I bought one in ‘92. It was mostly complete, medium lime green metallic. It had been repainted. I fixed it up and painted it my favorite Grabber Blue. Poor decision to sell it around 2007. I can buy it back....but lacking funds at the moment. Too many cars, bikes and an airplane. Not enough cash.
Just closed a deal on another one, which needs some work. It’s not nearly in as good of shape as my previous R code. I’ll post picks in a new thread once it arrives here.
I’ve seen 2 others in 40 years of messing about with them. I went to a Russo and Steele auction in Phoenix in 2003 or so. Maybe 2005. It was the year the first time a Cobra sold for over a million. There was a yellow coupe with the sport stripes and a fastback. I don’t remember the details on the fastback. I think it was red. My memory is they were both nice, but not perfect. Some of the details were off on the yellow one. In the early 90s there was a coupe for sale in S. Carolina I considered. White with a vinyl top.
I recall a story about 2 convertibles in Canada.
I recall a car in my youth sporting 351 H.O badging, similar to BOSS 351 badging. I’ve never seen another. Until today. I found an article on line documenting a yellow coupe with those badges. Article states they are original. I doubt that claim. But I do like them.
There was an article in Mustang and Fords in 1992 or 93 listing 10 rarest Mustangs. 72 R code was on it. It was so rare, the editors knew very little. They solicited info. I think it was Jim Smart. I spent quite a bit of time writing a nice article as I had just finished my car. It came back un opened, no thanks. About 15 years later the magazine was still trying to figure out what these cars are about.
