1982 CHP Photos

[chp1982]

Thanks for the picture, TR1. Fitting that it's coming from you, the former owner of 2, '82 CHP Mustangs!

Is this the same spot? Regardless, the ONLY 1982 SSP, aside from 0600 and 1963, that is known to have surfaced and has an in-service picture. Now residing in Australia.

Does anyone have a version without the watermark?

[chp1982]

Then and now

[chp1982]

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[Andy]

Thanks for posting the Pictures
Looking at the background and
the parking lot it's amazing
how little has changed.
again Thanks!
also
the vehicle in the later photo
was that featured on the TV show
Law n Order SUV

[28HopUp]

Originally Posted by Andy

the vehicle in the later photo
was that featured on the TV show
Law n Order SUV

Very punny!

[Steve]

Originally Posted by Andy

Thanks for posting the Pictures
Looking at the background and
the parking lot it's amazing
how little has changed.
again Thanks!
also
the vehicle in the later photo
was that featured on the TV show
Law n Order SUV

The State doesn't want to spend any money they don't have to. It is remarkable how little some things have changed. A year or so ago I was driving through the Los Banos area, one of my old haunts. The CHP office there looked the same, front and back, as when I was last there more than 30 years ago.

[MOstang]

Fun to see these pics. A CHP Facebook page seems to have many pics showing up that haven't made it around the hobby.

[chp1982]

Originally Posted by MOstang

Fun to see these pics. A CHP Facebook page seems to have many pics showing up that haven't made it around the hobby.

I'm not a Facebook guy, but it has been a great way to connect with retired CHP personnel. Obviously I'm a huge fan of the '82's. With a bit of good timing and asking questions, 9 new photos of '82's have surfaced (quite a few new unit numbers identified), many faces have been recognized and put to names, and stories and first hand accounts of what it was like to drive these cars in-service have been documented. For me, the past few months have been some of the most exciting since I've been in the hobby.

If you are looking for information on the agency your car served with, I would almost guarantee they have a fb page for retirees. You never know, there may be someone in the know about your car.

Back to 1982 CHP Mustangs! Here's a period photo shoot with Officer Jimmy Faria and E870380. This is the first known photo of 0380.

[TR1]

Originally Posted by chp1982

Thanks for the picture, TR1. Fitting that it's coming from you, the former owner of 2, '82 CHP Mustangs!

Is this the same spot? Regardless, the ONLY 1982 SSP, aside from 0600 and 1963, that is known to have surfaced and has an in-service picture. Now residing in Australia.

Does anyone have a version without the watermark?

Yes that's the Redwood city chp office.

[chp1982]

Tonight, a couple of my personal favorite pictures that are always worth revisiting:

Per Steve, "Below is a picture of it (0255), taken on February 21, 1984 at about 1 pm in the afternoon, on a very windy day. The location is in the Los Banos CHP area, on I-5 about 23 miles South of Highway 152. I am the CHP officer in the photo (age 27); this Mustang was my assigned vehicle. It was assigned to me in 1983, early in its career with the CHP. In this photo it has about 60,000 miles. Within a few months it had reached 70,000 miles, which in those days was when CHP took them off the road and sold them at auction. I was then assigned a new 1984 SSP Mustang."