Special Order Factory Colors - 1984-93

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From 1984 through 1993 a Ford dealer or a customer could order at extra cost a non-standard Saleen exterior color.

With the popularity of 5-liter Mustangs during 1985-90, Ford dealers were given yearly allotments regarding the amount of 5-liter Mustangs they could order for a given model year.

Saleen Autosport had a bailment agreement to supply 5-liter Mustangs for conversion. This "pool" of new Mustangs would be ordered in the chosen Saleen exterior colors for a given model year and outfitted with the desired Ford optional equipment Saleen wanted in their conversion cars.

When a Ford dealer ordered a Saleen Mustang using one of these pool cars from Saleen's stable, this order did not count against a dealers allotment of 5-liter Mustangs. So, if a Ford dealer was allowed to order ten (10) 5-liter Mustangs for model year 1987, and if the dealer ordered four (4) Saleen Mustang conversions from Saleen pool of vehicles, those four cars did not count against their allotment of ten (10) 5-liter cars. By selling Saleen Mustangs, a dealer would actually increase their allotment of 5-liter Mustangs from Ford Motor Company for the following model year. So, if a dealer ordered and sold their ten (10) 5-liter cars and took on four (4) Saleen Mustangs from the pool... that counted as fourteen (14) sales of 5-liter cars.

Non-standard exterior colors and vehicles with Ford options or deletes not typically found within a Saleen Mustang conversion came via special order drop-shipments or vehicles found in dealer-stock. These Saleen Mustang orders would come from a dealerships allotment of 5-liter Mustangs from Ford Motor Company. So, if a Ford dealer had ten (10) allotments of 5-liter Mustangs and wanted three (3) yellow Saleen Mustangs... those three (3) would typically come from their allotment of ten (10) 5-liter cars for the year. This would apply for factory sunroof cars, power accessory delete cars and/or the 2-door coupe conversions.