1 of 20 made??

krazikev The TROLL! · 02-05-2010, 07:28 AM

i just bought a L a couple of weeks ago and just found a letter in the back storage compartment. It is from svt and headlines from the head manager. I contact the 1 800 # and he said they never heard of 1 of 20 made in 1999. so i called back and figured if i get someone else on the phone maybe they would know. this time i was rederected to someone who was more than just a guy doing the phones. he said that back in 1998 he remembers svt secretly pulling 20 trucks off the line to make a little rare. but you had to decode the vin to know and to purchase one you had to be a corperate ford employee. Well anyway the letter states that there are 20 rare trucks that year, and more research into contacting the head manager at that time who wrote the letter i found this all true, so my Qs to all is, How many people here have heard of this? if not alot or nobody then i quess it will be safe to say that this is a rare truck. thankyou

svtlightning03 · 02-05-2010, 07:48 AM

Do you know what is different about it to make it rare?

Scuba-Matt · 02-05-2010, 07:56 AM

And after 12 years yours is the first to turn up? Something sounds a little fishy.
If you have a Lightning, you have a build number. Whats different about your Lightning?

AMERICAN_LIGHT · 02-05-2010, 08:03 AM

i have heard stories like this before all turns out to be B**L S**T BUT GOOD LUCK if you can prove you have a super rare truck you will really have something

lkatya · 02-05-2010, 08:23 AM

Post up you lettter!

krazikev The TROLL! · 02-05-2010, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scuba-Matt

And after 12 years yours is the first to turn up? Something sounds a little fishy.
If you have a Lightning, you have a build number. Whats different about your Lightning?

the head manager at svt thinks so thats why i contacted him, he is sending me documentation, thats all the proof i need, thankyou

BBYSTWY · 02-05-2010, 08:43 AM

i am also curious as to what makes yours rare or different

AMERICAN_LIGHT · 02-05-2010, 08:55 AM

yes i would also like to see what makes them different and the proof if you know then tell everyone we could possible find more of these special trucks keep us informed

krazikev The TROLL! · 02-05-2010, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AMERICAN_LIGHT

yes i would also like to see what makes them different and the proof if you know then tell everyone we could possible find more of these special trucks keep us informed

i am still new to the truck so bare with me but according to the svt manager i spoke to he says 373 instead of the stock 355, k&n filter, something w/ the brakes, still looking into that. svt did search the vin. with no results but the manager said it needs to be taken one step further to decode the vin. with him. yes i will post a pic of the letter he sent just as soon as i get home tonight. thankyou

BBYSTWY · 02-05-2010, 09:07 AM

cool man yea keep us informed...btw we love any and all small details lol

Kryo-Genik · 02-05-2010, 09:47 AM

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with no scan of the letter etc...Im wanting to call "troll" on this post

krazikev The TROLL! · 02-05-2010, 09:50 AM

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with no scan of the letter etc...Im wanting to call "troll" on this post

have some patiance, i dont have the letter at work, i have to wait till i get home geeeezzz!!

joedpl · 02-05-2010, 11:14 AM

so you have 3.73 gears instead of 3.55's.....

Hate to say it but thats not really that rare. Yes I know that 3.55's were standard in 99-00's but in the scheme of it all, knowing the capabilities of SVT (in 99-04) for them to do a gear swap is quite easy. IMO

krazikev The TROLL! · 02-05-2010, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by joedpl

so you have 3.73 gears instead of 3.55's.....

Hate to say it but thats not really that rare. Yes I know that 3.55's were standard in 99-00's but in the scheme of it all, knowing the capabilities of SVT (in 99-04) for them to do a gear swap is quite easy. IMO

not the point of whats in it but just the rarety.

FastPhoneGuy · 02-05-2010, 11:44 AM

Well why don't we get SVT in here and clarify it for us, he was the ford employee at the factory and knows more about the process there than any of us I am sure.

I sent him a PM with this thread, so hopefully he will jump in and say something!

02-05-2010, 07:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
krazikev The TROLL! Troll---BANNED! Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: La La Land Posts: 0 View this user's gallery iTrader: 0 / 0%	1 of 20 made?? i just bought a L a couple of weeks ago and just found a letter in the back storage compartment. It is from svt and headlines from the head manager. I contact the 1 800 # and he said they never heard of 1 of 20 made in 1999. so i called back and figured if i get someone else on the phone maybe they would know. this time i was rederected to someone who was more than just a guy doing the phones. he said that back in 1998 he remembers svt secretly pulling 20 trucks off the line to make a little rare. but you had to decode the vin to know and to purchase one you had to be a corperate ford employee. Well anyway the letter states that there are 20 rare trucks that year, and more research into contacting the head manager at that time who wrote the letter i found this all true, so my Qs to all is, How many people here have heard of this? if not alot or nobody then i quess it will be safe to say that this is a rare truck. thankyou

02-05-2010, 07:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
Scuba-Matt Boosted by Whipple Paid Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: South East Florida Posts: 4,364 NLOC member #: 2117 View this user's gallery iTrader: 15 / 100%	And after 12 years yours is the first to turn up? Something sounds a little fishy. If you have a Lightning, you have a build number. Whats different about your Lightning? __________________ ...........04 DSG, Built 9/02/03 #53/3781........... ............Tuned by JDM, 10.23 @131.98............. ..................2.3 Whipple/ No Spray................... ......2007 Moroso Truck Series Champion...... ........2009 PBIR Truck Series Runner Up.......

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AMERICAN_LIGHT Under Construction-Again Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: statesboro, ga Posts: 120 View this user's gallery iTrader: 1 / 100%	true yes i would also like to see what makes them different and the proof if you know then tell everyone we could possible find more of these special trucks keep us informed




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02-05-2010, 07:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
svtlightning03 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sevierville, TN Posts: 61 View this user's gallery iTrader: 0 / 0%	Do you know what is different about it to make it rare?

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BBYSTWY Ahhh HEATon Paid Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sodus MI Posts: 388 NLOC member #: 2780 View this user's gallery iTrader: 0 / 0%	i am also curious as to what makes yours rare or different

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BBYSTWY Ahhh HEATon Paid Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sodus MI Posts: 388 NLOC member #: 2780 View this user's gallery iTrader: 0 / 0%	cool man yea keep us informed...btw we love any and all small details lol

02-05-2010, 09:47 AM	#11 (permalink)
Kryo-Genik Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: El Paso, Tx Posts: 405 View this user's gallery iTrader: 0 / 0%	krazikev Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 7 View this user's gallery iTrader: 0 / 0% with no scan of the letter etc...Im wanting to call "troll" on this post

02-05-2010, 11:14 AM	#13 (permalink)
joedpl Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Edmond, Oklahoma Posts: 759 View this user's gallery iTrader: 0 / 0%	so you have 3.73 gears instead of 3.55's..... Hate to say it but thats not really that rare. Yes I know that 3.55's were standard in 99-00's but in the scheme of it all, knowing the capabilities of SVT (in 99-04) for them to do a gear swap is quite easy. IMO

02-05-2010, 11:44 AM	#15 (permalink)
FastPhoneGuy Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Laurel, MD Posts: 210 View this user's gallery iTrader: 0 / 0%	Well why don't we get SVT in here and clarify it for us, he was the ford employee at the factory and knows more about the process there than any of us I am sure. I sent him a PM with this thread, so hopefully he will jump in and say something! Last edited by FastPhoneGuy; 02-05-2010 at 11:47 AM..

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