Very Early Car?

[RedEcoJet]

Hi Folks,

I've owned my Mustang for a year now. I've noticed a few things that make me wonder just how early it was built in relative to other 2015 Mustangs.

My vin is 299280 which is below the 300000 number that I usually see referred to as the starting number for 2015 S550's.

My EB engine appears to have been built 01/23/2014.

My car's build date is 05/14 based on the door jam sticker.

The Lincoln dealer told me there is a code on the window sticker that indicates it was a Ford exec car.

The car was never titled until 02/2016.

I've got 55K miles on her so far. Just wondering if all these things make it a really early car and if there is anything special about it. I figured if anyone would know, they'd be on this forum.

Jerry

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[timd38]

Ford execs don't keep a car that long. Ford at one time had what was called the"B" lot with returned exec cars and never so one that long in service.

Most likely was a rental that Ford leased to Avis or one of the rental car companies. Rental agencies get early production vehicle so that problems can be spotted early. Those cars are not titled until they are purchased by a consumer.

 

[canyon ed]

He never said how many miles where on it or where it came from.

 

[RedEcoJet]

It did have 13K miles on it when I purchased from the Lincoln dealer.

 

[timd38]

He never said how many miles where on it or where it came from.

Said that the car wasn't titled until Feb of 2016 and built in May of 2014. Execs don't keep cars that many months. Depending where you are in the Ford food chain, it could be 3 or 6 months, but not 18.

 

[SDEcoBoost]

I have an early build EB. Built in Oct 2014, purchased new in Nov 2014. My VIN starts with 31000. Its' Blend Date was Oct 10, 2014. My engine appears to have been built 22 Jul 2014.
I do not have a 50 State emissions car, according the labels under the hood. Not for sale or use in California or the other 30+ states using Cali standards. Interesting information on your EB. Love a mystery.

 

[Cobra Jet]

Run an OASIS report, it may have more information.

Back in the 90's I purchased a low mileage 92 black GT, loaded with all options (leather, sunroof, all power, etc) it even had the rare EQ option for stereo. It had to go to Ford for a recall and when it did, I asked them to run an OASIS on it. Come to find out by the OASIS report header info, it listed the original selling Dealer, dates, and the owner prior to me had registered the car under his Landscaping firm business - not himself (this was available on the OASIS).

Sure, it's not a Ford Employee or Exec by no means, but sometimes the OASIS sheds light on other details not found through other means.

Also Ford Dealership Owners also get early cars to use and display at their dealerships so it could have been owned/used by a Ford Franchise Dealer for personal use, then turned back into the "pool". In the 50's-60's such cars distributed to and driven by actual Ford Exec's in Detroit were actually tagged with brass serial ID's. There's been great documentation about this on the web and over the last few years, quite a few 60's Mustangs have been found with the hidden brass tag still in place.

 

[hmperf]

Also Ford Dealership Owners also get early cars to use and display at their dealerships so it could have been owned/used by a Ford Franchise Dealer for personal use, then turned back into the "pool". In the 50's-60's such cars distributed to and driven by actual Ford Exec's in Detroit were actually tagged with brass serial ID's. There's been great documentation about this on the web and over the last few years, quite a few 60's Mustangs have been found with the hidden brass tag still in place.

Interesting. I just did a quick google search on this and didnt find anything. Any links?

 

[pmr2000]

If it was a rental shouldn't it have been titled and show up as "fleet" on the carfax?

 

[Cobra Jet]

Interesting. I just did a quick google search on this and didnt find anything. Any links?

Do some searching on "Ford Brass Hat", that is proper terminology for the brass tagged cars:

http://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/index.php?topic=3920.0

http://forums.vintage-mustang.com/v...-91-66-convertible.html#/topics/782393?page=1

Informative article w/pics:
http://members.boardhost.com/MustangSteve/thread/1364160008.html

 

[RedEcoJet]

I did find an American Express receipt under the spare tire. Dated April 30, 2015. Name on it was Shane Schulze. Google says: Senior High Voltage System Test Engineer at Ford Motor Company.

Interesting... maybe he rented it.

 

[S922]

What is your VIN? I may be able to dig up some info.

 

[Earlsays]

Mine has a build date of 10/28/2014 - I purchased on 08/21/2015 with 415 miles on the ODO...it was originally shipped to a dealer in Philadelphia PA...I bought it in Houston TX, and it had been transferred into my dealer from ANOTHER dealer in Houston...There was some hand written notes in the owner's manual, but never titled...also, a few small dents on top, that I didn't notice until about three weeks in, but were most likely there upon delivery...who knows, I think somebody bought it, and the deal wouldn't go through and they had to give it back...maybe multiple people...hard to say...knock on wood, car has been fantastic for 50,000 miles.

 

[Stormtrooper5.0]

Wow 55k miles after 1 year. That's a lot of driving lol.
Ive had mine for 2 years and 2 months and only have 16k lol.

 

[RedEcoJet]

Wow 55k miles after 1 year. That's a lot of driving lol.
Ive had mine for 2 years and 2 months and only have 16k lol.

Yup, our first trip was from Ohio to Las Vegas and back about two weeks after buying. I think it was about 4,600 miles if I remember right. Then we've driven it all winter going to cat shows every weekend all over middle & eastern America. My wife breeds & shows Tonkinese cats (Tonks).

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