I found another car that looks like it could either be a PaceCar or an '80/81 Cobra.
I know the Pacecars were Black and Silver, but this car is all Black on the outside. Could have been a repaint though...
I only had a second to look at it, because it was sitting in the corner of someone's yard and I didnt want to snoop around too much.
(I was told it was for sale thats why I stopped initially). Anyway to the good stuff...
It has the Pacecar/Cobra/'82 GT front nose piece and lower ground effects, yet it has the bolt on cowl hood scoop like the Pacecar's and Cobra's..
Has the 3 piece rear spoiler as well.
But the thing that has me thinking that it may have been a repainted Pacecar is that the inside door handles are on the lower door. As far as I ever known, this was a '79 only thing.
Perhaps it could be an early 1980 Cobra? This is what has me stumped, so if anyone has an idea about this please post.
It has black interior, Recaro seats that have some kind of White in the center, might be a hounds tooth? Not sure I didnt get a good look and it was getting dark.
The engine code is an "F" which leads me to believe it has a 302 in it.
There are no decals or anything on the car, but i didnt have time to really look to see if there was evidence that they were there.
The car has been there well over 10 years because a tree is growing under the front end and out of the center opening of the lower front ground effect. The tree is bigger than my forearm and I'd say about 15-20 feet high.
I'm going to stop back and look at it a little better and hopefully rescue this diamond in the rough.
Any tips or clues that you guys can give me to look for would be very much welcome. I'd like to be able to open the door and hood to look at the codes and buck tag.
One more question, Would it have "Cobra" stamped on the buck tag? For some reason I remember seeing a buck tag that was stamped as such.
This post is gettin long so I'll submit it for now, but i'll check back.
Thanks for any and all help
-Joe
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