One of the rumors I have heard was that both companies were Commission to create exhaust for the 2000 Cobra R and that Ford picked parts from each exhaust to create the stock exhaust. Have no knowledge if this is actually true it's just something I have been told. But this could be the reason why the 2000 R has a Bassani X pipe and Borla mufflers/exhaust tips. Curious to anybody else's thoughts about Ford commissioning both companies or to why Ford mix and match exhaust parts.
It is kind of crazy because you live in Texas and so do I and that was the plate I was going to get before I decided not to get a vanity plate.Interesting. Did not know that.
By-the-way, your screen name sounds familiar to me. My plate: