How rare is your Mustang?

scott93gt · 02-25-2001, 07:43 AM

Skyler
Since your car is a "Saleen" it was probably ordered as a LX hatchback with V8. Your vin should start 1FA(?)P41E(?)KFxxxxxx. The first question mark in the vin determines your restraint system. Cars with single airbag have a C. Since your car is an '89 I am not sure what it would be. The second question mark represents a "check digit" that Ford uses, it should be 0-9 or X. The last six numbers in your vin indicate your car's exact production number in teh sequence of all Mustangs produced that year. They always start with 100,001. In 1989 Ford produced 209,763 Mustangs, 59,701 of which were GT.
I would still contact the individual listed in the previous post to determine when your car was built and exactly how Ford produced it then I would contact Saleen to see how many they built that year. Chances are they will have much better records than Ford as to how many cars they built in 1989. With yours being #406 I am going to guess it was one of the very last ones they produced in 1989. Good luck and let us know what you find out. If you need help contacting Saleen, let me know. I know some people in the local Mustang club I belong to that are very active with the national Saleen club. I could also dig up their number at the dealership.

Scott

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02-25-2001, 07:43 AM	#20
scott93gt Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Saltsburg, PA USA Posts: 468	Skyler Since your car is a "Saleen" it was probably ordered as a LX hatchback with V8. Your vin should start 1FA(?)P41E(?)KFxxxxxx. The first question mark in the vin determines your restraint system. Cars with single airbag have a C. Since your car is an '89 I am not sure what it would be. The second question mark represents a "check digit" that Ford uses, it should be 0-9 or X. The last six numbers in your vin indicate your car's exact production number in teh sequence of all Mustangs produced that year. They always start with 100,001. In 1989 Ford produced 209,763 Mustangs, 59,701 of which were GT. I would still contact the individual listed in the previous post to determine when your car was built and exactly how Ford produced it then I would contact Saleen to see how many they built that year. Chances are they will have much better records than Ford as to how many cars they built in 1989. With yours being #406 I am going to guess it was one of the very last ones they produced in 1989. Good luck and let us know what you find out. If you need help contacting Saleen, let me know. I know some people in the local Mustang club I belong to that are very active with the national Saleen club. I could also dig up their number at the dealership. Scott