Excalibur Owners: Please Reply!

[cobraduke]

Matt,

Thanks so much for posting the info. I would have never thought of that venue to get a comprehensive list. I have other verification back to 001 and a German issued VIN of "000193" (nothing more and it is a '92 or '93, possibly a prototype?). I recently received a list of the German cars from an owner there and it contained several I had not known of before. I will try to get all this new info incorporated into my spread sheet.

Anyone wanting the updated list drop me a line at mduke8@gmail.com or by PM and I'll get you a copy as soon as I get it updated. I am slow, but eventually getrdun.

Mike

[mattjs33]

You're welcome! Glad to help.

So there are 92's and 93's then?

I've emailed you for a copy of that updated spreadsheet, thanks in advance!

[cobraduke]

Matt Sexton and I are looking for a complete VIN for one of the cars 123030 or earlier. These cars did not show up in CARFAX using the same first digits as the later cars. We need an early car complete VIN to help us effectively search for data on the earlier ones.

We now have positive VIN ID for 130 cars with positive ID but no VIN on 5 others. Some surprizing info that has been revealed by CARFAX is two exported to Japan and one to Saudi Arabia. Additionally CARFAX has turned up a VIN for 123194. It is thought that 123177 was the last one off the assembly line in 1997 and 123200 was a later special build in 2000, registered in 2002 (Cobra 4.6 motor). The specs and history for 123194 are of great interest as it does have an actual assigned VIN, but no details on the specs.

In addition we know of at least a single digit number of completion cars that were begun in the factory, but not assigned factory VIN's.

Any additional info on an early car VIN, about 123194 and most of the completion cars would be greatly appreciated.

We are also looking for more info on the 9 inch rear ends and rear brake parts/source used on the cars up through '95.

Thanks,
Mike

[cobraduke]

Thanks to Eric Sauter's and Matt Sexton's detective work, the mystery of the early Excalibur cobras' VIN's has been solved. We have now identified specific VIN's on 140 cars through Carfax and specific contact with German owners. That gives us at least 95% coverage (as some exported cars and never registered dealer cars may have no Carfax record nor have they surfaced in other ways).

While we are still looking for the few possible missing cars, that will be a very slow process- any leads are greatly appreciated. Continuous updates of location, ownership and details are also greatly appreciated as we go forward.

Anyone wanting a copy of the updated registry, send me a request to mduke8@gmail.com

Many thanks to Eric and Matt for their great contributions which resulted in positive ID of and details on more than 70 cars, doubling our validated info accumulated over the past 8+ years. Amazing!

Merry Christmas,
Mike

[mattjs33]

Fantastic! Glad to help. Merry Christmas as well!

[birdwatcher II]

Silver, black stripes back on eBay for $39k.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Shelb...fCarsQ5fTrucks

[birdwatcher II]

Woops! Solid silver, no stripes.