2008 Ford Cobra Jet Factory Race Car #27 FR500CJ
 

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I am a Mopar guy (Fiat guy, whatever) and I think Ford did a great job with the Cobra Jet race car program except for not seeing that the cars all got in the hands of racers, not collectors or speculators.

At the rate they are going it will be 2012 before all the Challenger Drag Pak cars are delivered but at least all I have seen have gone to racers.

Bill Lamb

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It will be interesting to see if it sells, and how much.

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How much are they new if you get one to race?

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Good question for Jesse Kershaw.

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Ford made a huge mistake selling them from the showroom. This was so that the dealer could first screw someone who wants to buy one by putting on their ad dement sticker of street value. Next is the person willing to pay that amount so that they can add their amount speculating knowing that there is only 100 of the Cobra's being built. The ad on ebay is showing how bad it is. I hope the seller has to sit on his investment and looses what ever profits he thought he would get from this vehicle and then some. Mopar at least did it the right way with getting people with resume's in racing before selling them. I hope that they doget out into the racing network in full force.
Casey Miles
248H

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From what I understand, they were about $70,000 from the dealer to the customer.
Bill Seabrooks - superfan1
Bridgeport, Ct.

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Casey,

I too wish more of the factory CJ cars were raced, but on the the other hand it is a free country and Ford can't hand-hold its customers. I really don't mean to seem rude or to stir up the pot with you personally, but these negative, inaccurate posts just eat me up. First, there were only 50 CJs built, not 100. Second, why do you assume every dealer is out to screw someone? I know many who got their CJs at sticker. Seriously, dude, do you plan to buy one? Why the grave concern for how Ford does business? How, in any way, does it affect you and your racing program? Ford happens to sell cars at dealerships, and this one, albeit a rare one, was sold just as other Mustangs were. If you got in line quick enough you had the chance to be a CJ owner. And there have been plenty to hit the track so far.

For the record, in 1995 Ford did require a NHRA or similar road racing license to purchase a 1995 Cobra R (there were 250 built). Unfortunately, even this did not guarantee that all the cars made it to a track as many went into the hands of collectors. While unique, these cars are not worth much more, if any, than the original purchase price. Ford did not want to go through this trouble again (which actually amounts to mounds of paperwork and more dollars wasted on crap) since it didn't mean anything in the end anyway.

David Lindsay runs a '95 Cobra R in D2 (not sure if it is a real car) and that is the only one I've seen in NHRA. A bunch were raced and wrecked in SCCA or similar competition.


Evan

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Anyone going to the Chicago race this weekend need to make sure they stop by for the Town Hall meeting (see the sticky post). An excellent opportunity to talk to the Ford Racing staff and get facts (not internet speculation) on these cars and other Ford programs, etc.

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I paid sticker for mine at Varsity Ford and it was one of the smoothest transactions I have ever made in my life.