? on the COBRA R

The 1993 Cobra R's were not street legal. The 1995s were street legal, and those built in 2000 I think were street legal. (with the possible exception of in CA) The only Cobras built in 2002 (100?) were converted to right-hand drive and sold in Australia. They were otherwise regular Cobras, not Rs.

rd

Since when? What about the 93 R code made it not street legal?

They are all street legal.

Patrick '93 Cobra

Apparently not in all states.

I tried to order a '93 R and the dealer told me it was a competition vehicle for off road use only and could not registered for plates. I took this to mean that there was not a proper emissions certification. The dealer may have been blowing smoke. (My area requires all vehicles newer than 1974 to be emissions tested every year.)

Aren't plates needed for a car to be considered street legal ?

rd

03 mach 1 torch red

And, to answer your other Q ...

All 2000 Rs (and all '93 Rs) were red, all '95 Rs were white.

rd

Generally when any employee of any dealership opens their mouth they are not telling the truth... So I wouldn't rely on them for any facts like that...

Yes, they were legal in all 50 states.

RD,

What he was explaining, by twisting the story, was Ford's marketing BS. Ford tried to make the R models "special" by restricting their sales to "racers". And then limited their production to super-low, asinine numbers so they could ask ridicules prices for them. The fact is the R models were all fully emission/street legal. (Note: The '93 Rs also had the same exact horsepower as the standard issue '93 Cobras.)

Patrick '93 Cobra

Either he lied to you or he was a blithering idiot....