ShappireBlueGTS
New Member
Hello everyone my name's Tyler. I'm 20 years old and I've recently joined your group searching for help on finding out the facts behind my car.
I bought the car 3 years ago not really knowing what it was; I had owned 3 fox bodies prior and knew I wanted an SN next. My only desires were a 5.0 and a 5 speed. I had a craigslist ad up searching for this and not too long after I got a text from a guy who had my current Mustang.
It was a 5.0 and 5 speed. He said it was bored .030 over and that it had a cam in it, yada yada yada. It was all hoopla.
When I went to check the car out I thought it was black from the pictures but it turned out it was just spray bombed black. The original color code was JA which, with a little Google searching I found out was the Sapphire Blue color. I immediately knew I wanted the car. I picked it up for $1,100 knowing it needed a new trans.
I ended up getting a new block as the cylinder walls were shot on the one in the car and got a great deal on a 306 with pro comp Pistons in it with low mileage. I bought a set of Roush heads and had them completely re done as well as an x cam and Trick Flow Track Heat intake manifold.
I rebuilt the whole trans with a low mileage t5 case because mine was cracked. I got all new gears and a Ford Racing rebuild kit.
Anyway, after sinking all this money into the car that I truly didn't think was anything special to anyone but me, I started wondering how rare the car was because it has manual windows, manual locks, and the V6 seats. So I did some Googling and it turns out the VIN comes back as a GTS model. Now I know there were 2400 or so Sapphire Blue Mustangs total but I have found somewhere, I forget where, that said there were as few as 96 Sapphire Blue GTS Mustangs made in 1995.
I am curious if anyone can validate this information for me? Thanks in advance for any and all leads.
I bought the car 3 years ago not really knowing what it was; I had owned 3 fox bodies prior and knew I wanted an SN next. My only desires were a 5.0 and a 5 speed. I had a craigslist ad up searching for this and not too long after I got a text from a guy who had my current Mustang.
It was a 5.0 and 5 speed. He said it was bored .030 over and that it had a cam in it, yada yada yada. It was all hoopla.
When I went to check the car out I thought it was black from the pictures but it turned out it was just spray bombed black. The original color code was JA which, with a little Google searching I found out was the Sapphire Blue color. I immediately knew I wanted the car. I picked it up for $1,100 knowing it needed a new trans.
I ended up getting a new block as the cylinder walls were shot on the one in the car and got a great deal on a 306 with pro comp Pistons in it with low mileage. I bought a set of Roush heads and had them completely re done as well as an x cam and Trick Flow Track Heat intake manifold.
I rebuilt the whole trans with a low mileage t5 case because mine was cracked. I got all new gears and a Ford Racing rebuild kit.
Anyway, after sinking all this money into the car that I truly didn't think was anything special to anyone but me, I started wondering how rare the car was because it has manual windows, manual locks, and the V6 seats. So I did some Googling and it turns out the VIN comes back as a GTS model. Now I know there were 2400 or so Sapphire Blue Mustangs total but I have found somewhere, I forget where, that said there were as few as 96 Sapphire Blue GTS Mustangs made in 1995.
I am curious if anyone can validate this information for me? Thanks in advance for any and all leads.
and wish there was a button. Any 95'r that is worth his salt will recognize the signs but its not going to get you laid like import lights and mirrors will. Unless its the SRS version, which is identifiable by the SRS logo on the pass air bag now those are RARE.... 
