Vehicle Description
Vehicle was purchased from Jim Blackman Ford in Florida. Mr.
Blackman owned five Ford car and truck dealerships and he also
raced cars in 1993. He was well-connected with the Dearborn Ford
Motor Plant, and he purchased seven Cobra Rs. This is one of those
seven and was hauled to Farmers Branch, TX,in 1993. It has remained
there since then, but has never been registered or had Texas
License or tags since 1993. When it comes to the interior of this
snake, the bare essentials was the name of the game. The R indeed
stood for race, because the power options were gone. Manual door
locks, manual adjustable side-view mirrors and roll-up windows were
in place to save weight. Also there is a list of items that
normally were standard on the Mustang GT and the Cobra but were
left off also to save weight: Air conditioner, sound-deadener, fog
lights, rear seat with safety belts. Rear carpet, roll-up cargo
cover for the hatch, radio, speakers, wiring and antenna were all
gone. SVT used manually adjustable cloth front seats from the LX
since they were lighter than the GT/Cobra sport seats. Ford even
used a thin piece of gray carpet to cover the bare hatch and rear
seat area. Just 33 actual miles.
