Here are pics of my 1976 Mustang Cobra II. I purchased the car in 1989. At the time it was a faded red (orange’ish) with black stripes. A few years later I gave it a mild makeover. The 302 was warmed up with heads, cam, intake….and the car was repainted white with black stripes. In 1994 I decided to do the car up right. John Brown in Oklahoma City did the body mods and the initial restoration.

I had the body bead-blasted. 2x2” square steel tubing found it’s way into the floor of the car connecting the front and rear subframes. The 8” was discarded in favor of a much stronger 9”. The new rear end had to be narrowed a bit to fit. At the same time it was set up with a full-floating ladder bar suspension. It currently has an “N” type 3rd member with 3.50 gears and a Detroit Locker.

The rear wheel openings were “stretched” approximately 1.5” to accommodate the 26x11.5x15 tires (which are currently MT ET Street radials). The firewall was also “massaged” to allow the ¼” thick Lakewood scatter shield to fit. Behind the Lakewood currently resides a Tremec TKO-600 with a custom shift handle. Some of the current work has been performed by local shops in the area which I now reside, such as Roy Linenberger (3rd member, sump & shifter), Jay Jahns (front anchors, alternator bracket), Clayton Racing (motor rebuild), and Mike post (dyno tuning). All other work was performed by myself.

The motor has seen several iterations since I’ve had it. In it’s current form, it is bored/stroked to 350 cubic inches. It also has Mass Flow EFI on top of a ported Victor Jr. . Air is feed to and compressed by a Paxton Supercharger. The motor is mounted to the car by way of a motor plate in lieu of motor mounts. This was done to fit the 1 7/8 custom headers. An extra measure to secure the motor comes from the front anchor supports. A roll cage was added as were fiberglass bumpers.

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In 2008, Johnny Lightning featured my car in their annual calendar car series. This lead to the production of the Diecast replica, forever immortalizing my II !

Here is a link to MY car on the JOHNNY LIGHTNING web site :

http://collector.johnnylightning.com/products/calendar_cars/53504B.asp

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It's been the Car of the Month on MustangII.net twice now both in the month of November, 2001 & 2008.  It's also been a featured car on MustangII.org.  We're a pretty small community, so no biggie there ;-)

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It's a regular at numerous car shows throughout the summer and is accumulating awards.

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Here is a pic of what it looked
like the day I purchased it WAY
back in 89:

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And here it is after
the first "makeover":

Here's a pic of it on the dyno BEFORE the supercharger transformation.

Back then she made 400RWHP....

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Here are the high lights of the car :
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ENGINE 347cid
# 347 stroker kit (.045 Venolia Forged pistons)
# Paxton Novi Supercharger
# Mass-Flo Mass Air Fuel Injection (www.massfloefi.com)
# TFS Aluminum High Port Heads (original Street Heat) w/ 2.02/1.65” (In/Exh) heavily massaged
# Anderson Ford Motorsports PMS Tuner
# Scat Crankshaft
# CompCams custom grind
# Victor Jr. Intake : port matched
# Crane Race Gold Roller Rockers
# ATI Harmonic Damper
# Steff’s Custom 7 1/2 quart Aluminum Oil Pan
# Custom 1 7/8” Headers
# 3” Exhaust w/X-pipe & 2 chamber FlowMasters
# Motorplate + Front anchor points in lieu of motor mounts
# 4 Core Radiator w/ Spal Electric Fan
# Electric Water pump

TRANSMISSION
# TREMEC TKO-600 5-speed
# Pro5.0 shifter w/custom handle
# CenterForce DFX 11” Clutch/pressure plate
# CenterForce Flywheel
# LakeWood Scatter shield

REAR END
# Full Floating Ford 9” narrowed
# N-type 3rd member w/ 3.50 Detroit Locker
# Strange Axels
# Ladder Bar suspension

MISCELLANEOUS

# QA1 Front Drag Shocks
# Fiberglass front/rear bumpers
# 4 point roll cage
# 2x2 weld in through floor subframe connectors
# AutoMeter Ultra-lite gauges & ProShift Lite
# Summit Racing seats
# RCI 5 point restraining harness
# Progressive 15x7 front & 15x9 rear wheels
# Mickey Thompson 26x11.5x15 ET Street Radial
# 11” front Disc conversion
# OEM fuel tank w/custom sump
# MagnaFuel ProTuner 750 Fuel Pump

I try to make it to Byron Dragway a few times a season: