Oldest Crossfire?
Oldest Crossfire?
Anyone have any info on the early Crossfire builds? I ran across an 04 coupe, built in November of 2002, serial number 000022.
It has to be one of the oldest around, how many before it were used for testing and advertising and never sold?
It has to be one of the oldest around, how many before it were used for testing and advertising and never sold?
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Re: Oldest Crossfire?
Originally Posted by tighed1
I hate to ask.
Is it a wrecked car?
Is it a wrecked car?
I looked up a series of about 45 vin numbers, and was surprised at the results. I got hits on two vins from 00 - 06, not in series either. Neither of those had any record history, zero records. Then I get a hit on this one, 24 records. Then between 22 and 45, only one more hit, and it again came back as zero records. All other vins came back as invalid.
Chrysler states the first crossfire came off assembly on Feb 3rd of 2003, and there was a big executive photo shoot.
What is this car with a 11/19/2002 build date, and why is it the only one showing up as a valid vin with records in the US from 00 - 45???
Could this have been the first Crossfire to hit the US? Possibly used for pre-production media shoots or testing?
Could I have stumbled onto the "The source"? Or what's left of it?
Re: Oldest Crossfire?
Number 13 was on display at the Feb 2003 Chicago auto show,
Link to pic of dash plate
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...ucky-13-a.html
MrMoPar
I have #22 as a Graphite with dark slate interior. Is that correct? Can you post photo of MDH label? According to the records was it initially shipped to Puerto Rico?
Also according to forum member 04silvercrossire he owns #28 with a built date of 1/6/2003
Link to pic of dash plate
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...ucky-13-a.html
MrMoPar
I have #22 as a Graphite with dark slate interior. Is that correct? Can you post photo of MDH label? According to the records was it initially shipped to Puerto Rico?
Also according to forum member 04silvercrossire he owns #28 with a built date of 1/6/2003
Last edited by MI1XFIRE; 02-13-2012 at 06:25 PM.
Re: Oldest Crossfire?
Originally Posted by MI1XFIRE
Number 13 was on display at the Feb 2003 Chicago auto show,
Link to pic of dash plate
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...ucky-13-a.html
MrMoPar
I have #22 as a Graphite with dark slate interior. Is that correct? Can you post photo of MDH label? According to the records was it initially shipped to Puerto Rico?
Also according to forum member 04silvercrossire he owns #28 with a built date of 1/6/2003
Link to pic of dash plate
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...ucky-13-a.html
MrMoPar
I have #22 as a Graphite with dark slate interior. Is that correct? Can you post photo of MDH label? According to the records was it initially shipped to Puerto Rico?
Also according to forum member 04silvercrossire he owns #28 with a built date of 1/6/2003
It is a Graphite, with dark slate interior.
Most that went on the show circuit were never sold to the public, most were crushed, and many were not even a complete vehicle. For example, I know a guy who bought one from Chrysler, it was a show vehicle, could not be licensed, when he got into it, it was a display shell. No dash harness for example, if it was not visible, it was not there. He was pissed to say the least.
MDH shows 111916.
I will get a copy of the picture to post.
Last edited by MrMoPar; 02-13-2012 at 09:39 PM.
Re: Oldest Crossfire?
I was watching a show on Speed TV late one night (after the Barrett Jackson Auction) about Carroll Shelby. They said his original 289 Cobra was valued at $7,000,000. (I don't know how they came up with that figure, but that's what they said).
Anyway, just imagine what the 1st Crossfire is worth.
Anyway, just imagine what the 1st Crossfire is worth.
Re: Oldest Crossfire?
Originally Posted by +fireamx
I was watching a show on Speed TV late one night (after the Barrett Jackson Auction) about Carroll Shelby. They said his original 289 Cobra was valued at $7,000,000. (I don't know how they came up with that figure, but that's what they said).
Anyway, just imagine what the 1st Crossfire is worth.
Anyway, just imagine what the 1st Crossfire is worth.
Re: Oldest Crossfire?
Originally Posted by +fireamx
LOL, that's what I was thinking too.
Ya just gotta love an underdog though.
Ya just gotta love an underdog though.
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Re: Oldest Crossfire?
Originally Posted by sk8erjosh09
Heck yes! .. I would love a cobra but I am quite happy that I paid next to nothing for such a great car that eventually will be worth alot of money (once people wake up and smell the coffee, but they can wait til I grab one or two more )
Re: Oldest Crossfire?
All--
I have owned Vettes and other "fast" stuff. My 2004 Crossfire is my favorite by far. It is solid and has almost no road noise. I love to listen to that engine shift through all six gears around 3400 rpm! (Well, at least through the first three gears. I've never wound it up fast enough to hear it shift at that rpm in fourth and fifth! ) The door plate says mine was built 08/03. From what I have read on this forum, that makes it among the early vehicles.
The only work that has ever been done on it are oil changes and replacement of the wiper blades last month. It has less than 45k miles on it.
--Bill
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I have owned Vettes and other "fast" stuff. My 2004 Crossfire is my favorite by far. It is solid and has almost no road noise. I love to listen to that engine shift through all six gears around 3400 rpm! (Well, at least through the first three gears. I've never wound it up fast enough to hear it shift at that rpm in fourth and fifth! ) The door plate says mine was built 08/03. From what I have read on this forum, that makes it among the early vehicles.
The only work that has ever been done on it are oil changes and replacement of the wiper blades last month. It has less than 45k miles on it.
--Bill
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