These look so good in Cobra trim: white paint, Cobra wheels, etc.
Also, I just remembered something: I was at the press intro for the Mod Motor Mustang. It was at Road America. Got to drive a Mystic one, too.
Should this car even exist? The 1995 SVT Mustang Cobra came from the factory with the famed 5.0-liter Windsor V8, yet this one features the new-for-1996 4.6-liter DOHC V8.
“The story goes that car #3629 of the 4,005 1995 Ford Mustang SVT Cobras was plucked off the assembly line and chosen for a very special assignment. It was the first Mustang Cobra to receive the 4.6-liter DOHC V8.”
This Cobra, the listing continues, was used as a test bed and show car. After its duties were fulfilled, it was rescued from the crusher and eventually landed in the hands of 12-time SCCA Solo Champ John Ames.
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These look so good in Cobra trim: white paint, Cobra wheels, etc.
Also, I just remembered something: I was at the press intro for the Mod Motor Mustang. It was at Road America. Got to drive a Mystic one, too.
Odd that it got the 1996's tail lights. Also no CD player in what should be the top spec car?
In reply to pres589 (djronnebaum) :
Similarly, the 1995 Cobra rear bumper cover had "MUSTANG" letters embedded, not "COBRA".
Looks great! I'd like to know the VIN on that to confirm the numbers.
In reply to hartmandm :
It also has a Cobra R hood. Something smells fishy...
In reply to Dieselboss15 :
From the eBay listing: 1FALP42D3SF219265
Dieselboss15 said:Looks great! I'd like to know the VIN on that to confirm the numbers.
I'd run the VIN number to see if it's even a legit car. Most prototypes have numbers that ID it as non legal cars for normal road use (which is why all of them have special exemption stickers, pointing out that they must be crushed).
In reply to David S. Wallens :
VIN check code shows 5.0. All the info online is the same article from the current seller. Fishy...
It also said something about it being used as a race car, I think. I suspect that even if this *is* really a prototype mod motor car, that it was not externally different from any other 1995 Cobra, and that someone "restomodded" it to look like a Cobra R after its supposed racing career ended.
quoting the original news post:
“The story goes that car #3629 of the 4,005 1995 Ford Mustang SVT Cobras was plucked off the assembly line and chosen for a very special assignment. It was the first Mustang Cobra to receive the 4.6-liter DOHC V8.”
since it was a serial production car and not a specific prototype build, it should have a regular VIN (which it does, per DSW's comment above).
also, it was built relatively late in the 1995 model year, around the time that engineers would get to run PTRs (Production Trial Runs) for upcoming changes. The more closely-controlled the vehicle's future is (ie was it going to be kept Ford-internal for development work, as this one appears to be), the more radical the deviations from current-production could be. in this case, the '96 taillights and the Cobra R hood are totally unsurprising to me.
i'm only surprised that it made it out into the wild.
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