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Old 02-11-2009, 08:26 PM
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Default Said goodbye to my SSP today!

Yup! Today was the day that the SSP left my driveway for a better place - THE BODY SHOP!

I carefully removed the side moldings with patience and a heat gun this morning. Then I gave it a quick bath and drove it to the body shop. Spent about 20 minutes going over the car and my instruction sheet with the tech. Sadly, I delayed getting it in there and a 1962 AutoCar fire trunk got in ahead of me. So the tear-down won't begin for a few weeks. Once that begins, I'll start a thread in my section with pics and updates. The body shop is less than a mile from work, so I will be able to get there often to check its progress.

The plan is to paint the entire car in black, and open up the holes for the spotlights, roof and 1/4 panel antennae (parts ordered). I also am awaiting the correct CHP rear deck lights. The plan is to make it look like an unmarked Fox cop car - something that will scream SSP yet not get me in trouble with the local cops.
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Old 02-12-2009, 10:07 AM
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Andy - always good for a laugh
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How exciting!!! It will be quite sometime before I get to do my car like you are. Until then, I'll just live experience through you guys.
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Old 02-13-2009, 10:59 AM
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What's a 918?
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Old 02-13-2009, 11:42 AM
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What's a 918?

Knowing Andy, I'm guessing "Mental Patient" (all in good fun). In Delaware, they're called a "Ten-81".

Reminds me of a story when I worked as a dispatcher for the University of Delaware Police Dept. During the off-season, summer months, a Student Aid radio'd in for assistance using the Ten-code system. When asked what his problem was, he said "There's a car parked in the fire lane, and the girl inside is giving the guy a "Happy Ending" (edited for here, he said the real words). This was over the radio that all local and state departments hear. He was told to return to the office, and sent home. It became quite a joke in the office, and the wirey old desk sargeant, who hadn't commented before about it, said "I don't know why he did use the Ten-code and call it in as a Ten-98. We had to scramble for our code sheets because it wasn't a number we used regularly. Ten-98 is a stroke victim!



[hope that wasn't over the top for this family-friendly board - please remove this post if it is too much]
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Now that is funny!
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That is pretty funny.

They use alot of plain-talk here, very little codes.
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That is pretty funny.

They use alot of plain-talk here, very little codes.
My best friend is a local cop, and he commented recently to me that they have moved away from using the Ten-codes as much. The above story happened in the late 1980's. Glad y'all liked it.
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