[TAPD117]

Hi All-

I regret to inform everyone that today the general manager and I decided this purchase would not go through and they have agreed to return the money, one of you gave me some good advice and said check the stripes.

Prior to shipment as I pressed for more details on the car, the dealer revealed they had totally restriped the car with 185 miles on it with silver stock Ford Mustang hood stripes and side stripes and the emblems on the car were not in very good condition.

This was after the general manager of the dealership did a personal walk around of the car, it was my car, had been paid for and was detailed pending shipment from Arizona to Texarkana, Arkansas.

They have agreed to return purchase price and my credit union has contacted them for refund, additionally the general manager stated the hood needed wet sanding and when they restriped the car they also repainted the red scope silver.

I contacted Ford Shelby by phone today and checked with them about the replacement hood scoop fix and this had not been completed and the new Shelby Red Stripes have a clear cover on them to keep them from fading and these had never been replaced on the vehicle.

Goodgrief what a week I have been excited about this deal for weeks, if I ever ever ever try to buy sight unseen, someone kick me in the behind please.

I started having a bad feeling when the shipment of the car was delayed last week, the general manager was a standup guy and said Glenn, even if we repair and replace the stripes and problems this is not going to be the car a Shelby owner would want and I can't in good faith sell this to you.

One of the worst days I have had this year, really devastated, maybe it was never meant to be. I have pulled down my signature, don't know what they will do about the MSO paperwork.

Thought I would just vent to some of you, it was such a special car, still looking for new or used Shelby Mustang BJ convertable 1 of 100 BJs & 1 of 39 convertables.

With regrets.......... GG

This post has been edited by TAPD117: 28 August 2009 - 01:40 PM

[ingram4868]

Is this the one in Washington state?

[TAPD117]

ingram4868, on Aug 28 2009, 01:37 PM, said:

Is this the one in Washington state?

Arizona

This post has been edited by TAPD117: 28 August 2009 - 01:40 PM

[TAPD117]

If any of our members see one for sale anywhere in the US new or used, please give me a heads up.

GG

This post has been edited by TAPD117: 28 August 2009 - 03:36 PM

[shelbymotorsports]

TAPD117, on Aug 28 2009, 02:32 PM, said:

..........this is not going to be the car a Shelby owner would want and I can't in good faith sell this to you.

Wow. There has got to be more to this than just the stripes being replaced. Heck the stripes have been repaired on hundreds of Shelby's.

How about posting the vin so we can check the service history and perhaps see if the car has been sold to someone else.

Steve

[TAPD117]

Steve,

Yea there is more, the warranty start date on Oasis indicates June 30, 2008 with no explanation. I ran the Oasis report through a Ford Dealer with no repairs showing other than an airbag sensor adjustment or replacement this week when shipment was delayed. The car has 185 miles on it.

The general manager inspected the car and said the emblems were faded out and the hood needed wet sanding and the scoop was painted silver when they changed out the color of the wrong type of stripe from red to silver. Why would anyone do a color change on a special edition mustang with a limited production run of 100? Lesson learned, one should never take anything for granted, no one ever mentioned silver stripes in all the discussions I had after a heads up from several forum members here.

They also report minor interior damage during detailing for shipment to Texarkana, AR on Wednesday of this week awaiting part(s) for the interior. The stripes could have been redone and I agree. I also did not know the replacement stripes being furnished by Ford are different from the ones applied by Shelby. When I spoke with the Shelby Ford replacement folks they said the new stripe they are supplying has a clear coat above the red stripe. The BJ special edition emblem was faded out also and needed replacement.

I did ask if there was a professional shop in Phoenix that could rework the stripes, but would you not also have to pull the scoop and repaint it also. This one just makes me sick. Credit Union has spoken to dealer GM and they are to return money to credit union next week. There are no other automatics anywhere at any dealership in AZ. I am now looking for a Vista Blue SGT Convertable with Automatic and Nav new or used with low miles and good stripes and hood scoop.

It could of been worse, the car could be tied up in AZ as we tried to work all this out, I again give the GM credit for saying they need to return purchase price. I will feel better when money is back in bank and will start the quest again.

GG

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[russell 06H304]

Did you take any pics of the B-J vert with silver stripes, I know that is not correct but it did raise my interest in what it looked like

[TAPD117]

russell 06H304, on Aug 28 2009, 04:14 PM, said:

Did you take any pics of the B-J vert with silver stripes, I know that is not correct but it did raise my interest in what it looked like

I'm in Arkansas and no I did not, they used the stock silver OEM Mustang GT stripe and side stripes (not shelby original). It did not say Shelby GT on the side accoding to the general manager when I spoke with him.

GG

[awakeinAZ]

Sending PM

(I was the one about the stripes too)

[kahmann]

TAPD117, on Aug 28 2009, 06:19 PM, said:

they used the stock silver OEM Mustang GT stripe and side stripes (not shelby original). It did not say Shelby GT on the side

WTF were they thinking?! I would have passed on it too. Good luck

[awakeinAZ]

Here is a vert in WY.

linky

[twobjshelbys]

Sounds like an ignorant dealer pretty much ruined this car. I'm amazed since this was a dealer driven edition.

Who is the dealer?

[TAPD117]

twobjshelbys, on Aug 29 2009, 07:16 AM, said:

Sounds like an ignorant dealer pretty much ruined this car. I'm amazed since this was a dealer driven edition.

Who is the dealer?

I need to wait until I get my money back next week and will keep you posted, I have located another car that is a 5 Speed and is being restriped. They are sending pictures hopefully today, he-l I already ordered an special license plate SGT BJ from Arkansas Revenue Office, the only thing I am stuggling with is being burned once on the stripes which could have been cleaned up, I'm like Steve there must have been something else.

The car I am now looking at is a 5 speed, I just don't know........

GG

[twobjshelbys]

TAPD117, on Aug 29 2009, 12:21 PM, said:

I need to wait until I get my money back next week and will keep you posted, I have located another car that is a 5 Speed and is being restriped. They are sending pictures hopefully today, he-l I already ordered an special license plate SGT BJ from Arkansas Revenue Office, the only thing I am stuggling with is being burned once on the stripes which could have been cleaned up, I'm like Steve there must have been something else.

The car I am now looking at is a 5 speed, I just don't know........

GG

The plastic stripes will eventually fail anyway. I've seen some excellent jobs of painted stripes.

[TAPD117]

Well Earnhardt Ford, Chandler, AZ sent my purchase price back Fed Ex today to my credit union. I had a really bad experience over this deal. They bailed so fast on this, it would make your head spin.

I am now looking for another Shelby SGT with automatic and possibly Nav. If it wasn't for awake in Arizona I would be holding it in my hand while they unloaded a black car with silver stock mustang stripes, what a real waste of a low production car.

One of you asked for the Dealer name this ends the story. Spoke to Michael Morris on the phone today and he is looking for an SGT for me. I know I can trust him.

GG

[SGT-C0056]

Sorry to hear that...WOW, I cant believe that they would be that ignorant and put Silver stripes on a BJ edition, and then not even put OEM Shelby stripes at that, even if Silver.

Train of thought, Maybe they DID NOT put silver stripes, they just lied to you because they SOLD it to someone else for more Money!!

Dont lose faith, I purchased mine sight unseen, and Sunset Ford was A++. The best thing I can say is when you locate another, have someone here who lives near by to take a look for you, you wont go wrong.

This post has been edited by SGT-C0056: 31 August 2009 - 02:38 PM

[TAPD117]

SGT-C0056, on Aug 31 2009, 03:38 PM, said:

Sorry to hear that...WOW, I cant believe that they would be that ignorant and put Silver stripes on a BJ edition, and then not even put OEM Shelby stripes at that, even if Silver.

Train of thought, Maybe they DID NOT put silver stripes, they just lied to you because they SOLD it to someone else for more Money!!

Dont lose faith, I purchased mine sight unseen, and Sunset Ford was A++. The best thing I can say is when you locate another, have someone here who lives near by to take a look for you, you wont go wrong.

Yeah I'll look for another car dealer with some help from forum members and try to locate one.

GG

[TAPD117]

Well for those of you who have been following this saga, the car picture disappeared off the website on Monday and was gone Tues/Wed and today it is marked sold. A very interesting event.

I called the dealer yesterday

[TAPD117]

Well this Barrett Jackson 08SGT2290 purchase of mine has been kind of like the soap opera As The World Turns. Took Steve's advice and called the owners at Earnhardt Ford yesterday checking on the status of the Shelby Mustang and left messages for not only the owner explaining what had gone on with the purchase, but also a message for the general manager to call me as I was still interested in the car. Suggested we try and start all over again to resolve the stripe issue.

Today while I am on the phone with Sanderson Ford trying to tie up loose ends on a SGT/BJ convertable with NAV & 5-Speed, which I really didn't want, but was making a concession to purchase the same because I wanted the Barrett Jackson Edition Convertable Mustang with Black/Red color scheme, my secretary comes running into the office and says you might want to take this call, the Ford Dealer Salesman in Chandler, AZ wants to offer you an additional $1500 off if you'll take the Mustang with silver stripes.

You guessed it, I snapped and took the deal after I called a local stripe shop in Texarkana, AR and told them what I was dealing with and asked them if they could restripe the car back to original colors. They have been putting stripes on new cars for a major dealer here. This way I'll have new stripes. The rear fax special edition emblem is a warranty issue and that will be taken care by the local dealer when it gets here.

The local stripe shop said no problem including the hoood scoop being repainted from silver back to red. If anyone knows the paint code for the red scoop, please help me out. They also are cutting the stripes with a red premium stripe material. There was a font type posted somewhere on this sight for those custom cutting their own replacement stripes to replace the defective ones. If you know where that is or the font type please drop me a pm.

Again there have been several forum members that have been especially helpful to me on the quest for an SGT/BJ COBRASCOTTY, SHELBYMOTORSPORTS, AWAKEINAZ, & TWOBJSHELBYS.

One additional thought for some help, the dealer offered to arrange enclosed shipment rather than open shipment for an additional $300. I decided to take this option to protect the car. Paperwork is on the way to Texarkana by FED EX and trip to Mil-Way Credit Union in the morning plans. Car is locked down at the dealers ready for another detail.

If this falls through, I'm going to find a rusty razor blade. It has definetly been an interesting purchase. I also got pictures of the car today in silver, I was wrong in a previous post, they did a full correct Silver Shelby SGT stripe replacement. I got somewhere over 15 calls from the salesman today, suspect the owner lite a fire under someone. An additional $1500.00 discount made up for all the trouble with this deal.

Finally got my SGT/BJ............GG

This post has been edited by TAPD117: 03 September 2009 - 09:08 PM

[twobjshelbys]

Congrats - but I think the striping should be repaired and restored to original configuration as part of the warranty. They shouldn't have changed it and it should be put back to original on their and Ford's nickel. Then try to arrange for painted stripes - you'll eventually do it anyway. I'm already getting some lifting and while I have warranty I'd just as soon get them painted on and be done with it forever. I became a convert when I saw Jeff's GT-H.