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In 1984, the CHP reportedly ordered 250 SSP Mustangs. It was thought that these cars ordered under DSO #72-0086 were divided into two VIN batches, which is unusual for Ford as cars within a specific 6-digit DSO number were typically batched together.

The first batch of confirmed 1984 CHP Mustangs contained 136 consecutive VINs, and the second batch had 125 VINs. Some of the last VINs in the first batch are not confirmed CHP cars, so we figured we had all 250 in those two batches. Well, not too long ago a 1984 CHP car popped up whose VIN was from a different batch of 16 cars with a different DSO number -

EF208235

So we used our access to Marti Reports to determine that the first and last cars on that batch are also from the same DSO number.

EF208224
EF208239


That makes it 99.9% certain that all 16 cars are also CHP cars. I guess we need to take a closer look at the unconfirmed cars in the first two batches. Once that is done, we can assert whether or not the CHP truly order 250 cars in 1984.

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Allow me to give another shout out to Kevin Marti. With his reports we are able to confirm the remaining 1988 SSP Mustangs from Pierce County Sheriff's Department. They ordered different color cars this year:

Cabernet Red . . .11 units
Oxford White . . . 5 units
Light Grey . . . . 1 unit
Med Shadow Blue. . 1 unit
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. . . . . . . . . 18 units total

Take a look at the 1988 VIN Page and scroll down to JF256164. Although I no longer own a PCSD car, I am glad to have been able to confirm the entire 1988 batch.