I ordered my 05 Mustang GT on Sept. 25 and have the VIN number and has been "Bucked" and was told its being built now. The report says delivery on Oct 18. The dealer always says that date is optimistic but hey even if its a couple weeks late I'm happy. Can I provide the vin for anyone to confirm build and date?

1ZVFT80N055109884
Torch Red Premium, auto, upgrade interior-two tone

 

Hate to say it, but that's not a GT VIN. The "T80" in it is the body code for a six-cylinder.

Added: The GT body code is "T82".

 

Ouch. Better get a copy of your DORA and make sure you ordered a GT, because you have a V6 VIN.

 

Doh!

 

OUCH!!




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eek!

 

Well, called Ford and guess what.......they gave me the wrong VIN #, go figure so forget all my gloating and happiness. No VIN yet. Either it was an honest mistake or someone trying a little to hard! Sorry don't mean to mis inform anyone but thanks to everyone for picking up on this.

 

Good luck with that one.

 

i ran the vin through carfax and its not a v8!! it seems to be a 4cly it say for engine "2.0L L4 DOHC EFI 16V" i hope you striaghten out ur problem!!!

 

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Well, called Ford and guess what.......they gave me the wrong VIN #, go figure so forget all my gloating and happiness. No VIN yet. Either it was an honest mistake or someone trying a little to hard! Sorry don't mean to mis inform anyone but thanks to everyone for picking up on this.[/quote]

 

You will be lucky if you see your car in 12-15 WEEKS !!

My personal order-out history ...

'94 Mustang ... ordered 4/30/94, delivered 7/7/94 (10 WEEKS)
'96 Windstar ... ordered 7/18/96, delivered 9/19/96 (9 WEEKS)
'98 Mustang ... ordered 2/21/98, delivered 4/29/98 (9.5 WEEKS)
'04 Mustang ... ordered 1/28/04, delivered 3/10/04 (6.5 WEEKS)

The '94 is probably the best comparison ... the mad "new model" order rush in the Fall of 1993 was probably similar to what is being experienced right now with the 2005. By the time I finally ordered mine in the Spring, it still took 10 WEEKS ... I'd guess the fall rush lead time back then was 15-20 weeks.

How can anyone think that 6 WEEKS is realistic for a 2005 ordered right after the Launch Celebration ?? My 2004 took 6.5 WEEKS with a $3000 rebate attached to it !! The new plant is not THAT much more efficient !!

Doug

 

There are 25000 (maybe 30000) cars on order now. They are currently doing 46 or so cars an hour, 20 hours a day, 6 days a week. Thats 5520 a week, or 22,080 a month. Call it 20,000. So in a month and a half, thats all preorders. Factory orders are built before retail orders. No reason not to expect your car in 8 weeks. 6 is pushing it, but 8 you should have your car.

 

I hope your right (and I'm wrong), but it is hard to ignore my past experience with Ford order-outs and the current frenzy with the 2005 Mustang that we are experiencing.

Doug

 

I'm just hoping by Thanksgiving.
I was told 8-10 weeks after ordering on Aug. 13.
Here we are at 7 weeks. Build date 10/18. And from what I've been reading, almost a month after build date for delivery?
Thanksgiving it is. At least I don't have to worry about snow!!

 

The first 3 (almost 4) weeks of yours don't count, nothing is being built then.

 

Well, there was that one time in 1998, Dec 07, to be exact that it did snow here.... didn't stick much, but it made a challenging drive to get my X-mas tree

 

I guess my point is don't read into it too much (the date that they give you).
His exact words were "8-10 weeks out the door in your new car."

(Maybe he works for BON! )

 

What about 1990? It snowed kind of good then.

 

Once they get the first big push and shipping over it should flow good. I believe they want to get as many in the hands of as many as they can. They do not want people to get discouraged and go elsewhere.

 

6 weeks sounds way too short.

It took my friend 10 weeks to get his Mustang in 2001 and that was without huge demand like now.