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[28HopUp]

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...info153252.htm

A car popped up online that included some original auction information that can be used to confirm several SSP Mustangs. The above link is one of them. Can anyone confirm if the SP0770 number would have been the unit number and/or license plate number?

[a50ina50]

My 1988 WSP is item #108 on the auction list. Yes SP0770 would have been the license plate number. SP is State Patrol and 0770 is the assigned Trooper's badge number.

[28HopUp]

Originally Posted by a50ina50

My 1988 WSP is item #108 on the auction list. Yes SP0770 would have been the license plate number. SP is State Patrol and 0770 is the assigned Trooper's badge number.

Thank you!

[28HopUp]

More recent photos of the 1988 US Border Patrol SSP surfaced online showing its fresh paint in their museum. Those photos were added to the car's page in the Project -

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...info289707.htm

[28HopUp]

I think this 1988 US Secret Service SSP is a known car to several folks in the hobby:

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...info271969.htm

I believe this SSP has been to the Ripon Show. The owner recently posted some photos on FB, which allowed me to pin down the information for use in the SSP VIN Project.

[28HopUp]

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...info210345.htm


This one showed up online, and is interesting. The top Buck Tag has the correct DSO number (21-0133), but the tag below it has a different DSO number (21-0092). That is the same tag number from an earlier batch of 1990 GSP cars. It looks like Ford sneeked in a leftover GSP tag on this car.

[28HopUp]

I added a few dozen cars recently using photos found online and from members like Mick. Here are the current totals by year -

1982 --- 30
1983 --- 52
1984 -- 109
1985 -- 278
1986 -- 340
1987 -- 451
1988 -- 445
1989 -- 605
1990 -- 454
1991 -- 240
1992 -- 319
1993 -- 528
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. . . 3,851 SSP Mustangs confirmed *



* - Since we know that the 394 units grouped together in 1982 are all SSP Mustangs built for the CHP, the total really is over 4K SSP Mustangs that are confirmed in the Project. We also recreated/updated the usage chart from the ORG site after it went down (Google "Wayback Machine" to see how), and have determined that there were at least 9K SSP Mustangs ordered by state agencies (an estimated number, of course). Very cool!

[Cobra Jet]

Great info Bill!

Enjoyed seeing the update pics of the Border Patrol SSP. Weren’t there (2) of those SSP’s? If so is the other in private hands or is that one stored away by the Border Patrol?

[28HopUp]

There was talk of a second Border Patrol SSP, but all of the photos show the same unit (via plate number).

[MOstang]

Originally Posted by 28HopUp

There was talk of a second Border Patrol SSP, but all of the photos show the same unit (via plate number).

If memory serves me right, the talk was one was in AZ and one was in TX. Seems to me the one in AZ was moved to TX, recently. I don’t know if any of the talk was ever backed up with evidence.

Do we have the VIN of the one in the Border Patrol Museum? Would be an interesting Mart Report.