Restoring CHP #E408395
06-07-2009, 08:36 AM
#13
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: canada
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wow,looks great,keep it up. I'd have to say that police foxes are the reason i love them so much. I'm from canada so we have r.c.m.p but i remember as a kid riding behind one on the highway and watching the lights go on the rear drop and car pull away,remember it like yesterday.
06-08-2009, 08:38 AM
#16
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: South Carolina
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My car is GONE!!!
...or so I thought. When I came into the back of the shop, Bacon wasn't there. The rough-in bodywork is finished, and they moved the car up to the final prep area. This is where the detailed finishing of the car will take place. The car is nowhere close to being ready for primer (yet), although most of the body panels that have been removed are prepped and primered.
Here is the driver's door awaiting prep & primer -
Here is the view from the back. It's nice to see the car sitting back on all four tires!
Here is a shot of the much-massaged passenger 1/4 panel -
And here is a picture of the car sitting in the new bay of the shop -
Sidewayz6.0 (a Site Moderator here) commented that my SSP looks alot like another famous police car -
We Got a Full Tank of Gas, a Half a Pack of Cigarettes, It's Dark and We're Wearing Sun Glasses
It's funny to see how much suspension lift the car has now with so much weight removed. There is still quite a bit of detail work to be completed, but Bacon has at least moved into the next phase of the body work.
Here is the driver's door awaiting prep & primer -
Here is the view from the back. It's nice to see the car sitting back on all four tires!
Here is a shot of the much-massaged passenger 1/4 panel -
And here is a picture of the car sitting in the new bay of the shop -
Sidewayz6.0 (a Site Moderator here) commented that my SSP looks alot like another famous police car -
We Got a Full Tank of Gas, a Half a Pack of Cigarettes, It's Dark and We're Wearing Sun Glasses
It's funny to see how much suspension lift the car has now with so much weight removed. There is still quite a bit of detail work to be completed, but Bacon has at least moved into the next phase of the body work.
06-08-2009, 10:52 AM
#17
Nice to see another SSP Being Restored. Mine was origianally a SC Highway Patrol Unmarked Pursuit car (Columbia). SCHP Put 1168 miles on it in 1992 and it sat for the next 8 years when it was sold at auction for unknown amount of money. Then the kid that owned it before me trashed it, wrecked it, and I purchased it from him and resurrected it.
06-08-2009, 01:08 PM
#20
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Thanks for the positive feedback!
Progress is evident!
After several weeks of the car only making minor progress, the shop had some time available to hammer out some work on Bacon. When I came into the shop two weeks ago, my SSP was no longer in bare metal - it's now black! My first thought was "Shoot - I didn't even get to see the car in primer!"
The car was in the process of being rubbed out, and all I had in-hand was my cruddy camera phone -
I will be bringing in the side moldings tomorrow, which will be painted along with the bumper moldings. I have to install the new taillight lenses into the stock housings tonight I guess, since they are getting so far along now (that's a good problem!).
Next time I will bring my better camera!
After several weeks of the car only making minor progress, the shop had some time available to hammer out some work on Bacon. When I came into the shop two weeks ago, my SSP was no longer in bare metal - it's now black! My first thought was "Shoot - I didn't even get to see the car in primer!"
The car was in the process of being rubbed out, and all I had in-hand was my cruddy camera phone -
I will be bringing in the side moldings tomorrow, which will be painted along with the bumper moldings. I have to install the new taillight lenses into the stock housings tonight I guess, since they are getting so far along now (that's a good problem!).
Next time I will bring my better camera!