Most guys now drive 4 runners or Dodge Chargers. Back in my day 5.0 Mustangs, Camaros and Monte Carlo SS and Grand Nationals were the cars of choice.
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In 1988 Damerow Ford, here in Beaverton for some reason had a bunch of extra OSP SSP cars that the state of Oregon did not want? I do not remember the number they had total off the top of my head but they sent all but 3 to Saleen for conversion. The remaining 3 were sold to the public. They were ad cars in the local paper. An older fella that lived near where I grew up bought one. I talked with him about it at a party we were both invited to. White 5 speed with blue interior and roll up windows.@limp , in Hawaii police officers use their own vehicles for patrol, and they get a monthly allowance to maintain the vehicle.... but they actually own the vehicle. It is their personal vehicle which they pay for with a removeable blue roof light, and they can use it on their off duty time as they please. IF I happened to be a police officer, then allegedly we could have had our friend who owned the Ford dealership order the cars for us for police work back then. This was the only way a Police Package car (SSP) could have ever been ordered and sold to an individual police officer instead of an agency. At least that I know of....allegedly....
I was thinking Cool! about the rims. Then I saw all the fitment notes. Do you know anyone who is running these?
- 1979-93 Mustang (All) - May require a front 8MM spacer to keep the grease cap from pushing out the center cap.
At least their notes are extensive.
I was surprised to read that ten hole rims came stock on SSPs. I thought I saw black painted steel rims with a center cap on Nebraska State Patrol mustangs. Was that an option???
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Somewhere around that time. T-bird 10 holes are probably what I ran on my 79. They had the Ford logo in the middle, and were less expensive at the yards than if I asked for Mustang ten hole rims.
Somewhere around that time. T-bird 10 holes are probably what I ran on my 79. They had the Ford logo in the middle, and were less expensive at the yards than if I asked for Mustang ten hole rims.
Were the wheels any different for each model?? My son and I, when we first got the 83, looked at a set of 10 holes for it a friend had for sale. Getting rid of the metric TRX wheels was gonna happen... We brought a couple of the ten holes home and they did not look good on the car.. I took em back.... Can't say why, they just did... Ten holes are one of my favorite wheels from that era.......
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What surprises me the most about SSP cars is that they didn't have an SSP-specific brake package.
Front disc brakes being the norm was only 10 years old then.......What surprises me the most about SSP cars is that they didn't have an SSP-specific brake package.
I think the only "engine mod" was a trans cooler for the autos?
I may have also heard some stuff about a larger capacity radiator but I don't recall the outcome of that conversation.
