Howdy guys,
My names Aidan and i have just picked myself up a 79 cobra 5.0 as a project car.
Here in australia there are not many fox body mustangs at all and quite a rare sight, we have alot of 64 1/2 - 73 and with the newer mustangs being sold over here now we are seeing them on the road everyday now but the fox remains a rare sight. I was lucky enough to pick this one up on facebook market place around an hour and a half away from my city, south australia. I managed to buy it for a very good price and was very happy to purchase but it does need alot of work and alot of parts.
I believe the owner before me owned it for about 5 years and did nothing with it, he bought it off someone who tore it down poorly and tried converting the original dash to right hand drive, as that is what wouldve been needed at the time to get registration.
Unfortunately it has only been semi covered and the rust has started forming which can be fixed but the parts have deteriorated. With the age of the car now i will be planning to restore the car back to original left hand drive and all but there is much i dont know about the intricates of this car so i am hoping that with the help of this forum i will be able to find the parts and information i need to be able to restore this cobra to its former glory.
I did previously own a black 83 mustang GT which i sold after 12 years but that had previously been restored before i bought it so i never really had the chance to pull it apart and work out the nitty gritty of these cars.
This will be a long term project for me and ill be happy to post up some progress pictures along the way if anoyone is interested
Thanks
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