Heads up to people looking at this 04 comp. orange..........

[P49Y-CY]

The orange looks good on a mach 1 but I don't like it on the cobras, it's a little too milky, should have been brighter.

how do you figure that since ford used the same color on cobra, mach and gt for 2004. may vary according to the light :shrug:

you are right tho its not for everyone - hence the low production. but it def screams musclecar! :rockon:

 

[Termin8r27]

Guys, first off the Pony emblem/airbag cover is normal. Looks exactly like mine and mine has never been wrecked and the airbag has never been deployed. Came from the factory with the Pony Airbag cover.

2nd that dealership is pretty well-known with the Corvette Crews to be honest and forthcoming. IF indeed the car has been wrecked, they are not knowingly trying to rip someone off.

My .02

 

[Deanpug]

I don't know the dealership in question but if we have a car that has had extensive body work, we wholesale it and don't sell it off the lot. I am sure the dealership has heard of our site and that their car is the subject of much dialogue. Maybe they have checked the car out and decided to get rid of it rather than ruin their reputation. It will be interesting to see what ends up happening to the car. Of course, this is just MHO.
Dean

 

[Juiced-03]

Guys, first off the Pony emblem/airbag cover is normal. Looks exactly like mine and mine has never been wrecked and the airbag has never been deployed. Came from the factory with the Pony Airbag cover.

2nd that dealership is pretty well-known with the Corvette Crews to be honest and forthcoming. IF indeed the car has been wrecked, they are not knowingly trying to rip someone off.

My .02

That is NOT normal.

 

[Tom's_03SVT]

Guys, first off the Pony emblem/airbag cover is normal. Looks exactly like mine and mine has never been wrecked and the airbag has never been deployed. Came from the factory with the Pony Airbag cover.

2nd that dealership is pretty well-known with the Corvette Crews to be honest and forthcoming. IF indeed the car has been wrecked, they are not knowingly trying to rip someone off.

My .02

:bs: all the 03-04 Ive seen say "cobra" on the airbag.

 

[godfather]

all of them say cobra that i have seen

 

[Black'03GT]

10/12/2004 Ohio
Police Report
Case #20048276037 Accident Reported
in Franklin County
Involving a left front impact
with another motor vehicle
Moderate damage reported
Airbag deployed

 

[1 bad bullitt]

how do you figure that since ford used the same color on cobra, mach and gt for 2004. may vary according to the light :shrug:

you are right tho its not for everyone - hence the low production. but it def screams musclecar! :rockon:

Yeah, I know it's the same color, the black on the mach 1 just seems to set the orange off a little better, think back to the 60's and 70's there were not many all orange muscle cars, most had some black to accent the orange.

But you have to admit, I am right about it being the wrong shade of orange, it is not a bright as a true "Competition Orange" But it rally does not add to the value of the car just because they made fewer of them, that would be like saying a 03 with the parchment interior is worth more.

 

[1 bad bullitt]

Guys, first off the Pony emblem/airbag cover is normal. Looks exactly like mine and mine has never been wrecked and the airbag has never been deployed. Came from the factory with the Pony Airbag cover.

2nd that dealership is pretty well-known with the Corvette Crews to be honest and forthcoming. IF indeed the car has been wrecked, they are not knowingly trying to rip someone off.

My .02

Probably a production error, it is not uncommon for special production mustangs to have regular issue parts on them, when I had my bullit there was a guy that got two differnt a pillar panels, one from a gt and one from a bullitt. There were some Mach 1's that got screwed up as well, tales of black mach 1's with no side stripes were common. There was even one bullitt that had a gt rear seat in it, WTF!

So a GT air bag making it to a cobra steering wheel would not surprise me.

 

[Termin8r27]

That is NOT normal.

Sorry guys, I'm a dork...it does say cobra on the airbag...I don't know what I was thinking.

I do stand by the 2nd part though...weird that they would be selling it without checking into it. They are a well-known dealership.

 

[MystiChrome Coupe]

Sorry guys, I'm a dork...it does say cobra on the airbag...I don't know what I was thinking.

I do stand by the 2nd part though...weird that they would be selling it without checking into it. They are a well-known dealership.

Yeah, they are known for 'vettes for sure, it's "corvette country" out there. They also have a car show every year I think. The owner of the dealership has one hell of a personal collection.

Still can't figure out why they raised the price since I posted this thread. It was about 3-4K cheaper then.

On the steering wheel cover, any cobra I've looked at says cobra there. I figured you had a factory mistake. It happens like posted before.

 

[fstornge_04]

Sorry I have to disagree with you. Even before I owned one, I liked this color. And people RUSH out to buy them. They usually sell very quick unless people are asking way too much money for them. Every time I go out, people rush to ask me where I got it painted not knowing it was a stock color.

Oh well...to each his own.

I fully agree Marc, I get compliments everywhere I go...even when I only had a comp orange GT I still received neck breakers!!
Gotta love the Orange...IMHO

 

[P49Y-CY]

But it rally does not add to the value of the car just because they made fewer of them, that would be like saying a 03 with the parchment interior is worth more.

you are right any specific color does not add to the general value of any given car, it can only increase the car's value treflective of a particular potential buyer's individual taste. while i think that maybe less than 20% of the general public would want an orange car, i would think a much higher percentage of automobile enthusiasts would want one. only car guys that i know really can appreciate the color; most of my friends, family and work aquaintances were like wtf??? why did you buy that? it is ugly!

 

[Big Top GT]

I have a friend who works for Carfax in Florida. he told me that Carfax is not the be all end all of car history. He said Carfax can only report, what has been reported, meaning if Billy Jo Jim Bob owns a body shop and is friends with Shady CobraOwner, Shady could have easily paid him in Pabst Blue Ribbon to do the repairs and Carfax is none the wiser. Good find fellas, just don't expect Carfax to be able to always catch everything.


Adam

Hey, is someone talking about me?

Good heads up on this one guys. The car was hit and the airbag was blown. I WISH it was a law for these dealership to HAVE to run a Carfax report but it's not. Unfortunately, some poor schmuck is going to get burnt on this car.

Here's the Carfax Vehicle History Report:

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2004 FORD MUSTANG COBRA SVT
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COUPE
4.6L V8 EFI DOHC / REAR WHEEL DRIVE
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Case #20048276037 Accident Reported
in Franklin County
Involving a left front impact
with another motor vehicle
Moderate damage reported
Airbag deployed

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Hope this helps:
Alan

 

[phillySVT]

I fully agree Marc, I get compliments everywhere I go...even when I only had a comp orange GT I still received neck breakers!!
Gotta love the Orange...IMHO

people were looking becuase they think it's hideos!!! (Spelling)

JK

 

[coolcobramatt]

i believe it's a federal law that a carfax has to be performed and available for the customer at any time in order for a dealership to sell a used car

You sure about that sparky? Don't think the US Gov't is going to basically endorse any public product or service...kinda unfair to others in private business.

 

[Big Top GT]

The've been talking about putting together their own national database for a while now.

I do know in the state of California a law was just passed that basically says if there's a reasonable way for a dealership to know of a major problem (accident, salvage, frame damage, etc...) they HAVE to seek out that information.

We're hoping more states adopt this standard. (They all should, really, since it's 100% consumer protection.)