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<blockquote data-quote="drkhrse" data-source="post: 5856167" data-attributes="member: 1866"><p>I blame, and thank, SaleenRose for me getting a 1993 R just over a year ago. I have owned Teal 93 cobra #112 sense ~1998. I always wanted a 93R, I have watched them on ebay and other places for years yet just couldn’t bring myself to sell something else to get one, plus I had never actually seen one in person. One day in late spring of 2006 I decided on a whim to attend the local mustang/Ford show with my dad, he took his 1964 Comet, I took my teal 93 cobra. I was on the far side of the parking lot talking to a friend when I saw a red 1993 Cobra R pull in the lot. I was speechless. There aren’t that many low # cars in Idaho after all. As it turns out I knew the owner, I immediately went over and started talking to him about it. Needless to say I fell in love with the car, the Fox body is one of my favorite mustangs ever and it gets no better than the king daddy, the “R”. There it was right in front of me #104, then I sat in it, really un-comfortable, terrible roll cage, bad seats, I didn’t care I had to have it, and as his post says it was for sale as his wife wanted it gone (at that time). His price was more than I could come up with but is seemed a bit high yet fare so I tried like hell to figure out a way to get it. I got really close to the amount he wanted and went to see him that week. He let me drive it, it rode rough, noisy, still I had to have it. However, I couldn’t talk him down on his price and I had a cap set which I stuck to. I decided I had to have one and started looking harder for one. I got on this forum and posted that I was looking for a 93R, also posted on the SVTOA forum, just as I began to think I may never find one for the price I was willing to pay I sotra let it go and pursued other things. A couple 2-3 months go by and I got an email, “I have a 93R I’ll sell you”. I though ya right, needless to say it was true. It was a mental torment for me as the car was south of Chicago somewhere, and the seller had multiple people interested in it. I was the first one he talked to and he stayed true to his word giving me first refusal to the offers he was getting. Needless to say we talked a LOT, we had numerous nights of 1hr+ phone conversations and I really felt better about buying a car I had never seen, and I made a new friend who I still email with at least monthly. After about 3 months I wired over the money. The price was fare which didn’t help ease my mind as I waited in Idaho for the car to get shipped to SLC, Utah where I took my trailer down on a Sunday AM to get it that afternoon. Needless to say the truck was late, about 8 PM (already dark) I finally got to see my R, #58. It was a little dirty but overall better than I expected. I loaded it up and at 8:30pm my now wife and I hit the road home as we had to work the next day, we got home around 1am.</p><p></p><p>The car was raced, 6300 miles worth, the interior was completely out of the car (it arrived via UPS in boxes), the suspension has been modified to work much better than stock, It was EXACTLY what I wanted. I’m not a fan of wrapper cars, they have their place just not in my garage. I wanted an R I can drive, race and enjoy. I spent last summer removing the autopower cage (as I don’t fit in side it) and custom building my own roll bar. I am still waiting to hear back from Mark on seats (Hint Hint, :rolling<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> . I plan to have a lot of fun with it this summer after I graduate in May, as this car is my graduation present (to myself) for 13 years of college while working full time to get my Mechanical Engineering Degree.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drkhrse, post: 5856167, member: 1866"] I blame, and thank, SaleenRose for me getting a 1993 R just over a year ago. I have owned Teal 93 cobra #112 sense ~1998. I always wanted a 93R, I have watched them on ebay and other places for years yet just couldn’t bring myself to sell something else to get one, plus I had never actually seen one in person. One day in late spring of 2006 I decided on a whim to attend the local mustang/Ford show with my dad, he took his 1964 Comet, I took my teal 93 cobra. I was on the far side of the parking lot talking to a friend when I saw a red 1993 Cobra R pull in the lot. I was speechless. There aren’t that many low # cars in Idaho after all. As it turns out I knew the owner, I immediately went over and started talking to him about it. Needless to say I fell in love with the car, the Fox body is one of my favorite mustangs ever and it gets no better than the king daddy, the “R”. There it was right in front of me #104, then I sat in it, really un-comfortable, terrible roll cage, bad seats, I didn’t care I had to have it, and as his post says it was for sale as his wife wanted it gone (at that time). His price was more than I could come up with but is seemed a bit high yet fare so I tried like hell to figure out a way to get it. I got really close to the amount he wanted and went to see him that week. He let me drive it, it rode rough, noisy, still I had to have it. However, I couldn’t talk him down on his price and I had a cap set which I stuck to. I decided I had to have one and started looking harder for one. I got on this forum and posted that I was looking for a 93R, also posted on the SVTOA forum, just as I began to think I may never find one for the price I was willing to pay I sotra let it go and pursued other things. A couple 2-3 months go by and I got an email, “I have a 93R I’ll sell you”. I though ya right, needless to say it was true. It was a mental torment for me as the car was south of Chicago somewhere, and the seller had multiple people interested in it. I was the first one he talked to and he stayed true to his word giving me first refusal to the offers he was getting. Needless to say we talked a LOT, we had numerous nights of 1hr+ phone conversations and I really felt better about buying a car I had never seen, and I made a new friend who I still email with at least monthly. After about 3 months I wired over the money. The price was fare which didn’t help ease my mind as I waited in Idaho for the car to get shipped to SLC, Utah where I took my trailer down on a Sunday AM to get it that afternoon. Needless to say the truck was late, about 8 PM (already dark) I finally got to see my R, #58. It was a little dirty but overall better than I expected. I loaded it up and at 8:30pm my now wife and I hit the road home as we had to work the next day, we got home around 1am. The car was raced, 6300 miles worth, the interior was completely out of the car (it arrived via UPS in boxes), the suspension has been modified to work much better than stock, It was EXACTLY what I wanted. I’m not a fan of wrapper cars, they have their place just not in my garage. I wanted an R I can drive, race and enjoy. I spent last summer removing the autopower cage (as I don’t fit in side it) and custom building my own roll bar. I am still waiting to hear back from Mark on seats (Hint Hint, :rolling:) . I plan to have a lot of fun with it this summer after I graduate in May, as this car is my graduation present (to myself) for 13 years of college while working full time to get my Mechanical Engineering Degree. [/QUOTE]
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