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Well...I did it. See for yourself.
As you know with returning my 1993 Missouri State Highway Patrol SSP to in-service condition this past March, I have been using emblems purhcased from the MSHP mounted on magnets. Well I've been through a summer displaying my SSP with the magnets and after careful consideration decided to hard mark my car.
During the project phase I went through the process of having it stripped of the DARE B&W color and returned to original white from MSHP days. So it just seemed to make sense to hard mark to avoid the inevitable clouding of the paint the magnets seem to end up doing. While it did seem to be less stressful knowing emblems on magnets were in my trunk when driving, I have some white colored magnets that seem to work well using them to cover and hide the hard marked emblems. It does seem to look pretty good hard marked, but you be the judge. The emblems were just mounted today and the weather is horrible so pardon the rushed picture without a nice pose and background. As a side note the emblems were (as ones I have on magnets) purchased directly from the MSHP supplier. Thank you.
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Mike 1992 Michigan State Police SSP Mustang #5114 1993 Wisconsin State Patrol SSP Mustang 1993 Missouri State Highway Patrol SSP Mustang P641 http://members.fotki.com/MOstang/ |
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Looks great, Mike, and glad you decided to APPLY DECALS to it.
I'll make sure I add "hard mark" to the sites' inappropriate language filter.
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Mike '82 SSP (Marketing Order) '83 Colorado State Patrol #202 '83 Texas DPS '85 Florida Highway Patrol #1422 '93 Florida Highway Patrol #1187 '93 Florida Highway Patrol #1363 |
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Bernie 1993 FHP 813 1986 UHP SSP slicktop- Getting there little by little. 1993 Floyd Co Ga\Rome Ga pd SSP SOLD Even grief recedes with time, but we must Never Forget. 9-11-01 Mustang Club of America member. |
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Looks great Mike!
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Bill Jr. To everyone out there, wherever you are. Remember, the light at the end of the tunnel may be the police chasing you down in their own Mustang! |
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nice!!
Mike it looks sweet. Wow cant wait to get started on one of my fhp cars.
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Thanks gentleman for the nice comments. It was real helpful having several in-service pics of my SSP since the MSHP were not consistent in where the fender emblems were located (front to back on the fenders). Dave C./Mike C./Eric P's old 1993 MSHP SSP, for instance, had fender emblems more to the door side of fender vs. toward headlight side of fender (mine).
Thanks again!
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Mike 1992 Michigan State Police SSP Mustang #5114 1993 Wisconsin State Patrol SSP Mustang 1993 Missouri State Highway Patrol SSP Mustang P641 http://members.fotki.com/MOstang/ |
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Looks good Mike. "applying decals" to the car is the finishing touch to an SSP restoration. Glad to see you went for it.
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Jim for the first time since 1998 there is only two left: 1984 Oregon SP unmarked 1986 Idaho SP |
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Some how the magnetic applied decals
(at a show) makes your car like you are trying to make this MUSTANG look like a police car. but the applied to the surface says Gee .....maybe this WAS a police car?? i have found that most people have any idea that Mustangs were used by any police department. Looks good Mike! |
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Looks good! Did you do it yourself? Mine were done by a "professional" as I could not stand the stress of "screwing them up" . Wonder how my old car is doing? Have more room in the garage for my tractor now. My SSP tractor that is
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If you lived it, you understand. |
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Looks KILLER , Mike!
great job!
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ssp91ssp Hector 1992 PO.Oregon Police, Bimini Blue, Unit #85655, Plate #SMY174 Unmarked, Served Central,North, East Precinct until Aug 2000. 1988 Colorado State Patrol,Unit #246,DSO 76, Glenwood Springs CO. |
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