There is a lot of foxbody haters out there but I will always have a soft spot for them. I know your average shitbox has more horse power and moms minivan can go 0-60 in the same time but these were just about untouchable back in the day and are still fun as hell to drive today. They are cheaper than a drug habit and will get you in less trouble than a hooker and are more fun than both of them put together so that's why I have two of them.
HaHaHa….. love it! " I know your average shitbox has more horse power and moms minivan can go 0-60 in the same time"..... awesome! Agreed with everything you said.
I have to admit i've warmed up to the fox platform over the past decade or so. I've been a camaro owner almost all of my adult life and daily a ZL1. But every now and then I come across a 5.0 5-spd on Facebook or Craigslist and I pause and think about it. One of these days i'll probably pull the trigger on one but i've got other project vehicles in line to work on.
5.6 sec 0-60 is still damn good for today’s numbers for a sports car. This car still looks beautiful! Although there should have been an optional upgrade from the factory for a heavy duty ash tray lid since those always broke!
Yeah, in 1993, that's really good - faster than I thought they'd be as breaking 6-seconds was a huge deal back then. As for the looks - I think it looks much better now than it did at the time. I'd have been 18 at the time, and I thought the Mustang looked really old and dated compared to the new GM ponies. Now I'd say it looks better - not that I was ever a big fan of that car, it always looked cheap to me. I did own a 1982 Mustang at one point, it was truly a POS, so maybe that negatively flavors my opinion.
I used to love watching this show on the weekends. I was 17 in 1993 and that's what boys did back then, drool over cars they couldn't have. I had posters of cars all over my bedroom. Cool time to be a kid. I miss the 80's and 90's, such a better time.
I like your post dude, but you're going to find reasons to look back on when you posted this and feel the same way. You can trust that. If not, something has gone majorly wrong in one's personal life. It is what it is. Peace.
I grew up in the northern US during this era. The brand new 1993 car, bright sun, snowy forest and the birds of spring chirping. Please let me go back.
I WILL SAY THIS MAN I HAVE A 87 MUSTANG GT AND I HAVE A 92 ANIVERSREY CAMERO Z28 AND HONESTLY MY 87 GT IS DEFINITELY A LITTLE BIT FASTER BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HANDLEING MY Z28 HOLDS THE ROAD A LOT BETTER THAN MY GT.
Back in the day before drag radials I don’t think much of anything beat mine to 60 w/ a set of gears. Didn’t make enough hp to be competitive after that though.
Our PD had a 93 LX Police Package. It was quick and we kept 5 years and 150k. Several clutches and 2 transmissions but the 302 never failed. Great car and it had a rough life.
I remember my dad getting pulled over by one of those in Vancouver on a family trip. He’d rented a Taurus SHO and even as a young kid I could tell what he was thinking at the time...
A few years ago I went to look at a 93 GT convert with only 40k on it. When he pulled the cover off I was impressed it just looked great. But when he started it I couldn't stop grinning. Those flowmasters just sounded too good. Its all original except the mufflers and 4.10s in the rear. I grinned all the way home and I'm grinning now as it's in my garage still.
Humble Wisdom 4.10’s are great in these cars. Great in Trans-Am/Firebird, Camaro’s, and Corvettes too (or 4.11’s). Had them in my C5 Corvette with the T-56 transmission. It enabled me to hit an indicated 210 mph (I know that sounds unbelievable but it’s true). I had ~550 whp. The factory 3.42 gearing would top out around 175-180 in 5th but 6th was too tall to pull; the shorter gearing allowed it to pull in 6th. It also helped it pull harder off the line.
The 0-60 time is on par with a 2019 Challenger R/T 5.7. Darned respectable. Motorweek’s classic reviews always blow my mind. They’re so “of the moment” and perfect. I wish I could shake Mr. Davis’ hand and thank him.
70's mustang was the ugliest ever, many people dislike the fox but i think they can look good. my fav modern style is either new edge or second gen s197's. theres a guy with a 93 teal cobra the next block over, not my fav color but it's a nice car.
You know what would be a good web series? "The Cars Of Motor Week: Where Are They Now?". A TH-camr tracks down cars that once had 15 minutes of fame as test vehicles. Say he finds this Cobra in someone's backyard overgrown in weeds. That episode could be called, "Snake in the Grass".
They were able to do that with a lot of the Top Gear cars, but as I understand the license plate number stays with the car for its lifetime so that’s easier to do
Did the Ford people hassle you into trading it in? I bought a '91 GT brand new and took 4 years to pay for it. So in '95, Ford bugged the shit out of me about trading the car in for a '94 Mustang. They said "Your car is out of style so upgrade now!" THANK GOD I DIDN'T LISTEN! I still have my 5.0 in my garage!
For people who think this is a slow 5.6 seconds for 0-60, for the time period it was very fast, considering the Lamborghini Diablo at the same time was only capable of 4.4.
Still got my black '93 Cobra. I love it as much now as when it was new. Garage queen that still looks and drives like new. The addition of an SN-92 Paxton in the mid 90's makes it all that much more fun to drive. Everything else remains stock.
Those things are going insane in price lately. One in auction just pulled $90,000. But it was a 10 mile car with the window sticker still on it. I guess that’s expected with a single year special with only 5000 produced. I remember when the terminator Cobra came out you could pick up a low mile ‘93 for around $12,000-$15,000. That’s probably as low as they ever got
@@CaptainFALKEN Wrong, a clean GT can go upwards of 10k, before cash for clunkers, you could pick up a low mile mint GT for $1500, LX for 500-750, not so anymore
You decided? I went to buy a Ranger and fell in love with it and I didn't have a chance to decide, it was love at first sight.....still in love with it, have driven it everywhere and still only 72k miles on it, but well driven fun driving for sure!
It doesn't matter if it was the worst car in the world. If it had Voltage and oil pressure gauges, John Davis approved of it hahaha. This is a badass car
Ford should bring back the 87 - 93 mustang like they did with the 64 - 66. It would be another smash hit. I miss those generation cars. So simple to work on so much potential.
This was such a good way to say farewell to the fox body. Still a beautiful car. I remember when it was in style to make your 87-93 Mustang a 93 Cobra replica
Yup, I planned to do the same and an older friend who was a mechanic said "don't." "Don't cut the dash and don't throw away any of the original parts, not even the 2.73 gears." Can't tell you how many times those dusty boxes almost went to the land fill. Now that I am older I understand what he meant but at the time, not so much.
It's the torque, man. These things could plant you in your seat up to 4th gear. I used to make my friend's sister scream at me when I would launch it. My 88 GT could run 13.9 without GT40 heads or cam. Just cobra upper and lower with headers, h pipe, but no after market mufflers. MAF deleted and bumped timing, the old tricks.
This Cobra's instruments designer must have been watching Motorweek back in the day. He knows John would make sure he was unsatisfied if the oil pressure guage and volt meter was not on the instrument panel or blocked by the steering wheel.
Had a 93, bought it, blew it up, and sold it for only 600 less than I paid lol. It was real beat up but perfectly optioned, LX 5.0 hatchback with a manual, heavily modded.
If I had the choice right now between my current S197 Mustang GT and my old 1993 Foxbody GT,I'm going with the Fox hands down. Parts are cheap,easy to work on and modify,they look and sound great!
ah do i remember these days being a kid out cruising in my super coupe crankin the acdc and metallica still got the old super coupe in my garage not much changed with it but alot sure has with the kid that use to sit behind the wheel time changes us no matter how much we say were gonna stay a kid when we're young :-/
I bought a 92 LX5.0 in 1995 when i was 19. I now own a 2009 Corvette that could've beaten my old fox body just using 2nd gear, but the Mustang was still more fun to drive, and my favorite car i ever owned.
Lol, I still have the tape deck and equalizer (extra cost option) I pulled out of mine when the cassette got stuck with a single of NIN Head Like a Hole inside when I was in college. I lasted 9 months with that song playing ("God money I'll do anything for you....God money just tell me what you want me to") on endless loop when I drove it. Then I took a steak knife to the deck and forced the tape out. Still have the car with 24k on the odo.
For all the improvements in cars over the years I still long for the old 87-93 mustangs. Pump these cars up with mods to 400-500 hp nothing is more fun!
I was living in Boulder Colorado back in 1993 and I remember the ford dealer there had lots of these and LX 5.0s and convertibles on the lot. The orange ones with white rims. Seems like yesterday.
270 horsepower. I have seen the 93 Cobra easily make 270 horsepower on the dyno. But the same 93 Cobra I saw make that number only delivered a bizarre 277 lb ft of torque. I will say that that car was VERY damn fast. From what I remember it was completely stock no mods.
This is the year the base 5.0 was downrated 20 horsepower to 205. They were trying to downplay the fox bodies to make the 1994s which would be rated at 215 horsepower look like an improvement. For sure the 1993 cobra made more then stated but they couldn’t fluff it up too much and then kill the car. It hurt sales for sure.
@@nicolem.792 good points. The GT's from 94-98 were so disappointing & underpowered. My friend had a brand new 98 GT & he was shocked when my 91 T-Bird Supercoupe blew him away from a dig
@@nicolem.792 with the non Pi heads yea, the 99's came with the Pi heads and it was night and day difference. They were damn near as quick as the 4 valve Cobras
@@BrownBomber92181 never experienced the 260 hp version of the 4.6 but I remember the 96. Smooth compared to the old 5.0 but the torque wasn’t there. Ford should have started with the Pi heads I suppose.
I went looking for one back in 93 but the last one on the lot was already sold. I ended up buying a used 89 Saleen Mustang which I still have today. Love the 93 Cobra's but the Saleen was a good compromise.
I worked at an auction when we got several 95 Mustang Cobra CSVs ( customer service vehicles) with meant vehicles driven by Ford employees in Michigan. We got several other unique units like that, like F-150 Lightnings and Thunderbird SCs. That being said; they were either abused or babied. We also had GM vehicles and the V-8 Camaros stomped the Mustang GTs, but that Cobra was a special snake as were the future ones in the next few years. Ford should've capitalized on that at that time.
My sister got a black/w graphite interior 93 Cobra with 9,612 miles on it sitting in her garage. Her husband purchased the car brand new in May 1993 the day before Mothers day. Drove it and put 6,888 miles on it, put it up for the winter and never drove it again, due to the fact that he was killed in an accident in February 1994. To this day she only drive it to get it washed from sitting in her garage collecting dust, or for a short drive to keep the battery up and keep brakes from locking up.
yeah the good old day when all cars had 14 inch and 15 was an option...now every car weigth 4000 lbs with 18 rims and 305 in the front and 335 in the back.
I had a Teal Green with a b303 cam, exhaust, gears, and some other minor bolt ons and it was a 12 second car (with a better driver than me). Should have never sold. I'd trade the comp orange 04 I have now for one in a heartbeat!
The elevation is 935’ at my local track and it was mid 60* weather when I ran 13.88@100 in my 94 Z28 M6. The best results from testing 0-60 I’ve seen on my year Z was 5.7 but more typically I see 5.8-6 seconds. From a dig a fox body about this quick will take me out of the hole until some place in 2nd gear and then I creep by. From a rolling start like 20 and I’m in 1st I eat him up and walk. Those fox bodies launch great. When a car with 50 less hp and 50lbs less torque can run with or beat you light to light.. the suspension is doing work! The fox was my arch enemy from when I started driving in 1993. I had a 1968 Impala 327/275. Flip the air cleaner lid and I bet it was close to 300hp. The inlet on the air cleaner assembly was about the size of a half dollar and the car ran way harder after about 2500 rpm so that and dual exhaust and I beat many 5.0 fox all from a roll but I’d pull them hard. I also beat a C4 Vette who took a running start from my rear bumper from about 70 and he got about half way past me as I shifted drive and started creeping right back by him with 3 witnesses in my car. Next was my 84 Monte SS and I got my ass kicked every time except for a cavalier3.1 5spd which I barely beat and I barely beat my buddy in his 3.1 94 camaro then got my 94 Z28 and beat lots of cobra, fox 5.0, Buick t-type, 95 Trans Am auto highway roll from 70 beat him bad, early 70s ElCamino 454 that I saw running 14.0@98 at the strip. Older guy kept stalking me around town and I finally caught up with him on a 10mph roll it was fed even except for every time I’d powershift my Z would jump ahead about 2.5’-3’ and I ended up pulling him to about my rear axle. That was a great race. Next thing you know a few weeks later I see his work truck with a small block on an engine stand with fresh Chevy orange paint. After that he was running 11s and I never saw him on the street anymore. It was cooler with the big block but he couldn’t have a young guy around town whoopin on him lmao. Hope you enjoyed the read. The Z was beat once by a T-Bucket with what sounded about like a stock truck engine (abc) but don’t weigh much. At the light the guy asked if my car had a 305.. I was thinking he doesn’t know much about newer cars. I took off hard out of the hole he responded and it fell on its face for a second as the secondaries opened... typical quadrajet that needs a little more spring pressure adjusted but as soon as it got past that he walked me.. more of a jog lol but I had to try.
Yup. These were actually 4.9’s (4941 cc or something; it rounded down to 4.9L), not 5.0’s! lol The new 5.0 Coyotes are DOHC too, the Fox body 5.0’s are pushrod
I have a 1983 4 eyed fox. She is the 3rd mustang I have owned and it's a GT 302 4bbl tremec 5 speed. You can wind up those 302s all day long and not kill them. My 1990 LX notch back was quicker outta the hole but the 83 has mid range power that's impressive. I can get to 80 mph in 3rd gear easily and have had her going 133 mph but had to back out of her because Texas wind gust almost blew me off the road LOL. Fucking YIKES. I am older so I love the fact that I can drive it daily without the backseat. Just black carpet from the buckets to the tail lights. Also I love the dual ram air set up into my Edelbrock 4bbl. She always gets to drink fresh cool air. It was sold brand new and spent her whole life in Texas, zero rust anywhere but Texas heat killed the paint. Factory a/c car and still turns her compressor. I just love the aggressive look of the 4eye fox. I respect all the real made to get after it cars but this car is simple to work on, old school cool and really does haul the mail.
Not a ford guy but If I was to buy one a 93 svt cobra like this would be my pick! I’ve only got to see one 93 svt mustang cobra in person and it was in that teal color.
Camaro fan here.... But I LOVE the '93 Cobra big time. By far the best looking Mustang ever. Clean and modern for the day. I've owned many Camaros and hated Mustangs when I was young. Loved to beat them and hated it when I lost to one. My first Camaro was a new '84 Z28 5.0 HO 5 speed and it was very fast in the day.....had it for 6 years. Raced many friends with 5.0 Mustangs and beat most. My buddy had an '87 5.0 Mustang LX 5 speed and that was the closest to my Camaro, almost identical every time. Quicker then the GT's in my experience. In '93 the Cobra was crazy expensive and no where near the car that the '93 Z28 was of course…. but I would love to own one now. LOVE the 93 Cobra!
Your full of shit...your shitty camaro wasnt that fast....damn chevy people never know when there defeated....your biased so bad for chevy its coming out your ears.....
One in my garage, Vibrant red, bought it in August of 93, only $19,500 out the door, almost traded it in a few years later, but now has 72k on it and its just a weekend fun car now. Have a few bot ' that I added, but have all the original parts to put back except the original tires and shocks that went bad and were replaced with Tokiko adjustable.
You gotta remember for those older guys who went through the anemic cars of the 1979s those numbers were looked upon as a rebirth of the performance cars
@@five_o_fever9381 True. The 1978 Mustang II King Cobra couldn't break 17.4 quarter miles, the 1981 Mustang Cobra 4.2 liter, 18 seconds flat. The yearly gain from 82 to 87 was 15.9 seconds to 14.7 seconds, but a 10 minute tune could have it doing 13.6 seconds flat if you knew what belts to disable, what part of the fuel pressure regulator to hit, and how much base timing to add. The 93 Cobra and Cobra R did that stock, before mods. It's nothing to get them into high 12s. The resurgent grunt was lost as soon as the much heavier SN95 and New Edge weighed in at 3300 to 3500 pounds, with no real 305 hp option till the SVT 351R.. Sad to loose so much wind from the 5.8 Windsor and worse, the 5.0 only got 215 hp.
I love all 3, Camaro, Challenger & Mustang, but Pony Car wars? In terms of annual sales, the Camaro only bested Mustang 8 out of 53 years. And the Mustang is the only one that can claim over 50 years of continuous production.
biggest seller and longest in production doesn't make it the best car. they just sold more, for longer. most years the camaros and firebirds were acknowledged as superior road cars.
Steven silverman uh biggest seller and longest in production does kinda make it the best car, otherwise it wouldn't keep winning in the sales numbers, which in reality is the only numbers that matter. You can have the fastest car in the world that will do all sorts of things, but none of that matters really if it doesn't sell well
Old school motorweek always has some guy sitting in the car, just absolutely raping the gear lever
This is the real reason manual transmissions are dead
The MeToo movement needs to do look into that guys background. I guarantee he is an assaulter.
@@craigpasquinzo4684 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Or how they jump in the seat like they are trying to tear it up lol
Haaaa haaaaaaa!! I was thinking the same thing should be arrested! Always same rapist gloves
I like how they complain about the dated 80s interior. This from a show with a musical theme right out of the 70s.
Hey! that is really offensive... I go about my life humming and/or whistling the motorweek themesong!
LOL and with only slight modifications they used that song for years and years... and years.
@@nickwilczynski3684 They still use it today too.
Even cheesier than that. Hair and cloths. Tatjana horns Crack me up.
Hey the motorweek theme is iconic! And I'm not a boomer, I'm in my 20s. So no nostalgia bias 😂
There is a lot of foxbody haters out there but I will always have a soft spot for them. I know your average shitbox has more horse power and moms minivan can go 0-60 in the same time but these were just about untouchable back in the day and are still fun as hell to drive today. They are cheaper than a drug habit and will get you in less trouble than a hooker and are more fun than both of them put together so that's why I have two of them.
me3333 There is also ALOT of aftermarket high performance add-ons for them.
HaHaHa….. love it! " I know your average shitbox has more horse power and moms minivan can go 0-60 in the same time"..... awesome! Agreed with everything you said.
I have to admit i've warmed up to the fox platform over the past decade or so. I've been a camaro owner almost all of my adult life and daily a ZL1. But every now and then I come across a 5.0 5-spd on Facebook or Craigslist and I pause and think about it. One of these days i'll probably pull the trigger on one but i've got other project vehicles in line to work on.
That’s one fast shitbox then! 5.6 to 60 is still quick.
me3333 sell me one
5.6 sec 0-60 is still damn good for today’s numbers for a sports car. This car still looks beautiful! Although there should have been an optional upgrade from the factory for a heavy duty ash tray lid since those always broke!
Yeah, in 1993, that's really good - faster than I thought they'd be as breaking 6-seconds was a huge deal back then. As for the looks - I think it looks much better now than it did at the time. I'd have been 18 at the time, and I thought the Mustang looked really old and dated compared to the new GM ponies. Now I'd say it looks better - not that I was ever a big fan of that car, it always looked cheap to me. I did own a 1982 Mustang at one point, it was truly a POS, so maybe that negatively flavors my opinion.
Look closely the front looked like a Ford Taurus. 93 cobra 🐍 wasn’t any faster than my 87 Gt 5.0
What the new Mustangs at? 5.2 😂
4 cylinder. Had read performance pkg GTs could do 3.9
I used to love watching this show on the weekends. I was 17 in 1993 and that's what boys did back then, drool over cars they couldn't have. I had posters of cars all over my bedroom. Cool time to be a kid. I miss the 80's and 90's, such a better time.
I like your post dude, but you're going to find reasons to look back on when you posted this and feel the same way. You can trust that. If not, something has gone majorly wrong in one's personal life. It is what it is. Peace.
I did the same thing!
I caught the car bug in 1987 at 15 years old.
I love watching these it takes me back to such a simpler time
Yeah same here. No iPhones, no social media, the word 'selfie' is non existent. I felt a bit of nostalgia watching this, really missing those times.
jman42s tell me about it genuine
indeed, i still try to live like that haha.
Uh, no. Try the 50s-60s. Style, sass, purpose, racing heritage, more power, durability, etc. The 64-70 were the best Mustangs.
BIGDICKNICK i lol'd too late at your name😂
LX notchback 5.0 was always my favorite.
MikefromQueens also the lightest
Taser Face
Simply the best stangs
Hell yeah, that really was the best looking Fox body by far.
They also made badass state trooper cruisers! With a clutch pedal!
Yup,nothing beats a notch,i had a 87 and a 92
I grew up in the northern US during this era. The brand new 1993 car, bright sun, snowy forest and the birds of spring chirping. Please let me go back.
That 87 to 93 body was always my favorite, I remember that 5.0 V8 destroying Camaro‘s off the line when I was a kid.
I don’t know, they weren’t destroying LT-1’s. Maybe V-6 or even 305’s, possibly close races against certain 350’s.
Faster on the 1/8
But don't think so on the quater mile but definitely one of my favorite stangs
@@dr.lyleevans6915 yeah them lt1s wasn't no slouch either.
I WILL SAY THIS MAN I HAVE A 87 MUSTANG GT AND I HAVE A 92 ANIVERSREY CAMERO Z28 AND HONESTLY MY 87 GT IS DEFINITELY A LITTLE BIT FASTER BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HANDLEING MY Z28 HOLDS THE ROAD A LOT BETTER THAN MY GT.
Back in the day before drag radials I don’t think much of anything beat mine to 60 w/ a set of gears. Didn’t make enough hp to be competitive after that though.
Love this, remember watching this on a Saturday morning back when I was 10-11
genkibochibochi me too. Started my love for cars. Seeing the exotics was always exiting. I think it was the only show I ever watched on PBS
Hahaha I was right there also, this and the weather channel.
Our PD had a 93 LX Police Package. It was quick and we kept 5 years and 150k. Several clutches and 2 transmissions but the 302 never failed. Great car and it had a rough life.
City of Dearborn in Michigan had one as well, as it is the home town of Ford after all lol
Sheesh. The first time you tore your transmission, you should have put in it an SVO heavyduty.
I remember my dad getting pulled over by one of those in Vancouver on a family trip. He’d rented a Taurus SHO and even as a young kid I could tell what he was thinking at the time...
Get your hands off my neck!!! Am I being detained!!!!!!
MY 93 COBRA IS THE DADDY OF THE FOXBODYS.
Weld in a couple of flowmaster mufflers and you had the best sounding car hands down.
Had a MAC catback that I constantly got compliments on!
A few years ago I went to look at a 93 GT convert with only 40k on it. When he pulled the cover off I was impressed it just looked great.
But when he started it I couldn't stop grinning. Those flowmasters just sounded too good. Its all original except the mufflers and 4.10s in the rear.
I grinned all the way home and I'm grinning now as it's in my garage still.
Humble Wisdom 4.10’s are great in these cars. Great in Trans-Am/Firebird, Camaro’s, and Corvettes too (or 4.11’s). Had them in my C5 Corvette with the T-56 transmission. It enabled me to hit an indicated 210 mph (I know that sounds unbelievable but it’s true).
I had ~550 whp. The factory 3.42 gearing would top out around 175-180 in 5th but 6th was too tall to pull; the shorter gearing allowed it to pull in 6th. It also helped it pull harder off the line.
Absolutely addicted to these ‘retro’ videos! One of the best looking Mustangs that will ever be produced!!
Tim Allen
You from Volant ?
I love Mustang Fox Body, is my favorite 85-88
The 0-60 time is on par with a 2019 Challenger R/T 5.7. Darned respectable.
Motorweek’s classic reviews always blow my mind. They’re so “of the moment” and perfect. I wish I could shake Mr. Davis’ hand and thank him.
And Motorweek is notorious for having slow acceleration times. It was likely .5 seconds or so quicker
I feel this will be one of the cars that will be well sought after in years to come, very rare as I only ever knew 1 guy with one.
Already are. Look up prices for one pristine condition. I should have bought one of these in the mid 2000s when they were at their low point.
No doubt about it.
The ugliest gen of Mustang
+M&N Distribution: It hasn't aged well in the styling department but the 74-78's were uglier IMO.
70's mustang was the ugliest ever, many people dislike the fox but i think they can look good.
my fav modern style is either new edge or second gen s197's.
theres a guy with a 93 teal cobra the next block over, not my fav color but it's a nice car.
You know what would be a good web series? "The Cars Of Motor Week: Where Are They Now?". A TH-camr tracks down cars that once had 15 minutes of fame as test vehicles. Say he finds this Cobra in someone's backyard overgrown in weeds. That episode could be called, "Snake in the Grass".
They were able to do that with a lot of the Top Gear cars, but as I understand the license plate number stays with the car for its lifetime so that’s easier to do
Not a bad idea, dude. You should make that happen and no, I'm not being snarky.
The 1993 Ford Mustang Cobra was the last Fox Body to hold the door for the next generation 1994
Mustang SN-95. But man, what an aggressive exit!
Had a teal colored one. Should’ve never sold it. It was much better than the ‘94 I replaced it with
Seems like more than 240hp based on trap speed.
you moron
Chris Dooley those 94-98 mustangs r ugly
all preference really, some things are different but i always liked sn95 mustangs, especially the new edge style.
Did the Ford people hassle you into trading it in? I bought a '91 GT brand new and took 4 years to pay for it. So in '95, Ford bugged the shit out of me about trading the car in for a '94 Mustang. They said "Your car is out of style so upgrade now!" THANK GOD I DIDN'T LISTEN! I still have my 5.0 in my garage!
I lusted after these for years! Love that little cobra 🐍 badge on the fender.
These cars are still very popular at car shows around my area.
You must live in Pennsyltucky
OFFRD how about the new mustangs?
For people who think this is a slow 5.6 seconds for 0-60, for the time period it was very fast, considering the Lamborghini Diablo at the same time was only capable of 4.4.
One of my all time favorite Mustangs!
Still got my black '93 Cobra. I love it as much now as when it was new. Garage queen that still looks and drives like new. The addition of an SN-92 Paxton in the mid 90's makes it all that much more fun to drive. Everything else remains stock.
Those things are going insane in price lately. One in auction just pulled $90,000. But it was a 10 mile car with the window sticker still on it. I guess that’s expected with a single year special with only 5000 produced. I remember when the terminator Cobra came out you could pick up a low mile ‘93 for around $12,000-$15,000. That’s probably as low as they ever got
@@RobertSmith-le8wp I remember mine new was around $21K. Cloth interior, no cd or sunroof.
@@genekreuz2189 I wouldn’t doubt you could get that for it now if you wanted to
Had a 90' LX in highschool... 5.0!
JUMP23MΔN cool dude!
Emdub
If you had a 5. 0 in high school you were the s***!!!!
89 GT with a 351w in it
Me too..
God the 90's were awesome! So glad I grew up during this time!
Yes I know same here. We didn't know how good we all had it back then. The 90s had Some of the best movies and cars ever made lol
This car is a classic. Will always be one.
Hell yeah. These are my favorite mustangs. Always wanted one but too pricey back in the day even used
Omar Q They were quite expensive. I think they started around 30 grand.
Not old enough to be clsssic??????
@@Delorean217 dumbass. These are $2000 on craigslist everywhere, Cobra or not. They are GARBAGE
@@CaptainFALKEN Wrong, a clean GT can go upwards of 10k, before cash for clunkers, you could pick up a low mile mint GT for $1500, LX for 500-750, not so anymore
I have a 93 Cobra and love it, best decision I ever made was to buy one.
You decided? I went to buy a Ranger and fell in love with it and I didn't have a chance to decide, it was love at first sight.....still in love with it, have driven it everywhere and still only 72k miles on it, but well driven fun driving for sure!
My guy was giving that shifter the test of its lifetime 🔨
93 Cobra's & SVO's were the BEST of the Fox's..
Saleens were cool too
I bought one new in '93, and I still have it. 37K miles and looks like day 1. It sure doesn't seem like 24 years ago.
Still got it?
@@idontlikecops1 Yes, 38K miles now. I had to up the insurance, these things got nuts in the marketplace while I wasn't looking. Still a fun car.
@@realmaindrianpace Wonderful. I have a '91 that Dad bought new that we share. Titanium Frost GT hatchback.
Foxbody is just a beautiful car, timeless. Still looks good today.
Watching this review in 2019 and it still my dream car! Can’t find one for under 30,000 anywhere!
ill sell you mine for $29,999
It doesn't matter if it was the worst car in the world. If it had Voltage and oil pressure gauges, John Davis approved of it hahaha. This is a badass car
I remember watching this back in 1993
Ford should bring back the 87 - 93 mustang like they did with the 64 - 66. It would be another smash hit. I miss those generation cars. So simple to work on so much potential.
I heard that Ford is going to turn their next Mustang into a stupid crossover, I PRAY that's not true.
@@steveespinola7652 the Mach-e is a crossover
Oh I know that already I asked about it and found out that they will still making the MUSTANG and as you said the MACH-E will be a crossover.
I’ve been saying this!
Those Foxstangs look so CUTE!! 🤩
I wanted a Teal, I still want that!! Thanks for the ride down memory lane!!❤️❤️❤️
Teal….I remember when that was all the rage
This was such a good way to say farewell to the fox body. Still a beautiful car. I remember when it was in style to make your 87-93 Mustang a 93 Cobra replica
Yup, I planned to do the same and an older friend who was a mechanic said "don't." "Don't cut the dash and don't throw away any of the original parts, not even the 2.73 gears." Can't tell you how many times those dusty boxes almost went to the land fill. Now that I am older I understand what he meant but at the time, not so much.
These are seriously selling at ~$30-40k now a days! Wish I got one when they were cheaper along with the GNX!
It's the torque, man. These things could plant you in your seat up to 4th gear. I used to make my friend's sister scream at me when I would launch it. My 88 GT could run 13.9 without GT40 heads or cam. Just cobra upper and lower with headers, h pipe, but no after market mufflers. MAF deleted and bumped timing, the old tricks.
That's impressive considering you didn't do heads and exhaust to let it breathe more, good driver 👍
buddy of mine had one of these bak n the day. i was hooked. couldnt afford one tho.
Nice videos I enjoy watching this retro videos
Eliot Sanz same here
Love these old vids!
I really miss my good old 88 LX 5.O so much fun to drive.
Nothing says I can't afford a Trans-Am or an IROC Camaro than buying a Mustang. These will literally the Econo box Pony cars of the era.
Says the poor Alabana mullet? Lol
This Cobra's instruments designer must have been watching Motorweek back in the day. He knows John would make sure he was unsatisfied if the oil pressure guage and volt meter was not on the instrument panel or blocked by the steering wheel.
LOL gotta love Motorweek's obsession with a full instrument cluster :D
Fuckin A
To be fair, until the late 90s, I'd want full gauges. Can't trust the 70-80s cars at all. Probably where the obsession came from.
Heming Feng that is hilarious as I was thinking the same exact thing!!
Those 5 liter mustangs were street terrors in the 80s and 90s. The aftermarket of go-fast goodies were all over the place.
Had a 93, bought it, blew it up, and sold it for only 600 less than I paid lol. It was real beat up but perfectly optioned, LX 5.0 hatchback with a manual, heavily modded.
A timeless American beauty. 😎😲
Awesome end to one of the greatest Mustang generations
my favorite mustang from the 90's
If I had the choice right now between my current S197 Mustang GT and my old 1993 Foxbody GT,I'm going with the Fox hands down. Parts are cheap,easy to work on and modify,they look and sound great!
ah do i remember these days being a kid out cruising in my super coupe crankin the acdc and metallica still got the old super coupe in my garage not much changed with it but alot sure has with the kid that use to sit behind the wheel time changes us no matter how much we say were gonna stay a kid when we're young :-/
I always love how he says “moat-herrr”
I heard that lumbar support pump! The power seat switches are on the door just like in my 95 Grand Marquis! Great car!
Good lookin' car
I want one of these.
Man them ford engineers BLEW THE BRAINS OUT THAT 93 COBRA!!! that last fox was slick an show stopper..
These 5.0 mustangs were such great cars and extremely reliable and high mileage. ....something the IROC Camaros of the era cant live up too.
How about 240k on my firebird. Lots of 3rd gen fbodies out there are high mileage and still running.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 whatever your smoking I want some
I'd love to find one of these with low miles and sunroof. Add a cam, exhaust, intake work and 300+hp will happen, 60 in under 5, mid 13's np.
Wow, John was hefty at that time.
I bought a 92 LX5.0 in 1995 when i was 19. I now own a 2009 Corvette that could've beaten my old fox body just using 2nd gear, but the Mustang was still more fun to drive, and my favorite car i ever owned.
I always liked the wheels and spoiler. Great car and runs hard too.
I remember how popular these mustang's were in 92 and 93. I also remember when having a car CD player was a big deal.
Lol, I still have the tape deck and equalizer (extra cost option) I pulled out of mine when the cassette got stuck with a single of NIN Head Like a Hole inside when I was in college. I lasted 9 months with that song playing ("God money I'll do anything for you....God money just tell me what you want me to") on endless loop when I drove it. Then I took a steak knife to the deck and forced the tape out. Still have the car with 24k on the odo.
Damn those acceleration and top speeds were quick as hell
For all the improvements in cars over the years I still long for the old 87-93 mustangs. Pump these cars up with mods to 400-500 hp nothing is more fun!
I was living in Boulder Colorado back in 1993 and I remember the ford dealer there had lots of these and LX 5.0s and convertibles on the lot. The orange ones with white rims. Seems like yesterday.
I used watch this as a kid with no worries..good times
No wonder why the #s were so good.. cold weather helps power. These numbers match my 2014 Mustang V6. Pretty impressive.
I would have loved one as my first new car but it was out of our budget. I was happy with my Escort GT of this same model year that my parents got me.
270 horsepower. I have seen the 93 Cobra easily make 270 horsepower on the dyno. But the same 93 Cobra I saw make that number only delivered a bizarre 277 lb ft of torque. I will say that that car was VERY damn fast. From what I remember it was completely stock no mods.
The HP rating for this car was definitely underrated, 260-270 was more like it. This car was almost as quick as the 305 HP 96 Cobra
This is the year the base 5.0 was downrated 20 horsepower to 205. They were trying to downplay the fox bodies to make the 1994s which would be rated at 215 horsepower look like an improvement. For sure the 1993 cobra made more then stated but they couldn’t fluff it up too much and then kill the car. It hurt sales for sure.
@@nicolem.792 good points. The GT's from 94-98 were so disappointing & underpowered. My friend had a brand new 98 GT & he was shocked when my 91 T-Bird Supercoupe blew him away from a dig
@@BrownBomber92181 those sohc 4.6s were weak sauce for sure.
@@nicolem.792 with the non Pi heads yea, the 99's came with the Pi heads and it was night and day difference. They were damn near as quick as the 4 valve Cobras
@@BrownBomber92181 never experienced the 260 hp version of the 4.6 but I remember the 96. Smooth compared to the old 5.0 but the torque wasn’t there. Ford should have started with the Pi heads I suppose.
All my buddy’s had 86 stangs red 5 speed Ttops and my other bud had white Ttops and 5 speed those were fast cars back then.
Had a 87 gt with the GT40 Heads and intake.. It was fast when I was 18 yrs old!
Everything is fast when you're 18.
I went looking for one back in 93 but the last one on the lot was already sold. I ended up buying a used 89 Saleen Mustang which I still have today. Love the 93 Cobra's but the Saleen was a good compromise.
For a moment, I thought the opening string sound at the beginning of the clip was the creak of the DeLorean's door opening lol!
Wish I had kept my black 93. Of all the foxbodys I’ve had that one was the most fun completely stock
I loved these cars then and I love them now. I have never owned one but I may have to make that happen.
You wont regret it
By far one of the best cars FoMoCo has ever built
I worked at an auction when we got several 95 Mustang Cobra CSVs ( customer service vehicles) with meant vehicles driven by Ford employees in Michigan. We got several other unique units like that, like F-150 Lightnings and Thunderbird SCs. That being said; they were either abused or babied. We also had GM vehicles and the V-8 Camaros stomped the Mustang GTs, but that Cobra was a special snake as were the future ones in the next few years. Ford should've capitalized on that at that time.
About the only thing that could beat the 5.0's of the era was a Grand National or a Corvette. The 5.0 Fox Mustangs dominated the era.
My favorite of them all.
God I love this body style
My sister got a black/w graphite interior 93 Cobra with 9,612 miles on it sitting in her garage. Her husband purchased the car brand new in May 1993 the day before Mothers day. Drove it and put 6,888 miles on it, put it up for the winter and never drove it again, due to the fact that he was killed in an accident in February 1994. To this day she only drive it to get it washed from sitting in her garage collecting dust, or for a short drive to keep the battery up and keep brakes from locking up.
Hey daddyman, I would be interested in buying it from your sister. Do you have her contact info? I appreciated your time.
@@SaleenFox she has sentimental attachment to the car and not willing to part with the car.
@@daddymang9211 I understand completely...if she would ever change her mind, please message me. God bless your family and stay safe.
@@SaleenFox thank you I will reach out to you if she changes her mind and God bless you and your family.
I had a 93 LX 5.0 5-speed convertible. Fun.
Back when a 225/60R15 was "massive"
yeah the good old day when all cars had 14 inch and 15 was an option...now every car weigth 4000 lbs with 18 rims and 305 in the front and 335 in the back.
Actually were 245/45ZR17, they were a pain to get back in 1993, and expensive, as the only other American car with 17's was the Corvette at the time.
I had a Teal Green with a b303 cam, exhaust, gears, and some other minor bolt ons and it was a 12 second car (with a better driver than me). Should have never sold. I'd trade the comp orange 04 I have now for one in a heartbeat!
The elevation is 935’ at my local track and it was mid 60* weather when I ran 13.88@100 in my 94 Z28 M6. The best results from testing 0-60 I’ve seen on my year Z was 5.7 but more typically I see 5.8-6 seconds. From a dig a fox body about this quick will take me out of the hole until some place in 2nd gear and then I creep by. From a rolling start like 20 and I’m in 1st I eat him up and walk. Those fox bodies launch great. When a car with 50 less hp and 50lbs less torque can run with or beat you light to light.. the suspension is doing work! The fox was my arch enemy from when I started driving in 1993. I had a 1968 Impala 327/275. Flip the air cleaner lid and I bet it was close to 300hp. The inlet on the air cleaner assembly was about the size of a half dollar and the car ran way harder after about 2500 rpm so that and dual exhaust and I beat many 5.0 fox all from a roll but I’d pull them hard. I also beat a C4 Vette who took a running start from my rear bumper from about 70 and he got about half way past me as I shifted drive and started creeping right back by him with 3 witnesses in my car. Next was my 84 Monte SS and I got my ass kicked every time except for a cavalier3.1 5spd which I barely beat and I barely beat my buddy in his 3.1 94 camaro then got my 94 Z28 and beat lots of cobra, fox 5.0, Buick t-type, 95 Trans Am auto highway roll from 70 beat him bad, early 70s ElCamino 454 that I saw running 14.0@98 at the strip. Older guy kept stalking me around town and I finally caught up with him on a 10mph roll it was fed even except for every time I’d powershift my Z would jump ahead about 2.5’-3’ and I ended up pulling him to about my rear axle. That was a great race. Next thing you know a few weeks later I see his work truck with a small block on an engine stand with fresh Chevy orange paint. After that he was running 11s and I never saw him on the street anymore. It was cooler with the big block but he couldn’t have a young guy around town whoopin on him lmao. Hope you enjoyed the read. The Z was beat once by a T-Bucket with what sounded about like a stock truck engine (abc) but don’t weigh much. At the light the guy asked if my car had a 305.. I was thinking he doesn’t know much about newer cars. I took off hard out of the hole he responded and it fell on its face for a second as the secondaries opened... typical quadrajet that needs a little more spring pressure adjusted but as soon as it got past that he walked me.. more of a jog lol but I had to try.
The LT1's from 93-97 were lots of fun in the Z's and T/A's
25 years later and those numbers are considered garbage. Amazing how far we've come.
awesome they left the bird noises in for the exterior shots, despite voiceover
A beautiful Mustang
Amazing how a 5.0 engine has advanced since.
Yup. These were actually 4.9’s (4941 cc or something; it rounded down to 4.9L), not 5.0’s! lol
The new 5.0 Coyotes are DOHC too, the Fox body 5.0’s are pushrod
To think it has double the horsepower now . Insane !!!
@@soulerflare7 exactly
I have a 1983 4 eyed fox. She is the 3rd mustang I have owned and it's a GT 302 4bbl tremec 5 speed. You can wind up those 302s all day long and not kill them. My 1990 LX notch back was quicker outta the hole but the 83 has mid range power that's impressive. I can get to 80 mph in 3rd gear easily and have had her going 133 mph but had to back out of her because Texas wind gust almost blew me off the road LOL. Fucking YIKES. I am older so I love the fact that I can drive it daily without the backseat. Just black carpet from the buckets to the tail lights. Also I love the dual ram air set up into my Edelbrock 4bbl. She always gets to drink fresh cool air. It was sold brand new and spent her whole life in Texas, zero rust anywhere but Texas heat killed the paint. Factory a/c car and still turns her compressor. I just love the aggressive look of the 4eye fox. I respect all the real made to get after it cars but this car is simple to work on, old school cool and really does haul the mail.
Not a ford guy but If I was to buy one a 93 svt cobra like this would be my pick! I’ve only got to see one 93 svt mustang cobra in person and it was in that teal color.
Teal was my favorite color for the Cobra, it only came in Red, Black, or Teal.
Camaro fan here.... But I LOVE the '93 Cobra big time. By far the best looking Mustang ever. Clean and modern for the day. I've owned many Camaros and hated Mustangs when I was young. Loved to beat them and hated it when I lost to one. My first Camaro was a new '84 Z28 5.0 HO 5 speed and it was very fast in the day.....had it for 6 years. Raced many friends with 5.0 Mustangs and beat most. My buddy had an '87 5.0 Mustang LX 5 speed and that was the closest to my Camaro, almost identical every time. Quicker then the GT's in my experience. In '93 the Cobra was crazy expensive and no where near the car that the '93 Z28 was of course…. but I would love to own one now. LOVE the 93 Cobra!
Your full of shit...your shitty camaro wasnt that fast....damn chevy people never know when there defeated....your biased so bad for chevy its coming out your ears.....
The 93 SVT is the only Foxbody I truly want to own
I'd love one of these. I'd add some modern upgrades if I had one... but I'm not meant to have things I want.
Good luck Finding an all original 93 Cobra if you do better be ready to pay up
I saw one up for sale 45 grand
There's one on facebook marketplace for 18K right now.
I saw one with not even a thousand miles for 115 thousand
One in my garage, Vibrant red, bought it in August of 93, only $19,500 out the door, almost traded it in a few years later, but now has 72k on it and its just a weekend fun car now. Have a few bot ' that I added, but have all the original parts to put back except the original tires and shocks that went bad and were replaced with Tokiko adjustable.
It is crazy too say back in 93.The 93 cobra was really fast capable with good tires they could click off a 13 second pass
You gotta remember for those older guys who went through the anemic cars of the 1979s those numbers were looked upon as a rebirth of the performance cars
@@five_o_fever9381 True. The 1978 Mustang II King Cobra couldn't break 17.4 quarter miles, the 1981 Mustang Cobra 4.2 liter, 18 seconds flat. The yearly gain from 82 to 87 was 15.9 seconds to 14.7 seconds, but a 10 minute tune could have it doing 13.6 seconds flat if you knew what belts to disable, what part of the fuel pressure regulator to hit, and how much base timing to add. The 93 Cobra and Cobra R did that stock, before mods. It's nothing to get them into high 12s. The resurgent grunt was lost as soon as the much heavier SN95 and New Edge weighed in at 3300 to 3500 pounds, with no real 305 hp option till the SVT 351R.. Sad to loose so much wind from the 5.8 Windsor and worse, the 5.0 only got 215 hp.
I love all 3, Camaro, Challenger & Mustang, but Pony Car wars? In terms of annual sales, the Camaro only bested Mustang 8 out of 53 years. And the Mustang is the only one that can claim over 50 years of continuous production.
you can say that again! once in a mustang always in a mustang.
dsavish Amen!
biggest seller and longest in production doesn't make it the best car. they just sold more, for longer. most years the camaros and firebirds were acknowledged as superior road cars.
But you have to give credit to Ford for keeping "muscle" alive. Heck, the Challenger was maybe 20 years total. And I love the 77 Trans Am.
Steven silverman uh biggest seller and longest in production does kinda make it the best car, otherwise it wouldn't keep winning in the sales numbers, which in reality is the only numbers that matter. You can have the fastest car in the world that will do all sorts of things, but none of that matters really if it doesn't sell well
@1:10 the prancing pony is representative of what is thought to be the last war horse that charged into battle. Look it up.