R Model chassis number question

Tomster said:

Yes indeed, a real beauty and a unique story to go along with it. That car, although not a '15, is even more rare in that it is probably a PP as pointed out. To me, that is a very collectable car. Keep it original and enjoy it for the rest of your life.

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BTW PP003 is a Triple Yellow R and identical to your car with the Black OTT stripes and Black roof.

Prior to seeing that car I was not a big fan of TY but once I saw that car in person I was hooked on the color combination and really liked the Black roof option as well.

PP0001 said:

BTW PP003 is a Triple Yellow R and identical to your car with the Black OTT stripes and Black roof.

Prior to seeing that car I was not a big fan of TY but once I saw that car in person I was hooked on the color combination and really liked the Black roof option as well.

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PP003 was at Mecum Indy this year (but did not sell I believe... bid to $65K)... do you know the owner?... know where the car is now?, if it is still looking for a new owner?

I have 17 TY GT350, black stripes, black roof & electronics... love the car but would like to upgrade to an R version and this would be a cool chassis to own from a long term collect-ability perspective.

TY R's are pretty rare as everyone knows... but they look amazing in person, shame there weren't more made.

TMully06 said:

PP003 was at Mecum Indy this year (but did not sell I believe... bid to $65K)... do you know the owner?... know where the car is now?, if it is still looking for a new owner?

I have 17 TY GT350, black stripes, black roof & electronics... love the car but would like to upgrade to an R version and this would be a cool chassis to own from a long term collect-ability perspective.

TY R's are pretty rare as everyone knows... but they look amazing in person, shame there weren't more made.

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TY Shelby's in general are very rare for sure especially in R model form.

Just an amazing coincidence that only 22 TY R's in total were produced each year for both the 2016MY and 2017MY with each year having only 2 Base models built.

In total there were 526 R's built for the 2016MY and 942 for the 2017MY.

If you are serious about PP003 and if it was at Indy this past May and did not sell I am sure that Mecum can locate the owner if the car has not sold already.

Good luck!

;)

Thanks for the replies everyone. I am going to reach out to Ford VOGO and see if they can tell me how they racked up the 9,900 miles before selling it to the public (test mule, corp exec car, etc). Will update if I find anything.

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TMully06 said:

PP003 was at Mecum Indy this year (but did not sell I believe... bid to $65K)... do you know the owner?... know where the car is now?, if it is still looking for a new owner?

I have 17 TY GT350, black stripes, black roof & electronics... love the car but would like to upgrade to an R version and this would be a cool chassis to own from a long term collect-ability perspective.

TY R's are pretty rare as everyone knows... but they look amazing in person, shame there weren't more made.

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Good luck with your search for this cool Triple Yellow R model!

:cheers:

The car in the link below is VIN #0081 where mine is #0089. His chassis plate shows GR014 and mine shows G0089 (VIN #) as seen in previous posts. My "GR" number is GR015 as per FP Certificate of Authenticity. Finally, PP003 VIN # is 0139. More confused than ever...


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-Mustang-2dr-Fastback-Shelby-GT350R/113216638299?_trkparms=aid=111001&algo=REC.SEED&ao=1&asc=20160908105057&meid=bc6baaa6c6f343888ed3b989e4ab38d1&pid=100675&rk=5&rkt=12&sd=253877578552&itm=113216638299&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci:14ed25b5-c115-11e8-812d-74dbd1803a13|parentrq:12eb254b1660ac1d2f13ca95fffda5b4|iid:1

GT350R chassis PP016 is currently listed on eBay. RR with a black roof. Manufactured May '15.

jpsomner said:

The car in the link below is VIN #0081 where mine is #0089. His chassis plate shows GR014 and mine shows G0089 (VIN #) as seen in previous posts. My "GR" number is GR015 as per FP Certificate of Authenticity. Finally, PP003 VIN # is 0139. More confused than ever...


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-Mustang-2dr-Fastback-Shelby-GT350R/113216638299?_trkparms=aid=111001&algo=REC.SEED&ao=1&asc=20160908105057&meid=bc6baaa6c6f343888ed3b989e4ab38d1&pid=100675&rk=5&rkt=12&sd=253877578552&itm=113216638299&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci:14ed25b5-c115-11e8-812d-74dbd1803a13|parentrq:12eb254b1660ac1d2f13ca95fffda5b4|iid:1

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Most of this was explained in post 14 but will try to explain it again and hope that it makes more sense.

GR014 and your car GR015 are very early regular production R models with whoever assigning the chassis plate number for your car at FR obviously messed up by assigning chassis number G0089 instead of GR015 but certainly very cool as it replicates the VIN just as was done with all of the 2015 GT350/R's.

I would suggest that your R model may be the only 2016 GT350/R that has a chassis plate number that actually replicates the VIN.

With respect to PP003 this is a Pilot Production car and gets used mostly for static display venues but some of these PP cars do get driven at track events and other venues. All Pilot Production cars such as PP003 get assigned a separate VIN sequence which ends in "200139" whereas GR014 and GR015 end in 520081 and 520089 respectively. Not sure if you noticed the difference in VIN sequence?

Hopefully this further explanation helps and again congrats on owning one of the very few Base R models out there.

PS: Will you at some time change the stripes back to the original color of White as looked pretty good IMO?

Dr. JL said:

GT350R chassis PP016 is currently listed on eBay. RR with a black roof. Manufactured May '15.

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Obviously another 2016 Pilot Production car and as you mentioned was built 2 months even before all of the 2015MY GT350/R's.

I really like to color combination and but unfortunately not a matching numbers car.

Having said that with a brand new FPC engine installed and if Ford supplies a full power train warranty with it and if bought at the right price this is a cool car.

Wow I missed this thread, only 22 TY Rs for 16 and 17?

Very cool. I'd love to have tracked down PP003 had I saw this earlier but my wife would kick me to the curb with what we already have coming over the next year (Edge ST, 500, Bronco or Ranger Raptor).

PP0001 said:

Most of this was explained in post 14 but will try to explain it again and hope that it makes more sense.

GR014 and your car GR015 are very early regular production R models with whoever assigning the chassis plate number for your car at FR obviously messed up by assigning chassis number G0089 instead of GR015 but certainly very cool as it replicates the VIN just as was done with all of the 2015 GT350/R's.

I would suggest that your R model may be the only 2016 GT350/R that has a chassis plate number that actually replicates the VIN.

With respect to PP003 this is a Pilot Production car and gets used mostly for static display venues but some of these PP cars do get driven at track events and other venues. All Pilot Production cars such as PP003 get assigned a separate VIN sequence which ends in "200139" whereas GR014 and GR015 end in 520081 and 520089 respectively. Not sure if you noticed the difference in VIN sequence?

Hopefully this further explanation helps and again congrats on owning one of the very few Base R models out there.

PS: Will you at some time change the stripes back to the original color of White as looked pretty good IMO?

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Sorry for delay in reply. The previous owner removed the original white stripes ,had the car paint corrected and completely wrapped in Xpel. He then applied the flat black OTT stripes on top of the Xpel. The Xpel is amazing stuff as its saved the paint from chips and scratches more than once. Not sure I can remove the black stripes without bringing the Xpel with it. But, to answer your question, yes, at some point I will be changing it back to original white OTT stripes when I have the car re-wrapped.

Yep, TY is one of those great rare colors.