Hello everyone!
I am a Ford Fan that has finally managed to get one of my "dream cars"; a Ford Mustang SVT Cobra Coupe from 1997. I bought it via a Ford dealership which is owned by a German Racing driver who used to drive a Ford Mustang Racer in Germany in 1985 and 1986; Roland Asch.
The car itself was apparently built dircetly for a Japanese buyer and that is good for me because it had a kilometre speedometer right from the beginning. I bought it from someone who bought several cars on his holiday in Sweden.
So finally it found its way to me and I am quite happy to have it.
I know it might be a sin to change anything on the car but still there are some things I would like to optimize for myself. The most important thing is to find an IRS from a 1999 to 2004 Cobra and put it in the car instead of the rigid axle. Of course the Cobras are rare in Central Europe and I would be more than lucky to find a crashed Cobra for small money to get the IRS out of it.
So as with other parts I might need or want I am really hoping that you guys could help me to find and obtain these parts. I have so far found a second trunk lid and another steering wheel. My steering wheel is a bit worn and bits of the beige colour or whatever it is has come off. So I going to have it covered in leather by a professional. I also want a rear spoiler that looks like the Saleen style item. I have already gotten the spoiler and a friend of mine is going to collect the other trunk lid in Cologne hopefully next week or so.
On the long run I also would love some wider wheels on the rear. In Germany with our TUEV this is of course rather complicated and becomes a very expensive project very fast. But all of these changes have some time for now as I will only really work on the car during the winter. I will not sacrifice this little Cobra on our German roads where they always spread tons and tons of salt as soon as there is one snowflake visible. That is a really dumb habit and has gotten worse.
Some more facts abou myself: I have grown up in several European Fords and the first one to really have a big impression on me was the Ford Consul/Granada from 1972-1977. My dad used to have several in a row and when I was old enough and had a driving licence I got a Granada Coupe with a 2.3 litre V6 in it. For Germany this used to be a big engine and I had to pay a lot of tax for the car. I was training to become a Ford Car Mechanic and my dream was to put a Ford V8 in my little Granada; a 427 unit was what I wanted. Of course this never happened. Just like any of my real dream cars: AC Cobra 427; Ford GT40 and a 1970 Mustang Fast Back like a Boss or Mach 1 (I am born in 1970). Later I learned that Basil Green and Perana Cars actually built a European Granada with a 302 Windsor in it and even equipped with a toplaoder 4-speed gearbox. So I wanted to recreate such a car as a tribute car. But I wanted to use a German car because of course all the cars in South Africa have the steering wheel on the wrong side. I managed to find a Coupe and later I even imported an original Ford Granada V8 from South Africa. Always using every Penny I had; buying some parts like the original oil pan that fits under the 302 in a Granada made of alloy and so on. In the end I was not able to finish that project and had to sell all the cars. Now, some years later I took a new start and sold a lot of stuff and cars and motorbikes I had collected again. All of them were not really expensive cars and bikes. But I really made an effort and hung on to the money and put it in a savings account straight away. And now 2026 I was finally able to have the money to get that Cobra.
That is part of my story so far.
Kind regards and Greetings from Germany (not too far away from Ramstein Airbase)
I am a Ford Fan that has finally managed to get one of my "dream cars"; a Ford Mustang SVT Cobra Coupe from 1997. I bought it via a Ford dealership which is owned by a German Racing driver who used to drive a Ford Mustang Racer in Germany in 1985 and 1986; Roland Asch.
The car itself was apparently built dircetly for a Japanese buyer and that is good for me because it had a kilometre speedometer right from the beginning. I bought it from someone who bought several cars on his holiday in Sweden.
So finally it found its way to me and I am quite happy to have it.
I know it might be a sin to change anything on the car but still there are some things I would like to optimize for myself. The most important thing is to find an IRS from a 1999 to 2004 Cobra and put it in the car instead of the rigid axle. Of course the Cobras are rare in Central Europe and I would be more than lucky to find a crashed Cobra for small money to get the IRS out of it.
So as with other parts I might need or want I am really hoping that you guys could help me to find and obtain these parts. I have so far found a second trunk lid and another steering wheel. My steering wheel is a bit worn and bits of the beige colour or whatever it is has come off. So I going to have it covered in leather by a professional. I also want a rear spoiler that looks like the Saleen style item. I have already gotten the spoiler and a friend of mine is going to collect the other trunk lid in Cologne hopefully next week or so.
On the long run I also would love some wider wheels on the rear. In Germany with our TUEV this is of course rather complicated and becomes a very expensive project very fast. But all of these changes have some time for now as I will only really work on the car during the winter. I will not sacrifice this little Cobra on our German roads where they always spread tons and tons of salt as soon as there is one snowflake visible. That is a really dumb habit and has gotten worse.
Some more facts abou myself: I have grown up in several European Fords and the first one to really have a big impression on me was the Ford Consul/Granada from 1972-1977. My dad used to have several in a row and when I was old enough and had a driving licence I got a Granada Coupe with a 2.3 litre V6 in it. For Germany this used to be a big engine and I had to pay a lot of tax for the car. I was training to become a Ford Car Mechanic and my dream was to put a Ford V8 in my little Granada; a 427 unit was what I wanted. Of course this never happened. Just like any of my real dream cars: AC Cobra 427; Ford GT40 and a 1970 Mustang Fast Back like a Boss or Mach 1 (I am born in 1970). Later I learned that Basil Green and Perana Cars actually built a European Granada with a 302 Windsor in it and even equipped with a toplaoder 4-speed gearbox. So I wanted to recreate such a car as a tribute car. But I wanted to use a German car because of course all the cars in South Africa have the steering wheel on the wrong side. I managed to find a Coupe and later I even imported an original Ford Granada V8 from South Africa. Always using every Penny I had; buying some parts like the original oil pan that fits under the 302 in a Granada made of alloy and so on. In the end I was not able to finish that project and had to sell all the cars. Now, some years later I took a new start and sold a lot of stuff and cars and motorbikes I had collected again. All of them were not really expensive cars and bikes. But I really made an effort and hung on to the money and put it in a savings account straight away. And now 2026 I was finally able to have the money to get that Cobra.
That is part of my story so far.
Kind regards and Greetings from Germany (not too far away from Ramstein Airbase)
