Taking a break from the interior swap. My wife went into labor on the 22nd and on the 23rd my son was born.



we named him Colton Lee. Born 12:33pm at 7lbs 9oz

 

Congrats! That is much better mod than anything you could do to the Cobra!

 

Congrats dude!

 

Congrats man!

a babyseat in the back just might aid traction you know

plus.. recaros

 

congrats man! That cap would look better with Braves logos on it haha

 

Getting back to modifying the car. My friend is parting his highly modified '96 Cobra and I'm scoring a whole bunch of parts.

Round 1: Fluidyne time! Many people know that the '96 Cobra and GT cooling systems suck. Ford decided to use cooling parts designed for a 5.0 OHV on a 4.6 OHC that runs hotter, nice move. My car was originally from Virginia so the TSB issued for the cooling system couldn't be installed. On to the next best thing!

Out with the pint size stock one


In with the manly Fluidyne


Did it help? Before when I used the A/C on my drive home, my temp gauge would hit the L in NORMAL. Now it stays at the O in 97 degree weather. *****in'.

 

Nice move on that cooler! My 96 had one as well and it never ran hot

 

my 1st '96 I never did anything to the cooling system and it annoyed the hell out of me. I'm glad I got off my butt and did it on this one

 

Round 2 of parts off my buddy's car: '95 Cobra R's. Been wanting a set of these for awhile. Just gotta get some center caps now

teaser pic

 

 

Looks awesome! A 95 R hood would look awesome too, as well as some 03 cobra mirrors. IMO that would be a perfect looking car.

 

Picked up black leather front seats this past week from my friend. I'll have pics up soon. The swap will be on hold for the next month while I move to Florida next week and get a new job. Time for a change of scenery. Oh yeah, I'm driving the Cobra cross country too

 

Good luck on the move brother.

 

 

so after 2800 miles, 10 states and 4 days, I'm here in Orlando



outside of a couple bad wheel bearings, the car performed flawlessly

 

Dang, way to go on the move! I was going to call you this weekend and see if you could help with this stupid spindle that's stuck to my ball joint. Care to make it a round trip?

 

Congrats on the new place man

And glad to see the snake made it there alright

 

Yeah, pay for the gas lol

 

Not much going on lately. Mod money has been redirected to the "We need a family car" fund since we sold our Explorer to fund the move. We're hoping to be in our new to us Navigator this week. 1st bearing to be tackled is the left front. The rears will be handled during a rear end rebuild in the future. Oh yeah, I just found out the parts department at my work has an account with Steeda!

 

Update:

Here's where the interior stands:



The peanut butter is almost gone, just need to source a black dash and center console. The dash I'm waiting for one to pop up on Craigslist, center console I'm looking specifically for a '98 one for the cup holder design. Carpet is gonna be new and I'll be ordering it soon.

As of last week, I'm the proud owner of 2 4 valve vehicles. We picked up a 2005 Lincoln Aviator through my work


100k miles, great shape, grey leather with the 2nd row being Captains chairs. Mods will be simple, tint is a must especially living in Florida. We're doing 5% all around. HIDs for the lights up front, swapping in the factory Lincoln navigation and painting the grille body color when the chrome peels (it's starting to bubble)