Special Service Mustang.net Forums

Go Back   Special Service Mustang.net Forums > The Briefing Room
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Mark Forums Read

The Briefing Room All Non-Mustang related stuff.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #11  
Old 03-19-2012, 02:29 PM
chism's Avatar
chism chism is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Weatherford, TX
Posts: 215
Thumbs up COOL

What does it say on the side? I'm hoping to pick up one of the El Paso, TX new 5.0 cars one day. One of them is Grabber blue. Mmmmmm. They use them for "traffic inforcement".
__________________
J. Chism
1989 Mustang LX 5.0, 5 speed (ex-TX DPS car)
#200882 unit# M9166- SOLD
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 03-19-2012, 03:03 PM
28HopUp's Avatar
28HopUp 28HopUp is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 4,433
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by GSPI View Post
That wasn't me Bill. That was one of my specialists that was coming from Michigan that notified me of the car and sent it over to me to look at. I have a wide network of spotters and get lucky sometime.
That is still too funny that you rec'd a spyshot of us traveling home with the new car. It just reinforces the fact that enthusiast-owners in the copcar hobby need to be ever-mindful of how they behave on the roads, cuz you never know who's watching you!

That was our first fill-up at 137 miles into the trip. We averaged 23.0 mpg on the way home, which I thought was about right.


Quote:
Originally Posted by chism View Post
What does it say on the side? I'm hoping to pick up one of the El Paso, TX new 5.0 cars one day. One of them is Grabber blue. Mmmmmm. They use them for "traffic inforcement".
Yes, there was a thread on Mustang Forums saying that El Paso is now using some 5.0L's. The right side on mine says "TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT" on the rocker stripe. Originally, the car was a police demonstrator for Gorno Ford in Woodhaven, Michigan. Here is how the car looked before it was purchased by the City of Harper Woods with about 6K miles on the odometer:




I noticed last night as the dew collected on the car that the top edge of the rear window had lettering that said "got lights?". So the car was used by Gorno Ford as a demo to help sell the idea of using these S197's for police duty. I got to speak with the fleet salesman at Gorno today, and he filled me in a bit about selling this car to Harper Woods.
__________________
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!
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 03-19-2012, 09:41 PM
ImEvil1's Avatar
ImEvil1 ImEvil1 is offline
Admin
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Texas
Posts: 5,384
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by 28HopUp View Post
That is still too funny that you rec'd a spyshot of us traveling home with the new car. It just reinforces the fact that enthusiast-owners in the copcar hobby need to be ever-mindful of how they behave on the roads, cuz you never know who's watching you!

That was our first fill-up at 137 miles into the trip. We averaged 23.0 mpg on the way home, which I thought was about right.
Perfectly put.

I'm surprised that they didn't, at the very least, cover over the decals for you. I wouldn't have wanted to drive it home like that.
__________________

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
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 03-20-2012, 12:11 AM
mac88chp's Avatar
mac88chp mac88chp is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: NorCal
Posts: 1,395
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by 93chipper View Post
not every police car get branded prior police some members with chp cars dont have it branded on the title
True. When Charles Ricks registered #3035 after buying it at the auction they didn't do it. So when I went to the DMV after my purchase, I showed them a copy of the original CHP registration card for the car and they were more than happy to brand my title.
__________________
Michael
1988 CHP #3035

http://public.fotki.com/Classicchp/
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 03-20-2012, 08:41 AM
28HopUp's Avatar
28HopUp 28HopUp is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 4,433
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by ImEvil1 View Post
I'm surprised that they didn't, at the very least, cover over the decals for you. I wouldn't have wanted to drive it home like that.
Mike, I was expecting them to cover the decals too. Before we left, I printed lengthwise on a sheet of paper in bold large letters "NOT IN SERVICE" which folded laid atop the middle of the light bar in the rear window (keep in mind that we flew in one-way, and didn't check any bags). I brought a small roll of electrical tape with me on the plane, so I used that to cover up the DIAL 911 on the rear fender. They removed POLICE from the front fender, which left a really nice looking ghost image on the paint -




I have the same ghost image on the rear fender from where I removed DIAL 911 once we were home. You really have to catch the reflection in the right light to see the outline of the letters. On the side stripe, I ended up using one long piece of electrical tape, but didn't have enough tape to completely mask it at the time -




I don't have a picture with the add'l tape covering the rocker, but I plan to paint a magnetic strip to match the stripe that will cover the letters. I may use a product called "Nightshades" on the LED lights, which is an aerosol spray film used to black-out taillight lenses. The lights have a disconnect switch under the hood, so I will be compliant with local laws about not having working lights on the car while on the road. I told Jack that the only time the lights will be used is for parades, car shows, or in our driveway (for the kids next door, of course!). On another note (pun intended), they left the siren mounted in the car (they didn't want to pay to remove it, since the front-end of the car would need to be removed to access it). However, there are no controls for the siren, and I plan to keep it that way.

And here's a shot with my SSP in the background (before removing DIAL 911 from the fender) -

Reply With Quote
  #16  
Old 03-20-2012, 11:47 AM
ImEvil1's Avatar
ImEvil1 ImEvil1 is offline
Admin
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Texas
Posts: 5,384
Default

If you are going to show it (which it sounds like you are), I would remove all of the decals, decal remnants, etc. etc. etc. and have them re-made on magnets. That way, you could mark up the car at shows, parades, etc. and it would look completely stock otherwise. The magnets you mentioned for the side stripes will scratch up the car (and be a PITA). I think it would be different if it weren't a daily-driver, but I figured you were going to be pulling all of that stuff anyway, especially since it's so new.

My .02.
__________________

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
Reply With Quote
  #17  
Old 03-20-2012, 12:51 PM
28HopUp's Avatar
28HopUp 28HopUp is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 4,433
Default

Mike, I appreciate your input. Your earlier comment about "de-militarizing" the car may prove to be the best path forward. I will most likely remove most of the emergency lights to keep from drawing attention to the car on the road, and prevent any hassles with the Federales. I think it would be better to keep the car clutter-free in terms of police equipment, rather than need to put signs on the car that say it is NOT IN SERVICE.

Presently, all markings have been removed except the rocker stripe (which is now fully masked). I like your comment about having the lettered magnets be for display-only, and leaving the car unmarked. The 8" LeMans stripes are cracked and faded so badly that the silver almost looks white. I plan to re-do those stripes, and could easily do the rockers at the same time with a plain stripe in the same color as the new ones going over the car. Then I could have a magnet done for display purposes to replicate the TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT lettering. That's a really good suggestion, the more I think about it.
__________________
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!
Reply With Quote
  #18  
Old 03-20-2012, 05:40 PM
ImEvil1's Avatar
ImEvil1 ImEvil1 is offline
Admin
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Texas
Posts: 5,384
Default

No prob. I figured you were going to have some work to do to put it back to stock.
__________________

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
Reply With Quote
  #19  
Old 03-20-2012, 07:05 PM
MOstang's Avatar
MOstang MOstang is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Livonia, MI
Posts: 2,959
Default

It looks great Bill...attached is the photo I took of it at the Ferndale Emergency Vehicle show in August that's held in conjunction with the Woodward Dream Cruise. Did they strip off their Department emblems from the passenger side door? How'd they treat the inside when they pulled their radio and laptop assembly out? I'm kind of surprised they left all those lights, but then again alot of departments seem to get lazy taking the time to remove items. Enjoy!
__________________
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/
Reply With Quote
  #20  
Old 03-20-2012, 10:58 PM
GSPI GSPI is offline
...Gathering Parts
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: CLE
Posts: 659
Default

Crazy thing is that I remember that car from Gorno when I was working at Woodhaven Stamping! Cool to see the car out. Too bad it wasn't totally decommissioned when you got it.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:18 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.0
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.