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  1. LILCBRA

    What's it Worth? 76 Cobra 2

    I don't think it ever goes away. My uncle is about your age and brings home a new project about every other year. In between times he's out tinkering and restoring them. Gives him something to do with his free time, which I don't think is much different than most.
  2. LILCBRA

    What's it Worth? 76 Cobra 2

    Sharing here for reference - this was hard to see with the fenders mounted. Honestly, I didn't even see it when I looked at the car, but like I said, I wasn't buying it as a project so I wasn't looking.
  3. LILCBRA

    What's it Worth? 76 Cobra 2

    Personal opinion - I think he's awful proud of it. That being said, I guess it would depend on the damage it [actually] has and the condition of the underside. The interior doesn't look horrible all things considered, and it very well could be a solid foundation. Without laying eyes on it, I'd...
  4. LILCBRA

    My Foxbody exhaust smells, and always has

    They should. I've installed a couple aftermarket cats in different cars and they seemed to work as they should. I didn't live in a smog state at the time, so I don't know if they would've worked well enough for someplace like California or anything.... (probably not - California's funny like that)
  5. LILCBRA

    Progress Thread The next "big" project for my Cobra - T-top conversion coming soon!

    Orders have been placed. I went ahead and added the front bumper cover to match the new rear I've been working on getting mounted. I added it to combine shipping which will end up saving me in the long run. I'll have to order new weatherstripping from them before this is all said and done...
  6. LILCBRA

    Progress Thread The next "big" project for my Cobra - T-top conversion coming soon!

    Documenting slowly but surely. ;) The idea came from a YouTube video I ran into a while back of someone converting their Foxbody into a T top car. I didn't really think too much about it other than it seemed easy enough. I mean I knew these were converted somewhere before Ford took them...
  7. LILCBRA

    Progress Thread The next "big" project for my Cobra - T-top conversion coming soon!

    Got back home late last night and spent a couple hours in the garage continuing the tear down of the T top car. Got the radiator and front end removed. Found confirmation of a front end collision in the top rails - both are somewhat buckled. Pulled the buck tag off as well: Pulled the...
  8. LILCBRA

    Exorcising a '78

    Good to see some news from you! Was wondering where you disappeared to and hoped everything was ok. From what we can see I think that Impala looks pretty awesome! :nice:
  9. LILCBRA

    Progress Thread The next "big" project for my Cobra - T-top conversion coming soon!

    Decided to get a start on the web braces. First thing was to get a rough measurement from the T top car from the torque box back to where the spot weld seam curves downward. Then another rough measurement from the rear to the rearmost part of the jog down. Once those were in place, I cut a 4...
  10. LILCBRA

    Progress Thread The next "big" project for my Cobra - T-top conversion coming soon!

    Baby steps.... We got the car running again. I guess I somehow unplugged the tach signal wire from the MSD to the ECU and the 3G alternator conversion harness was partially unplugged. I really have no idea how either of those things happened. I mean all I did was change battery cables and that...
  11. LILCBRA

    Progress Thread The next "big" project for my Cobra - T-top conversion coming soon!

    On my way to the parts store now!
  12. LILCBRA

    Progress Thread The next "big" project for my Cobra - T-top conversion coming soon!

    This is what's in this car. It's no longer bolted in, hopefully you'll get the gist of it though.
  13. LILCBRA

    Progress Thread The next "big" project for my Cobra - T-top conversion coming soon!

    Yeah, the shroud is in pretty good shape and in one piece as far as I could tell. I didn't look at it real close when I pulled the radiator though. :shrug: I'll see about getting it cleaned up as well as the air cleaner and intake that @welder4956 asked about and let you guys know. Won't be...
  14. LILCBRA

    Progress Thread The next "big" project for my Cobra - T-top conversion coming soon!

    Here's the distributor connection which broke and disintegrated around one of the pins And any other connector in this engine compartment, though none were as bad as the distributor. As luck would have it, I believe I have another distributor in my junk that I think the connector is still...
  15. LILCBRA

    Progress Thread The next "big" project for my Cobra - T-top conversion coming soon!

    Looks like I'll finally get my car back on the road soon. I sent Bryant another email reminder last night and he responded this morning. I responded that I'm good for tomorrow afternoon if that works. Hopefully we can get this squared away then! But that means that the tear down of the T top...
  16. LILCBRA

    Progress Thread The next "big" project for my Cobra - T-top conversion coming soon!

    Yes, it's a rear sway bar and was one of the things that interested me about buying it. It's not a Mach 1 nor does it have the 1 inch front sway bar. It seems that all 78 cars had the rear sway bar from the limited research I've done. My car is actually a 78 and had one too way back when...
  17. LILCBRA

    Progress Thread The next "big" project for my Cobra - T-top conversion coming soon!

    More teardown tonight. Got the rear seat, cargo panels, dash cap and bezels, all of the interior trim removed, and like 99% of the headliner out. As bad as it looks, it's surprising that there's no mouse urine smell. Here is the inner T top structure showing probably half of the rivets. The...
  18. LILCBRA

    Video thread

    Not sure if I should leave this here, somewhere else, or make a separate post about it, but this just popped up on my YouTube feed. Could be helpful for someone.... View: https://youtu.be/gpum0wnJnjM?is=0RStTU2EClnazEeD
  19. LILCBRA

    Progress Thread The next "big" project for my Cobra - T-top conversion coming soon!

    More time in the garage this afternoon. Got the rear sway bar removed and pulled the trim from around the T top openings. The sway bar: Someone broke a drill when they converted this one. And this might be a reason that they all seemed to leak - there was only sealant at the front and...
  20. LILCBRA

    Progress Thread The next "big" project for my Cobra - T-top conversion coming soon!

    Spent a few hours out there tonight. Most of my time was spent picking up tools and cleaning up. But I got the targa band removed without damaging anything further and removed the door panels. I took a pic of my door panels just to share for comparison. The "new" armrests might need a little...
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