[olddog]

I will make a point, at the risk of ruffling feathers. This is not an absolute factual thing, but there is a trend. Some kit manufacturers used to put literature out leading people to believe they could buy there least expensive kit and a wore out Mustang and make a great Cobra for cheap. So people got the idea that they could just chuck a 150K mile drive train out of a worn out Mustang into a kit. I have seen in print that miles does not matter because these cars typically only get drove a few thousand miles a year. Since the Cobra is lighter the Mustang brakes are more than adequate. Well this is true to some degree.

So the trend. People who were trying to build a Cobra on the cheap tended to use the Mustang 5.0 drive train. That's not to say all Cobra's with a 5.0 block were poorly built. Mine personally has a 5.0 block. Not one part on my Cobra was a used part (everything was new or rebuilt). However if you are looking at a Cobra and all the parts look like they came off of a Mustang, realize what you are looking at.

Now that said even if every part was taken off of a Mustang and nothing was rebuilt, it may still be a decent car depending on the Mustang that was parted out. Just realize what it is and what you are looking out for.

When they use suspension parts off of the Mustang, Kit manufactures claimed Ford new more than their competition's Kit. Personally my opinion is that Ford was designing a family/sport car and building it as cheap as they could. When these cars are used as high performance race cars, those parts are not designed for that. That said there are huge differences in these cars.

Apologizes to all who were offended.