Did he have it posted at one point? Here’s a for sale ad, though no dates I can find on the mobile site. And it has the same pictures that you posted. I’m just curious is all.
Interesting. That link claims it is a '91.
92 foxbody/ cobra prototype
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Interesting. That link claims it is a '91.
I will check with him and see if he had his brother post it also. Those are the same pics he had sent to me for posting.
Tom, what anniversary show did we see this at, was it Charlotte, Nashville, Birmingham? I can’t remember, but I was there too at one of these shows where the car was on display.
The Marty report says the same. I think it was just a typo. I caught that on the op but didn’t want to nitpick lol.
Cool car… GLWS
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If no one knows the true nature of the car who put that plaque on the dash?
More important, is that how Ford identified their test beds around that timeframe? Looks cheesy (but maybe that is what they did around then)
Dave,
I believe it was Nashville. It was up in the spectator/bleacher area. Phil was also there. We had the 6 ex-IMSA cars there we did photos of. Mark too.
Tom
Tom,
Yes, I knew the owner who bought it from the guy that got it from Ford. You have a good memory.
I hooked him to that Charlotte car lot that was buying and selling cars at that time. Morrison Motor?
Morrision Motor
To the OP,
Tell your friend if they want it posted for sale here, your friend has to be the one to do so. 90% sure one of the market rules is "no third party sales."
Tell your friend if they want it posted for sale here, your friend has to be the one to do so. 90% sure one of the market rules is "no third party sales."
While this post is interesting, I have so many questions….
First, yes the Marti does state it was used as a “Test” vehicle, but for a 1993 Cobra, there’s no facts to prove that part of the story. For all we know, that car could have been a test bed for emissions, brakes, or revised engine changes.
Just because it has a “Cobra” upper intake on it, doesn’t mean it was in fact a test vehicle used for the 1993 Cobra.
Open the passenger door, what is the PCM code in the door jamb? Pull the passenger side kick panel off and tell us what the Ford PCM code is on it. IF this is a test vehicle for a 1993 Cobra, it’s going to have other Ford nomenclature/labels or possibly hand written marker on the outer case. It also won’t be an A9L processor if it was all “test”.
Looking at the images of the car, there’s too many aftermarket upgrades to even begin to determine if this was truly a testbed for a 1993 Cobra. IMO, if it WAS a test for the 1993 Cobra, the value is diminished by the fact that any original parts have been removed and aftermarket parts are on the car.
Ford didn’t drive around test vehicles with such plaques displaying what the car was used for and when. Someone added that and does the owner have ANY paperwork from Dearborn to back up the story?
Not trying to put down the car or the “story”, but how can anyone confirm this was in fact used as a 1993 Cobra test vehicle, and not just some random pulled off the line of the other 5.0 test vehicles?
Pull the upper intake off and post the Ford part #’s on it - because if that was a prototype upper Cobra intake, it won’t have the standard 1993 Ford part/engineering numbers on it. It also does not look like one of the early 1993 Cobra upper intakes that are so often posted online in the forums or in the SVT books.
First, yes the Marti does state it was used as a “Test” vehicle, but for a 1993 Cobra, there’s no facts to prove that part of the story. For all we know, that car could have been a test bed for emissions, brakes, or revised engine changes.
Just because it has a “Cobra” upper intake on it, doesn’t mean it was in fact a test vehicle used for the 1993 Cobra.
Open the passenger door, what is the PCM code in the door jamb? Pull the passenger side kick panel off and tell us what the Ford PCM code is on it. IF this is a test vehicle for a 1993 Cobra, it’s going to have other Ford nomenclature/labels or possibly hand written marker on the outer case. It also won’t be an A9L processor if it was all “test”.
Looking at the images of the car, there’s too many aftermarket upgrades to even begin to determine if this was truly a testbed for a 1993 Cobra. IMO, if it WAS a test for the 1993 Cobra, the value is diminished by the fact that any original parts have been removed and aftermarket parts are on the car.
Ford didn’t drive around test vehicles with such plaques displaying what the car was used for and when. Someone added that and does the owner have ANY paperwork from Dearborn to back up the story?
Not trying to put down the car or the “story”, but how can anyone confirm this was in fact used as a 1993 Cobra test vehicle, and not just some random pulled off the line of the other 5.0 test vehicles?
Pull the upper intake off and post the Ford part #’s on it - because if that was a prototype upper Cobra intake, it won’t have the standard 1993 Ford part/engineering numbers on it. It also does not look like one of the early 1993 Cobra upper intakes that are so often posted online in the forums or in the SVT books.
This Rare Mustang Cobra R Prototype Should Have Been Destroyed
Ford built 107 1993 Mustang Cobra R models, not including this pre-production test mule that should have been crushed 25 years ago.
www.motor1.com
I'm kind of surprised now one has stated it has 99 cobra wheels on it, I know ford plans ahead but I'm not sure they had that much advance design. The SN95 was just coming out as the 93R's were finishing up.
That's because a wheel change isn't hard to do, and it's quite common.
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It’s a fake
It's a fake.
What’s fake about it?
Yeah, guys, if you're calling it a fake, state WHY it's a fake, or WHY you believe it's a fake.
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