Few pics of my 96 Cobra at the track last weekend

[qwikhuh]

It's not a particularly fast car but it has huge sentimental value to me and I finally got the car back on the track last weekend at the ABM Nats at Cecil Country Dragway. The car belonged to a friend of mine who was killed in 2002. His parents gave me the car a couple years ago figuring he would want me to have it. It had sat for years in a barn and needed work. The paint was faded, every bushing was dry rotted, etc. I got it drivable but really wanted to get it truely track ready this year. With help from friends and parts from quite a few SVTP members I got the car back on the track. Ran 12.20s@112 with the same basic setup he ran it with back in the day plus a few updates. Basic bolt ons and gears. His goal was always 11's on the stock motor and I will get it there. Here is a link to the article 5.0 did on our cars back in 2003

http://www.mustang50magazine.com/featuredvehicles/m5lp_0312_1996_mustang_cobras/viewall.html

Anyway here are the pics

 

[Murder Snake]

Nice!!!!!!!! Looks like some air under that front tire!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Boss 327]

That's a great looking car.

 

[05satinGT]

That's awesome you have the car running again, and awesome pics. Sorry about your friend, I bet he's proud :beer:

 

[pacific4v]

What's the suspension setup?

 

[Camaro_94]

Congrats man. I'm sure your friend would be proud and happy to see the car out there running again.

 

[mustangmanjeff]

nice cobra and sorry to hear about your friend! that thing books for what little mods done to it!

 

[RSbeast]

Really made me smile.

You're a fantastic friend man.

 

[FATPAUL]

What a wonderful thing to do for a friend! AWESOMEEEE

 

[qwikhuh]

What's the suspension setup?

Non adj tokicos, b springs, mm lowers, unknown adj uppers. Obviously some good drag suspension is next

 

[NasteeNate]

awesome story, beautiful cobra!

 

[BAD351W]

Nice to hear about the story behind the car. Awesome times! And awesome pictures!

 

[Stopsign32v]

**** yea!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bet he was riding shot gun in all the runs. :rockon:

 

[qwikhuh]

Thanks for all the responses I had originally planned to simply fix the car up and not risk anything happening by racing it but I know he would kick my ass for not running it so it got a nice workout over the weekend and will be a full time race car

 

[maple]

That's awesome, dude. Love the picture picking up the LF tire.

 

[CobraBob]

Good looking Cobra for sure. I liked the air under the left front tire. Yeah!! :beer: :rockon:

 

[GTIZZL]

Car looks good man! Keep it up!

 

[cobrasvtcoupe25]

Your friend would be proud! :rockon:

Keep it up man!

 

[RIO RED SNAKE]

awesome, that car looks damn good as well! Goodluck

 

[qwikhuh]

Couple more a friend just posted.

Last pic was a fun grudge race against another old friend. He has a procharger on his SRT and took the win 12.08 to 12.25