It starts with a vision and after awhile it is a project. 1999 I looked into building a Cobra - got vendor lists and prices. For 11 years the project was set aside, until winter 2010. The model (1:18) was sitting for too long on my desk...
The decision was to make what I build, a 427 or a 289. The 289 is my choice of poison
I heart they are highly addictive.
The donor is a 2000 Mustang GT - I will use as much I can out of this car. It has different shocks and springs and the handling of that car is not bad for a fat car (3000#++).
There is nothing major wrong with the suspension setup of the newer Mustangs, just the car is overweight.
The car will be kept as original as possible - that means the main rails will be a ladder construction with 3 inch OD tubes. I hope I can keep the weight close to 1800 pounds dry.
Stay tuned for the first pictures...