Venompower
Active Member
Back in January I had been kicking around the idea of purchasing another Harley, and my wife in a not so subtle way reminded my that I have two young boys who need a father, lol. She met me half way and gave her blessing to pick up another Mustang project, so that I could take the boys to Chicago Cruise nights around the suburbs. I had sold my previous Mustangs to fund home purchases or moves, and now that we are settled it's time to get back into it.
I found Casper on Facebook Marketplace in Milwaukee. I had several conversations with the owner, and had a local friend check the car out. Zero rust, low miles, lots of great mods that I'll list below, but the car wasn't capable of being driven. The two large issues were a missing serpentine belt (I was told the old belt had shredded) and a transmission that didn't want to shift. I came to a price I was comfortable with based on those issues and made arrangements to come and pick Casper up.
I drove up from the west suburbs of Chicago with a U-Haul car trailer, and let me just say luck was on my side. This was probably the nicest day we had yet had in Chicago, and the following day we got snow.
Got it loaded up, and then made a couple stops finding a Chase Bank that wasn't booked up to get the bill of sale notarized. Previous owner had just paid off his loan through his credit union and title wasn't yet available. I was a little nervous about completing the sale with no title, but I verified everything with his credit union and have since received the signed title in the mail.
Got her home and tucked away in the garage!
So details on the car are:
1996 Cobra
- Procharger P-1SC Supercharger w/ 3-Core Intercooler and Big Red Blow Off Valve
- VMP Blow through MAF
- TKO600 transmission with Quick Time Bellhousing
- McLeod Clucth
- Aluminum Driveshaft
- Tubular K-Member with Front Control Arms
- Coilovers
- Subframe Connectors
- BBK Long Tube Headers and Off Road Mid-Pipe
- AEM Boost and AFR guage
I also received the stock transmission as part of the sale (pictured behind the Cobra)
I have already done quite a bit to the car, and will document that in some follow up posts. I'm happy to be back in a Cobra, continuing my tradition of having never owned a V8 Mustang that wasn't a DOHC 4.6. Look forward to documenting the car here!
I found Casper on Facebook Marketplace in Milwaukee. I had several conversations with the owner, and had a local friend check the car out. Zero rust, low miles, lots of great mods that I'll list below, but the car wasn't capable of being driven. The two large issues were a missing serpentine belt (I was told the old belt had shredded) and a transmission that didn't want to shift. I came to a price I was comfortable with based on those issues and made arrangements to come and pick Casper up.
I drove up from the west suburbs of Chicago with a U-Haul car trailer, and let me just say luck was on my side. This was probably the nicest day we had yet had in Chicago, and the following day we got snow.
Got it loaded up, and then made a couple stops finding a Chase Bank that wasn't booked up to get the bill of sale notarized. Previous owner had just paid off his loan through his credit union and title wasn't yet available. I was a little nervous about completing the sale with no title, but I verified everything with his credit union and have since received the signed title in the mail.
Got her home and tucked away in the garage!
So details on the car are:
1996 Cobra
- Procharger P-1SC Supercharger w/ 3-Core Intercooler and Big Red Blow Off Valve
- VMP Blow through MAF
- TKO600 transmission with Quick Time Bellhousing
- McLeod Clucth
- Aluminum Driveshaft
- Tubular K-Member with Front Control Arms
- Coilovers
- Subframe Connectors
- BBK Long Tube Headers and Off Road Mid-Pipe
- AEM Boost and AFR guage
I also received the stock transmission as part of the sale (pictured behind the Cobra)
I have already done quite a bit to the car, and will document that in some follow up posts. I'm happy to be back in a Cobra, continuing my tradition of having never owned a V8 Mustang that wasn't a DOHC 4.6. Look forward to documenting the car here!