Every single time you said “it was destroyed “ my stomach turned 😞, poor cobras. But what a legacy!

@justin.c_svt

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I wish it wasn’t so

@anthonylaudano9751

2 жыл бұрын

JUSTIN DO YOU KNOW IF THE RUNNING PONY IN THE GRILLE IS EASY TO BUY LOL I WANT TO GET MY HANDS ON ONE TOO PUT IT BACK IN MY CAR.

@justin.c_svt

2 жыл бұрын

I’d check LMR

@Professor-of-Gaming

3 ай бұрын

a real shame considering all the car museums out there that would have jumped through any hoops to put them in their showrooms

@justin.c_svt

3 ай бұрын

@Professor-of-Gaming at least Jack Roush saved one of the bullitt test cars from the crusher and it’s in his museum now

You sir are the keeper of all things Mustang 1995-2004...at this point...it’s all yours...awesome vids

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

haha. Thank you. I enjoy making these videos and researching.

I was at the 2002 Chicago Auto Show. After seeing/smelling the burnout, I said to myself, "I have to have one of those." As a 21 year old college kid, that dream would have to wait until November 2015 when I found a low mileage, 03 DSG at a fair price. Still have it today as my daily driver. As for the 2002 Chicago Auto Show, I took some pictures with my über sweet 35mm camera. Took them to a one hour photo place to have them developed. Still have the photos today. Sadly, I only got shots of the red convertible 03 once they moved it off stage. I keep the photos in a firesafe box and when I am in the box to get documents or a passport or whatever, I see the photos. When I look at the pictures, I can still hear and smell the burnout.

Your research on these cars is truly commendable Justin Thanks. The Old Man in Texas

that's a great stpry... I remember when the cobras came out.. it was a game changer.. one day I will own one.

@Wretched2JZ

2 жыл бұрын

Own one yet sir?

@SVTAdamSVT

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wretched2JZ You know it! LOL 04 OW Convertible :)

@Wretched2JZ

2 жыл бұрын

@@SVTAdamSVT yes! Great to hear folks pulling through on what they want. Especially now since there high in price!

I love the sonic blue Cobra! That's my dream car for my garage some day! Great story! 👍👍

Great history to these cars. My car is #320 it was built June 6, 2002. I’ve had it since 2004 and I’ll never sell it. I even have pictures of it brand new at dealer covered in plastic before being prepped by dealer.

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

That is amazing. Such an early build number and date. That would be so cool to have those pictures.

@svtpower03

4 жыл бұрын

Justin Johnson yes it is. I was lucky a friend bought the car new so I had all those pictures from him. Got the original svt cert and window sticker also

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

@@svtpower03 Thats really cool.

@03_svt_powa89

8 ай бұрын

That’s awesome, my SB/Parchment coupe is #321. Do you still got your SB cobra?

@svtpower03

8 ай бұрын

@@03_svt_powa89yup I still have it!

The"Iron First Lead Foot" is a fun read. I have never considered going the additional step to comparing them to my Motortrend magazines. After running into you online a couple months back (I was looking into a 2001 Bullitt) I have gone through my old 5.0 magazines rereading old articles. It's kept me up at night.

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome. I realized that the yellow coupe in this video was probably the car on the cover of iron fist lead foot

only channel I wait and see all the adds, #support love the videos!!!!!!

I owned a 2004 STi about the time those Cobras came out. Those were some special times.

Interesting vid. You right I can watch this all day long but if I had to read it I’d drift off in minutes lol

Damn why destroy them?😐

I really enjoyed this video 😁

Great video love these cars

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I enjoy learning about them.

Great channel man, thanks for all the information very interesting.

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. I enjoy your channel too.

Well done on the story Justin man you might have a future in P.I work Lol

Great Video Justin 🙏🏻

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man.

Great video Thank you

I always like watching this

Thanx for this.

Iron fist Lead Foot is a great book so glad I picked it up. Its a shame any of these PP cars where crushed. I imagine that a lot of this was due to them possibly not having VIN's so they could never have been registered and driven to begin with but who knows.

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, these 5 cars did have vin numbers. I wanted to put them in the video1FAFP48Y12F124873 1/30/02 CPE UA: Ebony M2: Graphite Chrome 49 State Plant vehicle 2 1FAFP48Y02F120569 1/31/02 CPE Z1: Oxford White M2: Graphite Machined 49 State Durability car 3 1FAFP48Y72F120570 1/28/02 CPE B7: Zinc Yellow M2: Graphite Machined 49 State Management car 4 1FAFP49Y02F120571 2/1/02 CVT D3: Colorado Red M2: Graphite Machined 49 State Auto show car 5 1FAFP48Y32F137916 1/25/02 CPE D3: Colorado Red MH: Parchment Machined Canada 8-hr durability car

@Lethal_Venom

4 жыл бұрын

Justin Johnson wonder what the reasoning was for crushing them was

All five destroyed?? NNNOOOOOOOO, I really wish they kept these cars because they would have been worth allot today. Zinc Yellow, Colorado Red, and Comp Orange...nevermind all the colors for these Terminators are cool. I love these Cobras and always wanted one since I was 18 (2003) but could never afford one, even still to this day. I was 18 years old and driving my 97' GT around town and then I heard this whining high pitch sound pulling up next to me. It was a Zinc Yellow coupe with MagnaFlow Exhaust and I fell in love at that moment. I never liked Yellow until this car and it looks sweet with chrome. I am curious as to how they can save parts from the crusher and then wheel them back to the production line for new cars. This is a great story and one of my favorites so far. Thank you for the video and Terminator knowledge that I never knew.

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

Thats a cool story. I had a 97 V6 back when they came out. You were lucky you had a GT. How cool to see a yellow one and experience that. There was 1 torch red in my town and I only saw it a couple times.

First time i ever saw one in person was around june 2002....thats when they first hit the roads. I was 19 years old...wanted one every since and i just might get one 1 year from now when i pay off my daily (2016 fiesta st that is hybrid turbo and fbo tuned on e30 (30/70 mix of e85/93) making about 280 wheel hp at 2600 lbs without me in it...its a fun quick car but i need something old school with brute force muscle like a terminator for example lol. Might finally get one after nearly 20 years

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

That would be cool to get one after all that time

@michaelharris748

4 жыл бұрын

@@justin.c_svt yes it would its between it and the boss and gt500 those are the cars i been deciding between the last couple years in anticipation of getting my next stang (8th total but first since 2012 (fbo mach 1)) ive seen owned an 03 svt focus and my current 16 st...those are both great cars very fun to drive and perfect dailies for gearheads what i mean by that is its cool enough and fun enough to keep me interested to drive most of the time and not put million miles and wear and tear on my mustang (which id prob do if i had an ordinary boring daily lol). Lately ive been goin back to the terminator and although i love all 3 mustangs all 3 are special the terminator is it for me...theyre just so iconic and timeless and it is amazing how a car from nearly 20 years ago competes so well in the modded world against the modern cars and there easy to make horsepower ways.

AWESOME.

These cars are gonna be collectables within the next 10-15 years from now. Why the hell did they destroy such beauty of a car?

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

They will definitely be collectible. The auto industry destroys all the pre production and prototype cars unless they make it into a museum

The original owner of my Cobra told me the chrome wheels were not available when he ordered the car;he then took delivery of the car in December 2002 and later ordered the chrome wheels from the parts department.I was able to buy the original machined wheels from the owner as an extra set when I bought the car.I also was able to buy the original slightly used exhaust with stickers still on it.

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s really interesting and really cool. Thanks for sharing that information with us

It reminds me of back in The 1990s. When nintendo used to send to companies? Demos of video games. Just to tell people the games that were going to come out that year. And I remembered when the games came out nintendo Toto companies that they needed to crush Or throw away the nintendo tapes. But a lot of employees didn't do that One of the hardest nintendo tapes to find is Donkey Kong country and the legend of Zelda ocarina of time. And turok 2 Seeds of evil. Those are one of the rarest nintendo tapes to find

@justin.c_svt

Жыл бұрын

That’s cool

Why do they destroy them?

makes you think were all the pp cars crushed? look at little red and the green hornet. both escaped death. makes you wonder if they are really out there! great vid! makes me want a cobra more and more

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

It would be really cool to find out that some are still hiding out there.

Why did the destroy them after testing?

Why would they destroy them after use???

FYI Justin a fun fact they use to call those type of cars back in the day we’re mule cars because they would use them for testing

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

I may have heard that before. That’s cool. Thank you

Are the ramped up Cobra production numbers in 03 because they missed the 02 model year? Because I noticed around 13,000 were made for 03 and only around 5,500 for 04. I can't imagine demand going down so much that they only produced half compared to the previous year.

@justin.c_svt

2 жыл бұрын

That could be it but I heard it was because the 05 model year was coming out and they were slowing down production and moving from The Deerborn plant to the flat rock plant

Motor week did a video when the terminator came out that had a sonic blue coupe that they tested but it was actually a wing delete car. I wonder what ever happened to it.

@justin.c_svt

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I have that video saved in my playlist and I actually watched it a few days ago again. Really cool. I also wondered what happened to that car and wondered what the details of that car are.

@WrecklessEnterainment

3 жыл бұрын

@@justin.c_svt it’s one of my favorite reviews. Really interesting being a spoiler delete car too. there’s probably no chance it wasn’t crushed shortly after

It's so insane destroying pre-production vehicles, the survivors garner top dollar at auctions, so fricken' sad.......

@Wretched2JZ

3 жыл бұрын

I know I know.. well atleast the motor and drivetrain was saved.

It's a damn shame that these PP cars were destroyed! They should have found some way to re-use them, even for parts. Technically then these could have been called 2002 Cobras. Wow, I'd love to own that black Machinator 1!!!

@tomkjr1

3 жыл бұрын

2020 update: I just got my 2nd cobra, a 2003 Mineral Gray vert and according to my mardi re[ort, the car was actually built on June 24, 2002.

Cool video, my dad retired from Ford in Dearborn MI.

@justin.c_svt

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome. My friend whose GT350 and convertible terminator appear on the channel a lot worked for Ford for 30 years in Dearborn

@Vegas702

3 жыл бұрын

@@justin.c_svt He might know my dad. My dad would tell me about the Fox body's coming off the line. Best car he owned was 69 Mach1 loved that car. Also he had 70 Cadillac El Dorado, he would drive that car in the snow and wouldn't get stuck.

@justin.c_svt

3 жыл бұрын

What’s his name?

@Vegas702

3 жыл бұрын

@@justin.c_svt Jerry Bandy, and also Michael McManus, Bill Ferry all good people were managers at the time.

@justin.c_svt

3 жыл бұрын

My friends name is Paterick Corsini. He worked as an engineer in the evap/emission control

Off topic Justin but I picked up a satin silver 03 but is there a difference between the silver metallic and satin silver not many guys know about satin silver also haha

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Satin silver is a half year only color. It is the most rare I believe

the fox body was a good car and has a following...as the sn95 is kinda of a hybrid fox body....but lets minus out all of the non factory mustangs.....and you know by 1996 things were starting to heat up with the mustang...as 1999 came so did the ( New Edge) ironically a blanket term for Fords corp direction for design.....so how it stuck with the Mustang....who knows??....but the 1999 to 2004 Mustangs ( 2000 holding the sales record) brought about some of the best cars ever.....the passion was back!!!....Mach one...Cobra.....bullitt ....Cobra R....and the GT....its bread and butter V8......firebird and Camaro....was gone by 2002.......the SN95 can still hold its own ....16 years later.......my GT still turns heads....

The pre production and sneaked out part oddities are some of my favorite. I had my fingers crossed yesterday that I would find a terminator hood for my GT at the biggest show we have in our state annually but no dice. Talking about crushing them makes me cringe

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen a few OEM terminator hoods for sale over the past few years. I always want to buy them. FYI a stock terminator hood won’t line up with the GT bumper, there will be a big gap unless you have a terminator front bumper as well. The aftermarket terminator hoods are slightly different to work with GT bumpers and should specify which one it is.

@seamonsrv

4 жыл бұрын

@@anthonylaudano9751 he owns a "few" of them and has been around them for a couple of years.

@seamonsrv

4 жыл бұрын

@@anthonylaudano9751 you must be living right. That is a stacked coral.

@seamonsrv

4 жыл бұрын

@@anthonylaudano9751 Not yet. I had a 66 Barracuda in high school but have been too practical since getting married. Been dreaming of Mustangs my whole life. I have three kids on college though so soon I hope. I am a little weird in that since it is not a necessity, I don't want to get a loan for it. So the Mustang fund still needs to grow a bit. I am hoping to get a 2001 Bullitt when the time comes. As for your Cobra plans... I would agree that you have plenty of horsepower whenever you get the inch to go cruising.

@seamonsrv

4 жыл бұрын

@@anthonylaudano9751 I agree that they will go up it value. Obtainable now like you said.

Such a waste to destroy the pp cars :( Great video!

I feel like by the time I actually have the money for a cobra, gt500’s will be around the same price soooo...I’m setting my mind on a gt500 I want a blue one with the white stripes. Or maybe i can get a 2014-2015 Camaro ss.

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

As far as the GT 500 goes, if it’s a 13-14 I like the grabber blue with white stripes

@Bendejo6517

4 жыл бұрын

Justin Johnson I was thinking a 07-09 gt500 maybe even a 2010 but those are ridiculously expensive. I sold my 01 laser red GT and now I have a Acura. The mustang has too many problems :( sad I had to let it go.

@midnight347

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bendejo6517 this is what happened to me. I wanted a cobra since 2002 and when I finally got in position to buy one circa 2019-2020 the early gt500 were just as cheap and sometimes cheaper I ended up grabbing an 07 gt500 for 16500 with 100k and a clean title. It isnt perfect it is a driver 20 footer but looks great and runs excellent. Cheapest one I ever saw that wasn't totaled lol. By this time it was impossible to get a terminator for 16 grand unless it was a piece of crap with 250k and salvage title lol. It was hard for me to justify paying so much more for a terminator when the gt500 is the better car top to bottom. Years ago when the terminator was half the price of gt500s it made perfect sense and was much better bang for the buck but today the prices have twisted so much the gt500 is the better buy lol. But lately both have been appreciating in value and I think they will continue to. The rods were better on the cobra but everything else was better on the gt500. They can still take 700-800+ to the wheels on a stock untouched long block with a blower swap. The irs vs solid axel depends on what you want to do with it I prefer solid axle another win for the gt500. I will always love terminators but the prices have gone up so much now I'm not sure I'll ever own one but at least I got a good deal on a gt500 before they started to sky rocket after bottoming out on value.

@Bendejo6517

2 жыл бұрын

@@midnight347 honestly your best bet is to just make a clone. Don’t add cobra badges obviously. But let’s be honest we love the cobra because of the performance not really looks. The cobra honestly looks just like a 2v the Unexperienced person wouldn’t notice the differences too much. My dream car is a 03/04 cobra but now I’m thinking of just getting a 2013-14 5.0 6 speed. Either that or make a clone myself but then the car would be pretty slow. And I don’t like supercharging cars because that’s when reliability gets thrown out the window

I own the yellow convertible you show at the end

@deezystuntz8834

2 жыл бұрын

I stand corrected mine was the 3rd zinc yellow convertible made available to the public

@justin.c_svt

2 жыл бұрын

That’s still pretty cool.

Why would they destroy these cars...

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

Liability reasons.

i always wonder why early pre production cars are destroyed? why not put them in a car museum or sell them off?

@justin.c_svt

4 жыл бұрын

Some get saved like the Bullitt test car that resides in jack roush’s museum.

Destroying these cars the prototypes but I hope one was saved

Why destroy them 😡