My first car was a 1968 289 Mustang. I rebuilt the engine when I was 17 or so and had a fresh black paint job on it with all new chrome. I guess this was 1977 or 78. I gave the car to my brother when I needed a commuter car to get to my new job 60 miles away where I finally got an apartment and lived. Cars for about 20 years were just for transportation. Then my nephew got a 69 Mach 1 and asked me help him with it. At that point I realized what I was missing all those years. So I went and got a 67 390 convertable with a 3x2 setup. While searching all the Mustang parts magazines I would always see the Cobra in posters or books that the vendors were selling in the back of their magazines. I became curious. But I also have a memory of the Cobra from an old movie, which I believe was an Elvis flick.
The Cobras "look" had me immediatly interested so I looked at them some more. Through researching ( this site and CSX info.net)I found out this car had everything any 60 muscle car could have but oh so much more.
Let's see here's a 60's car with;
4 wheel disc brakes
4 wheel independant suspention
roll bar
hood scoops
brake cooling front and rear
diff
oil cooler and engine
oil cooler
electric fuel pumps
side pipes
500 hp engine
huge tires with these cool knockoff wheels
I was really interested now I thought! Then I went to a car show and saw my first Cobra in person. The owner started it up for me! I'll never forget that first startup. The sound was nothing I ever heard from any muscle car before. You just feel the car in your soul! A pulsating 500 hp side oiler through a set of sidepipes, there is just no other sound like it! Shortly after that I sold a property and I put in an order for my CSX4300.
