OK, here is the new thread.
For now, I won't do anything to the car.
I'm not sold on the "GT-R" lettering above the "SVT" at the rear and on the side fenders. I most likely will remove the one on the rear since it overwhelms the "SVT". The ones on the side fenders I will remove after I start to hate them
The seats are another story. The original seats were replaced with these GT-R seats (which are very nice), but this would be a costly "undo". I might be stuck with these for awhile.
The wheels are Ford Racing wheels which cost about $500 each. I will keep these since they give the car "character."
The Tires are Pirelli P-Zero's. 255/35R18's on the front and 295/35R18's on the rear. Will keep these.
The car also came with a matching Saleen tonneau cover (same orange and black stripes) to hide the rear seats.
The black stripes on the car are identical to stripes found on Shelby's. The dealer did a good job on them since they start below the bottom front bumper and end at the bottom of the rear bumper. They even did stripes at the narrow point between the windshield and the convertible top. Many after-market paint shops would start the stripes on the hood and end at the trunk. Not a good look.
The entire GT-R package included everything I have discussed here. I am still trying to find out what this "package" was, and if it was blessed by Ford. The car was purchased in Michigan from the Jerome Duncan Ford dealer. I am the 2nd owner.
I am from Michigan originally and discovered the original owner lived two blocks from me when he owned this car. At the time I owned an '01 DHG Bullitt #2679.
The original owner needed to sell this car to pay for college for his two kids. He originally posted it on eBay and was looking to get $32K. The bidding stopped at $22K. It was then sold at auction (unknown price) and wound up at another dealer who specializes in hard to find or limited edition cars. In the meantime, I had been looking for an '04 Competition Orange Cobra convertible. I got into a bidding war with about 4 other buyers and got the car for $27.5K. To me it was worth every cent: last yr of the Cobras, was a convertible, and the only yr for the competition orange paint. It is only 1 of 72 Cobra's with this combination.
Its raining here today so I cannot take any pics. Will post soon tho.
Here is one pic from the dealer:
http://1drv.ms/1FummLA
For now, I won't do anything to the car.
I'm not sold on the "GT-R" lettering above the "SVT" at the rear and on the side fenders. I most likely will remove the one on the rear since it overwhelms the "SVT". The ones on the side fenders I will remove after I start to hate them
The seats are another story. The original seats were replaced with these GT-R seats (which are very nice), but this would be a costly "undo". I might be stuck with these for awhile.
The wheels are Ford Racing wheels which cost about $500 each. I will keep these since they give the car "character."
The Tires are Pirelli P-Zero's. 255/35R18's on the front and 295/35R18's on the rear. Will keep these.
The car also came with a matching Saleen tonneau cover (same orange and black stripes) to hide the rear seats.
The black stripes on the car are identical to stripes found on Shelby's. The dealer did a good job on them since they start below the bottom front bumper and end at the bottom of the rear bumper. They even did stripes at the narrow point between the windshield and the convertible top. Many after-market paint shops would start the stripes on the hood and end at the trunk. Not a good look.
The entire GT-R package included everything I have discussed here. I am still trying to find out what this "package" was, and if it was blessed by Ford. The car was purchased in Michigan from the Jerome Duncan Ford dealer. I am the 2nd owner.
I am from Michigan originally and discovered the original owner lived two blocks from me when he owned this car. At the time I owned an '01 DHG Bullitt #2679.
The original owner needed to sell this car to pay for college for his two kids. He originally posted it on eBay and was looking to get $32K. The bidding stopped at $22K. It was then sold at auction (unknown price) and wound up at another dealer who specializes in hard to find or limited edition cars. In the meantime, I had been looking for an '04 Competition Orange Cobra convertible. I got into a bidding war with about 4 other buyers and got the car for $27.5K. To me it was worth every cent: last yr of the Cobras, was a convertible, and the only yr for the competition orange paint. It is only 1 of 72 Cobra's with this combination.
Its raining here today so I cannot take any pics. Will post soon tho.
Here is one pic from the dealer:
http://1drv.ms/1FummLA
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