I've owned my 03 coupe for 16 years and my 03 vert for 7 years.
I tried the foxbody thing after selling the Cobra last year. Had a big project planned out, new engine, trans, rearend. Had a Ford stokers 363 Dart liberator engine on order and got as far as swapping out the seats in it ( were not fox seats ) and blew my back out. Was out of work for 2 1/2 months and realzied I could not finish a project to that scale without serious risk of that happening again. Decided to walk away from cars completely and sold that. Over the past month with the change of the year I started thinking a lot about summer and car show season and how that's all I've really done for years and what I enjoy doing. Decided I wanted something again and the Cobra was at the top of that list. With knowing more about these cars now and being more picky with what I buy I decided to get this one.
Bought the first one sight unseen becuase I knew the owner and car for the previous 10 years. Turned out it was not as descirbed. Had paint issues that I couldn't see until I got it along with other things. Modded it too much for what I really did with it. Had a VMP Gen3R with a return fuel system, RXT clutch, 26 spline input shaft the mod list was long and just before I sold it I had ARH's and a FTBR kit going on it. Those were sold with the car. I sold it to the shop that did a lot of work on it. It spent A LOT of time at the shop, I think it was there more than it was actually at my house over the past 3 years. The VMP Gen3R was a great blower but gave me a ton of issues between a very slack throttle cable, horrible sticking throttle body. Both of those made the driveability absloute crap. Those were resolved but over time I just started to reallly resent the car. Spent so much money on it only to not be happy with how things were in the end even if they eventually did get fixed like the TB and cable issue. Also needed valve seals and I knew if the engine came out I would have ended up doing more to the engine. The shop I alwasys brought it to did great work I'm not knocking him but he was like a drug dealer to me, it was never enough and always needed to do more. So in the end this car will not be built like that, I'll do everything at home myself or with help of friends. The shop is closed anyway so that "influence" is now gone. All of this may not seem all that bad but going through all of it just really sucked and wore on me.
I belive they are staggered. I know they came in 18X9 on all four and also an optional 18X10 for the rear, the rear tires are 295's but I haven't pulled a wheel off to confrim the size. I belive they should be stamped on inside of one of the spokes for the size
I want to get my wife something new. She still has her 04 Escape that is missing again, thing eats coils. She only drive like 10 miles a week, maybe. I'm not sure she'll retire when I do, she's younger, she'll need a better vehicle. I've had the Cobra since July 2002.
Well you know who to call if you ever get that “itch” your car is dialed in. I’ve seen her in person twice now. Still makes my heart melt seeing such a beautiful Sonic Blue in person. One of these days I’d love to see her in person with the CCW’s. Give me that last little nudge I need to make it happen.
I'd be interested in hearing why. I never drove one but I think it's the best looking mustang ever made.
You said the GT350 was a great car, fun to drive, with amazing handling. Can you expound on why you'd never get another one?
