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Old 01-17-2006, 11:36 AM
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I have heard of a few common problems what should I check for...Thanks for the help I am in a search for one but I have run across 3 Mach 1's at the same dealer 2 03's 1 04 2 black 1 red
10,220 miles on the red 03 for 22,450
14,000 on the black 03 for 25,000 yikes they said because of the color
23,000 on the black 04 for 25,000 because it is a yr newer..
any thoughts??? a little high priced?
thanks,
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Old 01-17-2006, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Huffed5.0
I have heard of a few common problems what should I check for...Thanks for the help I am in a search for one but I have run across 3 Mach 1's at the same dealer 2 03's 1 04 2 black 1 red
10,220 miles on the red 03 for 22,450
14,000 on the black 03 for 25,000 yikes they said because of the color
23,000 on the black 04 for 25,000 because it is a yr newer..
any thoughts??? a little high priced?
thanks,
Mike
If you really want a cobra, you can find a very nice one for 25,26k.I just bought mine for 26 with 14k on the clock and stock..machs are sweet also though
 
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Old 01-17-2006, 12:02 PM
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IF you are looking for a 94-98 body style look at autotrader.com and check out Georgia Cobras, there were several in there that were about 10-11k with 40-60k miles. And a couple of them were convertibles. Just don't know if you wanna make that kind of drive for a car.

This is one of the ones I was thinking about....
1997 Cobra

Damn close to getting this one


***edit, nevermind. I see the "03-04" part of your title now**** pardon the dumbassedness....
 
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Old 01-17-2006, 12:55 PM
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It's ok I have been looking for sometime with no luck but good things come to those who wait and 26 for one with 14k miles you got a great deal....Any pics of the newly arrived beast??
 
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Old 01-17-2006, 01:06 PM
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OK, so I am really bored at work so I decided to so some searching for ya...here's what I found...(if you buy one of these, I get a finders fee right? lol)


cobra 1

cobra 2

cobra 3

cobra 4

$24,995

$25,795 with 13k miles
 
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Old 01-17-2006, 01:18 PM
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Wow, 3 mach 1's at one dealership! That's crazy. I forked over $22k for my 04 Mach 1 and it had 28,000 miles on it. So the red one with 10k miles seems like it's an ok deal. They should be able to come down in price on all 3 of them though.

Check out the production numbers on the mach 1 registry.

http://www.mach1registry.org/forums/...uction+numbers
 
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Old 01-17-2006, 01:19 PM
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LOL if i do buy one of those you will get a ride in it LOL. ..I actually live by Packey Webb who has that yellow one and by Carmart who has the Silver one...The yellow one I dont know about the color...Also it is nicked up badly by the c scoops right at the door edge is this a common problem on the quarter panel right on the edge bottom right before the rocker moulding??? Thanks for looking bro I appreciate it... I got to find the right one i would like Black DSG or mineral gray....Hardtop...the seartch continues lol
 
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Old 01-17-2006, 01:20 PM
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Yes www.packeywebbford.com
They have the yellow cobra a silver convery cobra nd those 3 machs as well as about 5 or 6 GT's Thanks for the web i will check that out..
Mike
 
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Old 01-17-2006, 01:36 PM
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Wow that's quite a collection of stangs that dealership has! I've never heard of 3 used mach's on 1 car lot.......You'll love whatever one you decide on.....you can't go wrong with a cobra or mach
 
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Old 01-17-2006, 02:14 PM
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You should have saw it last summer honestly they had 5 cobras 3 machs and about 7 gt's unbelieveable...man they even have about 5 used 05's there now..they are a big mustang dealership i couldnt believe it either
 
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Old 01-17-2006, 02:32 PM
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That's sweet man! I found my Mach at a VW dealership and the guys didn't know jack about mustangs so I was able to talk them down.....they were amazed of why I wanted to trade in my 03 GT Vert for an 04 coupe.....they didn't get it and I wasn't going to tell them! ha ha ha
 
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Originally Posted by Huffed5.0
LOL if i do buy one of those you will get a ride in it LOL. ..I actually live by Packey Webb who has that yellow one and by Carmart who has the Silver one...The yellow one I dont know about the color...Also it is nicked up badly by the c scoops right at the door edge is this a common problem on the quarter panel right on the edge bottom right before the rocker moulding??? Thanks for looking bro I appreciate it... I got to find the right one i would like Black DSG or mineral gray....Hardtop...the seartch continues lol
There are no mach 1s in mineral grey unless they were painted by someone else.
 
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Old 01-18-2006, 06:13 AM
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Its amazing those foreign dealerships usually dont know what they have....And when I said Mineral gray I was referring to a Cobra....I dont know which 1 to go with I like them both....Any problems with the Mach 1's I should know about anyhtign to look for, when I am looking for one??
Thank you,
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Old 01-18-2006, 07:03 AM
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There also is no 03-04 mineral grey cobra.

look for a cobra that still has the supercharger pulley guard on. its less likely they have been tinkering with boost from it then.
 
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Old 01-18-2006, 07:11 AM
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Yes the less mods the better...and there was an 03 Mineral gray Cobra

Zinc Yellow Coupe 490
Black Coupe 2,251
White Coupe 621
Dark Shadow Gray 1 Coupe 851
Mineral Gray 2 Coupe 302
Torch Red 2 Coupe 638
Satin Silver 2 Coupe 242
Silver Metallic 1 Coupe 992
Redfire 1 Coupe 955
Sonic Blue Coupe 1,052
Zinc Yellow Convertible 319
Black Convertible 1,679
White Convertible 308
Dark Shadow Gray 1 Convertible 446
Mineral Gray 2 Convertible 154
Torch Red 2 Convertible 582
Satin Sliver 2 Convertible 81
Silver Metallic 1 Convertible 548
Redfire 1 Convertible 610
Sonic Blue Convertible 355
Total Production 13,476

the 1 and 2s represent early to late production 03
 
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Before I got my Mach i went to the www.mach1registry.com and searched like crazy to find out everything I could about the 03/04 Mach 1. That's the best way to get info about the Mach 1's.....you won't find a lot of conversation about Mach 1's on this site because anytime someone asks about them people on this site will tell you to just get a Cobra.

Here is a TSB report for Mustangs in general, but there are a couple of Mach 1 specific. http://www.mach1registry.org/forums/...ead.php?t=8375
 
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thanks for the informative site I appreciate it...I drove the redo ne at the dealer last night it was sweet
 
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