1965 427 s/c Factory Five on eBay

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

The vin is from the original donor. The factory five is a skin is a serial number not a vin.

Ok, stop for a moment and reread what you wrote:

First, Factory Five is not a skin over another body (like a VW kit car or dune buggy), they have their own chassis,and their own body. As such, they sell the chassis/body kit with their own MSO, listing their own VIN number (originally in a FFRxxxx), then going to a 17 digit format.


Second: Factory Five does not use, nor has ever been engineered to use a 1965 Mustang as a "donor".

Third: A 1965 Mustang VIN has been assigned to the car, whether that is or was legal in the original owner/builders state is all that really matters. That, and if the car it was used off of still exists, as the VIN database is now a shared database across the state lines.


Just thought you needed to know that.


As for the rest, I see no mob mentality here, what I see is a car posted to the ALL TALK COBRA subforum, which is now being discussed in greater detail than the broker who is selling it might have wanted. Yet, it was his choice to post it in this section, so he must have wanted us to discuss it in one way shape or form.

I also see where the seller, and several others made an attempt to make it about anything else but the car, thread drift has occurred, as usually does, but at that same time the facts about the car, good, bad, and everything in between are coming to light as more eyes are being steered towards it. That is what this forum is about, others sharing their knowledge (or lack of in some cases), and their experience. To stifle such discussion, call people names, or make veiled threats because you do not agree with what is being posted seems a bit childish in nature and goes against the whole purpose for a site like this, which is to share knowledge and experience. Whether you can agree with everything posted in up to you, but so is how you interact with others.

Now, if you want to discuss the car vs the opinions and knowledge that has already been posted, and you disagree with what has been posted about the car and the quality of the build, or the parts used vs the price being asked, let's have at it. Nothing better than a good quality discussion to get the day going.

Bill S.