[Rory McNeil]

Paul, yes, you could get the 69 Cobra plain or fancy with options. My 2 Cobras were about as opposite as you could get. The blue car was a plain jane, black vinyl bench seat, manual steering & manual drum brakes, with a 4 speed. My gold car had the bucket seats, console, P.S., power disc . brakes, A/C and an automatic with 3.00 gears. According to my Ford "History 999" report, the blue cars rim blow steering wheel was factory installed, must have been annoying with the manual steering..
As for bucket seats being standard on sedans, but not fastbacks, thats a new one to me, but who knows.
One thing I never figured out was why some 69 Cobras the hood scoops painted body color, while others were semi gloss black. For that matter, I have seen the Shaker scoops on 70-71 Cudas painted body color, black, or a rough textured silver -gray finish. Anybody explain that?