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    Default Popular Hot Rodding 4-79 article on 79 Cobra 5.0 and Turbo-4

    More scanned articles from my Mustang binder I bought on eBay full of vintage Mustang articles and ads.

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    1979 Mustang Cobra 5.0
    2P Red and 1C Black

    Stock never goes out of style
    MCA #70281 - 79-93 MCA Concours Judge
    Proverbs 3:5-6



    My Mustang Story
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    Cool! Thanks!

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    Very cool.

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    Awesome! If you find any 84 GT stuff, please post it
    1984.5 GT 5.0 5 Speed ANALOG
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    hey great stuff. thanks for posting greatly appreciated.
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    Thanks for posting this David! Very good article. I noticed that the test car had the 5.0 badges on it, which conflicts with original owner Cobras that I've spoken to that said that their cars did not come equipped with them. I was always led to believe that 1982 GT's were the first to sport those 5.0 badges. I don't know what to believe now!
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    1979 Mustang Cobra

    347/T-5/4.30's
    420 rwhp/380 rwt (New Motor)
    11.49 @ 121.86

    306/T-5/4.30's (Old Motor)
    307 rwhp/278 rwt
    12.38 @ 111.38

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    Hi Pete - I hope all is well

    My Cobra had the 5.0 badges on it. It was built 8-78
    1979 Mustang Cobra 5.0
    2P Red and 1C Black

    Stock never goes out of style
    MCA #70281 - 79-93 MCA Concours Judge
    Proverbs 3:5-6



    My Mustang Story
    http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...71#post1688371

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    Quote Originally Posted by 79mustangcobra View Post
    Hi Pete - I hope all is well

    My Cobra had the 5.0 badges on it. It was built 8-78
    No kidding! I was corresponding with Michael Kincaid on facebook and he's the original owner of his '79 Mustang Cobra. He also worked for Ford back then and he informed me that he had never seen another Cobra with them from the factory. He also mentioned that the Pace Cars didn't come with them either. I guess it's one of those "Ford things" where they installed them on some of them but not all of them?
    Pete Slaney

    1979 Mustang Cobra

    347/T-5/4.30's
    420 rwhp/380 rwt (New Motor)
    11.49 @ 121.86

    306/T-5/4.30's (Old Motor)
    307 rwhp/278 rwt
    12.38 @ 111.38

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hissing Cobra View Post
    No kidding! I was corresponding with Michael Kincaid on facebook and he's the original owner of his '79 Mustang Cobra. He also worked for Ford back then and he informed me that he had never seen another Cobra with them from the factory. He also mentioned that the Pace Cars didn't come with them either. I guess it's one of those "Ford things" where they installed them on some of them but not all of them?

    Yes the 79 Cobra as well as the standard Mustang with a 5.0 came with the 5.0 Badge. His could of been a factory goof?

    The 5.0 Pace Car did not. One quick way to tell the diffrence between the Turbo-4 Pace car and the 5.0 Pace car is the lack of the 'Turbo' emblem on the Hood Scoop.

    Here is a Turbo-4 Pace Car. See the emblem on the Hood Scoop



    What is interesting is that the 79 was the last year that Ford made the 5.0 until 1982. It was the 255 in 80 and 81.



    You can see the D9 = 79 part number listed above
    Last edited by 79mustangcobra; 10-28-2016 at 10:30 AM.
    1979 Mustang Cobra 5.0
    2P Red and 1C Black

    Stock never goes out of style
    MCA #70281 - 79-93 MCA Concours Judge
    Proverbs 3:5-6



    My Mustang Story
    http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...71#post1688371

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    Good stuff!
    Pete Slaney

    1979 Mustang Cobra

    347/T-5/4.30's
    420 rwhp/380 rwt (New Motor)
    11.49 @ 121.86

    306/T-5/4.30's (Old Motor)
    307 rwhp/278 rwt
    12.38 @ 111.38

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