Continuation CSX a "Kit car"?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Joe Wicked

Don't forget the Torino based 69 Ford Cobra (even though I did not even know this car existed until late last year).

Nothing compares to the power and beauty of the 1975 Cobra II.

[Power Surge]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Nothing compares to the power and beauty of the 1975 Cobra II.

My favorite car of all time . I've owned several and still have a 78 Mach 1.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Power Surge

My favorite car of all time . I've owned several and still have a 78 Mach 1.

I tried to find a shot of the blue and white motif that came from the factory with fake side pipes, but couldn't locate one. I'll go out on a limb and say that was the lowest stoop in the history of "Cobras."

[Power Surge]

Originally Posted by patrickt

I tried to find a shot of the blue and white motif that came from the factory with fake side pipes, but couldn't locate one. I'll go out on a limb and say that was the lowest stoop in the history of "Cobras."

You couldn't find one because there's no such thing .

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Power Surge

You couldn't find one because there's no such thing .

Hmm, maybe that's why I can't find a shot of it. But the thing is, I remember it clearly. That doesn't necessarily mean it occurred though, I suppose.

[Power Surge]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Hmm, maybe that's why I can't find a shot of it. But the thing is, I remember it clearly. That doesn't necessarily mean it occurred though, I suppose.

Well, it WAS the 70s. Definitely could have been added by the owner a day after buying the car, or you could have just been trippin'.

[Naumoff]

My point was to associate the Cobra name with the Mustang longer than the Shelby AC Cobra from the 60s.
The Mustang was labeled a Cobra with the little Mustang II.
But so it goes.

I am looking forward to running my little MG(wink,wink,nudge,nudge) up to
The Cobra Revolution this Saturday.



I was invited to run my car at MIR a couple of weekends ago with the Mid Atlantic Cobra Owners Association (MACA) and guess what? They were all Mustang Cobras.
The guy that took the video of my car down the 1/4 mile and sent it to me labeled it "Old School Cobra"

So I think I am going to say I have an old school Cobra replica from now on.

[Joe Wicked]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Nothing compares to the power and beauty of the 1975 Cobra II.

My cousin has a blue with white stripes 76 sitting rusting in my uncles back yard. It is parked right in front of an 85 4 eye GT He swears he is going to finish them one day, but they are both in worse shape now than when he bought them. The 4 eye was done, only needing exhaust put on and it has now sat for over 10 years and the drivers window was broken by debris tossed around in a storm many years ago. Now it is a home to field mice and other rodents. The 76, is worse.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Joe Wicked

My cousin has a blue with white stripes 76 sitting rusting in my uncles back yard. It is parked right in front of an 85 4 eye GT He swears he is going to finish them one day, but they are both in worse shape now than when he bought them. The 4 eye was done, only needing exhaust put on and it has now sat for over 10 years and the drivers window was broken by debris tossed around in a storm many years ago. Now it is a home to field mice and other rodents. The 76, is worse.

Uhhh, did any of them have fake side pipes by any chance?

[David Kirkham]

Joe,

That reminds me of 1965 GT Mustang that has been parked (never moved) at a house by our shop since at least 1987. I drive by it every day. One day it will be nothing more than a pile of Fe2O3.

Sad to watch it die a slow death.

David

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by David Kirkham

Sad to watch it die a slow death.

Kind of like this thread....

[Joe Wicked]

Originally Posted by David Kirkham

Joe,

That reminds me of 1965 GT Mustang that has been parked (never moved) at a house by our shop since at least 1987. I drive by it every day. One day it will be nothing more than a pile of Fe2O3.

Sad to watch it die a slow death.

David

If you donate a car to me, I will drive the hell out of it and make up for that Mustang.

I'm just saying.....

[David Kirkham]

Originally Posted by Joe Wicked

If you donate a car to me, I will drive the hell out of it and make up for that Mustang.

I'm just saying.....

RodKnock,

Maybe it needed to!

David

[Joe Wicked]

Originally Posted by David Kirkham

Well, ya can't blame me for trying can ya? I am really trying to find a way to get into one of these cars quicker than having to save up the money.

[Chaplin]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Uhhh, did any of them have fake side pipes by any chance?

Patrick-
I too recall seeing side pipes on that car when I was a kid. The one in my neighborhood was white w/ blue stripes.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Chaplin

Patrick-
I too recall seeing side pipes on that car when I was a kid. The one in my neighborhood was white w/ blue stripes.

Yay!! I'm cancelling my pre-dementia screening checkup. The reason I remember it so well was because at the time I was struck with how stupid it was to put fake side pipes on a car.

[Power Surge]

Trust me, no Mustang II EVER left Ford with sidepipes... fake or not.

[Naumoff]

Originally Posted by Power Surge

Trust me, no Mustang II EVER left Ford with sidepipes... fake or not.

After market side pipes were big in the 70s.
It could have been a Kit.

[Naumoff]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Yay!! I'm cancelling my pre-dementia screening checkup. The reason I remember it so well was because at the time I was struck with how stupid it was to put fake side pipes on a car.

Are you sure it wasn't a model kit you saw the side pipes on?

I remember side pipes but I also was building a lot of model cars at the time.

[Chaplin]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Yay!! I'm cancelling my pre-dementia screening checkup. The reason I remember it so well was because at the time I was struck with how stupid it was to put fake side pipes on a car.

Patrick-
Sorry, this was the best I could do.