Spotted: D.A.R.E. Fox Body Mustang

I’m always on the lookout for fox bodies. Sitings are getting fewer and farther between. Some of them make me circle back and take a closer look. This is about one of those cars.

Recently, we were looking for a different place to have dinner and I remembered a restaurant I saw in a city which I occasionally go to for work. Since we were in the area, we decided to check it out. It turned out that the given restaurant was out of business but next door at the police station I spotted this little beauty.

I am almost entirely certain that this is the same car I saw at a car show at Mustangs Unlimited sometime in the late 90’s. The story I remember hearing then was that it was confiscated from a drug dealer and turned into the D.A.R.E. Mustang. While not a SSP Mustang LX, this GT is still pretty cool in traditional police black and white along with its white top and chrome ponies.

Today, it sits underneath the highway and like all the cars around it is covered with a considerable layer of dust. I’m glad to see that they still have it and I hope to see it out on the road again someday.