NHP
 

Bill,
No worries only going to somebody i know.. wish i could finish just no time mostly and $

NHP
 

NHP has a new care taker/restorer will be picking up in few weeks. Up to the person to step forward i will not be saying who it is but the person is a member.... SOLD....

86 Nevada SSP
 

I will lay claim to this one.

I bought my first SSP in 1997 and I have to say I don't think I have ever been more excited about the future of these cars than I am today. Over the past 5 years or so I have gravitated towards the 4 eyed cars and a Nevada SSP has been on my radar for a long time. With all the documentation and parts John (and Brad) has collected this car will be one of the best documented and rare cars in my collection.

I feel very fortunate and want to publicly thank John. I have promised him that if he sold me the car I would make sure it lives the rest of it's days being pampered in the mid-west SSP garagemahall. I greatly appreciate him giving me the opportunity to put it back to in service condition.

As for me.......I am retiring in 4 months and 12 days and will be transitioning to full time SSP restoration duties Feb. 1st. I have been hoarding (my wife's description) parts and tools and cars etc. for a long time and am looking forward to a retirement of wrenching and car shows. :2thumbs:

and October will bring more surprises....:headscratch:

Congrats Jim !

:popcorn1:


I did notice the plus ...

thanks Bobby.....I thought you might... ;)

I'm happy for the both of you. Looking forward to seeing the finished Nevada Ssp.

my plan for the car.....

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Thank you Jim for taking over its just to much for me right now can't wait to see it done.

Congrats on finding a good home for the Nevada car. That is very important when you're trying to sell a unique/desirable vehicle. You know that Jim will do a great job with this SSP, so that will lessen the sting about getting rid of it.

in service picture of this car. compliments of John.

first car to the right with the female Trooper sitting on the Buddy Bumper. She is the Sergeant that was assigned to the car. Gotta love the body color wheels. Now I have to figure out the correct silver for the roof.

Great news for the NHP car and for you Jim. Sounds like you have a solid plan for your retirement...you'll LOVE it!! :thumbsup:

Spent about an hour on the phone last night with the retired Sergeant that was assigned to my 86 NHP car. She currently lives in Reno Nevada. John had spoken with her several times and passed on her information to me when I bought the car from him. She is VERY nice lady and real excited about the car being restored. She explained to me that the license plates on the cars were the license plates assigned to a specific trooper. She was originally assigned plate #135 early in her career and then when NHP made some changes her unit number changed to 063. She is sending me an original set of the silver and black NHP plates for the car. :thumbsup:

additionally she is going to draw me a picture of how all the equipment was set up in the car. She said she had a CB radio, the NHP radio, a flashlight, a scanner, and the light bar controller

Today I am meeting my new painter at my shop to look at the NHP car and my plan is to have it finished in time for the national show in Reno next year. Hoping to reunite her and the car for a photo op etc.

That all sounds great, Jim! :thumbsup:

Sounds awesome! Congrats ! I hope it all goes as planned:2thumbs:

Very cool! I'm looking forward to the restoration pictures. By the way did you get the decals from m squad yet?

That's great, Jim! Can't wait to see progress on this one - it is definitely deserving of the restoration effort. That would be too cool to see it reunited with the trooper.

I have not received the decals yet I will be getting them from John once M Squad sends them to him and as of last week he did not have them yet.

My new paint guy is doing the NHP next. Hope to have it in his shop by January first if all goes as planned.

Decals
 

I ordered them about 2 months before Dave did and still nothing he stopped responding to me last 2 times we spoke he said they were done and he just needed to mail them after he recovered from surgery.

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She is back in my garage going to start where i left off asap.

Very nice!

Git er done......😀

NHP
 

Easier said than done waiting on the paint shop we all know how that goes.

Congrats on getting it back. Its a great car.

Thank you

86 NHP
 

PIcked up today by new bodyman heading for finish bodywork and paint then i have ton of work.

WooHoo! :D

NHP
 

Making good progress.

Progress
 

Progress

Looking good :2thumbs:.

Thank you
 

thank you

I think this is the first 4 eyed NV car i have seen, love it!

Thanks Aaron it is rare 1 the only 85 of 3 left is with a NHP Trooper that has a collections of NHP cars restored it is yet to be restored. Mine was only 86 of the 10 found up to a year ago but 2 more surfaced on west coast over last yr.