RossA81
New Member
Hi,
Longtime member here, rare poster. I have found this to be one of the last remaining forums that seems to operate and feel like a forum of the old days. I spend a lot of time here searching old threads for ideas and answers.
I have owned a few SN95's and New Edges over the years, and even an S197 that I had for over 10 years. I always go back to the SN95 as my favorite. My first Mustang was a 95 GT I got in 1998 when I was 17 so I'm sure that has a lot to do with my fondness for them.
Fast fwd to 2024. My Cobra is "done" for all intents and purposes. I have a 16 year old daughter that would like something to drive around town in, and an 11 year old son with an interest in learning and a desperate desire to go on "Hot Rod Power Tour" again(we have done it before)
So the search began, for a Fox Body or New Edge actually. In the mid-atlantic it is very challenging to find one without rusted towers. On a whim one day I hopped on "Autotrader" and found a Yellow 94 GT about 4 hours away. The pictures were not great, and the transmission was wrong. But it looked good enough, the color is awesome, and it was a 1-owner car. I asked a few questions, prayed the strut towers were intact, and negotiated a price.
The listing:

Pickup:

You never know what you are going to get when you buy a car sight unseen and with out a test drive. Fortunately the car was in at least the condition I expected and maybe even a little bit better. All original panels and the only repainted panel was the hood. A few door dings down both sides, and a small hole in the driver seat. Gave the car a quick once over and that was that! Drive home went OK, car felt solid and slow. AODE ok for the most part but jumped out of overdrive a few times(neutral safety switch not happy) Overall pleased with the purchase.
Home:
First order of business a new odo gear and white faces for the gauges. Immediately regretted the white faces as they arrived scratched and they overhang into the turn signal area. NOS ebay find. Already bought another cluster to swap in if they continue to bother me.

Next up the car got paintless dent repair and I clayed, compounded, polished, and waxed it. Car had road tar down both sides. Took about 3 weeks of working on it intermittently. Also put newer rocker caps on the front as I prefer them(built in splash/rock guard)
She cleaned up nicely:

Next up an underhood clean and a full undercarriage power wash with a water broom- previous owner had a long gravel driveway- check out the sludge that came out from under the back! It's a miracle the car isn't rusty:



That is about it for now, I have accumulated the following parts:
Suspension- Bilsteins, H&R sports, MM cc plates
Brakes- Cobra calipers, stoptech rotors, stainless lines, new stock replacement elsewhere
Exhaust- Hedman x-pipe(no cats) Pypes "bomb" cat back(first non Flowmaster ever!!)
Wheels- 17x9 Silver Cobra R that I had laying around. New Nitto 275/40 ready to go on.
ISO- Cobra upper and lower intake, shorty headers
Not going to get into heads and cam. If we keep it maybe a Coyote swap down the road.
Updates soon!
Ross
Longtime member here, rare poster. I have found this to be one of the last remaining forums that seems to operate and feel like a forum of the old days. I spend a lot of time here searching old threads for ideas and answers.
I have owned a few SN95's and New Edges over the years, and even an S197 that I had for over 10 years. I always go back to the SN95 as my favorite. My first Mustang was a 95 GT I got in 1998 when I was 17 so I'm sure that has a lot to do with my fondness for them.
Fast fwd to 2024. My Cobra is "done" for all intents and purposes. I have a 16 year old daughter that would like something to drive around town in, and an 11 year old son with an interest in learning and a desperate desire to go on "Hot Rod Power Tour" again(we have done it before)
So the search began, for a Fox Body or New Edge actually. In the mid-atlantic it is very challenging to find one without rusted towers. On a whim one day I hopped on "Autotrader" and found a Yellow 94 GT about 4 hours away. The pictures were not great, and the transmission was wrong. But it looked good enough, the color is awesome, and it was a 1-owner car. I asked a few questions, prayed the strut towers were intact, and negotiated a price.
The listing:

Pickup:

You never know what you are going to get when you buy a car sight unseen and with out a test drive. Fortunately the car was in at least the condition I expected and maybe even a little bit better. All original panels and the only repainted panel was the hood. A few door dings down both sides, and a small hole in the driver seat. Gave the car a quick once over and that was that! Drive home went OK, car felt solid and slow. AODE ok for the most part but jumped out of overdrive a few times(neutral safety switch not happy) Overall pleased with the purchase.
Home:
First order of business a new odo gear and white faces for the gauges. Immediately regretted the white faces as they arrived scratched and they overhang into the turn signal area. NOS ebay find. Already bought another cluster to swap in if they continue to bother me.
Next up the car got paintless dent repair and I clayed, compounded, polished, and waxed it. Car had road tar down both sides. Took about 3 weeks of working on it intermittently. Also put newer rocker caps on the front as I prefer them(built in splash/rock guard)
She cleaned up nicely:

Next up an underhood clean and a full undercarriage power wash with a water broom- previous owner had a long gravel driveway- check out the sludge that came out from under the back! It's a miracle the car isn't rusty:



That is about it for now, I have accumulated the following parts:
Suspension- Bilsteins, H&R sports, MM cc plates
Brakes- Cobra calipers, stoptech rotors, stainless lines, new stock replacement elsewhere
Exhaust- Hedman x-pipe(no cats) Pypes "bomb" cat back(first non Flowmaster ever!!)
Wheels- 17x9 Silver Cobra R that I had laying around. New Nitto 275/40 ready to go on.
ISO- Cobra upper and lower intake, shorty headers
Not going to get into heads and cam. If we keep it maybe a Coyote swap down the road.
Updates soon!
Ross