SSP newbie

FHP 1019 · #1 07-25-2009, 04:19 PM

Hello to all. I am doing this rather belatedly but as it's said, better that than never. Just got the last of the major details nailed down with my SSP by replacing all the weather stripping with new from FMR and getting my passenger door to act right and close as it should. I know it is mod-ed with the Cervini hood and the GT wheels but the wheels were on it and the functional cold air intake hood was a figgen' steal. The stock hood got dismantled in the making of the mold for the super-light weight composite hood my friend made. Trouble is, it would need pinned and the pins I like are like $250 stealth affairs. Here's photos at long last with cop wheels and the 16" and 17" GT wheels. Which looks best? Marcos has seen it in person and helped me out with getting accident reports which have since turned into w-a-i-t-i-n-g on Tallahassee to send me the in-service pictures.
When you owe Tallahassee something they are really expediant. Funny, that... But a big THANK YOU to Marcos for the help.
See you on the forums!

PHIL

28HopUp · #2 07-25-2009, 05:01 PM

Welcome! My monitor isn't great - is the decklid painted white, silver, or tan? The car looks sweet with either wheel setup. It obviously looks more like an SSP by using the blacked out 10-holes, but the others don't look bad IMHO. Thanks for posting pics - I love seeing SSP's turn up.

FHP813 · #3 07-25-2009, 06:21 PM

Looks good Phil, and welcome. I like the 10 holes but that's just me. How long have you owned it?

FHP 1019 · #4 07-25-2009, 06:38 PM

Hey, Bill Jr.

All good guesses - it's like a dove? gray. The entire car was on it's way to being dove gray. A "colour that didn't attract attention" was how my friend characterized it. As if excessive MPH were somehow overlooked by an inane choice of paint colour. The whole shell was already painted and all other parts were stripped off, sealed with epoxy primer and gathering dust for 8 years when I bought it from him. A natural crossroads. I carried the parts to work with me one by one and painted them all black then broke a line down the side of the body and shot the rear quarters right where the pictures were taken. Kinda Marine Patrol in an unintentional way. Just meant to give a tip of the hat to the car's FHP pedigree w/o using cream which I was told to avoid lest I meet the original owners with some frequency. Thanks for having a look and for the kind comments.

PHIL

FHP 1019 · #5 07-25-2009, 06:51 PM

Thanks, Bernie!

I got it in, I think February of this year. Really cool cars. I get now, some twenty years later what all the fuss was about. It's all the more gratifying to have one of these now when so many have been incompetently driven into immoveable objects or hacked up to go drag racing. Mine is not without molestation as the buck tags were inexplicably cut OFF! (screeching tires, woman screams, glass breaking). Some people just care nothing for the fact that these were service vehicles whereas I think it's one of the coolest aspects of them.

Thanks again -

PHIL

FHP 1019 · #6 07-25-2009, 07:02 PM

I tried too include these to illustrate my words. I think they were too large and the system revolted -

Check 'em out. Hmm won't permit two at a time.. will do one and then the next.

PHIL

FHP 1019 · #7 07-25-2009, 07:04 PM

How much difference a little black makes,,,,