Project 78 Cobra

[JonR]

Nice work.

[cobragt]

Stumpy's Fabrication Works Subframe connectors. I like these!



I putting these on my list!

[cobragt]

Before:

After some green basecoat, I didn't worry about it looking to good since it's mostly covered by the tank, just wanted to get rid of the original white overspray. .

The quarter panel seal that took forever to get.


New N.O.S. gas cap.

The Tank in the car.

[feeble]

Looks very nice.

Where did you get the quarter panel seal?

[cobragt]

Connecticut Mustang, but it sounded like it may have been the last one he had. It wasn't perfect and I did have to do a little repair where the rubber was cracked and it was a little rusted, I cut away the rubber to expose the rust, some POR and after that was dry some of that rubber coating that you dip tool handles in from the hardware store and it was pretty much good as new.

Looks very nice.

Where did you get the quarter panel seal?

[78CobraII]

I'm trying to get my tank back in also. Unfortunately I pulled all of the brake and fuel lines years ago so I'm working on figuring out the factory routing.

I hope to see more updates of your project soon.

[cobragt]

New T-5 installed today!







What a difference, no crunching, no grinding, in and out of gears with no problems. I'm not really sure I can get used to this. LOL!

[feeble]

Your tranny crossmember is upside down but it looks like you made it work. Which bellhousing did you use? The T5 is a great swap, the II is a much better car because of it.

[cobragt]

The engine is out of an 85 GT and the 5spd and bell housing came from an 83 GT. The new 5spd is a World Class that I got from Summit. This is the way I did it yrs ago when I first did the swap. Sometimes you just do what you need to to make it work. There are also 1" thick spacers between the trans mount and spacer plate to raise the trans up to a better position. At some point I am planning on making a new cross member. But everything will need to come back out again anyway. I did the Trans swap back in 2000 after my 87 GT was wrecked, I just needed to get rid of the Automatic to make the car more drivable. The engine swap was done in 95.

Your tranny crossmember is upside down but it looks like you made it work. Which bellhousing did you use? The T5 is a great swap, the II is a much better car because of it.

[feeble]

Interesting that the front to back spacing came out right.... thank you for posting the pics.

[cobragt]

Actually the shifter sits a little farther forward so the hole in the floor had to be opened up and the console had to be moved forward. I also used the chrome trim for the Auto shifter and the shifter boot came from a Honda CRX .

Interesting that the front to back spacing came out right.... thank you for posting the pics.

[cobragt]

So Mustangs Unlimited told me, on the Thursday before last, that my Springs for the Cobra would be shipped on Monday the 11th. I went in there today to get a speedo gear for the car and decided to ask about them again since I haven't gotten them yet. Now they are telling me that they have a ship date of Dec. 31. WTF! So I called Summit, they have 6 sets in stock and they will hold a set til I can get down there. I will be cancelling the order with Mustangs Unlimited because I'm done with there BS. I'm heading to Tampa Friday for a wedding so I can pick them up on the way down. and I will be saving $20. Summits price is $164 and Mustangs Unlimited has them for $184, if I would have known that I would have went to Summit to begin with.

[cobragt]

Update on the Cobra, Hadn't had much time to do much but I did work on the new hatch a bit. I blocked it with 180 and reprimed it



Then I cut it in around where the glass goes.



Then a few days latter I painted the underside.





I've got my other back glass out of storage and I'll get some new clip and get it installed once it's cleaned up. Then I'll get the hatch jamb on the car painted and glue in the new seal. I'm ordering new lift shocks from Pep boys tomorrow since they don't stock them anymore.

[cobragt]

Just finished installing 13ft of new steel fuel line in the Cobra today, what a pain the ass! Just hope this fixes the rust in the fuel filter problem.

[showa]

Making good progress.... Look forward to seeing this completed.

[cobragt]

Hatch Jamb has been painted and the seal installed along with the new hatch.


















This was done about 2 weeks ago ( sorry for not updating sooner) I still do not have the back glass in the car because I was looking for a none rear defog glass. I found an NOS one in Ohio but $355 with shipping is more than I want to spend so I'm going to figure out which one of the two I have is the best one and get it installed next week. It's going to be a major pain in the a$$ to get the tape off the hatch that's holding the plastic on over the opening.

[Kenova]

For some reason the hole in the back of the car looks even bigger when you take the hatch off.
Makes one ponder the structural integrity of the car.

Ken

[cobragt]

I've actually put that car and my 87 GT through a lot and they have held up pretty well.

For some reason the hole in the back of the car looks even bigger when you take the hatch off.
Makes one ponder the structural integrity of the car.

Ken

[MonzaRacer]

In all honesty if you upgraded control arms maybe you should have talked to ridetech about coil overs? Iknow more more cash BUT from all I have heard there pretty close to perfect. I am looking into them for the Monza if shockwave clearance cant be managed.

[cobragt]

Coil overs were way more then I wanted to spend but Hiedts did have control arms if I had wanted to go that way. Coming up with money for the brake kits, axles, wheels and tires is the big problem now. I also need to sort out some electrical problems too.

In all honesty if you upgraded control arms maybe you should have talked to ridetech about coil overs? Iknow more more cash BUT from all I have heard there pretty close to perfect. I am looking into them for the Monza if shockwave clearance cant be managed.