Hi guys!
I'm a new member. My last T-Bird was an 88 TC (2.3L/5spd). Wouldn't mind finding another 87/88 TC down the road.
Here are some pics of my newest toy. It looked like this when I bought it -
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Here it is after a 6 month stay at the body shop -
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It's an 85 SSP Mustang that served in the California Highway Patrol in Quincy, CA. I am restoring it as an unmarked driver, with authentic CHP equipment (I keep the lights covered while driving).
See ya on the forum...
Nice car.I always did like the cop versions.Is it stock under the hood?Tough looking Stang.
It's fairly stock at the moment. Two of the four cats were lost when the new better-flowing exhaust was installed. It has a 93 Cobra 8.8" rear with 4-lug rear disk brakes and 3.27:1 gears. The suspension is beefed up with a rear panhard bar/brace that I've never seen before. The 5.0L will get freshened up as time/money allows. I drive it as often as possible.
"as time and money allows"......That's the same world I live in......minus the money part.LOL.
Very cool project
Sweet car! 85-85 is my favorite styling of Mustang. My buddy has a 89 SSP that we've done quite a bit of work to.
Awesome! Gotta love those early fox stangs!
Is that model of stang as lite as it looks? Very nice looking ride.
Schweettt...
The '85-'86 is defiantly my favorite four eye fox Stang, owned a '86 GT for a couple years......
Cool Ride !
I have always thought those 85-86 SSP Stangs looked tough.
Are those T-bird seats ? I don't recall seeing SSP seats with back rests that high.
I am still looking for an ultra rare and original '85 5.0 Coupe with a 5 speed.
It seems pretty light compared to the 2006 Mustang I had before it. One thing I can definitely tell is how much smaller it is than my previous Mustang, and certainly smaller than the 88 TC I used to have.
Good eye my friend. Those seats were not original to the car. I think they were out of a Fox Mustang GT, but I'm unsure of the vintage. I now have 'more-correct' low-rise Mustang seats in the SSP. Good luck on your search for an original 85 - it's finding one still original after all these years that's the problem. All of the CHP Mustangs were 5 speeds, although other departments did buy SSP's with auto transmissions. I would have passed on my SSP if it was an automatic.
That is, without a doubt, one of the coolest Mustangs I have ever seen. I've seen plenty of the SSP cars in the past, but this one is just so... sinister.
Awesome work.
They're not the best quality -
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So you have no upper control arms then? Where does the upper bar mount?
Sorry for the questions, I find it very interesting.
The paint came out very nice on the car BTW
it still has upper control arms, i can see them where they mount on the body side in the those pics.
a PHB could negate the need for uppers as lateral control, but they are still needed to control pinion angle rotation
Thanks - I appreciate the coment!
The wheel/tire choice and stance make it look that way. As many enthusiasts know, 10-holes were not original on my 4-eye, but the bigger wheels are needed to clear the 11" front rotors. I've filled the rear wheelwell with 255's in the back.
For the track, I picked up a set of 16" snowflakes from a member here. I plan to black them out, use Ford-oval shiny center caps, and run 255/60R16 Mickey Thompson DR's in the back.
Nice car! Why is one spotlight red and the other just a standard white light?
What is the rear out of? 85's only had 7.5 and no disc brakes? Again sweet ride!
In California, state law requires that all police vehicles have at least one steady-burn, forward-facing red emergency light. Around 1990, the CHP started to incorporate the use of a steady-burn red light attached to the rearview mirror. One CHP officer I spoke with commented that the red spotlight was tough to keep positioned at high speeds. On my car, I keep that red spotlight covered when driving on the road.
Thanks John! I was told that the rear is out of the Ford Motorsport catalog (circa 1993-1995), and the rear was a replacement unit for a 1993 Mustang Cobra, with 4-lug axles, rear disc brakes, and 3.27:1 8.8" t-lok.