I've been hanging around here on and off since I bought my car in late 2011 (December 29, 2011, to be exact), and save for a dyno day, a car show, and a few trips to the strip, I've been pretty quiet. I've decided to give my Cobra top priority among my projects this year, and after spending the last two years researching my options, I've decided that I know what direction I'm going in with my car, and I've started ordering parts in preparation for springtime. With that said, here's a picture of our starting point:
It's Mystic Cobra #683, originally exported to Canada and owned by the president of the Royal Bank of Canada before coming over the border sometime in the year 2000. Mine has 64k miles (kilometers?) and is stock save for Steeda underdrive pulleys. The Mystic Cobra was my dream car when I was 8, and the only one I'd ever seen in person lived a few streets away from me, and I would occasionally see it in the driveway on summer days getting washed. When I was 22 years old, I was diagnosed with a heart condition called SVT, short for supraventriculartachycardia. One day, on my way to see my doctor, I saw this car for sale at a dealership that belonged to a family friend. Unfortunately, they were on vacation, but the day they got returned, I came back, test drove the car, and made an offer. It was the week before New Year's, and there were several inches of snow on the ground. After purchasing the car, a friend and I drove down to Summit Racing in Tallmadge in a snowstorm. Later that night, going over the stack of documentation about the car's history, I realized that my Mystic Cobra was the same one I'd seen as a child. Years later, I would return to Summit...
And come home with some goodies for the car...
A few days later, more parts from Steeda would arrive...
Followed shortly by the all-important finishing touch to my forthcoming wheel & tire setup...
That gets us pretty much up to date. I'll post more information and a complete plan of attack later; for now I have to deliver a car to Dayton.
It's Mystic Cobra #683, originally exported to Canada and owned by the president of the Royal Bank of Canada before coming over the border sometime in the year 2000. Mine has 64k miles (kilometers?) and is stock save for Steeda underdrive pulleys. The Mystic Cobra was my dream car when I was 8, and the only one I'd ever seen in person lived a few streets away from me, and I would occasionally see it in the driveway on summer days getting washed. When I was 22 years old, I was diagnosed with a heart condition called SVT, short for supraventriculartachycardia. One day, on my way to see my doctor, I saw this car for sale at a dealership that belonged to a family friend. Unfortunately, they were on vacation, but the day they got returned, I came back, test drove the car, and made an offer. It was the week before New Year's, and there were several inches of snow on the ground. After purchasing the car, a friend and I drove down to Summit Racing in Tallmadge in a snowstorm. Later that night, going over the stack of documentation about the car's history, I realized that my Mystic Cobra was the same one I'd seen as a child. Years later, I would return to Summit...
And come home with some goodies for the car...
A few days later, more parts from Steeda would arrive...
Followed shortly by the all-important finishing touch to my forthcoming wheel & tire setup...
That gets us pretty much up to date. I'll post more information and a complete plan of attack later; for now I have to deliver a car to Dayton.
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