Just bought a Terminator, now what..

[Pants28]

After 10 years of saving and obsessing over a terminator I finally bought one. Low miles, clean carfax and basically garage kept...so it’s obviously been sitting for a long time.

The car seems to run great but I’m paranoid about opening’r up. Just curious if anyone knows of common issues with cobras that have been sitting for a long time? Any must-dos maintenance wise? Things to look out for?

Thanks everyone and I’m exited to finally be apart of this community!

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[OETKB]

Beautiful car!

Drive the snot out of it till something breaks.

 

[HudsonFalcon]

Beautiful car!

Drive the snot out of it till something breaks.

This. Enjoy you car and congrats.

 

[Smooth]

And a vert no less! Wise choice. Lower it, full length subframe connectors, caster/camber plates, FRPP diff cover, shifter, intake, smaller blower pulley, exhaust and wider rear rims/tires.

That's everything I did to mine in the first weekend I had it home...it's a good start.

Oh, and a shorty antenna.

Post more pics please.

 

[Weather Man]

Read the date code on the tires, and if decrepit, do a long smokey burnout and replace. If the tires are new, I still recommend a long smokey burnout to clean the carbon off the plugs.

 

[Revvv]

Congrats. Beautiful color, and gorgeous car.

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[Pants28]

Here are a few more pics..hopefully spring will finally show up in the Midwest so I can take some outside..

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[roy_1031]

Congrats! How many miles? Is it 100% stock?


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[OETKB]

IT'S A VIRGIN!

mine was, too.

 

[OETKB]

Don't listen to them. It's an unmolested example of a color that we rarely see.

 

[Pants28]

Congrats! How many miles? Is it 100% stock?


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47k All stock except a flowmaster cat back exhaust..it’s like it came out of a time machine. Pretty happy with my purchase so far


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[OETKB]

47k All stock except a flowmaster cat back exhaust..it’s like it came out of a time machine. Pretty happy with my purchase so far


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I bought a 2004 in pretty much the exact same condition, 30k miles. Vert and everything, like yours. I put tires on where needed (rears, lol), changed the blower belt because it's easy to do, the other belt, not so much, and terrorized the surrounding 50 miles, and myself.

 

[Goose17]

Burn through any old gas and put fresh 93 in it prior to mashing the go-pedal into booooooost.

Congrats on the score. You are rewarded for saving your $.

 

[BlksvtCobra01]

Looks great congrats ditch the front plate bracket and do what @Smooth said above.


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[PaxtonShelby]

Congrats - she’s a beaut!

 

[FJohnny]

Whether you like it or not, you are a way cooler dude today than you were yesterday!

Congrats. Great looking car.

 

[tt335ci03cobra]

Sell it to me for $10k to repent for your wicked and shameful self indulgence. I’ll gladly take care of the rest.

(Or don’t and enjoy a very nice car. Congrats on a great find)

 

[jrgoffin]

Everything there is to know about the car: Home

Maintenance is covered in the SVT Supplement. Also get a real Ford service manual, both of which can be downloaded from the same site.

 

[BlckBox04]

change the oil and check the spark plugs

 

[Tifosi2003GT]

fuel filter