Ford had a recall on 96 Cobra's, it had to do with the cooling I think
they replaced the radiators,also in the back of the blocks there are
some heater hoses that were also under recall.
fly down there and kick the tires for yourself the last thing you want is to
get scamed out of your money.
it's cheaper to pay for a plane ticket then it is to loose 5k.
since your in California you wont find 93 but you could do two things
1. buy a five gal. pale of 103 octane and mix it with some premium gas,
or
2. find a unical gas station or one the sells racing gas out of there pump
for about 5.50 a gallon and go to the unical web site and look...
repops makes it and you could find it at california mustangs it cost about
39.00-49.00 bucks once you get it let me know so I could explain
the trick on how to install it.
the first thing i would do is ask for some dyno #'s and fly down there
and put the car on the dyno to see if it's true about the 400+HP.
the rear spoiler or the seats shouldnt be the issue.
just find out what #'s= the cobra vin code and that would also answer
any dought you might have.
I'm using the FordRacing upper control arms and I also boxed them up
you cant go wrong with them for 70.00 bucks.
and on the lower control arms I went with the Kenney Brown.
the way I removed the bondo that my car had was to use a torch either
nap gas or butane and start the heat the bondo up and as its getting hot
start to peel it off with a pudy knife.
do you still have the plug wire covers on, if so look at the inside of those
covers if you find arc marks on them you need new wires I went with the
Nology wire and removed the plugwire covers on mine and sloved the problem.
there was a paint defect with the black cars it seem the primer starts
to react with the heat from the sun and couses the black paint to
split the spits or cracks look like scratches but if you look at it closely
you can tell the paint is cracking.
if this is your first time painting you do not want to start with a metalic base
you should just pay someone or take the car to a shop that can paint your
car.
but if you decide to give it a shot remember to allways keep stiring your
paint as your spraying.