Base Model GT350R by year?

[doublea]

Officially there were only 135 Base R models built in total but Ford sometimes will release one of these pre-production Base R models from time to time therefore the total number of the Base R models available to the general public will continue to slowly increase over time.

A good example of a Base R pre-production model becoming available to the general public was when HR001 was turned back in and then sold through Manheim Auctions in Detroit therefore that adding another Base R which the general public now had access to.

After hearing about HR001 being turned back in I searched for that vehicle for about a month before a friend helped me locate that vehicle at a Ford dealership in the Midwest and they were selling HR001 as chassis # 3 based on the VIN ending in "0003" as they were not aware of the chassis plate sequence build on the passenger side dash.

Based on the high asking price and already having enough vehicles in my garage I decided to call a close friend after which time he purchased HR001 and even when the deal was done the dealership still thought they were selling chassis # "3".

I am aware of some other early pre-production Base R chassis numbers from the 2016 MY and the 2018 MY but just not sure if they have been released for sale to date and will keep a close look out for them?

What area in the Midwest? Are you at liberty to say who ended up with it and if we'll see it out and about?

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[doublea]

As mentioned in my post I have really been through a lot of them over the past couple of years. I really liked my Heritage 500 (PP005) and put about 4000 miles on it. I had a chance to get a decent trade on one with 200 miles on it so I did that last fall. Having a PP car is cool but in my case the car I had was a "voice of the customer car" and Ford Engineers put about 8000 miles on it in a couple of months so it had some chips, scrapes, etc. so when the opportunity arose I traded it in. Over the past 1-2 years I've learned that I am not a collector even though I keep trying. That being said I sold the Grabber Blue R that was a (1) of (1) car. I like to drive my cars and that car was just too nice. Thought that I would get more into the car shows etc. so somewhere along the line I picked up the HEP R and the 65 Tribute (the most authentic tribute I have ever seen). Went to a few shows won best of show with the 65 and realized cleaning them up and talking about cars all day was cool but not really my thing either. I sold both of those cars. A few weeks ago I picked up a 2016 tri coat yellow R out in CA. The car is still out there and next week I am going to grab it and road trip to the Shelby Bash. So today I have GR260 Tri Coat Yellow R, GR302 Magnetic Base R and my 2022 GT500 Heritage. I have my eye on a black 2017 Base R so we shall see what is next.

Did you get your yellow R picked up?

 

[EBTAGMOTO]

Sure did. Actually just got it home today. Had it shipped from Vegas. Had an awesome road trip from north of San Francisco to Vegas for the Shelby Bash. 860 miles thru Pebble Beach and Death Valley and some awesome Canyons.

 

[wingnutt]

WAIT WAit wait…San Fran to MRY to LAS is only 600ish miles, how did you get to almost 900? Or was this mileage for your “accounting department“ and not for us schlubs

…Or did you complete the run to Julian Pie Co? full disclosure, I have driven that route more than once

 

[doublea]

Car looks great @EBTAGMOTO ! What size Signature wheels and what's the suspension setup? Really like that stance.

 

[PP0001]

What area in the Midwest? Are you at liberty to say who ended up with it and if we'll see it out and about?

HR001 was purchased from Manheim Auctions by a Ford dealership in Indiana who then it sold it to a close friend of mine in the Southeast part of the U.S. and has resided there ever since.

I found it interesting that HR001 was the only pre-production Base R model produced for the 2017 model year and does get out once in a while but for the most part remains in climate-controlled storage with ~4,500 miles on the odometer.

 

[EBTAGMOTO]

WAIT WAit wait…San Fran to MRY to LAS is only 600ish miles, how did you get to almost 900? Or was this mileage for your “accounting department“ and not for us schlubs

…Or did you complete the run to Julian Pie Co? full disclosure, I have driven that route more than once

Just checked my pic I took on the Vegas Strip. Actually 810. Started in Santa Rosa. We went a lot further north in Death Valley also maybe that’s why. Either way it was a great drive. I’m sure you’ve been on Hwy 178 out of Bakersfield. What a blast. They were doing construction for a short area where they stopped traffic to let one side through then the other side. I was first to go when they opened it up. Probably one of the best drives I’ve ever had in any of my 350/350R.

 

[EBTAGMOTO]

Car looks great @EBTAGMOTO ! What size Signature wheels and what's the suspension setup? Really like that stance.

I believe standard 350R setup. 305/315 on 19” for the wheels. Eibach springs, a bunch of BMR Stuff. It is lowered an inch for sure maybe 1-1/2”. The splitter scrapes everywhere. I just got it home yesterday. I’ll get it up in the air tomorrow. I have all of the original stuff in boxes.

 

[doublea]

I believe standard 350R setup. 305/315 on 19” for the wheels. Eibach springs, a bunch of BMR Stuff. It is lowered an inch for sure maybe 1-1/2”. The splitter scrapes everywhere. I just got it home yesterday. I’ll get it up in the air tomorrow. I have all of the original stuff in boxes.

I wondered about the splitter, ha! I ordered a set of Steeda lowering springs for mine as I'd like to eliminate some of the tire gap but haven't been able to get myself to put them on for that fear. Illinois roads just aren't good.

Going to be a tough choice for you picking between the Grabber Blue and the Yellow now.

 

[MachTT002]

Based on your comments centered around Pre-Production Base R models, there were a total of 13 Pre-Production Base R models built over a 3-year production run.

There were 5 TT (Tooling Tryout) examples and 8 PP (Pilot Production) examples built for 2016, 2017 and 2018 as the FRAP did not build any pre-production vehicles for the 2015 GT350/R launch model year.

None of the 13 Pre-Production Base R models were sent to Canada or exported outside of North America as some R models were shipped abroad.

Where were you able to get this information? Kind of off topic but I ended up with Mach 1 # TT002 …. I have also been trying to get the tooling logs with no success…. There are lots that I can’t explain, specifically cause the color is a 22MY only color

 

[rush0024]

2016 Base R for sale on carsandbids
https://carsandbids.com/auctions/KPvax8e7/2016-ford-mustang-shelby-gt350r

Pretty bad presentation all around. The site has no mention of this being a base model. It even says it has AC lol.

 

[wingnutt]

Where were you able to get this information? Kind of off topic but I ended up with Mach 1 # TT002 …. I have also been trying to get the tooling logs with no success…. There are lots that I can’t explain, specifically cause the color is a 22MY only color​

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send him a PM, he’s in offline mode ​

 

[nordique14]

The car in the auction is def a base R. No AC based on the HVAC controls.

I never notice before that the base R lacks the oil pressure and oil temp gauges. Unless that is a 2016 thing.

 

[shogun32]

Unless that is a 2016 thing.

I believe so.

 

[EBTAGMOTO]

The car in the auction is def a base R. No AC based on the HVAC controls.

I never notice before that the base R lacks the oil pressure and oil temp gauges. Unless that is a 2016 thing.

I have a 16 Base R. I don’t know what Ford was thinking when they deleted those gauges. The car was built for track duty and you don’t have access at a glance to the most important gauges. Sure you can get at them via the dash gauges but it would be nice to have them. Couldn’t have saved that much weight. Maybe PP001 knows why they didn’t put them in.

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