Added a new stang to the stable!!! New pics added 1-11-08

Nice score Paul. Sorry I havent been in touch in a while but if you talked to Charlie then you know that I have had my hands full with things up this way.
Looks like the turbo project will be on hold? Will she be ready for any autocross events this year? Anyway good luck with the cobra and I'll give you a buzz sometime this week.
 
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Thanks everyone! I'm so excited about this car!

Redline_351R- where do I get a build sheet at? I have the Ford certificate that says this is a limited edition 1994 mustang assembled at the Dearborn Assembly Plant on 5-31-94 and its number 2158. Is there something I can get in addition to this?

Charlie- I'm just glad the car and I made it home in one piece and that we can laugh about it now. It wasn't too funny last night driving on snow covered roads in the middle of a freezing rain storm.

Touring23- It as stock as stock is. It still has the factory air silencer on it!!! Yes, it still has 3.08's in it. I was cruising along at ~70mph last night on the turnpike at a lazy 2000rpms in 5th!

viridionplague- as was said, the 94 cobra only had the fender cobra emblems, a running horse in the grill, and mine does have the floor mats, air bag, and calipers that all say Cobra. Since mine is a 94 it does not have the SVT badge that the 95's do.

Grn92LX- Mike the reasons you mention is the exact reason why I did this. I love my '95 but its become too much to enjoy on a daily basis for just running around in. This Cobra will fit that bill and then some! I picked this car for 4k!!!

SublimeRT- Mine does have defrost. Mine is a base model coupe with the only option being the "preferred equipment PKG 250A" which included (from the window sticker):
-mustang cobra
-speed control
-rear window defroster
-air conditioning
-front floor mats
Grand total was $22,435.00 when it sold new.

Adam- Its funny but the dizzy boot was one of the first things I noticed as my '95 had the hard plastic cover as did my cousin's '94. Do you know anything about this boot? I though only foxes had these. As for the future of this car, its up in the air right now. I will wait until I get a little more seat time with it before I make up my mind. I want to do a compression check and leak-down test before I do anything with it. I hope to do these sometime this week. The things that are a given are to swap out the shifter for my old pro 5-0 unit, finish detailing the exterior and then move onto the engine bay. That is where I plan to spend a LOT of time detailing and cleaning. Look at the pics below and you'll see why. This car was a driver and as such it has the dirty engine bay to prove it.

Rich- I talked to Charlie and I know you've had your hands full lately. Please call me when you get a chance. As for autocross, I plan to but if I run it in the stock class I'll be competing against the national champion as he races in my region in his shelby mustang GT. Without slicks I won't be competitive in any class, and I doubt I'll have money for tires this year since I spent all of my funds on this car. The turbo is definitely on hold for a while now. I did have a hair brained idea to put the turbo on this car with its stock H/C/I and leave the '95 NA. :)
 
Tom- I had no intentions on buying a cobra, but when you find a car such as this its too hard to pass up. Cobra or not, I forgot how slow a stock mustang is! LOL!


Here's some pics I took today after washing it in 23* weather! I had to put salt down on my driveway just to make sure I could get it back into the garage!

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Adam- Its funny but the dizzy boot was one of the first things I noticed as my '95 had the hard plastic cover as did my cousin's '94. Do you know anything about this boot? I though only foxes had these. As for the future of this car, its up in the air right now. I will wait until I get a little more seat time with it before I make up my mind. I want to do a compression check and leak-down test before I do anything with it. I hope to do these sometime this week. The things that are a given are to swap out the shifter for my old pro 5-0 unit, finish detailing the exterior and then move onto the engine bay. That is where I plan to spend a LOT of time detailing and cleaning. Look at the pics below and you'll see why. This car was a driver and as such it has the dirty engine bay to prove it.

My uncle's 93 Fox had the hard plastic cover, while my 95 GTS had the same rubber boot that you have on your Cobra. I think it was either 1 - Ford didn't care what car got what, and the part went to the lowest bidder when they needed more of them or 2 - Its the first thing that people get rid of, and need to replace later on.

If you look to replace them, you'll find the rubber boot but its more rare to find that hard plastic cover. I replaced mine after I drove through a puddle and thought I had fubar'd engine; turns out a hairline crack in the dizzy cover let a bit of water in their causing the misfire. Exactly what the boot would have prevented!

Adam
 
that thing is everything you said it was Paul! I'm not one bit surprised you couldn't wait to wash it. Good to hear you made all the way home without any problems. That would have been devastating if something happened on the way home. How's the wife after seeing it? has her opinion of the purchase changed?
 
ah, i couldnt tell from the previuse picktures about the airbag, and floor mats, mine came with the front emblem being a cobra, thats actualy how my GF ended up spotting the car and ended up buying it. also my front calipers were painted to match the car with black lettering
 
Nice pickup!!!! I love cobras :drool:

Its kinda funny to read this thread. Alot of guys are doing something similar to what i did.. I always had fox stangs with work done to them. They became too much to handle and i eventually sold them all. When i built my current fox this summer, i made it stock save for a sweet sounding exhaust. I like being able to jump it in, fire it up, and cruise around. Its not that fast but it sounds great and is alot of fun to drive!
 
Mine is a black cloth non-mach460 car as well. I probably have a ton of stock replacement parts up in the attic so you need anything just let me know.

Man those are pretty cars sometimes I want another one as a stock car to drive around.
 
Grn92LX- Mike the reasons you mention is the exact reason why I did this. I love my '95 but its become too much to enjoy on a daily basis for just running around in. This Cobra will fit that bill and then some! I picked this car for 4k!!!


Thats a steal of a price. If I can find something like that I think I would jump on it and come spring, put mine up for sale. I'd like to get $8500ish. Thats something i've considered for a while, just wasn't sure if I wanted to go 5.0 Cobra or 4.6L Cobra. Probably stick with the 5.0 since i know them inside and out. 4.10 gears, mac prochamber and mac catback and I'd be set :D
 
I'll agree and disagree with you, on this one, Troy...

I think Paul has already maximixed the NA power of the 302. The car has lots of potential for a guy such as, say... me. But for Paul, I think he's already set a bar with that engine that few, if any, can accomplish...

Personally, I would love to see what Potential you guys could pull out of a '95 R.

However!!!!! That is still a sexy Cobra and if you need somebody to look after it, a random Canadian guy, maybe.... I'll treat it well while you enjoy "Mustard"
 
Thanks everyone! I'm so excited about this car!

Redline_351R- where do I get a build sheet at? I have the Ford certificate that says this is a limited edition 1994 mustang assembled at the Dearborn Assembly Plant on 5-31-94 and its number 2158. Is there something I can get in addition to this?


I cant be sure if it was the 94/95 Cobras or the R's but some came w/ the build sheets usually stuffed up inside the bumper support in the front or the rear. The sheet you have now is the one I was referring to that tells the date and what # the car is out of so many made. If that's ever lost or destroyed you can call ford and get another one.