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03-15-2011, 02:53 PM
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In-Service Video of 825WSP circa 1987
Stumbled across this on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R6RWyJqRkQ Plate appears to show 825WSP - which is my car. E-mailed the trooper that had my car, and he verified he did go to the local Mustang Roundup that year when he first got the car in 1987. He also had mounted his radar gun on the fender as well as the mustang branded mud flaps and black "Mustang" painted on the rear bumper. While it's too grainy to verify 100% accurate - the trooper thinks this video is likely his car. And it was about 2 months new when this was shot. Pretty cool, huh? 
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03-15-2011, 03:02 PM
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Ryan, THAT is a great bit of documentation you now have on your car (since it most likely is your car). Funny that you stumbled across it. Thanks for sharing...
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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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03-15-2011, 04:39 PM
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Congrats on the rare find!
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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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03-15-2011, 04:48 PM
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Very nice! Maybe you should play the lottery...
The antenna on the hood/fender is definitely, well, different.
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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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03-17-2011, 06:05 PM
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From Marlin:
"I didn't like all the wires running around on the dash of my car and the unit had better range on the outside of the car. I made my own "L" barcket and attached it to a fender bolt, the bracket was thin enough to fit between the hood and fender so that the hood could be opened with damaging the paint. The wire was run along the top of the fender and down into the door hinge area then inside the car up along the edge of the dash where the it met the "A" pillar post and across the dash to the control head of the unit. The antenna was weather proof because most of the guys with 4 door units would mount it on the back window behind the driver. I used it on the fender for some time before I made a mount that attached to the bottom of the lightbar on the left end. This proved to be better and was not as noticable as out on the fender. I was always tinkering with things to make things less cluttered and easier to work with."
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03-17-2011, 06:31 PM
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I didn't know it was Marlin's car...glad he was able to pass that info along. Kinda hard to make any adjustments to the antenna with it outside the car, but I understand the logic if it were a range issue and he was working in the boonies. We would have still given him a hard time about it, though.
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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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