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For $6,900, the King is Dead, Long Live the King... Cobra
For $6,900, the King is Dead, Long Live the King... Cobra-July 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:10:15

For many, the score was Mustang II, muscle car fans zero. But time wounds all heels, and for today's we're seeing if it's really that bad, and if this one's price is even worse.

It turns out you all like your NSX's like your men, strong and black unadorned and original, as yesterday's heavily modded proved with its 74.1% (yes, point one!) Crack Pipe loss. That car's dress up and performance bona fides couldn't overcome the derision over their excess, nor the dressed up price.

Everybody is enamored with the NSX, Acura's ode to aluminum. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '96…

The say that J Edgar Hoover liked to play dress up too, and would read secret FBI files while wearing high heels and a lithe young boy as a stole. Of course no matter how much make up you trowelled on old J Edgar, it still didn't mask his inherent five o-clock shadowiness, or his tuck-under. Today's contender is much like thate secretive FBI head in that it wears a costume that can't successfully hide its basic nature.

The Mustang II debuted in 1974 as a response to the first gas crisis and the need to clean-sheet designs in order to meet the increasingly stringent safety regulations. Its Pinto underpinnings, much like the first generation's Falcon base, provided the company with economies of scale that outweighed the littlest pony's lackluster pony car creds. However, by 1978, when today's V8-powered King Cobra edition hit the streets, things had changed. Okay, they hadn't changed, and the King Cobra was nothing more than a tape treatment intended to entice aficionados of the garish and profane.

This , like all of them, rocks Ford's cleanup hitter of the lineup, the stoic 302 V8. Sadly, as the ‘70s clipped the cojones off of pretty much everybody's cars, this performance motor makes but a pitiful 139 horsepower. That's drinking through a 2BBl, and pushing the power through a 4-speed that also did time in a Pinto and had all the precision of a fourteen year old's first sexual experience. But maybe that's your thing, and if so, this root beer float-colored hatchback looks like it just rolled onto the dealer lot. With 82,000 miles on the clock, it's a little far from that dealer these days, and has required the replacement of the exhaust, shocks, front brakes and clutch cable. Inside, it benefits from a new headliner, although lacks the über-desirable T-tops in said headliner.

The seller says the A/C is still cold and the 8-track player still plays some smokin' hot Steely Dan, and the whole car, while not show-car quality, is in excellent original condition, and is throwing in a spare set of bumpers because you can never have too many. He's also asking $6,900 for the honor of parking this ‘Stang and its basket weaves in your driveway. What do you think, is that a King Cobra's Ransom? Or, is that a price that you would find charming?

You decide!

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