Over the winter I bought this rear Diff cover and it came with a cool story. This is one of 7 2010 shelby prototype diff covers. Apparently the man who desinged these at Ford, felt the company didnt need the prototypes so he sold them. He got into some trouble and had to buy them all back, except for the one I got. The guy I got this from refused to return it no matter what the price was at the time. The serial numbers on it cant even be found by Ford themselves lol! So here it is, Color matched and clear coated and ready to go on my truck!

 

Looks good! Cool story too. What was he offering for it? haha

 

Cool story... and good looking cover!

 

Thank you

The Ford employee sold them for about 75.00, his last plea to get it back was 300.00 lol

Thank you...I can't wait to put it on!

 

Tell him $1,000. lol

 

Looks good, did you drill and tap the drain and fill?

 

lol or a custom Ford 5.0 engine for my truck!!

 

Thanks, no I didnt. I wanted to leave it in the original state as it was a prototype

 

$300? They must not have wanted it back very badly. It looks really nice.

 

Looks good!

 

Thanks dude

The Ford employee had to get it back. He was supposed to destroy them but was caught selling them.

 

any you painted it!!??? facepalm. thats a wall trophy!

 

lol...YUP! I think its a differential trophy so its going on!

 

good deal man, looks good! I think if you sanded the fins a little bit it would pop more

 

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Cool cover and story, but I wouldn't put it on my truck, value will be destroyed

 

I was thinking the same... sand the paint off the edges and then put some clear over it!

 

I was going to hand paint the edge of the fins silver.

I hear ya on that, but to me its worth it to be on my truck. It wants to be used, not hung on a wall lol

 

unless you plan on selling it, who cares about value. besides, just because it's "rare" doesnt mean it will be worth anything. the story is all word of mouth, and not that I dont believe you, but nobody will pay much for something based on a story with no verification. It's better to use it, make it look good, and just know yourself the story. It's not as if people will see that and say, wow thats a mega rare shelby diff cover!

 

I agree with you on that, it was the story given to me....sounds cool, I verified the serial number being non existant but, beyond that, its purpose is to be used and look good. I wanted something like that for the truck and I got it, whether its a prototype or not, I don't care, it will look good once its on and thats what I want.

 

your trucks on the rag now hahah

 

How so?

 

Did a little accent painting on the diff cover tonight

 

looks way better with the fins painted. when's install?

 

Thanks man, probably going on next week. I have to accent the Ford logo yet then clear it