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A guy I work with claims he purchased an original 427 cobra at a Ford dealer in the Buffalo, NY area in 1969. I asked him if he remembers the name of the Ford dealer and he does not.

The story goes he was planning to order a new 1970 429 Torino but the Cobra 427 that was in the show room caught his eye. The car was solid white, non strip car, and only came with a tonneau cover. It had side pipes and hood scoop. He does remember it had a 427 not 428. He said the dealer marketed it that way. The car had just under 1k miles at the time. He said it had a large gas tank and cost $15.00 to fill so I presume it had a 42 gallon tank.

He said he only owned it for 3 months and in those months he had many problems and issues with it. He ended up trading it back in on a Torino that the dealer had in stock. He says after he traded it in the car met it's demise on a test drive driven by a salesmen. The car was a total loss and scrapped somewhere in Talawana, NY.

Was there many white CSX 3000 series cars? Would be interesting to see if there is a record of a white car delivered to the Buffalo area in the registry. Could somebody take a look?

Not sure if this story holds water but I thought I would share it.


Mike