Special Service Mustang pics

[imevil1]

Figured I'd start the thread off. Here's a pic of my '83 Colorado car when it was in-service (I tracked down the officer who drove my car and he sent it). I've got 5 SSP cars total, and 4 of them are 4-eyeds.

Lets see some more pics. :)

http://www.specialservicemustang.net/Gallery/images/CSP/83CSP202Home.jpg

[8duallup]

imevil1, can you send me pix of any of your other ssp vehicles? i would love to see them. mustangjames_85@yahoo.com

[Mustang Marty]

Here is the 84 SSP (Washington State Patrol) that I owned from 1993-1998

http://stangranch.com/fep/84ssp-1.jpg

[89 AZ SSP]

Here is a link to some I have posted earlier. I will to rescan them and post them in here since the quality isn't that good.

http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthread.php?t=59179

[saleenjunky]

Here is my 88 Saleen Oregon State Police Car

[imevil1]

imevil1, can you send me pix of any of your other ssp vehicles? i would love to see them. mustangjames_85@yahoo.com

PM sent.

[89 AZ SSP]

Here is my 88 Saleen Oregon State Police Car

Very nice!! Hard to beat the rarity of that one.

[pacecarman]

One of only 10 cars purchased in 1985 by the state of kentucky.

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb147/85KYSSP/finished.jpg

[mustangpro]

Here's some historic and recent pics of my 83 NCSHP Mustang. I've been able to track down the history of this car since production. Long story short... this is the second and LAST time I've owned this car. It was my first Mustang, it's not getting away from me again.

Here are pics from the Trooper who drove it in service. It tangled with an F100.
http://www.mustangpro.com/images/my_83_ssp/IMAGE1.JPG

Here's the car in 92 when my wife and I married.
http://www.mustangpro.com/images/my_83_ssp/ck_83ssp_d.jpg

The owner after me converted it to drag racing.
http://www.mustangpro.com/images/my_83_ssp/ck_83ssp_e.jpg

Here it is in my shop after I located it. Been sitting outside for years.
http://www.mustangpro.com/images/SSP_POST/IMG_0016.jpg

[meneep]

My avatar pic is my '84 WSP car. It was invoiced #3 on an order of 40 (total).
I also have an '88 OSP car with a wierd history.

[RichV]

I guess I know very little about the SSP cars. I know most you can tell by wheels, interior diferences, spotlight holes, and some special service stickers. But, a lot of the pics posted look like regular notches. Is there a registry or documentation on these cars?

The 88 Saleen, looks just like any other Saleen coupe, how do you know it is SSP?

A buddy of mine is thinking about CMC'ing a Fox notch and do up the scheme as a SSP Stang. That would be cool!

[Ken P]

If you have any questions these are the guys to ask: http://www.sspmustang.org/

[saleenjunky]

I know my Saleen is a SSP car by the Buck Tag,6 digit DSO,and the fact that is listed in the Saleen registry as one.It has the relocated trunk release and aircraft style hose clamps but most of the special stuff was removed by Saleen when they did the conversion.

[RichV]

Interesting, so it was a SSP 1st, then a Saleen? Was it just some sort of coincidence? Or did the car actualy serve on the force?

[FoxChassis]

http://www.sspmustang.org/FAQ.htm

The Saleen/SSP connection:

In 1988, the Oregon State Police had 34 coupes ordered through Damerow Ford in Beaverton, OR. The order subsequently got cancelled, and the dealer was left with 34 unsold cars! As you can imagine, this is not a good situation for any auto dealer, and they scrambled to find a solution.

Saleen Autosports, noted producer of high performance Mustangs, came to the rescue. 17 of the coupes were sent to Saleen for the full treatment, including vehicle ID, rear spoiler, ground effects, interior upgrades, and of course the legendary performance treatment. Quite unusual, Saleen only produced 77 coupes. These cars may have started life to catch those exceeding the 55 MPH limit, but ironically the opposite probably became true!

[FHP813]

If you have any questions these are the guys to ask: http://www.sspmustang.org/

They're not the only game in town.:D
www.specialservicemustang.net (http://www.specialservicemustang.net:)

[FHP813]

I know my Saleen is a SSP car by the Buck Tag,6 digit DSO,and the fact that is listed in the Saleen registry as one.It has the relocated trunk release and aircraft style hose clamps but most of the special stuff was removed by Saleen when they did the conversion.

Any pictures?

[saleenjunky]

FoxChassis is partly correct on his account.The real story is in the Saleen Book by Brad Bowling.Dave Frezza At Dameow Ford In Oregon got a state bid to order 17 police cars.At the time Mustang 5.0 were selling like hot cakes so he came up with the idea to put the order in for the 17 cars.When the order was confirmed by Ford he told his secretary to place the same order again.Then they called Ford and said oh we made a mistake and placed the same order twice.Ford said sorry your mistake you are stuck with the cars.Now the dealership had 17 extra Mustangs to sell.At the time they were one of the top Saleen Dealers so they decided to send them to Saleen for Conversion.Well only 14 cars would fit on 2 carriers so that is all that went and the remaining 3 went on the lot to be sold as is.The first 17 went into service.There was actually 59coupes buit by Saleen.1/87,25/88,20/89,8/90,4/91,1/93.

[imevil1]

FoxChassis is partly correct on his account.The real story is in the Saleen Book by Brad Bowling.Dave Frezza At Dameow Ford In Oregon got a state bid to order 17 police cars.At the time Mustang 5.0 were selling like hot cakes so he came up with the idea to put the order in for the 17 cars.When the order was confirmed by Ford he told his secretary to place the same order again.Then they called Ford and said oh we made a mistake and placed the same order twice.Ford said sorry your mistake you are stuck with the cars.Now the dealership had 17 extra Mustangs to sell.At the time they were one of the top Saleen Dealers so they decided to send them to Saleen for Conversion.Well only 14 cars would fit on 2 carriers so that is all that went and the remaining 3 went on the lot to be sold as is.The first 17 went into service.There was actually 59coupes buit by Saleen.1/87,25/88,20/89,8/90,4/91,1/93.

Exactly....per the Saleen book. That wasn't Fox's info....he cut and pasted it from the ORG website.

[imevil1]

They're not the only game in town.:D
www.specialservicemustang.net (http://www.specialservicemustang.net/)



Thanks for the link, Berno. :)

[FoxChassis]

Exactly....per the Saleen book. That wasn't Fox's info....he cut and pasted it from the ORG website.
Any chance on getting the corrected version posted on somebody's 'site? :hsugh:

[imevil1]

Any chance on getting the corrected version posted on somebody's 'site? :hsugh:

You could email the webmaster over there and request the change. I doubt it would happen, though.

We try to focus on providing verified info and restoration assistance on cars that actually saw police service on our website.

[Nodrama43]

great to see the SSP get some recognition here on 4EP. :D

I am pretty much addicted to them and have been collecting them for about 12 years now. I have some pictures of a few of them here.

http://public.fotki.com/Nodrama/

enjoy and there will be more pictures posted soon...

[Aboo]

My Cousin seen dis on the way to Vegas
in July time.
http://i36.tinypic.com/17tx82.jpg

[85ksp]

One of the ten for Kentucky. Car was in service in Laurel County Kentucky.

[KAILUAZ]

Obviously not mine, and only the last one is a 4 eye, but some cool pics non the less:
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa37/KAILUAZ/Black%20Notches/KSUZUKI_USAF_SSP_2.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa37/KAILUAZ/Black%20Notches/KSUZUKI_USAF_SSP_Hanger.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa37/KAILUAZ/Black%20Notches/USAF_U220Landing20With20Mobile.jpg

[FHP813]

That last pic is awesome!!! Here's my '86 Utah highway patrol SSP waiting for yet another primer\blocking session.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w45/berno101/1986%20Utah%20Highway%20Patrol%20SSP%20Mustang/IMAG0018.jpg

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w45/berno101/1986%20Utah%20Highway%20Patrol%20SSP%20Mustang/IMAG0016.jpg

[LtdTrooper]

This is my 85 WSP Ltd. Recently I showed this for the first time.

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd67/1988exosp/Car%20Shows/DSC01837.jpg

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd67/1988exosp/Car%20Shows/DSC01842.jpg

[anthonydalrymple]

This is my 85 WSP Ltd. Recently I showed this for the first time.

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd67/1988exosp/Car%20Shows/DSC01837.jpg



Is it me or did it look like all of the surrounding Mustangs were giving your ride the 'ol evil eye? ;)

[gdniel]

Nice cars.

[jarhed123]

Here is FHP0293 which I restored and had to sell not long ago.

[02Z06]

That is a beautiful FHP car. You did an outstanding job with the resto.

[fst347]

Here's my '86 ssp