Imagine it’s 1986, you’re a Trooper with the Florida State Highway Patrol, and you’re getting paid to chase down violators in this two-door V8 powered SSP Ford Mustang hotrod. You see someone flying northbound on the interstate, so you hit … Continued
NOTE: This is the SSP Mustang of Mike Riley who was the administrator of sspmustang.org. After realizing that the sspmustang.org site is no longer online, I saved this page from the internet archive to preserve it. Although most SSP Mustangs … Continued
Special Service Package (SSP) Ford Mustangs were pretty hot with law enforcement agencies from 1982-1993, and then Ford stopped offering them when they redesigned the Mustang for 1994. In recent years we’ve been seeing law enforcement agencies using Ford Mustangs … Continued
Above is a 1972 Dodge Polara which is a replica of the McNairy County Sheriffs cars used in the 1973 film ‘Walking Tall’. Walking tall is a movie about the life of legendary Sheriff Buford Pusser of McNairy County, Tennessee. … Continued
It’s not uncommon for large law enforcement agencies to test police package vehicles being offered by the various car manufacturers. In 1989, Toyota wanted to get into the police car market and offered to build the CHP pursuit-rated Toyota Camry’s … Continued
Inside every adult male is a little boy hiding. The little boy inside the owner of this car came out when he was browsing the internet and came across an ad for a 1970 Mercury “California Highway Patrol” car. Unfortunately, … Continued
I follow the Driveway Finds Instagram Account and was pretty shocked when they located this missing California Highway Patrol (CHP) 1969 Chevy Suburban. I had seen some black and white photos of it, but like most people, I figured it … Continued
When the movie ‘Smokey and The Bandit’ was released in 1977 it was a huge hit. With a budget of $4.3 million, the film eventually grossed $126,737,428 in North America, making it the second highest grossing movie of 1977 (only Star Wars earned more, … Continued
You may know that the Florida Highway Patrol use to patrol with Ford Mustangs and Chevy Camaro’s, but did you know they use to patrol with unmarked 2004 Mercury Marauders? Dennis Reinhart, Reinhart Automotive, Orange Park, Florida modified 27 new … Continued
This 1988 Dodge Diplomat served with the North Sacramento office of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and later as a police academy vehicle before being sold into private ownership in the late 1990s. 1988 was also the last year that … Continued