Thoughts and opinions on 1993 Cobra ...

tunedin302

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Was just looking at this car - advertised as 22,000 original miles. Seller bought it in January 2006 and is now selling. I am just having a hard time believing it only has 22,000 on it. Am I going crazy? let me know .....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/93-F...oryZ6236QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

Ozz

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Looks pretty clean to me. The quality of the pictures suck though, and they're not helping show it in a really nice light

I'm betting it doesn't have 1,022,642 miles

 

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89stangWhiz

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at first i didnt believe the mileage till i saw the 022642... I didnt know those had the six digits on the mileage. I wish mine did!

 

tunedin302

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mansonozz said:

I'm betting it doesn't have 1,022,642 miles

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The seats looks a little worn to me for a 22000 mile car. Also, a lot of people just pull the speedo gear out of the trans and bingo - no miles. You're probably right though. It's probably legit.

 

88 Fox GT

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Definitely as clean as a car with 22k miles. Looks legit to me.

 

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9 Deuce GT

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You're not looking to get rid of your GT are you. I really hope you are not.

 

RUNINAGT

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Don't care for the Teal color, but its still a Cobra. About the seat wear, mine had less mileage and now only 32K and seat looks about the same.

 

S&B

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the teal is the most valuable

 

tunedin302

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9 Deuce GT said:

You're not looking to get rid of your GT are you. I really hope you are not.

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Thanks, not looking to get rid of the GT. Possibly looking to add a Cobra to my garage though.

S&B said:

the teal is the most valuable

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and I like the color.

 

RUNINAGT

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S&B said:

the teal is the most valuable

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realy is it because they made less in that color. I dont know

They only made black, red, and teal right?????

 

idareu

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RUNINAGT said:

realy is it because they made less in that color. I dont know

They only made black, red, and teal right?????

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Correct.

copied from www.1993Cobra.com
http://www.1993cobra.com/data.htm

Colors/Trim

"There were only 3 exterior color options available for the 93 Cobra. They include Black, Red and Teal. There is technical information to support a non clear coated version of Vibrant red only of which found their way on 9 Cobra's. Exterior color codes were:

UA: Black Clearcoat

RD: Teal Metallic Clearcoat

ES: Vibrant Red Clearcoat

EY: Vibrant Red non Clearcoat"

Black:
Black ext / Black Cloth: 448
Black ext / Gray cloth: 327
Black ext / Gray Leather: 1079


Red (Includes Cobra R):
Red ext / Black cloth: 362
Red ext / Gray cloth: 522
Red ext / Gray leather: 1007

Teal:
Teal ext / Black Cloth: 185 (Considered the Rarest excluding the 9 that got the non clear coated version of Vibrant red)
Teal ext / Gray cloth: 368
Teal ext / Gray leather: 802

 

sodaking663rd

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it looks pretty legit but i am wondering about the six digit odo. mine certainly does not have that and i don't see why they'd make a special odo for a cobra.
another thing i like is how the window button arrows aren't worn off and the side curtains on the door don't look too bad.
by the way teal is the best color of the three in case there was any doubt

 

RUNINAGT

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idareu thanks again for the info, need to change your name to cobraknowledge

 

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You already have an awesome fox! Better than any 1993 cobra. What you need to add to your garage is a sleek True Blue Bullitt

 

Foxfan88

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it looks really nice it looks pretty legit to me

 

pb_paulie_b

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Wow. That thing is nice. PM Kabuki_notch and ask him if his black cobra has the sixth digit. It looks legit to me too.
Here's his.
http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=651737

 

sodaking663rd

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i looked on autotrader at about five different cobras and they ALL have five digit odometers. not only this if you take a good look at the two they are completely different looking. this is a very late production cobra so it's possible they switched to another type. the price is rather low as well in doing my research. good luck.

how other cobras look:


this one:


i'm not saying this reason alone to not buy but beware.

 

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WhiteHeat306

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I'd pass. You can check out my car sometime...then you may want a different kind of Cobra

 

idareu

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RUNINAGT said:

idareu thanks again for the info, need to change your name to cobraknowledge

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*LOL* I have just spent a loooong time looking up info on Cobras.

sodaking663rd said:

i looked on autotrader at about five different cobras and they ALL have five digit odometers. not only this if you take a good look at the two they are completely different looking. this is a very late production cobra so it's possible they switched to another type. the price is rather low as well in doing my research. good luck.

how other cobras look:


this one:


i'm not saying this reason alone to not buy but beware.

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Just went the garage and looked at mine, it's a 5 digit. I need to call Ford and get a new build certificate becuase I need to know what my production number was. I'm going to do a little more searching and see if they did put a 6 digit in the 93 Cobra's towards the end.

 

idareu

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Million Mile Odometer

Apparently this was a dealer installed mandatory option in a couple of states, NY DSO (District Sales Offices) being one for example. Not sure which DSO this Cobra came from but that would explain the odometer

If you look at the window sticker, you will see this under the list of options on the right hand side.

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Heck, I learned something today.