My younger brother and I were true 60’s gear heads. I was in the market for a car to replace my three year old Mustang 289, quad and four speed. We
heard all the Cobra talk for a few years by now, and Jack Loftus Ford , Hinsdale IL. had two on the showroom floor. I was excited to get a look, but I also was disappointed because I could not see driving this beast to work, or the winter or the rain. ( Never once thought about storing or the future at twenty years old in 1967)
A year later I purchased a more “PRACTICAL” car, (that’s what I told my Dad anyway)…1968 ½ 428 Cobra Jet Mustang. Ah………….youth………
Somewhere in the mid seventies, I was a young, married mechanic for Ford, someone brought in a ten year old Cobra for a brake job and I got it. It was beat up, the interior was missing, paint was all scratched and faded. We had to send to England for parts and brake fluid and it was a real PITA. job.
I just could not believe anyone would invest money in this tramp, (again a real foreword thinking individual) but I still remember the road test after the job was done!!!! It was a 289, dual quads and four speed.
