Above is a picture of the car parked at the dealership just outside San Diego where I purchased it.
I spotted this car on the Autotrader website, click here to see the original advertisement pictures. I asked a colleague from my companies San Diego office to look over the car and he very kindly took and sent me nearly fifty pictures, click here to see them.
Once the purchase was finalised I shipped the car back to the UK and had it delivered to my home where I performed the required SVA modifications. For information on the modifications made for the SVA test click here.
Below are pictures of the car arriving from the docks, click on the images for a larger version:
The Cars VIN is 1FAFP45X4XF128077 which decodes as follows:
1 | Ford |
F | USA |
A | Passenger Car |
F | Active safety belts all positions second generation air bags |
P45 | Two-door Mustang Convertible GT |
X | 4.6L EFI (SOHC) eight cylinder |
4 | The VIN Check Digit. Always 0-9. |
X | 1999 |
F | Dearborn, MI, USA |
128077 | This Mustang was the 28077 made for model year 1999 |
The dataplate information also tells me the following:
Description | Code | Decode |
Exterior Paint Colour | K7 | Bright Atlantic Blue Metallic |
District Sales Office | 71 | Los Angeles Region |
Brake Type Code | 4 | 4 Wheel Disc with Anti-Lock Brakes (ABS) |
Interior Trim | XW | Midnight Black Leather/Vinyl (sport) |
Tape / Paint Stripe Colour | Blank | None |
Radio | 8 |
Mach 460 premium AM/FM stereo with cassette, clock and sub-woofer sound system. Mine has a CD which would indicate this was added after as code 9 is for Mach 460 with CD. |
Rear Axle | LE | Limited Slip Differential - 3.27:1 |
Transmission | U | Four-speed automatic (4R70W) |
Front / Rear Springs | SSNN | Front springs 5310, Rear springs 5560 |
Thanks to The Pony Car Page for assisting with the above decode, click on the images for a larger version:
This car was one of only 1048 cars made in K7 colour code (of 126,067 cars in 1999) for more information on production figures see The Yellow Mustang Registry.
Below are pictures of the car now fully registered in the UK and my daily driver:
Although my "daily driver" I still take this car along to various car shows, click here for show pictures.
Thanks have to go to the following people for their assistance and help in the purchase and shipping of this vehicle.
Ed White, Mark Cowley of Kingstown Shipping, Theresa Booth, and many members of the Mustang Owners Club of GB who have helped with many suggestions / tips etc.
Unfortunately as a daily driver the car has to face all the elements the British Weather can through at it as seen below:
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