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Just got off the phone from SVT..Production #4763 out of 6535...Bulit 2/24/98....I asked about the "Test Vehicle" tag in the engine bay..He didn't know why it was there and would have to see it or a picture of it...Gotta get the camera out and post it...
Frank T
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It very well could have been a test vehicle, it wouldn't have a low production # but they must have used test svt's for the new changes made that year. Mostly testing the strut valving and the engine improvements. i would think they would test it before production. You might have a rare one  .
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Thats cool to have a test car. So if the first production SVT's are cool. How about the last one off the line? Does anybody know if someone on here has the last SVT off the production line?
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I do.. Its my second car. By the time they got to the last one, they decontented so much stuff it was actually fairly cheap to get it. Without having any radio.. seats, headlights(they got foggy anyway) sunroof, or front dash at all, I can almost fit it in my pocket.  
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Originally posted by Oscar Nominated Ray:
I do..
Its my second car.
By the time they got to the last one, they decontented so much stuff it was actually fairly cheap to get it.
Without having any radio.. seats, headlights(they got foggy anyway) sunroof, or front dash at all, I can almost fit it in my pocket.
you have one of the last run of 98's right? does anyone have one of the last productions cars of 2000?
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Originally posted by Oscar Nominated Ray:
By the time they got to the last one, they decontented so much stuff it was actually fairly cheap to get it.
Without having any radio.. seats, headlights(they got foggy anyway) sunroof, or front dash at all, I can almost fit it in my pocket.
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Originally posted by Frank T:
Just got off the phone from SVT..Production #4763 out of 6535...Bulit 2/24/98....I asked about the "Test Vehicle" tag in the engine bay..He didn't know why it was there and would have to see it or a picture of it...Gotta get the camera out and post it...
Actually, you may have very early production 98 E1. I think I remember that E1 production sarted the first work day of February, 1998. My 98 E0 was produced in April, 1997. It is #240.
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i think i have one of the last svt's made...i have to call ford to get the actual date but on my door tag it says production was in 02/2000.
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I would like to post a pitcure of this - but I don't know how....
Frank T
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I also have a test vehicle tag in my engine bay. I know the history of my car, though, if it's helpful. My car (detailed in my sig) was owned by Ford and driven as a daily driver/tester by an SVT engineer. When the test period was coming to an end this engineer told a friend of mine who also worked at Ford that it would be coming up for sale if he was interested. My friend bought it and drove it for about 2 years before he sold it to me. I find it an interesting bit of my car's history, and your's apparently!
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