1988 Wyoming Highway Patrol HP 43

Wolfe1013 · #1 11-10-2016, 02:59 AM

The text from the photo in Post # 8 above:

Thursday, June 9, 1988

WHP Evaluates New Pursuit Vehicles

The Wyoming Highway Patrol is evaluating a group of new high performance pursuit vehicles.

Patrolman Jeff Berrett is the Valley patrolman chosen to drive a new Ford Mustang. The Patrol will make a decision on whether to purchase more than the original six evaluation vehicles. “We need to see how they’ll perform in the winter,” Berrett stated, “before we go ahead with replacing the whole fleet.”

The vehicles are modified by Ford before delivery to the Patrol and sport a 5.0 liter fuel injected V-8 engine. “Everybody asks me how fast it will go,” Berrett says, “and I can honestly tell them that I don’t know. I haven’t needed to find out. We bought these cars as pursuit vehicles, that means we can get stopped, turned around, and up to speed quickly to stop a violator. The acceleration these vehicles have allows us to get a violator shut down a lot faster and provide a higher degree of safety to the motoring public.”

Patrolmen selected to drive the new vehicles were sent to Cheyenne for training on the new radio equipment and then drove the cars to Evanston for a two-day training session with the Utah Highway Patrol. Berrett explained that the UHP was selected for the training because of their excellent safety record in operating the Mustangs. “They did a great job teaching us, we really appreciate their coming.” Berrett concluded.

28HopUp · #2 11-10-2016, 08:48 AM

OUTSTANDING! It's nice to hear that Hector was so involved in the save. 'Well done' to those who helped obtain all of that documentation, too.

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Originally Posted by Wolfe1013

I will leave you with this…there is another!

I look forward to hearing more about this other Wyoming SSP.

ImEvil1 · #3 11-10-2016, 11:19 AM

Super rare, and great documentation!

mac88chp · #4 11-10-2016, 03:12 PM

Outstanding work x 100 - way to go!

Bullitt1609 · #5 11-14-2016, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by 28HopUp

OUTSTANDING! It's nice to hear that Hector was so involved in the save. 'Well done' to those who helped obtain all of that documentation, too.

I look forward to hearing more about this other Wyoming SSP.

And here's the other one Greg mentioned, HP 153, driven by Trooper Steve Townsend, stationed out of Division M, District 2, Douglas, WY. Very very fortunate to end up with this car.

In service pics from the gallery:

Picture of the car as it sits today and the original Ownercard.

Wolfe1013 · #6 11-14-2016, 10:41 PM

Alright, Jonathon!! Show them what that car's got.

And that's HP 148.

28HopUp · #7 11-15-2016, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Bullitt1609

And here's the other one Greg mentioned, HP 153, driven by Trooper Steve Townsend, stationed out of Division M, District 2, Douglas, WY. Very very fortunate to end up with this car.

Jonathon, congrats on finding another state car for your museum. These Wyoming SSPs do not come around often, so you certainly lucked out.

FlyinTiger · #8 11-15-2016, 05:40 PM

Just catching up on this amazing find. Such great accounts from the troopers that drove them. That information is invaluable. I was told similar stories from the trooper that my car was assigned to. Such excitement they had, when they first jumped in.

Wolfe1013 · #9 11-15-2016, 09:14 PM

I would just like to point out that we would not have these cars or this goldmine of information if it were not for Hector. He found and saved both these cars and did the legwork in tracking down the retired patrolmen and one who was still active at the time. Lots of time and money went into this labor of love and Jonathon and I are now able to share these cars and their history with you. A handful of people have known about them and it's such a great feeling to finally get all of this out there.

Greg

MOstang · #10 11-15-2016, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolfe1013

I would just like to point out that we would not have these cars or this goldmine of information if it were not for Hector. He found and saved both these cars and did the legwork in tracking down the retired patrolmen and one who was still active at the time. Lots of time and money went into this labor of love and Jonathon and I are now able to share these cars and their history with you. A handful of people have known about them and it's such a great feeling to finally get all of this out there.

Greg

Well stated!