TwinTorino

[groovyjay]

Originally Posted by 71dusterjon

how comfortable are those sparco seats? been looking at getting those or steeping up and getting the milano 2.

I have the Milano's and absolutely love them. I did a 2500mile road trip and they were perfect, great support, great quality, great looks...

As far as the car in this topic goes, great start with the project! I'll stick around to see how this turns out. KEEP US POSTED!

[SVTforme]

Originally Posted by 04Prox2

cool and unique project, seeing that roller cobra makes me queasy

You can't see the other side from that shot. It had a fight with a guard rail and lost. The front right is completely destroyed as is the right rear. It would take a lot of time and money to fix that is for sure. I bought it as a roller minus engine, trans and rear, so all the big $$ stuff was gone anyway. I still have it - can't bring myself to the point of getting rid of it .

Originally Posted by 71dusterjon

how comfortable are those sparco seats? been looking at getting those or steeping up and getting the milano 2.

I really like them.. although can't comment on how they would be for a long haul. The nice thing is they work great on the street and on the track, and they also tilt forward to you can have people in the back seat too. The only thing I can say about them is they do not have very good fade resistance from what I have seen. Mine will never be outside long enough to have to worry about it.

[04Prox2]

Originally Posted by SVTforme

You can't see the other side from that shot. It had a fight with a guard rail and lost. The front right is completely destroyed as is the right rear. It would take a lot of time and money to fix that is for sure. I bought it as a roller minus engine, trans and rear, so all the big $$ stuff was gone anyway. I still have it - can't bring myself to the point of getting rid of it .

I figured it was pretty well hammered on the other side, it just sucks to see something that is still pretty new and must have been the pride and joy of whoever bought it new already deteriorated to that state.

[SVTforme]

Started to mock up the front suspension by putting the control arms in place as well as the spindles, hubs, struts, caster/camber plates and brakes. The suspension is sitting approx where it will in the shock tower area. Next step is to finalize these points with a plumb bob to match the same points as a stock 2004 Mustang. Then it is time to build up costom strut towers. The struts shown are just for mockup. In the end the car will be running coil over struts with adjustable rebound and compression (Koni or Tokico - haven't decided yet). The Maximum Motorsports caster camber plates will allow us to run 2-3° of camber at the track and then back to close to stock specs for the street. The only immediate problem is going to be with the hood hinges interfering with caster/camber plates. One thing we did figure out here is that a SN95 Mustang swaybar is not going to work here since the Torino framerails are much lower than the Mustang, so I think we are going to have to run an S197 Mustang bar instead.

[godscountry]

Resurrection not restoration,this is the way to build a car.The CEO of Porsche would approve,get rid of the things that make the car a poor performing,ill handling and unstoppable beast.

[2L8IWON]

Originally Posted by SVTforme

This build required several donor vehicles along the way for parts..

2004 Cobra roller

NO! Not a Comp O 04! Poor poor car

[GMracer]

awesome project, can't wait to see the progress

[city_ofthe_south]

i'll be watching. Great concept and some fun fab work.

[TonyG]

Great project.. I hate to see the Comp orange in that condition myself. But atleast it is going to a good cause. What happened to the engine from the Cobra?

[SVTforme]

Thanks for all the comments everyone!

As for the Comp orange car - I still have it, although it is a bare skeleton. The engine, trans, seats and IRS were long gone when I bought it. The powertrain from it now resides in a 1969 Mach 1. I got it for electrical system, cooling system, brakes, steering and lots of other odds and ends.