Is my gt a cobra?

snakedoc98 said:

So I'm taking votes!!!! keep it a gt or make it a cobra?

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Wow--that's a real dilemna...

On the pro side:

-You have a Cobra VIN
-Ford production numbers will probably include it as a Cobra, since they probably just count the Cobra VINs in their database
-You're paying Cobra insurance rates

On the con side:
-It's not a Cobra, and never really was

I hate to say it, but I'd be tempted to not make it a Cobra, and just mod the crap out of it, so the insurance company was justified in charging Cobra premiums. That way no one could ever accuse you of misrepresenting the car. Not a judgment by me, just my opinion (and only because you asked).

i would try to keep it stock as they come and detail all your findings. think of the value of that car in 20 years. it will be the only GT cobra ford factory built. numbers matching. it could potentially be truly a 1 of a kind.

The ultimate test would be:

Pull the PCM and see what strategy it is running

That should give you a pretty solid answer on what the car really is. Vin numbers can move and so can parts, but who is going to go to the trouble of changing out the cobra computer and replace it with a gt one

Phil

Does it have Cobra brakes

snakedoc98 said:

hey guys, I called ford today and I also did a carfax report on the car. What ford explained to me is someone goofed when the car was build and put the wrong vin on the car. They said it means nothing other than its reg. as a cobra.

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Since you have a GT, I would keep it as a GT and call the insurance company to send a representative to review your case and the information that Ford gave you. $30 a month is a decent chunk of change.

wow.. if this is real, and not some mistake on your part, then i would NOT modify the car one bit until you have some idea of what is worth. it could possibly be something a collector would be after

I ran into the same thing with my old car and my insurance agent being a fellow mustang guy explained to me that in 95 there were a whole bunch of left over cobra shells left over so the assembled them with all the GT package stuff. That is cool to hear about another one. Clean car also by the way

could it be one of these?
Rare Mustang Indy 500 Pace Car/Festival Car #26 of only 108. low miles

its not the origanal vin tag

sounds to me that someone took the vin tag of a cobra and the other obviouses stuff like codes on ther door and did a good job of it i have a mustang blue book and red book and they decode and descibe in detail every difference in the 2 there are a ton of diffs like spind widths track bar diameter things that dont meet the eye...