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Car of the Day: March 23, 2010; Hot Wheels '79 Ford Mustang Cobra
Topic Started: Mar 23 2010, 02:51 AM (469 Views)
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Todays COTD is a Hot Wheels 1979 Ford Mustang Cobra This model here was a Arizona car with 13k original miles on it NJ plates are PLN-19S which put the plates from Sept 2003 ( Inspection tag of 9)

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From WIKI

The 1979 Mustang was based on the larger Fox platform (initially developed for the 1978 Ford Fairmont and Mercury Zephyr). The interior was restyled to accommodate four people in comfort despite a smaller rear seat. The trunk was larger, as was the engine bay, for easier service access.

Body styles included a coupé, (notchback), and hatchback; a convertible was offered in 1983. Available trim levels included L, GL, GLX, LX, GT, Turbo GT, SVO (1984-86), Cobra, and Cobra R (1993).

In response to slumping sales and escalating fuel prices during the early 1980s, a new Mustang was in development. It was to be a variant of the Mazda MX-6 assembled at AutoAlliance International in Flat Rock, Michigan. Enthusiasts wrote to Ford objecting to the proposed change to a front-wheel drive, Japanese-designed Mustang without a V8 option. The result was a major facelift of the existing Mustang in 1987, while the MX-6 variant became the 1989 Ford Probe.

* 1979 served as an Indianapolis 500 pace car and Ford built 10,478 commemorative replicas.[32]
* 1982 models had the option of a true 5.0 liter 302 cubic inch V8 engine instead of the 4.2 liter V8. 1983 was the first year for a 5-speed transmission.
* 1985 model year received a new roller cam block, roller cam, and roller lifters.
* 1986 was the first year of fuel injection.
* 1988 V8 model was equipped with mass air in California cars only, then in 1989 all cars were equipped.
* 1993 year had hypereutectic instead of forged pistons and was also rated at 205 hp (153 kW) instead of the previous years 225 hp (168 kW).
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BTW this was my 8th day car if i ran for an extra day or as a back up . glad i had it standing by
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
Thank you so much for stepping up and running this. And the fact you picked my favorite year of my favorite car is a bonus! :D
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craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

The first of the fox bodies, cool for back in the day and has retro charm to it now. Quite underpowered by our standards now, but for the era of the fuel crisis in the late 70s, this was as good as it got from Ford. Nothing else, it beats the Mustang II all to heck.
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be77bt
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That was my first hot wheels I bought for my collection ,but can't seem to find it now.
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
That's a nice looking example you photographed. Most I've seen are really yard sale beaten.
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Ezekiel 25:17
That is true. Most of the time they look like the one sitting in my salvage yard.
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