'93 California SSP
 

Here are a couple of pics of my '93 California SSP. I have to call it a "California SSP" because I don't know what it did. Even thought it was originally painted B&W, I don't believe it served with the CHP. The guy I bought it from only remembers that the guy he bought it from worked in some government position. Still waiting for CA DMV to get back to me with Ownership records.

In the pics, I'm getting at the heater core. This the second heater core that I've had to replace. It was easier than the first...
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You can see clearly herre that the drivers door is white...
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I pulled all the wiring away from the fender and am cleaning and touching up the engine bay...
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My progress will be much slower than, I forgot who, gutted, prepped and painted in a week!!! Wow!

At this point I've got the dash back in and am holding the interior at that until I can replace the nasty carpet. And the engine bay is almost cleaned up to a decent point.

Looks like your really going at it!
looks Good! :yes:

Hey Toshi,

Did you happen to read that thread on the CHP forums about the Mustangs? One of the CHP officers has a car that was delivered as a black and white but was repainted before being put into service and used as an admin car.

That's my vote on your car. Maybe you could contact him over there and see if your cars are similiar.

I did read the stories they told, but did not catch that particular one. I'll check it out. Thanks.:)

Since you are now a pro at it, when can you come over to my place to help me install a new heater core? :D

Heater Core
 

Haha! I'll be right over! :D Naw, I think that your '85 was designed a bit different than my '93. I think that you just go through the glove box and bypass pulling out the dash.

You can do that easy heater core swap, like you talk about only on the cars that didn't have factory A/C.

Floor Pan Brace/Seat Track Mount Repair
 

Finally repaired my floor pan brace/seat track mount. Had a buddy weld the original seat mount stud to a 2" x 4" x 1/8" piece of steel. I wanted to mount it inside the floor pan brace, but was unable to due to verticle pieces of sheet metal inside there. I bolted it in place as you see, but would like to weld it in place some day.

Along with the problem of the front seat mount being broken, the same side rear seat track foot was cracked almost completely through! So I was doing the "gansta lean" while driving. Had that welded up too. Little by little I'm getting the broken things fixed.

That's looking good Toshi.

heater core
 

awsome work, thats actually the best way and a good time, i did mine , then changed the carpet and put everything back in after massive cleaning. Looks great so far, thanks for sharing. then likely your car was chp, do you have holes in the floor and behind the glove box door from the shotgun rack?

Refresh my memory here, did you have a look at the buck tags and door sticker or has this been covered in another post that I can't find. Thanks.

No holes anywhere what-so-ever. That's the mystery. What did it do for its first 8 years? Yes, it was painted B&W to start. Then gray. And currently green, probably for auctioning. No unit number. No holes. I'm patienly waiting to see if one of the three Dennis Wilkinsons from my title history report I wrote replies that it was his car originally. I've got two other Dennis Wilkinsons to phone, but don't think they were ones to have owned it.

Maybe you already knew this, but did you check for a (CHP) unit number written on these key areas:

• Driver's side door jam (above or below door sticker)
• Top of driver's side rear window (that's where mine was - see avatar)
• Written on front license plate frame
• Written inside glove box (remote chance, but worth looking)
• Behind/below the rear seat cushion (top and/or bottom)

As a point of reference, my CHP served only a year and a half before being auctioned off with 83,530 miles. Mine too was painted silver prior to auction. Hope you can locate your car's history.

Yeah, you've told me all those places before. And all those places struck out. Mine had 95,417 miles when this guy Dennis supposively got the car. Did he buy it at an auction? I don't know. Would 7.5 years be a relatively normal time for some agency to have a Mustang?

AutoCheck
 

I just ran an AutoCheck history report to see if it says anything more than the CarFax report. It says that there is no record showing this car being used for any fleet, taxi, police, government or livery. What do you think about that?

I wouldn't put much stock in that...none of the SSPs I've run show fleet service.

Ahh. O.K.

Sorry, I missed this...

Yes, I've looked at the buck tags. I believe that I put pics of them up in a different post along with the door sticker. I'll have to look back to see which post.

O.K., yes I did post pics of buck tags. Look on the post "NICB SSP Mustang".