in an accident and you obtain an Accident Report it will have the P Number, Plate Number and Assigned Trooper info. Photographic evidence can help, in some cases or in some cases verbal input from Troopers who knew a certain P Number and the Assigned Trooper.

For my recently acquired 1993 MSHP, I know the P Number as the plate is still present in the car with the stamping. More importantly, I have direct documentation from when they sold the SSP, from the MSHP Purchase Order paperwork and service documentation confirming that P Number to this VIN number. I have also spoken with the Assigned Trooper gathering much info on this MSHP SSP. Hope this helps.