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[Cobra #3170]

Originally Posted by A-Snake

Comp cars, SC’s and street cars were not completed and invoiced to dealers or sold in CSX order.
A quick example is CSX3003. It’s the 1st (production) comp car by CSX# but the 7th completed. CSX3004 was the 1st completed.

There were a number of CSX30xx cars completed, invoiced to dealers and sold in 1965. Some sold in the first half of 1965. There are also some CSX31xx street cars sold in 1965. Well ahead of some remaining SC’s

Several people in my home town bought Cobra's in the 1965 calendar year yet they were titled as 1966 cars. Apparently the serial number has nothing to do with title date on Cobra's, just the date the car was sold. The first car in our town was delivered in late June or early July and it was a 31xx car titled as a 1966. I understand about the serial numbers not being in order on the last two digits but what about the 2nd digit I.E. 0,1,2,3 did they mean anything other than the series?
Ford production cars were titled by model year and were sold as that model year even if sold in the prior year. Left over production was sold and titled by the year of design, a new 1966 Mustang sold in 1967 was titled as a 1966 Mustang at least in California, and a 1967 Mustang sold in 1966 was titled as a 1967 Mustang.