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[chp1982]

Exciting information! Thanks guys.

[kapracing]

Originally Posted by ImEvil1

Good stuff, Bill. Ordered 2 days before the other. Interesting to see it was sent to AZ, and the color combo sure does match the one that AZ tested.

Interested to see if its still on the road and around... That would be another cool restoration

[28HopUp]

Originally Posted by kapracing

Interested to see if its still on the road and around... That would be another cool restoration

That is quite true! Especially since there are vintage photos of the car.

[28HopUp]

Originally Posted by FoxChassis

"Special Service Package" is not in the 'Equipment' list but the special order number (0102) is the same as the 394 CHP coupes?

The other black car CF234608 does not list the SSP option on the Marti Report either, but the Build Sheet does state that this car was to be built with the same options as the 1982 SSP Mustangs for the CHP (except as noted on the sheet). Given the wording and the six digit DSO number, the black car should be considered a SSP. The white car appears to be optioned the same way as the black car, but without knowing the wording on the Build Sheet we may not be able to call it a SSP despite the six digit DSO number (even though it is likely the car in the Arizona DPS photos).

Originally Posted by FoxChassis

I think the special order number for CF234609 should be 0201, not 0102. I would contact Marti to confirm.

Kevin replied back last evening to say that the DSO is correctly listed on the report as 750102. He said that it is irrelevant that CHP used 0102 because the last four digits are assigned within a district sales office. He said that each office could use 0102 if they wanted for their own independent use. Kevin agreed that since this was a marketing vehicle, it may have been for ordered to convince the Arizona DPS to buy some SSP Mustangs.

So I learned something about how the DSO numbers were assigned. It's fun to learn new things about these cars.

[FoxChassis]

I have also learned something new about special order numbers. I thought they were cumulative independent of office. Did not know there could be same special order number in different offices.

Now I need to change the buck tag decoder.

[FoxChassis]

All fixed. Instead of saying "nnnnnn = _______ district sales office (nn), 19nn special order #nnnn" it will now say "nnnnnn = _______ district sales office (nn), 19nn _______ DSO special order #nnnn".

[28HopUp]

I love it when new information surfaces, even if it is only new to us (if you know what I mean).

It would make sense that the order numbers from different DSOs would similarly increase in number as the model year progressed. And given the range of orders I could see why we would not have picked up on this on our own. Kevin was very kind in his emails, given that this tidbit of information was probably something he would consider to be common knowledge.

Cool stuff!

[ImEvil1]

Great stuff....I've never seen it before, either.

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/DSO.html

I got that from a Ford manual, but it doesn't mention the order sequence at all. Learn something new every day!

[Bullitt1609]

Recently picked up an original '85 UHP SSP. It came with the attached documentation I wanted to share for the VIN project.

[FoxChassis]

http://foxchassis.com/decoders/ownercard/ssp/

1FABP26M5FF206811

76 = Seattle district sales office
9L = Oxford White exterior paint color
FY = cloth seating, low-back front buckets (F), Sand Beige interior trim color (Y)
14E = May 14th scheduled build
M2 4 = 2.73:1 rear axle ratio w/ Traction-Lok differential (M), Borg Warner 'T-5' 5-speed manual overdrive transmission (2), AM/FM stereo radio (4)