It's been a year!

[80CobraKid]

Officially, it has been 1 year, 1 week since my dad and I picked up the cobra and brought her home!!! so here are some photos taken over the past year to show the progress we've made.

[83t-topp]

so here are some photos taken over the past year to show the progress we've made.

am I the only one that doesn't see the pics?

[80CobraKid]

The truck was going to be my first car, sold it to a friend, then used it to haul the Cobra.




Our original carbon footprint

How she ran


And we washed and waxed her

[80CobraKid]

Putting the spare air dam on

[80CobraKid]

More pics to come, stay tuned.

[Mustang Kid]

That is awesome! You got your car on the same day I got my 84 GT(19th?).
You car become a lot nicer in a year (or a week lol) than my car.

[80CobraKid]

Repainting the black trim on the car










Our headliner re-glue attempt failed

Also, we picked up a new console that weekend, the old one was split in half.

[80CobraKid]

tried re-painting the hatch, kind of failed, sanded a lot, primered some

[69clark]

Love this car. Amazing how much difference just repainting all the black does, huh?

[80CobraKid]

These are the parts we put into the engine
BBK X-pipe for a 94-95 mustang, $100 on CL, required modification to double-hump transmission support we put in that also had to be modified (the 79-81 mounts for that support are a lot narrower than 82-93, so we cut the tubes on the mount.)

Spare Black magic electric fan, Hedmann Headers for $25 on CL

Serpentine belt conversion parts, alternator, pulleys, belt, etc.

Fel-Pro top-end gasket set, Edelbrock Performer timing chain set, radiator brackets.

Edelbrock Performer cam and lifter set, holley electric choke (to match CL Holley carb we got)

Also added but not pictured: Cobra valve covers, ford air cleaner, ford motorsport plug wires, and car came with an Edelbrock performer intake.

Finished Engine

Crappy cell phone vid of it running

[roush235]

Thanks for the update, making progress. Love the carbon footprint.

[JTurbo]

Looks like it's moving right along, congrats!

[80CobraKid]

I have a few more pics, stay tuned!

[joey7508]

Looks like some good progress! Lets see some more pics.

[80CobraKid]

Picked up Pony wheels with Nitto tires for $350 on mother's day, 4 hour round trip, amazing deal and well worth it. also got the whole dual exhaust installed.
Hedmann Headers, BBK Off-road x-pipe, Dynomax super turbo cat-back system.





Pony Wheels

[80CobraKid]

Worked on floor pans,removed old sound deadening, which came off without any effort, minimal rust, not a single hole of rust, sprayed rustoleum rust converter on all the rust, thats the black paint you see in the pictures. amazingly clean car.
Passenger floor pan

Driver's side

[80CobraKid]

Well, this is her current state, some minor body work done, removed the scoop for repair, same with rear bumper cover, added sound deadening (we used asphalt roof insulation, worked great!

Here she is:

[80CobraKid]

[joey7508]

Nice engine bay. Are you going to paint it back the original color? Sorry if you already said.

[80CobraKid]

Nice engine bay. Are you going to paint it back the original color? Sorry if you already said.

no, we are painting the engine bay satin black because it is easier to keep looking good, and it looks nicer.

[Anlushac11]

How rare is that color? I dont remember ever seeing that color before.

[80CobraKid]

How rare is that color? I dont remember ever seeing that color before.

The 1980 ford paint code is 8W, Chamois Glow. It is a pretty rare color for cobras, not sure about other models, have seen a few cobras this color in Europe, seemed to be a big color there. I think its so 80's its cool. we are thinking of other color options though, (don't tell dburdyshaw), like Mclaren orange or white, but still not sure until we see the color chip book.

[OldsRocket442]

Good job. You're further in the first year than I was with mine. I had mine almost 5 years before I legally owned it (tranferred the title) and put tabs on and drove it the first time.

Oh yeah.......I'll need my air cleaner back soon

[OldsRocket442]

Love this car. Amazing how much difference just repainting all the black does, huh?

You're not kidding. Night and day difference on my coupe when I repainted my trim.

[Anlushac11]

I would repaint it same color. IMHO very unusual color.

At one time I owned a 79 Mustang hatch with 2.3L carb turbo in orange and its one of only two orange Fox Mustangs I have ever seen.

I can also understand desire to repaint it. I have always liked Jalapeno red and finally got a 85 Coupe in Jalapeno red.

But I have also very much wanted a medium to dark blue metallic mustang and am fighting urge to paint car a bright blue metallic rather than Jalapeno red.