So I have had my 80 Cobra for over a year and made vary little progress until this month. A local group is putting on benefit for a man in our area and a friend convinced me that we could get my car ready in time for the show. Not really in my plans...but why not right? :-)

When I got the Cobra it had a 351 in it and I was never satisfied with it. I wanted to put a 302 that I have had for a while in it. Also, some one had rattled canned the engine bay black at some point, and I wanted it color matched to the body, so off went the hood and we got down to business. Here are the before and after pics.

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Next was the wheel situation. When I got the car, it had 10 hole wheels and itty bitty tires. I am not a particular fan of 10 holes, so I started searching and landed on 10th Anniversary Cobra wheels from LMR. We put on 87-93 brakes and spindles (man those original rotors were small!), and ordered the wheels.

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I still have quite a bit to do to this car, but I am please with how it is turning out. Thanks for looking!