02 Stang

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cencalmatt

Hey man, That's a beautiful cobra for $10k. I was reading your initial post though, and I can't beleive nobody thought to mention anything on the hood. I would be REAL sure that car was never overheated if I were you. Overheating an engine will screw up paint really bad, for some reason, I get the feeling that's what's going on here. Did you ask him about it? Check underneath for rusty clamps or hoses, that's a good indicator. That car is 2 years newer than my 99 and my hood is flawless. Just thought I'd mention it... Good luck.

xxkazp3rxx

well he has what looks like a short shifter and definatly has an intake... not sure what else he does or doesn't have from the pictures...

Worse comes to worse you take out a loan for approx 12k, drive your sixxer for a month or two, then make a fat payment on the Cobra loan - and just quickley pay it off... hey if nothing else it helps your credit, lol.

02 Stang

Very true. This is what I was going to do in the first place, but I figured a loan would just be an unnecessary burden on me. I'll have to mull this over tomorrow, the whole building credit thing could come in handy I suppose.

Also, lets just say I have a friend that's buying a 2001 Cobra 'vert, and the guy that owns the Cobra put a worm in his ear saying that he'd be willing to tell the people writing up the bill of sale that the car has a bum trans or something and I bought it for $1000 to lower the price of tax ... Should my friend consider this option?

xxkazp3rxx

well technically it's illegal, but I have bought a few cars for $1.00 from people... ... hey 7% of 10k is $700.00 its a lot of money, lol

02 Stang

What'd you have them write up in the bill of sale? And if tax is only $700 I'd pay it, but if it's in the 2-3k range my friend might consider other avenues.

02 Stang

Sorry, didn't see this post originally. All I would have to look for is rusty clamps and hoses? He said the owner before him had the hood changed and painted poorly for some reason, but that's all he could provide me. Said the Carfax is clean, but I'd really like to get a Carfax on it for myself ...

02 Stang

More pictures:

xxkazp3rxx

DEFINATLY get a carfax report.

xxkazp3rxx

Also.. see if they have records from anyone that's worked on it.. like any mustang shops - thisway you can also call them and talk to them about it...