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[mustangretriever]

Originally Posted by GSPI

460 under the hood is cool. Old Harleys are cool. I think the SSP Mustang has to age a little more before it's vintage cool.

I am truly a "work in progress". I really need to take lessons. Can you help?

I never said Mustang SSP's were vintage cool. But really, a Mustang that's a police car? How cool is that? I entered police work in 96 after most of the Mustangs were gone but how cool would it have been to drive one on-duty? Especially with a 5 speed manual? My SSP is an 89, so at 22 years old, in my book that's old enough since I'm "only" 36. :-) My first patrol car was a 94 Caprice with an LT-1, that was pretty damn cool to! I don't think that age plays that big of a factor in a car's coolness, it definitely plays a part but it's not everything. To me, a new Hemi Charger police car is cool to.

[GSPI]

As a former mechanical forensic investigator, under cover is all I've had to work with since 1989... nothing marked so this is all cool to see and play with. LT1's were ok after everyone got to understand how to drive them correctly but I liked the boxy cars as they had more character (even though the seat belt position sucked in 1990).

For reference, I did have an 87 Saleen (#231) for a short while and it was very cool and very fast but not an SSP. I had an old school Camaro (69 SS) in 1978, Corvettes too during the early 80's so sporty cars are cool in my book. So I can be taught some new tricks at 49 years of age.

In 1996 I got the bug for copcars in general when I was an instructor in auto arson and autotheft investigation work when Ford legal brought out some copcars for testing during one of those sessions. Problem was that with the prototypical work that I had in hand at the time, these cars were WAY too new for restoration so I waited for a while and collected parts during those years to build a vintage cruiser and I've built a few already. I've had eyes on the Mustangs since they are both sporty and a copcar but I still have a concern about them being too new for the public eye. My newer Diplomat still causes too much of a stir for my liking at times when driving it in town for shows so the older cruisers - '78 and '49 Fords do the trick for now.

As an aside, I did have one of the Charger prototypes out for a run in '06 and yes they are cool but too twitchy for my liking so the new Ford Interceptor will be much better in control with the same lighting fast acceleration from my current experience with the AWD twin turbo.

[28HopUp]

Originally Posted by GSPI

I've had eyes on the Mustangs since they are both sporty and a copcar but I still have a concern about them being too new for the public eye.

I can see that with the '87 & newer SSP's that have the aero front-end. One of the reasons the four-eyed SSP's appeal to me is that they appear older from the front.