I've since sold this 01' COBRA, and now enjoying the GT500KR. It was an awesome car I had for 10 years. Let me know in the comments below what you think about the COBRA 🛠

@waspcosm1c901

10 ай бұрын

Well that great man!! I am getting offered a 1999 cobra Clean title paint is rough bumper was replaced from previous one being damaged but I am getting told $4500 just hesistant becuase of it being 210k miles what should I do? It’s a freinds parents.

@TheEclecticHandyman

10 ай бұрын

@@waspcosm1c901 That's an OK price for a COBRA, but that's a lot of miles. I'd probably want to do a compression test and see how the engine internals are doing before buying a car with high mileage. Also, be prepared for things like IRS suspension bushings, transmission, A/C, and electronics too when over 100k. That's in addition to the normal stuff like brakes, pumps, belts, cooling, intake, clutch, etc.. If your handy and don't mind working on cars it's will be a good car to enjoy. However if breakdowns, and mechanical fixes aren't your thing I'd probably steer clear. I'd also offer $3800-$4k with that many miles unless it's immaculate and has all maintenance done. Thanks for watching! 🛠️

@waspcosm1c901

10 ай бұрын

@@TheEclecticHandyman thank you and I ended up not taking the deal I usually pay shops and would’ve been too expensice

I’ve been on the market for one and it’s hard to find an 01 Cobra that checks all the boxes and is at a good price point. Beautiful cars

@TheEclecticHandyman

10 ай бұрын

I totally agree the way to get one of these is close to stock if possible even if they have some miles. The ones to be careful are the heavily modified or younger drivers that probably ran them too hard and might be buying a clunker. These will always be in the shadow of the 03-04' Terminator and hence cost much less. My recommendation is to open up your search radius country-wide and be open to traveling to go get a car or have it shipped. You might find some older person selling a stock 01' COBRA 800 miles away on the cheap and worth it to fly there 1-way and drive it home or have it shipped. Thanks for watching! 🛠️

This is a sharp car, and you always do a great job on keeping your cars looking like new. I know you liked it when you would rev up that engine. You did a great job on the stripes. You do love your cars.

@TheEclecticHandyman

10 ай бұрын

You are 100% correct I really enjoyed that COBRA so much while I owned it. I think the sound was the best part! Thanks for watching Rita! 🛠️

The powered by svt coil covers are 07-14 gt500 covers. Everything is interchangable between all 99 up 4v weather its 4.6, 5.4 or 5.8. Theyre all mod motors. Alot of guys put these gt500 covers on 99-04 cobra and 03-04 mach even tho machs arent svt they had an "svt engine" i guess is the thought process.

Loved the sound of your Cobra MMM! Congratulations on your new car! 👍🏼🤗

@TheEclecticHandyman

9 ай бұрын

Hello AZ! That old COBRA indeed was a fun car. It was in a few MMM Myrtle Beach and mountain videos though so I can always check them out to see it. Thanks for watching!

@azrock235

9 ай бұрын

@@TheEclecticHandyman yes, that’s another cool thing with videos!! 👍🏼🤗

Those 32v 4.6s sing a sweet song. Have one in my 96 lincoln mark viii.

@TheEclecticHandyman

10 ай бұрын

Yes that Ford modular engine was really awesome for its time, and sure put out a lot of power for the size and what an amazing sound 🏁

Beautiful Cobra man. I have an 03 Cobra Terminator myself. Definitely fun cars

@TheEclecticHandyman

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! The Terminator is of course the pinnacle of that generation enjoy that COBRA! 🛠️

@screamingsvtcobra6220

8 ай бұрын

@@TheEclecticHandyman you as well bud

Nice Mustang! Must be joy to drive!

@TheEclecticHandyman

7 ай бұрын

That was an awesome car for sure. I've since sold it and now have a GT500 which is also a lot of fun. Thanks for watching!

Just picked up one from Mississippi and brought it back to Texas. 01 in White with 130k miles.

@TheEclecticHandyman

10 ай бұрын

Enjoy that COBRA, it's a great car!

Awesome video and I do like some of your upgrades. What brand springs did you go with and were did you buy them ?

@TheEclecticHandyman

Ай бұрын

So I never actually modified the suspension on that COBRA. It was the stock setup and with IRS from the factory it was really nice. Thanks for watching! 🛠️

I own an 07 gt500 and i am about to purchase another stockish 97 cobra to fix up. I used to hace a 97 cobra and 03 mach i love the 4v engines. I understand totally what you mean about the gauges. The 07-09 gt500s gauges were kind of hard to read in the daytime under certain condition and these are not at all. The white face was actually a nice touch they should have continued that. But at night i can see the gauges awesome. These are very cool im a big fan of all 4vs. These can be made better than a terminator with forged rods and an aftermarket piston. I mean engine wise. Theyre low key slept on all na 4v were. They could outrun lt1s and run with ls1s of the day with 4.6 liters. This engine should have been in the gt and the cobra should have got the 5.4 4v like the r got. They would have smoked gm and sent them to the drawing board long before the terminators came out.

@TheEclecticHandyman

8 ай бұрын

That would have been amazing if the 5.4L was in the base COBRA! Yeah I still have issues seeing the guages on my 09' during the day especially if shaded it's just too dark. I agree the 01' NA engine is a sleeper and totally overlooked to the Terminator. It can get some serious HP as you say!

Surprised you didn’t get the upgrade pedals. Car is beautiful!!! Love the white faced SVT gauges

@TheEclecticHandyman

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I had the upgraded gas pedal (like the whole part with the arm), but never assembled the set nor installed. I preferred the grip of the plain rubber pedals. I tell you the white face guages are something I actually prefer to my current 09' GT500KR's dark guages that are difficult to see and read. Thanks for watching! 🛠️

Ive got my 01' Zinc Yellow 48k mls maybe up for sale..Maybe....Prices should start coming up for these low production cars..Roush short throw shifter , Chrome 03, 04 Terminator wheels.Chrome race pedals same rocker panel badging as this car aswell..Also mine has the Teksid block made from Ferrari for Ford..

Might be looking at a Laser Red Cobra today or tomorrow. Let's hope this one doesn't have a bent frame! (seems to be a common problem on foxbody platform cars. 😂)

@TheEclecticHandyman

10 ай бұрын

Good luck it's a great car! Technically 79'-04' were all built off the Fox Body platform, but commonly only the 79'-93' Mustangs were referred to as 'Fox Bodys.' The 94'-04' were considered SN-95s. I'm not super aware of bent frames on the SN-95 generation Stangs, so hopefully those woes were more relegated to earlier versions as I mentioned.

@murkinstock

10 ай бұрын

@@TheEclecticHandyman That is correct. I guess Ford called the 94-04 the Fox-4. Anywho, I had a 1988 GT and the driver side frame was bent, and I recently looked at a 1999 Cobra and it too was bent. I just don't have good luck, but I understand they're a bit fragile as well.

That’s a gorgeous car

@DigitalForged

3 ай бұрын

I also love the fact of how clean this is

@TheEclecticHandyman

3 ай бұрын

That COBRA was a great looking car for sure and sounded great! Thanks for watching! 🛠️

I’m aware you sold it but my only suggestion would have been to drop it lower. It’s expensive but I would go with an air suspension just in case you run into shorty roads.

@TheEclecticHandyman

9 ай бұрын

Yeah I'm an odd ball in that I don't really like the look of lowered cars. I did it with my 1st car putting an Eibach kit and adjustable shocks and just hit everything on the road. Also I did like the stance on that COBRA as it was and looked cool to me. I know most feel diffently and lower. Whatever people like is cool with me 😎🛠️

Loved my Cobra but the IRS was absolutely terrible. Factory bushings are garbage. It is a must to do the Full tilt boogie racing bushings and this is not an easy quick job.

@TheEclecticHandyman

2 ай бұрын

Yep totally agree and I have an excellent video on my channel installing the Full Tilt Boogie Kit here 🛠️ kzread.info/dash/bejne/g4CDq8yodbXbm7w.htmlsi=du_wpOUiO1L_7wD_

Did you have too tune the car in order to run the accufab and spacer???

@TheEclecticHandyman

6 ай бұрын

I had a Bama Tuner from American Muscle and indeed I did send them my updated setup and they returned me the correct tune for the car. Purists will say those tunes are garbage, but that COBRA ran A+++ for like 6-7 years with those tunes.

The 99 cobra ordeal wasnt nearly as big a deal as everyone made it out. All it was was intake manifold casting issues and sonething with the original catback causing it to lose power. Its not like it had worse flowing heads or down on compression this is super simple to fix the reason the 2000 outside the r was canceled was because they were fixing the 99s. All they did was port the intake and swap the catback to push them beyond the oroginal 320 hp mark. An 01 with the exact same stuff will make the exact same power. There is alot of misinformation out about this or guys who just really dont understand what the issue was. A 99 with ported intake and fbo will make same power as an 01 with the exact same stuff.

@TheEclecticHandyman

8 ай бұрын

Yeah I don't think I misrepresented this information here, but it's well documented that Ford had egg on their face when it was discovered via Car and Driver, BlueOval, and other COBRA owners that dyno'd their cars. Fix was mechanically simple for 99' owners but the byproduct was a hurdle. It was a big deal the marketed HP was wrong and to skip an entire production year (sans 00' R) due to fixing it wholesale. It's well documented including in the book 'Powered by SVT,' that there was not enough capacity at the plant available to produce intakes for both the service fix and for production vehicles at the same time resulting in a cancelation of the entire 2000-model COBRA run. In the world of auto manufacturing, yeah it was kind of a big deal. Ford made the right call and 01' sales were much improved, but had they done it right out of the gate, they would of had a 2000 COBRA as well.

That is a cool looking car and the fact that it's affordable makes it even better. It's kinda a bummer you sold it, but I guess time to move on to something else huh?

@TheEclecticHandyman

8 ай бұрын

Yeah it was a great ride for all the years I had it! I moved on to a 09' Shelby GT500KR which has also been a lot of fun as well (kzread.info/dash/bejne/q2h8qZeqZdi7f9I.html). Thanks for watching!

How much whp was it making?

@TheEclecticHandyman

10 ай бұрын

I actually never had it dyno'd but between the race tune, LT headers, intake and other bolt on upgrades I was probably close to 350HP up from the stock 320HP. To really bump that up I'd have needed to do forced induction which they do make for the car (Vortex) but I never made that investment.

@midnight347

8 ай бұрын

​@@TheEclecticHandymanif it is fbo tune its prob 315-320 rear wheel hp. That is about what they make fbo tuned with cams you can do like 370. The stock crank is forged the block is pretty strong so with forged rods and pistons can take 800+ wheel easily.

How much did you sale this beauty?

@TheEclecticHandyman

23 күн бұрын

I ended up selling it for $15k and the owner loved the car!

@SuperRebelX1

23 күн бұрын

@@TheEclecticHandyman very nice great beautiful car

Please lower that thing and put the factory wheels on.

What a waste if it's not a terminator why drive it