I've got one of the 89s former Georgia State Patrol car, number798 assigned to post 44 Forsyth was sold by the state in 1998 with 99,400 miles I've had it for 26 years
I used to have an 88 X-Florida Highway Patrol car myself. I bought it from an auction in 1993 right after it was decommissioned. I really miss it. I learned about buying the Mustang SSPs from a friend of mine who had one before me and then bought another one after I sold mine. All were bought right after being decommissioned. Every single one had a bad 2nd gear synchro when we bought them. You just know the troopers lucky enough to buy them loved slamming through the gears. Btw, if you ever decide to put fog lights on it, the wiring is there. You just have to buy a GT headlight switch and either use blade connectors like I did on mine or find the GT foglight connectors and splice them into whatever fog lights you decide to use. I put some projectors on mine and they looked awesome.
The California Mustangs had 5 speed manual transmissions, Jay Leno posted an interview with a retired CHP officer who had some cool stories about pursuits in the Mustang.
All this was in response to young guys easily outrunning law enforcement in the 80s Mustang. By the time I got one in 1990, I hadn't driven it two weeks before I had my first pull over (checking plates to owner). Next it was doing 5 over the limit. Next it was about 52 in a 45 where no one ever does the limit and it's not a problem, which never ever got me pulled over before, nor anyone else I knew. Most of them were extremely confrontive and mean. After that, it was really petty stuff like no signal lane change or lights not turned on at exactly 7 PM. I learned very quickly that cops felt desperately inadequate around these, let's call them freedom vehicles, and showed it in spades. It woke me up to group mentality, prejudice and social games. It woke me up to IQ and psychology. I learned a lot more from my Mustang than I ever would have imagined.
@@zackjay71 It's actually called profiling, which is technically illegal. I get having to enforce the law and keep society safe. I also get the world and people. I'm sure you love our laws and civilized society as much as anyone else, but I bet you're also in defense of our 2nd amendment and might even carry a gun, which is a check to its power. As with everything else, checks and balances and holding accountable is necessary for law enforcement.
Yes. You're reminding me of the time I was driving my Fiat X1/9 sports car in 1980 on a two land rural road on my way to a date with my future wife. There was a car in front of me and as we reached the city limits of the town my girlfriend lived in, the car in front of me jammed on their brakes. I jammed on mine too in a successful effort to avoid rear ending that car. The next thing I knew, there were flashing lights behind me. I was issued a citation for "following to closely" (despite me explaining to the officer that I had not been following the car in front of me closely at all, but the person in front of me jammed on their brakes when they saw the (SAME) officer at the side of the road using radar in a speed trap). So I went to traffic court and gave the same reasonable explanation to the "judge". That the fact that I avoided rear ending the car in front of me when he slammed on his brakes when he saw the cop with his radar gun proved I had not been following too closely, but rather, I was only momentarily close to the vehicle in front of me after he slammed on his brakes. Of course the citation would have been dismissed in any court of law that had justice as its goal. But not in Lockport, Illinois. "Guilty" as charged. It was a learning experience.
@@zackjay71 So you think it's okay to persecute people based on their age and/or sex and or the car they drive? If so, you're stupid. It's one thing to profile someone to decide who to check out and maybe run a check on. To purposely charge someone with stuff you wouldn't charge another person with just because of that person's age, sex, race or the car they drive is immoral and reprehensible.
One of the best pursuit patrol cars ever made! Florida Highway Patrol where I grew up used these for a long time and a large part of their fleet was Mustangs from it's introduction onto the police market scene in the early 80's through their entire service life and availability for sale to police departments. They need to reintroduce these into the police market using the modern Mustang. It wouldn't take Ford that much to add the necessary upgraded equipment and they would be a very popular vehicle with State Police, Sheriff's, and local police agencies. These were some of the most effective traffic enforcement vehicles ever used in Law Enforcement. Indiana, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, and California were other State Police agencies that used a LOT of Mustangs both marked and unmarked. My wife had a brand new 1985 Fox body Mustang GT 5.0 hatchback manual transmission and it was an awesome automobile. I always wished I had one of these for patrol when I was a traffic cop but unfortunately our agency wouldn't buy them, although I made the suggestion more than once. Ford should reintroduce these before they are gone forever. There is nothing even remotely close to a specific traffic enforcement vehicle anymore and really aren't any decent patrol vehicles at the moment and the only option is the big SUV's like the Tahoe, Durango, and Explorer. Those are fine and great because they are four wheel drive, but agencies need options like these incredible Ford's for traffic enforcement duties which require quick u-turning capabilities and very rapid acceleration to catch up to violators quickly. It will probably never happen again, which is a shame because these were some of the most effective traffic enforcement vehicles of all time.
@@lyman135 True. But back in the day. The Mustang was the ULTIMATE patrol car. I was a cop for 31 years, trust me, they were the one you wanted until the Camaro's came along in the 1990's which were on another level. I also had a 1991, and 1995 Chevrolet Caprice with the Corvette motor in them. By far the fastest police car I ever drove. I actually topped out at 144 MPH in one of those responding to a call, going down hill. The Caprice was an amazing machine for Law Enforcement. Nothing could catch those things.
225 horsepower. Nearing the end of the "horsepower malaise" years. I recall Catoosa (GA) County Sheriff's Dept. using Pontiac Trans Ams for several years (1977-?). Given recent horsepower improvements, 225 hp is almost comical. The '87 Buick GNX, the '89 Pontiac Trans Am Turbo Anniversary Edition (using the same Buick powerplant) and the upcoming Corvette ZR-1 and Dodge Viper gave us REAL hope that the EPA could not kill automotive enjoyment forever. Little could we have known the MONSTERS that were coming in the next century. I love a story where the "good guys" win.
Ford used a blueptinted engine to come up with the 225 horspower rating for marketing purposes. 302's coming off the assembly line made more like 215 horsepower.
Horsepower malaise where late 70s early 80s,225 horses were very respectable for late 80s,when Camaro's and Mustangs were out in those times you stayed away from them for your own good,ZR1"s and Vipers were lawyers and Doctors cars , far away from the reach of the average guy, i remember me and my buddy going to a dealership to look at a brand new Dodge Viper and the salesman once he figured out who we were said "come back some other time when you have money" ha ha ha ha. Those days of enjoyment and hot rodding of cars are pretty much gone, back in the day you had to work blood sweat and tears to build some decent horsepower but you were proud of what you accomplished and it didn't take a second mortgage,now due to electronics and engines that are very complex not to mention 800/1000 dollar car payments any idiot can buy a car with 600/800 horsepower that doesn't even know what a spark plug is.
And the Mustangs were lighter so they ran very well for a patrol car. And cops even today don't want to outrun you, but they can run at high speeds for long periods of time something normal cars could not always do. And they were cheaper which was always a consideration with how many they bought.
I drove a 92 SSP unmarked with an automatic for a while. Transmission was a little loose by the time I got it but it still ran pretty good. There was this leisurely driver one evening who decided the left lane of the freeway was for her 40 10:55 mph Cadillac so she parked it in front of me while I was heading for something. No room to change lanes so I stepped on the brake pedal and ended up flat spotting all four brand new gator backs. She was apparently alerted to the sound of tires screeching and quickly got out of my way. I let off the brakes and continued with the newly acquired flat spots clapping along.
Thank you so much for uploading this! Watching this really makes me miss my 88 X-Florida Highway Patrol SSP. It’s a shame that the Michigan State Police didn’t get 5-speed manual cars.
Even with the automatic, the bare bones Mustang LX accelerated a lot faster (around 7 secs) than the Caprice of that time (almost 11 seconds). I'm puzzled as to why this video said "no difference". I literally laughed when I heard that.
@@thebacdoc6464 It's true !!! The rest of the story.....that is the top speed. such extreme gears made fourth gear mostly unusable. Not a problem for me. I am fond of old 3 speed manual cars. I have a 2.47:1 rear end out of a wrecked '82 CHP car in my '83 GT. (And the 140mph Certified speedo )
@flnthrn2 I used to have an automatic 93 5.0 Mustang GT convertible. I was really looking for an LX with the special edition yellow exterior, but found this car with only 22 K on the odometer in 1999. I believe it had the gears in the rear end( it was a dog at a red light, absolutely no torque, but on the expressway, it would move... I put a 3.73, I believe it was gear in the back, had the under drive pullies changed, and had it tuned. It unleashed a whole new beast. 0-60 acceleration was like day and night...
I used to live at Livonia Michigan in 1989 and worked in Monroe Michigan. I remember going south down I-275 and one of these Michigan State patrol Mustangs passed me so fast. Later on down the road, he was parked in the center waiting for speeders. I can’t tell you how fast he passed me, but I’m guessing it was 150 MPH.
With only 215 horsepower ( 225 hp rating was a blue printed engine used for marketing) And 300 pound feet of torque., these fox 5.0's could only got up to 142 mph. The 1990 ZR-1 corvette With 385 hp. Took 4 miles to crawl up to 180mph top speed.
My friend bought vac1989 LX interceptor .5 sp. very fast,We would travel from DFW to Arkansas and go to the Horse Race Oak Lawn!!! 1- Time we were followed for miles by a highway patrol driving a Mustang,he followed us into the gas station,I thought we were busted !! Riding dirty,but he never said a word to us !! Just staring.we did have a stripper with us! College Days🥃🔥🇺🇸Fast Car. White/Dove gray interior,Big Wheels 18 😂
First thing I did to my '88 LX that I bought in '90 was to replace my seats with ones from a GT. Best $250.00 I spent on that car. I can't imagine riding all day in those plain seats.The factory LX seats would quickly make my back ache.
@@gavinvalentino1313 Around the same time as I had the LX I drove a '68 Mustang, a '70 Torino and a '69 Super Bee cross country, no problem. I just hated those LX seats.
I really like the GT seats, too. I had an 88 LX 5.0 SSP myself and a friend had one before and after me. I never replaced my LX seats but my friend did in one of his. I really miss my old fox. I bought it in 1993 right after it was decommissioned at auction. I drove it until 1995 when I replaced it with a new Chevy S-10. I really wish I would’ve kept it. I hope to buy another one one day.
Ford should be ashamed for producing those seats. The seats in my 90 GT were the best and most supportive I ever had in a car, minus the headrest they cheaped out on. The seats in my 02 Mustang V6 have the least and feel dangerously unsupportive. I feel much more confident going into a curve in my Corolla than the Mustang because of that.
Surprised they used these in Michigan. I owned a 1987 LX 5.0 back in the day, and tried driving it one time in the snow, thing ended up in a shallow ditch the second I hit a curve, even though I was only going 25 mph. I'm sure winter tires help, but i still couldn't imagine driving one of those at high speeds in the winter time in Michigan.
@@jeff-ds2pr From what I've heard they didn't use them during the winter and snow but they definitely would've been a handful I've got one of the old Georgia State Patrol SSP cars and it's a handful in the rain
Wow, If anyone is wondering what the "special pursuit package" included on a bone stock 1989 5.0 Mustang LX? It was the same things the premium aluminum wheel and tire option got you, different rims and tires and that's it. What up with the pointless stupid 8" tall clear plastic stop sign pop riveted to hood of every Michigan state police.
A lot of people feel that way. Ford tried "updating" the box style and it failed as far as styling. The light weight, rear wheel drive, V8 and 5 speed is what sold this car after that. It's a formula that works to this day and I'm glad Ford stayed with it at least for a while longer.
I owned a 1990 which as a teenager, I loved! Watching this video now and knowing the handling characteristics of this car makes me realize that this was a horrible choice of police vehicle. Too small, short wheelbase, too light, too much torque in a rear wheel drive vehicle. Someone thought this must be fun for officers to race around in but these couldn’t have been practical or safe pursuit vehicles.
I just want to be sure I understand you. You are claiming that you think that the release mechanism with the word "HOOD" on it is the "trunk release button"? Seriously, please clue me in if I am missing something here or misunderstanding something. Edit: I looked again and I see now that there is a button type object above and to the right of the hood release mechanism. I think that is what you were referring to, yes?.
Damn, Mustangs have sure come a long way since then. What a terrible police vehicle. Shot guns mounted to the driver door. Only one front seat to transport prisoners. What could possibly go wrong.
They were great in their intended role at traffic enforcement at time when power was lacking in police vehicles. They’re good strong cars too. So good in fact that some municipalities still had them in service into the early 2000’s. I had a 1993 SSP that was a former US Fish and Wildlife unmarked car until the late 90s. After that, it was purchased by the town of LaCrosse, VA and saw serval more years of service with their police department until I purchased it in 2005. A good number of these cars stayed in service for well over a decade.
Aww, memories back in 89 when I was station at nas Cecil field fl a state trooper in a 5.0 chase me in my 87 grandnational and left him in a NANO second lol!
I'm pretty sure it was the HK416, an "M4 improvement" concept rifle. So it sounds like you had a shotgun just hanging out on your door, shotgun shells chilling in the glove box in front of your prisoner, and when it came to your rifle, "just find a spot for it". I miss the 80s.
I think your comment is THE most goobersmoochs¡mpleton thing I've ever read on UA-cam. Yeee. Hawwwww. Get some actual pride and try to have even the slightest bit of class.
You don't get no true statement from a car up on this video they're probably like you were so small I can barely put my stuff in it then on top of that I'm riding on the freaking ground don't mind whether a pickup wants to Ram me
And light and fast. Buddy had a new 5.0 5-speed in late 80's and it ran nice. But people who have never driven one always seem to make comments on how bad they were.
Stupid. Why do they need these? If you have to gk faster than a regular police car, you shouldnt be pursuing in that manner. Besides, its not like a mustang is that much faster than a regular car. Is an extra 10-15 mph goimg to catch the speeder? Are you racing them? I mean a 225gp 302? Wow, what a rocket....😂
I've got one of the 89s former Georgia State Patrol car, number798 assigned to post 44 Forsyth was sold by the state in 1998 with 99,400 miles I've had it for 26 years
Any pictures?
I remember these when they came out
I worked at ford.
Then in the early 2,000's the new body camamro came out and some departnent got some of them
I used to have an 88 X-Florida Highway Patrol car myself. I bought it from an auction in 1993 right after it was decommissioned. I really miss it.
I learned about buying the Mustang SSPs from a friend of mine who had one before me and then bought another one after I sold mine. All were bought right after being decommissioned. Every single one had a bad 2nd gear synchro when we bought them. You just know the troopers lucky enough to buy them loved slamming through the gears.
Btw, if you ever decide to put fog lights on it, the wiring is there. You just have to buy a GT headlight switch and either use blade connectors like I did on mine or find the GT foglight connectors and splice them into whatever fog lights you decide to use. I put some projectors on mine and they looked awesome.
forsyth ga?
@turbowhistler80 Forsyth ga it patrolled Twiggs and Monroe county from what I've heard and the Trooper was later EVOC instructor at GPSTC .
Love the boxes of shotgun shells stowed in the glove box.
The beauty of UA-cam, videos that haven't seen the light of day in decades come out of hibernation for everyone to see, thank you much.
The Ford Special Pursuit Mustache.
Brother bought one of these in 1990, an 88 former CHP, and it sure seemed like more than 220 HP. They were a lot lighter than a full sized car
i remember seeing these on the NY state thruway
The California Mustangs had 5 speed manual transmissions,
Jay Leno posted an interview with a retired CHP officer who had some cool stories about pursuits in the Mustang.
LX coupe non-hatchback.. my favorite foxbody 🤤
All this was in response to young guys easily outrunning law enforcement in the 80s Mustang. By the time I got one in 1990, I hadn't driven it two weeks before I had my first pull over (checking plates to owner). Next it was doing 5 over the limit. Next it was about 52 in a 45 where no one ever does the limit and it's not a problem, which never ever got me pulled over before, nor anyone else I knew. Most of them were extremely confrontive and mean.
After that, it was really petty stuff like no signal lane change or lights not turned on at exactly 7 PM.
I learned very quickly that cops felt desperately inadequate around these, let's call them freedom vehicles, and showed it in spades. It woke me up to group mentality, prejudice and social games. It woke me up to IQ and psychology.
I learned a lot more from my Mustang than I ever would have imagined.
Yeah its called stereo typing. And it’s a necessary tool used by law enforcement
@@zackjay71 It's actually called profiling, which is technically illegal.
I get having to enforce the law and keep society safe. I also get the world and people.
I'm sure you love our laws and civilized society as much as anyone else, but I bet you're also in defense of our 2nd amendment and might even carry a gun, which is a check to its power.
As with everything else, checks and balances and holding accountable is necessary for law enforcement.
Yes. You're reminding me of the time I was driving my Fiat X1/9 sports car in 1980 on a two land rural road on my way to a date with my future wife. There was a car in front of me and as we reached the city limits of the town my girlfriend lived in, the car in front of me jammed on their brakes. I jammed on mine too in a successful effort to avoid rear ending that car. The next thing I knew, there were flashing lights behind me. I was issued a citation for "following to closely" (despite me explaining to the officer that I had not been following the car in front of me closely at all, but the person in front of me jammed on their brakes when they saw the (SAME) officer at the side of the road using radar in a speed trap). So I went to traffic court and gave the same reasonable explanation to the "judge". That the fact that I avoided rear ending the car in front of me when he slammed on his brakes when he saw the cop with his radar gun proved I had not been following too closely, but rather, I was only momentarily close to the vehicle in front of me after he slammed on his brakes. Of course the citation would have been dismissed in any court of law that had justice as its goal. But not in Lockport, Illinois. "Guilty" as charged. It was a learning experience.
@@zackjay71 So you think it's okay to persecute people based on their age and/or sex and or the car they drive? If so, you're stupid. It's one thing to profile someone to decide who to check out and maybe run a check on. To purposely charge someone with stuff you wouldn't charge another person with just because of that person's age, sex, race or the car they drive is immoral and reprehensible.
@@HAL-dm1ehPlease cite a state or federal law that declares profiling a mustang illegal?
The first time i went to jail the cop let me sit in the front seat cause i was respectful. This reminded me of that time 😊
I love how the radar and also keying the mike interferes with the film equipment..
I love technology, but somehow I kinda miss those days
Cool video. Could've done with a more thoughtfully placed or edited digital marker that blocks much of the video.
One of the best pursuit patrol cars ever made! Florida Highway Patrol where I grew up used these for a long time and a large part of their fleet was Mustangs from it's introduction onto the police market scene in the early 80's through their entire service life and availability for sale to police departments. They need to reintroduce these into the police market using the modern Mustang. It wouldn't take Ford that much to add the necessary upgraded equipment and they would be a very popular vehicle with State Police, Sheriff's, and local police agencies. These were some of the most effective traffic enforcement vehicles ever used in Law Enforcement. Indiana, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, and California were other State Police agencies that used a LOT of Mustangs both marked and unmarked. My wife had a brand new 1985 Fox body Mustang GT 5.0 hatchback manual transmission and it was an awesome automobile. I always wished I had one of these for patrol when I was a traffic cop but unfortunately our agency wouldn't buy them, although I made the suggestion more than once. Ford should reintroduce these before they are gone forever. There is nothing even remotely close to a specific traffic enforcement vehicle anymore and really aren't any decent patrol vehicles at the moment and the only option is the big SUV's like the Tahoe, Durango, and Explorer. Those are fine and great because they are four wheel drive, but agencies need options like these incredible Ford's for traffic enforcement duties which require quick u-turning capabilities and very rapid acceleration to catch up to violators quickly. It will probably never happen again, which is a shame because these were some of the most effective traffic enforcement vehicles of all time.
No, they suck and have no point. You could outrun these in your average family sedan today.
@@lyman135 True. But back in the day. The Mustang was the ULTIMATE patrol car. I was a cop for 31 years, trust me, they were the one you wanted until the Camaro's came along in the 1990's which were on another level. I also had a 1991, and 1995 Chevrolet Caprice with the Corvette motor in them. By far the fastest police car I ever drove. I actually topped out at 144 MPH in one of those responding to a call, going down hill. The Caprice was an amazing machine for Law Enforcement. Nothing could catch those things.
It’s cool seeing this kinda automotive history. 👍🏻
I need this 80's intro music....
😂😂
225 horsepower. Nearing the end of the "horsepower malaise" years. I recall Catoosa (GA) County Sheriff's Dept. using Pontiac Trans Ams for several years (1977-?).
Given recent horsepower improvements, 225 hp is almost comical. The '87 Buick GNX, the '89 Pontiac Trans Am Turbo Anniversary Edition (using the same Buick powerplant) and the upcoming Corvette ZR-1 and Dodge Viper gave us REAL hope that the EPA could not kill automotive enjoyment forever. Little could we have known the MONSTERS that were coming in the next century. I love a story where the "good guys" win.
Ford used a blueptinted engine to come up with the 225 horspower rating for marketing purposes. 302's coming off the assembly line made more like 215 horsepower.
Horsepower malaise where late 70s early 80s,225 horses were very respectable for late 80s,when Camaro's and Mustangs were out in those times you stayed away from them for your own good,ZR1"s and Vipers were lawyers and Doctors cars , far away from the reach of the average guy, i remember me and my buddy going to a dealership to look at a brand new Dodge Viper and the salesman once he figured out who we were said "come back some other time when you have money" ha ha ha ha.
Those days of enjoyment and hot rodding of cars are pretty much gone, back in the day you had to work blood sweat and tears to build some decent horsepower but you were proud of what you accomplished and it didn't take a second mortgage,now due to electronics and engines that are very complex not to mention 800/1000 dollar car payments any idiot can buy a car with 600/800 horsepower that doesn't even know what a spark plug is.
And the Mustangs were lighter so they ran very well for a patrol car. And cops even today don't want to outrun you, but they can run at high speeds for long periods of time something normal cars could not always do. And they were cheaper which was always a consideration with how many they bought.
I drove a 92 SSP unmarked with an automatic for a while. Transmission was a little loose by the time I got it but it still ran pretty good. There was this leisurely driver one evening who decided the left lane of the freeway was for her 40 10:55 mph Cadillac so she parked it in front of me while I was heading for something. No room to change lanes so I stepped on the brake pedal and ended up flat spotting all four brand new gator backs. She was apparently alerted to the sound of tires screeching and quickly got out of my way. I let off the brakes and continued with the newly acquired flat spots clapping along.
Thank you so much for uploading this! Watching this really makes me miss my 88 X-Florida Highway Patrol SSP.
It’s a shame that the Michigan State Police didn’t get 5-speed manual cars.
Even with the automatic, the bare bones Mustang LX accelerated a lot faster (around 7 secs) than the Caprice of that time (almost 11 seconds). I'm puzzled as to why this video said "no difference". I literally laughed when I heard that.
1982 chp mustangs came with a four speed manual a 2.47:1 rear end.
Hit 127 mph in third gear.
And that era of Mustang LX is still pretty sought after by those who know.
Wow. That's hard to believe.
@@NVRAMboi 4 eyes
@@thebacdoc6464
It's true !!!
The rest of the story.....that is the top speed.
such extreme gears made fourth gear mostly unusable.
Not a problem for me. I am fond of old 3 speed manual cars.
I have a 2.47:1 rear end out of a wrecked '82 CHP car in my '83 GT.
(And the 140mph Certified speedo )
@flnthrn2 I used to have an automatic 93 5.0 Mustang GT convertible. I was really looking for an LX with the special edition yellow exterior, but found this car with only 22 K on the odometer in 1999. I believe it had the gears in the rear end( it was a dog at a red light, absolutely no torque, but on the expressway, it would move...
I put a 3.73, I believe it was gear in the back, had the under drive pullies changed, and had it tuned. It unleashed a whole new beast. 0-60 acceleration was like day and night...
I just love these cars. I've owned two of them, an '89 notch and a '91 hatch. Best cars I ever owned.
I had an '89. Man I regret letting it go.
2:22 brand new and already squeaking 😂
The RCMP used these for highway patrol in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
But we got them with a 460 under the hood with 355 hp lol
Southern BC RCMP had B4C Camaros. Watson lake Yukon had a 87’ Mitsubishi Starion.
I used to live at Livonia Michigan in 1989 and worked in Monroe Michigan. I remember going south down I-275 and one of these Michigan State patrol Mustangs passed me so fast. Later on down the road, he was parked in the center waiting for speeders.
I can’t tell you how fast he passed me, but I’m guessing it was 150 MPH.
With only 215 horsepower ( 225 hp rating was a blue printed engine used for marketing)
And 300 pound feet of torque., these fox 5.0's could only got up to 142 mph. The 1990 ZR-1 corvette With 385 hp. Took 4 miles to crawl up to 180mph top speed.
The Windsor Police had one back in the day called the Grey Ghost 😊
I gotta a ticket riding my motorcycle in 1983 from a CHP Officer driving that car. But his car was a manual 5 speed.
I miss full size cars...
Imagine this lighting up your rear view in 1990 ☠️
Ca. Had quite a few with the chp. Then they started to discover heavy understeer at high speeds. Always loved em though.
My friend bought vac1989 LX interceptor .5 sp. very fast,We would travel from DFW to Arkansas and go to the Horse Race Oak Lawn!!! 1- Time we were followed for miles by a highway patrol driving a Mustang,he followed us into the gas station,I thought we were busted !! Riding dirty,but he never said a word to us !! Just staring.we did have a stripper with us! College Days🥃🔥🇺🇸Fast Car. White/Dove gray interior,Big Wheels 18 😂
Those 302 notchbacks are worth a lot of money these days.
No doubt in my mind the piece that the muzzle slides into on the door is an aftermarket Choate 870 shell follower.
First thing I did to my '88 LX that I bought in '90 was to replace my seats with ones from a GT. Best $250.00 I spent on that car. I can't imagine riding all day in those plain seats.The factory LX seats would quickly make my back ache.
Man up and eat a Midol.
I did 1,100 miles in a Lotus Elise last weekend and I'm on the north side of 50 years old.
@@gavinvalentino1313 Around the same time as I had the LX I drove a '68 Mustang, a '70 Torino and a '69 Super Bee cross country, no problem. I just hated those LX seats.
I really like the GT seats, too. I had an 88 LX 5.0 SSP myself and a friend had one before and after me. I never replaced my LX seats but my friend did in one of his.
I really miss my old fox. I bought it in 1993 right after it was decommissioned at auction. I drove it until 1995 when I replaced it with a new Chevy S-10.
I really wish I would’ve kept it. I hope to buy another one one day.
Ford should be ashamed for producing those seats. The seats in my 90 GT were the best and most supportive I ever had in a car, minus the headrest they cheaped out on. The seats in my 02 Mustang V6 have the least and feel dangerously unsupportive. I feel much more confident going into a curve in my Corolla than the Mustang because of that.
@@gavinvalentino1313 Maybe when you reach the north side of 60 years old you'll learn to be gracious.
Love it. I have an 86 SSP.
🚨 Very cool vid!!!!!! 🚨
Surprised they used these in Michigan. I owned a 1987 LX 5.0 back in the day, and tried driving it one time in the snow, thing ended up in a shallow ditch the second I hit a curve, even though I was only going 25 mph. I'm sure winter tires help, but i still couldn't imagine driving one of those at high speeds in the winter time in Michigan.
@@jeff-ds2pr From what I've heard they didn't use them during the winter and snow but they definitely would've been a handful I've got one of the old Georgia State Patrol SSP cars and it's a handful in the rain
My 91 GT did same thing
Put a set of winter treads on my '86 and drove on. No problems. Mine had a TrakLoc.
6 sand bags and studded tires I had no choice but to drive mine for 2 months
These arent bad if you set up the suspension right.
Goodyear Gatorbacks
They are proud of those these days, good lord they are pricey.
@@dntlss They sure are!!
We got a 89 and 90 they are not quick off the line but 60 to 130 holy crap,
Really annoying to have that huge red subscribe box covering so much of the video... especially when it blocks what they're showing... Edit Fail
very cool
Well, thanks. Oddly interesting.
Wow, If anyone is wondering what the "special pursuit package" included on a bone stock 1989 5.0 Mustang LX? It was the same things the premium aluminum wheel and tire option got you, different rims and tires and that's it. What up with the pointless stupid 8" tall clear plastic stop sign pop riveted to hood of every Michigan state police.
Man those milkman hats for troopers look so goofy. Campaign hats or nothing!
The 4 Eye is better looking than the composite headlight model.
A lot of people feel that way. Ford tried "updating" the box style and it failed as far as styling. The light weight, rear wheel drive, V8 and 5 speed is what sold this car after that.
It's a formula that works to this day and I'm glad Ford stayed with it at least for a while longer.
There is no mounting yet for the H&K rifle....MP5 anyone 😮
B303 cam!
I owned a 1990 which as a teenager, I loved! Watching this video now and knowing the handling characteristics of this car makes me realize that this was a horrible choice of police vehicle. Too small, short wheelbase, too light, too much torque in a rear wheel drive vehicle. Someone thought this must be fun for officers to race around in but these couldn’t have been practical or safe pursuit vehicles.
...and by now every cop "needs" at least an SUV, at what, five times the price? More?
Now, a 2025 Mustang 5.0 starts at 50k and isn't reliable or affordable.
By now most of those cars were recycled coming back as Samsung washers and super crappy dryers.
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2:13 I believe that is the trunk release button.
I just want to be sure I understand you. You are claiming that you think that the release mechanism with the word "HOOD" on it is the "trunk release button"? Seriously, please clue me in if I am missing something here or misunderstanding something. Edit: I looked again and I see now that there is a button type object above and to the right of the hood release mechanism. I think that is what you were referring to, yes?.
@@johnmohanmusicyes he was referring to the yellow trunk release button that would normally be just behind the glove box door
Damn, Mustangs have sure come a long way since then. What a terrible police vehicle. Shot guns mounted to the driver door. Only one front seat to transport prisoners. What could possibly go wrong.
NOTHING EVER WENT WRONG. Guys got arrested and nobody complained about shotgun placements and prisoner comfort ideas then. Be quiet.
They were used to chase down freeway speeders.
Then another sedan would come if needed.
They were terrible in the snow so basically a summer vehicle.
They were great in their intended role at traffic enforcement at time when power was lacking in police vehicles. They’re good strong cars too. So good in fact that some municipalities still had them in service into the early 2000’s. I had a 1993 SSP that was a former US Fish and Wildlife unmarked car until the late 90s. After that, it was purchased by the town of LaCrosse, VA and saw serval more years of service with their police department until I purchased it in 2005. A good number of these cars stayed in service for well over a decade.
I wouldn't want to be driving one of those deathtraps even without being a leo
Aww, memories back in 89 when I was station at nas Cecil field fl a state trooper in a 5.0 chase me in my 87 grandnational and left him in a NANO second lol!
I'm curious which HK rifle they used that he mentioned.
I'm pretty sure it was the HK416, an "M4 improvement" concept rifle. So it sounds like you had a shotgun just hanging out on your door, shotgun shells chilling in the glove box in front of your prisoner, and when it came to your rifle, "just find a spot for it". I miss the 80s.
That shotgun mount is dodgy af
Agree. Did you see the boxes of shells stuffed in the glove box?
@keith7630 he was ready to party lol
I remember MSP had a pink one
They are more effective when they are unmarked.
Unmarked police cars should be illigal. Especially when used as traffic cars. How do I know it's not just some crazy person playing cop?
Well when an unmarked car makes a traffic stop the officer should be in full uniform, I know that is law in many states.
Pushrod 5.0 (302) not anything like the 5.0 coyote engine.
Cost sufficient when the gas is $.65 a gallon
That huge antenna on the side of the car is unnecessary and puts a quarter size hole and 4 screw holes in the quarter panel.
If it was unnecessary in their eyes it wouldn't be there.
Kenner SSP
My old lady bled through her New Freedom while being transported to the Monroe County jail by FHP in a Mustang back in ‘89.
I think your comment is THE most goobersmoochs¡mpleton thing I've ever read on UA-cam.
Yeee.
Hawwwww.
Get some actual pride and try to have even the slightest bit of class.
I’m sure she appreciates you sharing that all over the internet.
i had a 86 mustang and it had the same motor package it was standerd in all sold mustangs nothing special about the police ones they all the same
SPP
That cops not even 6-ft tall okay and he's taller than the hood 2:24 2:26
You don't get no true statement from a car up on this video they're probably like you were so small I can barely put my stuff in it then on top of that I'm riding on the freaking ground don't mind whether a pickup wants to Ram me
5,0 and only 225bhp
you dont realize how much power that was back then lol,
an have you ever driven a stock five oh ? i didnt think so..
And light and fast. Buddy had a new 5.0 5-speed in late 80's and it ran nice. But people who have never driven one always seem to make comments on how bad they were.
Kinda sad drag guys got these cars and ruined them
Slow cars by todays standards
You aren’t as fast as you were 35 years ago either, lardass.
The most cheap built Mustang ever built absolute plastic trash
Stupid. Why do they need these? If you have to gk faster than a regular police car, you shouldnt be pursuing in that manner. Besides, its not like a mustang is that much faster than a regular car. Is an extra 10-15 mph goimg to catch the speeder? Are you racing them? I mean a 225gp 302? Wow, what a rocket....😂
Is this the same narrator from the 1960's US Government videos? He's terrible! And so is the car....
Why do you pretend to take yourself so seriously?
You are a laughable sign of the times. Your self-worth is an illusion.
Please tell me what the ID plate on the hood is used for or it’s purpose?????
An expensive piece of tradition still in use today at 4K a pop.