You know I cannot understand why these cars did not get the recognition they deserved they were actually a pretty good looking car I special like the white and blue and the black and gold versions but with the 302 in them they become a real nice little car
SIMPLE! Because they tried to advertise them as the "trans am killer" lol. THIS car is so SLOWWW. 0-60 in 9.8 seconds LOL. The 1973 trans am (5 years older than this car in the video) did 0-60 in 5.0 seconds. CLEARLY this car wasn't killing any trans am and ford knew this thats why they only made 4,000 of these cars. Ford should've stopped making mustangs all together in 1978 though. I mean you look on youtube and 99% of the time mustangs lose races. haha. Just buy a #blackwing and call it a day. 🤪😎
Well I mean they were made in the middle of the oil crisis and made to compete with foreign cars that had better gas mileage 😅. This car single handedly saved the mustang name. And the 1973 mustang spanked the 73 trans am. Just saying
@@EliteOnTheBeat Uh, no...your numbers are way off. And, in 1978 an automatic Trans Am could barely beat 10 seconds 0-60. The W72 TA was a bit faster. The MII had 13" tires and 300ft/lbs of torque...educate yourself.
Wow. A real car. Beautiful lines, beautiful sounding carbureted engine, manual transmission, clean uncluttered dash with no damned "infotainment" center, manual windows, and by far the best of all, it has standard size wheels with actual tires on them. RWL tires at that. It doesn't get much better than that. No computer in this baby.
I owned two of them, They were real shit boxes filled with problems. These cars were slow. The one he is driving doesn't have all the emissions crap on it. Both of the ones I had were rusted before they were even paid off.
Mustang II's are under appreciated because they were the right car for the time the sales figures speak for them selves 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I've always thought it would be cool to have a mildly modified one of these. Ya know, nothing too wild, maybe get the 302 up to about 250-300 hp, which wouldn't be too hard to do at all...it'd be amusing to show up and blow past stock Fox-bodys lol
@@williamgoff4244 Uh...OK? I didn't say anything about whether it was real or not, so I don't know why you're saying that to me. It's not my car, I just made a comment about it...
@@chrisjamesr77 okay yes sir I did not know that was not your car I've been owning and working and driving 70s model Mustangs since I was 16 I'm 46 now you really want to check out something cool look up the two plus two fastbacks and the T5 Mustang that is a Mustang too
I'm glad you chose this car. perhaps the millennial generation will appreciate this car as much as it needs to be appreciated. I have some notes, however. If you look at the engine you should instantly know that somebody has pulled the original EPA restricted 2 barrel intake off the car and put a 4 barrel intake and carburetor on it. Just that simple change alone to a Mustang II back in 1978 would have given it 40 more horsepower and had that 5.0 engine up to at least a 180 horsepower. Chances are this motor has been bored out a little bit and rebuilt to modern specs and the heads have been replaced. If the heads weren't replaced, I guarantee they were ported and polished. I'd be willing to bet that this car has more horsepower in it then the Mustang GTs that followed it. Probably an example of a 250 horsepower engine with tons of torque. Ford easily could have built those motors that way back in the day, but the problem was the fuel crisis made them restrict their engines. That said, with an original V8 Mustang 2, you could get a delightful amount of torque out of them and zoom down the road pretty quickly, once you got rolling past 45. I've driven plenty of these cars with a stock 140hp 302 in them and though they don't explode out of the hole from from zero to 60, from 45 to 100 they pull really nice. They're built far better then the 64 1/2 through 73 Mustangs as far as fit and finish as well as insulation and body tightness. The design seems stiffer and the chassis is much more quiet. As far as how they look, that's up to your taste. I'm a huge fan of the Mustang II though not a big fan of the Ghia design. The plain coupes are beautiful and reminiscent of the original cars and the hatchback with a tail is a good looking car, especially with the T-tops. A hatchback Mustang II without the whale tail looks incomplete. Overall, these are amazing 70's cars that never got their due, but seem to be much more appreciated today.
AmericanThunder the mustang II was actually built on a maverick platform not a pinto , and they are very light weight and very bad ass with a 302 and four speed !!!!!
No way a Mustang II is lighter than a Maverick. The Maverick is based on the original Falcon/Mustang platform. Also the Mustang II was about 100-200 LBS heavier than the first Fox body Mustangs.
My first car was a 1977 mustang ii to date that would be my favorite mustang through the years I've had 23 mustang's I would have a mustang ii in my drive way no problem! I think some day soon the mustang ii will be the most wanted mustang in the world. Yours is a nice Survivor. Very nice to see. Thank you it brought back some very nice memories thanks again!!!
I grew up in the 70s and 80s cars back then simple and easy to fix. Not like the vehicles of today. And didn’t cost an arm and leg to buy. In the 80s a car like that was about 1000 - 1500 used to buy.
Nice to see it. Had a '78 when it was 11 years old. 6 cyl not the Cobra. Not really a fast car but I was young and it was fun. One interesting thing that he did not show: the headlight dimmer was a kick switch on the floor. Definitely a 70s thing but cool to remember.
That 2.8L was well built It featured a solid Cam and lifter and gear drive Instead of the standard timing chain. For its day very high Tech. 139 horsepower V8 in a 2400 pound car wasn't that badd . Combined with 13 and wheels and A355 gear ratio in the ford 8" rear end was a very sporty car. A forgotten Mustangii is the limited run of the mach1 it had adjustable front suspension. Blacked out tail light panel and mach1 badges on the left and right the last one until 2003.
1:30 that sound of that door closing gives goosebumps... I’ve got a 1979 F-1OO Ranger XLT the door has similar sounding when you close it ... that means steel not plastic ...
As much as I love steel...plastic has been proven time and time again to be 1) cheaper obviously...but most importantly 2) MUCH much safer. “Fender benders” back then killed people due cars being metal death-traps
The King Cobra would have been great in "That 70's Show". The trunk area is pretty big and I'll bet that backseat folds down. Perfect for Jackie and Kelso or Eric and Donna! 😀😀😀
Back seat in a Mustang II was bigger than one in a Camaro. The back seat did fold down and had a huge cargo area. Down side to the hatch back was it had no trunk.
By the looks of this engine and the way it sounded I don't think this was a stock 302 making no 140 horsepower this particular one looks like it's been beefed up a bit which is a good thing obviously
I owned one of these when I lived in California. It was a sexy car and got me a lot of compliments. It did however have mechanical issues due to the California emission requirements at that time. It ran very hot under the hood and it had a problem with overheating the transmission to the point I had to install a supplemental transmission cooler. The smog requirements also did not allow for a 4 speed transmission.
I owned one of these in 1985 got it for $100.00 US it had some rust so I pulled the motor and put it in a t-top non Cobra I got for $200.00 US and sold them and sold them separately and to this day I swim in a sea of regret.
I have to say that I was surprised to see a King Cobra that was ordered in such basic trim. Most I’ve seen at least had the console, but at least it has the am/fm radio. With such a lack of options, I imagine that the Marti report would show it to be one of very few like this. I like it.
I love simple cars of the 70s and 80s. To this day I'd rather have a car like this than any modern car, for multiple reasons. The Mustang-II was a little before my time so I never saw them much when I was old enough to care, and never knew anybody who owned one. I only knew them as the red headed stepchild of Mustangs everybody liked to make fun of. Well, I've started driving a simulation of this car in Assetto Corsa and I'm having a lot of fun with it. I spent hours working on lap times in this thing - I like it. I just wish it sounded as good in the game as it does here.
The early Fox Body stangs shared many interior componets with the Mustang 2 as well. They were closer to the MK2 than most want to admit. If it were not for this unloved little pony, the mustang would be religated to the history books. It may not be the fastest or the best looking, but it is a Mustang none the less. It's sad that these cars have almost been forgotten about.
I have a black & orange '78 KC 4 speed with 37,110 miles and im the original owner. The center console and map light were optional and my speedo only goes to 88mph. Some models did come with a 120mph speedo, I believe those were leftovers from '77.The GVW of mine is 2654 lbs. according to the tag inside the door. In the early 80's I built a 66' 289 hipo that was bored .040 and cammed and a little head work and now has more than 420hp and this little F'r screams. The car still looks completely factory right down to the 13" tires and the 3.08 rear gear. Ive cooked 440 Six Pack Supper Bee Roadrunners, 944S and 928 Poreche, Corvettes, Trans Am's, Camaro's. I want to put a 9" ford rear end with 4.11 gears and see how it reacts with that but I will have to tie the frame for sure then cause now I'm twisting the body at the seams. My sister use to drive a 70' Hemi Cuda with a stick and when I let her take my KC for a ride she sez it's like driving a high powered go kart on rails. It was fun to drive and very responsive with the stock 302 2bbl that came in it but now its a freaken blast and a head turner. One of these days I will take to the drag strip and see what it will do and I would also like to road course it as well cause it handles so well.
Its a great looking car. To me, more so than the next 2 generations of the Mustang. Just needed to get rid of the King Cobra crap that junked it up. The 302 as pitiful as it was gave you the basics that you could work with. Many people dump on the performance cars of the late 70's and early 80's but Detroit gave you the basics to work with. You don't have to go nuts. Just throw on some bolt ons and away you go. I know of one Mustang 11 that it very quick just because it was the right blend of bolt ons.
Id say it had more than 15,000 maybe 150,000,..That steering wheel had some wear on it,..I was always thought to check out the Brake Pedal as well for wear. I dont thank thats a real King Cobra,..Mine was a Cobra 2 but it had map lights, Center Console 120 on the speedo this baby is kinda plain,..Nice but its missing alot
I had a 1974 Mustang II Mach 1 with the V6, 4 speed. They waited until 1975 to put a V8 in them. I had a great time in it. You just have to consider what was going on in the 70's to appreciate it. The fuel crisis hit just barely before the Mustang II was introduced and it sold fabulously. The fastback, coupe and Ghia were available and they slaughtered GM in sales compared to the Camaro and Firebird. That was a major reason that GM didn't stop making their pony cars, too much pride to let Ford win. The fox bodies were the Mustang that signaled the return to performance in around 82 as I recall. I'd like to have another one.
Agree with your description about the 70's. You had to had lived through the malaise era to fully appreciate how bad things were and how infuriating it was to see the likes of Consumers Reports saying how "superior" vehicles drivetrains were during this era,
don't let that turn you off. I have basically the same version of the 302 in my 73 torino and it actually runs pretty good in that. I did swap out the 2.79 rear gears in favor of some 3.55's, with dual exhaust the car can get out and move relatively well and light the tires up easily. I am swappin it out for a 351cj cleveland but until then, the little 302 would surprise you.
This is the mid to late 70s when these cars were built aka the "malaise era." Safety and fuel economy regulations, along with the 1973 Arab oil embargo nearly killed off performance cars in general. The recovery didn't begin until the early 80s. Ford was nearly run into the ground by poor sales, bad car designs, and losing near one billion dollars in one year.
I read somewhere that they changed how they "rated" a car's horsepower around the time this thing came out. It's a little less than the generation before, but not as much as the numbers would indicate.
they should make those again but with an all iron long stroke pushrod 150 cubic in v8... it would be cheap as dirt modest but fun performance and the long stroke would give it a fun torquey feel.
Funny to see how much the American Muscle Car took a step back during the mid to late 70's with a few exceptions while at that time, Australia was producing what are now considered quite classical cars, especially comparing Ford's, in 1978 Ford Australia gave us the Ford Falcon XC Cobra Coupe and it was only produced in the 300-500 range with a 5.8 Liter engine. I know which one I would prefer of the two. www.whichcar.com.au/features/ford-falcon-xc-cobra
Also consider that the Aussies didn't give up on the Cleveland engine design and the longitudinal rear wheel drive vehicle drivetrain architecture. I myself am not sold on the transverse drivetrain configuration, had too many transmission failures to believe in this type of drivetrain layout.
It's just a Hurst t handle. The stock transmission in the mustang II was internal linkage. Hurst made a internal linkage device called the Hurst swifter. It was not possible to add a Hurst Competition Plus or Super shifter to that transmission.
The stock axles and wheel hubs on the Mustang II were 4 bolt. Other than the factory aluminum honeycomb wheels their were very few aftermarket wheels would work. The Factory tires were 13" so the car was very limited to change tire sizes.
Not stock! The stock exhaust had dual chrome exhaust tips on the right rear side! And very plane low options car! My king cobra I bought at 17 brand new had optional power steering, power front disc brakes, power Windows and locks AM/FM-8TRACK STEREO & FACTORY A/C.. remember people this car had under 140hp....
A bmw 2002 1600ti had 120-130hp out of an 2.0 4zylinder engine without any turbo in 1972 And they had 100hp on an 1.6 litre engine The 140 hp 5.0 v8 sems realy laughable xD
I had a '77 Cobra II and I loved it, but anyone who has owned one and says it was a good car is lying. It had the formula and potential to be a good car, but I could list 100 major engineering and quality flaws that made it one of the worst vehicles ever produced. Even so, nostalgia caused me to buy another one and when I sit in it, it makes me smile.
The 4 speed transmission was to weak for the 2 bbl 302 it needed a Borg Warner Super T10 or Ford Top loader from factory. It was a light car, driving it just felt cheep compared to a same year base model Camaro or Firebird. Suspension was Pinto, steering was vauge. Very quick 0 To 45mph with 4 speed. The 13" wheels and tires were way to small and narrow for this car to ever have great cornering. Al in all for 1978 it was a cool car.
Appreciate the voiceovers, but I wish you had a conversation-like flow throughout your presentations. You should watch Harry's Garage on TH-cam as an example. Just saying.
wow....interesting. it looks soo nice but having only 135 hp and a speedometer of 85.... it never had the chance... wish they would have spend more time on this car. im only 16 and i can tell you never underestimate a ford mustang, it may not look like what it seems but it can play its part
UB3R_M4X1MU5 They were good cars. First aside from Pinto to get rack and pinion steering. The low horsepower and their arrival in 74 at the end of the muscle car era with no V8 option gave them a bad reputation.
UB3R_M4X1MU5 look at the Era they came out in, low compression, fuel crisis and emissions came on strong. Back then they couldn't make a performance yet emissions friendly car. The fox body in 87 was the first 5.0 ho that had some bite and also was emission friendly with 220 crank net hp and 300 ft lbs torque
While the 1964-1970 1979-1986 Or the 2005-now Mustangs are my FAV, The king Cobra was the best of the Mustang 2's imo. The coupe version looked odd. The the king Cobra Looked pretty Good. Not as good as the Aussie Ford falcon XC crobra
Hearing the Right turn signal , instead of exhaust while pulling out of the Stop sign & in a Mustang.?! lol Glad Ford got their head on straight with their newer renditions of an American Classic.
Well if you put all year model mustangs side by side the 74-78 Mustang 2 resembles the original 60s mustangs better than the crap they make now. Also compare all late 70s cars and the Mustangs still looked their part while most other pony cars went bye-bye in 1974 because of the oil crisis. So yes I will agree the 75-78 Mustang did save the namesake as well as saving Ford but for lacking balls under the hood then they were the only one trying to show a pair as well.
You know I cannot understand why these cars did not get the recognition they deserved they were actually a pretty good looking car I special like the white and blue and the black and gold versions but with the 302 in them they become a real nice little car
SIMPLE! Because they tried to advertise them as the "trans am killer" lol. THIS car is so SLOWWW. 0-60 in 9.8 seconds LOL.
The 1973 trans am (5 years older than this car in the video) did 0-60 in 5.0 seconds. CLEARLY this car wasn't killing any trans am and ford knew this thats why they only made 4,000 of these cars. Ford should've stopped making mustangs all together in 1978 though. I mean you look on youtube and 99% of the time mustangs lose races. haha. Just buy a #blackwing and call it a day. 🤪😎
Well I mean they were made in the middle of the oil crisis and made to compete with foreign cars that had better gas mileage 😅. This car single handedly saved the mustang name. And the 1973 mustang spanked the 73 trans am. Just saying
I like the graphics on the King Cobra, but 140 hp out of 302 V8 is pathetic. Possibly the slowest and most underpowered V8 Mustang ever.
@@EliteOnTheBeat Uh, no...your numbers are way off. And, in 1978 an automatic Trans Am could barely beat 10 seconds 0-60. The W72 TA was a bit faster. The MII had 13" tires and 300ft/lbs of torque...educate yourself.
@@colinj5291Wrong.
Wow. A real car. Beautiful lines, beautiful sounding carbureted engine, manual transmission, clean uncluttered dash with no damned "infotainment" center, manual windows, and by far the best of all, it has standard size wheels with actual tires on them. RWL tires at that. It doesn't get much better than that. No computer in this baby.
100% agreed!
This car makes me happy in a way no modern one ever could.
Gerald Scott and perkin2000, your xenophobic retro whoring elitism is showing.
Ford did a great job making a small car look great! And they sold the hell out of them. Love that little car!
And you don’t call a stock 2020 450 hp mustang a real car! 🤔
I owned two of them, They were real shit boxes filled with problems. These cars were slow. The one he is driving doesn't have all the emissions crap on it. Both of the ones I had were rusted before they were even paid off.
Mustang II's are under appreciated because they were the right car for the time the sales figures speak for them selves 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Absolutely! The Mustang II not only save the Mustang brand from going extinct, but Ford itself!
I've always thought it would be cool to have a mildly modified one of these. Ya know, nothing too wild, maybe get the 302 up to about 250-300 hp, which wouldn't be too hard to do at all...it'd be amusing to show up and blow past stock Fox-bodys lol
You sir are a liar that is not a real king cobra and a speedometer gave it away the real king cobras come with 120 on the speedometer
@@williamgoff4244 Uh...OK? I didn't say anything about whether it was real or not, so I don't know why you're saying that to me. It's not my car, I just made a comment about it...
@@chrisjamesr77 okay yes sir I did not know that was not your car I've been owning and working and driving 70s model Mustangs since I was 16 I'm 46 now you really want to check out something cool look up the two plus two fastbacks and the T5 Mustang that is a Mustang too
Beautiful car. King Cobra kinda reminds me of a wannabe Trans-Am; but does a lot right in its own way.
Paint-on performance, just like the screaming chicken hood graphics on the Trans Ams of the same period.
Man I’ve always loved those Mustang ll ... the T-Tops are insanity gorgeous
If you want ttops get a 3rd gen camaro lol
I am restoring one rn 😂
I'm a GM guy but I will take this Mustang home
I'm glad you chose this car. perhaps the millennial generation will appreciate this car as much as it needs to be appreciated. I have some notes, however.
If you look at the engine you should instantly know that somebody has pulled the original EPA restricted 2 barrel intake off the car and put a 4 barrel intake and carburetor on it.
Just that simple change alone to a Mustang II back in 1978 would have given it 40 more horsepower and had that 5.0 engine up to at least a 180 horsepower.
Chances are this motor has been bored out a little bit and rebuilt to modern specs and the heads have been replaced. If the heads weren't replaced, I guarantee they were ported and polished.
I'd be willing to bet that this car has more horsepower in it then the Mustang GTs that followed it.
Probably an example of a 250 horsepower engine with tons of torque. Ford easily could have built those motors that way back in the day, but the problem was the fuel crisis made them restrict their engines.
That said, with an original V8 Mustang 2, you could get a delightful amount of torque out of them and zoom down the road pretty quickly, once you got rolling past 45.
I've driven plenty of these cars with a stock 140hp 302 in them and though they don't explode out of the hole from from zero to 60, from 45 to 100 they pull really nice.
They're built far better then the 64 1/2 through 73 Mustangs as far as fit and finish as well as insulation and body tightness.
The design seems stiffer and the chassis is much more quiet.
As far as how they look, that's up to your taste. I'm a huge fan of the Mustang II though not a big fan of the Ghia design. The plain coupes are beautiful and reminiscent of the original cars and the hatchback with a tail is a good looking car, especially with the T-tops.
A hatchback Mustang II without the whale tail looks incomplete.
Overall, these are amazing 70's cars that never got their due, but seem to be much more appreciated today.
Millenials are the ones who mainly do. It was hated by most other car enthusiasts
Heavy car? Hell no. My 1977 Cobra II weighs 2400 pounds
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seen KC's listed at 2700. hardly a "heavy car"
My '77 coupe weighs 2350 on my truck scale. Mustang II is very close to a pinto chassis, so people who think they're heavy are on crack. lol
AmericanThunder the mustang II was actually built on a maverick platform not a pinto , and they are very light weight and very bad ass with a 302 and four speed !!!!!
no none of the car mentioned were build on the maverick platform ...it was a modified pinto platform, too different to be built on the same line
No way a Mustang II is lighter than a Maverick. The Maverick is based on the original Falcon/Mustang platform. Also the Mustang II was about 100-200 LBS heavier than the first Fox body Mustangs.
Don't care what people think - the MKll was my favorite Mustang. Pity about the tin foil bodywork!
It's not my favorite but It is pretty bad ass still I like them better then foxbodys
Must like slow poor quality dogs
@@johnvanlindingham9490 not my favorite but Definately better than the mock me
Whadda you expect for something based on the Pinto. And be careful you don't get rear ended.
My first car was a 1977 mustang ii to date that would be my favorite mustang through the years I've had 23 mustang's I would have a mustang ii in my drive way no problem! I think some day soon the mustang ii will be the most wanted mustang in the world. Yours is a nice Survivor. Very nice to see. Thank you it brought back some very nice memories thanks again!!!
I grew up in the 70s and 80s cars back then simple and easy to fix. Not like the vehicles of today. And didn’t cost an arm and leg to buy. In the 80s a car like that was about 1000 - 1500 used to buy.
Nice to see it. Had a '78 when it was 11 years old. 6 cyl not the Cobra. Not really a fast car but I was young and it was fun. One interesting thing that he did not show: the headlight dimmer was a kick switch on the floor. Definitely a 70s thing but cool to remember.
Most cars from 1920's up until about 1991 had the headlight dimmer switch on the floor... pickups were last to change...
That 2.8L was well built It featured a solid Cam and lifter and gear drive Instead of the standard timing chain. For its day very high Tech. 139 horsepower V8 in a 2400 pound car wasn't that badd . Combined with 13 and wheels and A355 gear ratio in the ford 8" rear end was a very sporty car. A forgotten Mustangii is the limited run of the mach1 it had adjustable front suspension. Blacked out tail light panel and mach1 badges on the left and right the last one until 2003.
Great presentation on showing the key. LOL
I used to laugh at these guys when we were kids now I think the car is kind of cool
Did the KC come with base interior? I know the cobra had turned dash and console so this looks off
Sharp!..With a few boltons, and a little tweaking..you can squeeze out 300hp. That should blister your eyeballs..
@Blunt Realist Yeah but this Mustangs are really lightweight so they can get a really good acceleration upgrade!
Why didn't the King Cobra get the 351 that the Granada got?
1:30 that sound of that door closing gives goosebumps... I’ve got a 1979 F-1OO Ranger XLT the door has similar sounding when you close it ... that means steel not plastic ...
As much as I love steel...plastic has been proven time and time again to be 1) cheaper obviously...but most importantly 2) MUCH much safer. “Fender benders” back then killed people due cars being metal death-traps
I loved Farrah when she had hers.
The King Cobra would have been great in "That 70's Show". The trunk area is pretty big and I'll bet that backseat folds down. Perfect for Jackie and Kelso or Eric and Donna! 😀😀😀
Back seat in a Mustang II was bigger than one in a Camaro. The back seat did fold down and had a huge cargo area. Down side to the hatch back was it had no trunk.
By the looks of this engine and the way it sounded I don't think this was a stock 302 making no 140 horsepower this particular one looks like it's been beefed up a bit which is a good thing obviously
my friends dad had one he built a 302 with Cleveland heads ...super quick and sounded awsome..
For a choked down Malaise era 302 it sounded good. Liked your video
The mustang 2 is a hell of a demo derby car..Ran quite a few tough as nails I tell ya lol
I owned one of these when I lived in California. It was a sexy car and got me a lot of compliments. It did however have mechanical issues due to the California emission requirements at that time. It ran very hot under the hood and it had a problem with overheating the transmission to the point I had to install a supplemental transmission cooler. The smog requirements also did not allow for a 4 speed transmission.
I owned one of these in 1985 got it for $100.00 US it had some rust so I pulled the motor and put it in a t-top non Cobra I got for $200.00 US and sold them and sold them separately and to this day I swim in a sea of regret.
In the interior what gauge is that on the far lower right?
If I remember right, it was an aftermarket oil pressure gauge.
I own this car it’s NOT heavy and he’s right it has low power but awesome torque, it’s definitely a fun car
I have to say that I was surprised to see a King Cobra that was ordered in such basic trim. Most I’ve seen at least had the console, but at least it has the am/fm radio. With such a lack of options, I imagine that the Marti report would show it to be one of very few like this. I like it.
@ mine is about exactly the same but I have the 3 speed automatic
this saved the mustang
I love simple cars of the 70s and 80s. To this day I'd rather have a car like this than any modern car, for multiple reasons.
The Mustang-II was a little before my time so I never saw them much when I was old enough to care, and never knew anybody who owned one. I only knew them as the red headed stepchild of Mustangs everybody liked to make fun of.
Well, I've started driving a simulation of this car in Assetto Corsa and I'm having a lot of fun with it. I spent hours working on lap times in this thing - I like it. I just wish it sounded as good in the game as it does here.
Wow what a beautiful car!🥰
There are a lot of interior features that made it to the Ford escort! Looks to be in good shape. I love the “unpopular” cars.
The early Fox Body stangs shared many interior componets with the Mustang 2 as well. They were closer to the MK2 than most want to admit. If it were not for this unloved little pony, the mustang would be religated to the history books. It may not be the fastest or the best looking, but it is a Mustang none the less. It's sad that these cars have almost been forgotten about.
Now that these were featured in Guardians of the Galaxy 2, are they now over 100k???
-Pintos- mustang 2’s will never be worth much
Easily worth over 100 thousand Venezuelan Bolivars
Your review was great. I expeshely liked that you showed the different lights working. I think light function is cool.
Right!?! Im so sick of peeps who no shit about cars,doing car shows/reviews!!!! HEAVY CAR!??! By far the lightest stang ever made!!!!!
Are you dumb? They were far heavier than the original Mustang and even some of the later ones.
By far the shittiest econobox ever made. It's not a Mustang it's a pinto.
Better than the muscort
I have a black & orange '78 KC 4 speed with 37,110 miles and im the original owner. The center console and map light were optional and my speedo only goes to 88mph. Some models did come with a 120mph speedo, I believe those were leftovers from '77.The GVW of mine is 2654 lbs. according to the tag inside the door. In the early 80's I built a 66' 289 hipo that was bored .040 and cammed and a little head work and now has more than 420hp and this little F'r screams. The car still looks completely factory right down to the 13" tires and the 3.08 rear gear. Ive cooked 440 Six Pack Supper Bee Roadrunners, 944S and 928 Poreche, Corvettes, Trans Am's, Camaro's. I want to put a 9" ford rear end with 4.11 gears and see how it reacts with that but I will have to tie the frame for sure then cause now I'm twisting the body at the seams. My sister use to drive a 70' Hemi Cuda with a stick and when I let her take my KC for a ride she sez it's like driving a high powered go kart on rails. It was fun to drive and very responsive with the stock 302 2bbl that came in it but now its a freaken blast and a head turner. One of these days I will take to the drag strip and see what it will do and I would also like to road course it as well cause it handles so well.
I bet that thing is fun to drive 😁 Good review.
I would like to see a modern 2.3 turbo in one of these light weight machines
I'm diggin the white interior.
I Love this Mustang so much
Are you actually serious or do you smoke crack?
Jebediah Gentry it’s awesome wdym
Its a great looking car. To me, more so than the next 2 generations of the Mustang. Just needed to get rid of the King Cobra crap that junked it up. The 302 as pitiful as it was gave you the basics that you could work with. Many people dump on the performance cars of the late 70's and early 80's but Detroit gave you the basics to work with. You don't have to go nuts. Just throw on some bolt ons and away you go. I know of one Mustang 11 that it very quick just because it was the right blend of bolt ons.
3:18 is that a kickstand holding it up brah?
Very beautiful amazing looking Mustang very beautiful colours thanks friend
I remember that radio AM/FM selector from my 79 Ghia 5.0 I guess that radio carried over to the Fox body
saw that for sale at motoexotica in St Louis once. would have switched out the shifter knob if it was mine.
Id say it had more than 15,000 maybe 150,000,..That steering wheel had some wear on it,..I was always thought to check out the Brake Pedal as well for wear. I dont thank thats a real King Cobra,..Mine was a Cobra 2 but it had map lights, Center Console 120 on the speedo this baby is kinda plain,..Nice but its missing alot
It was definitely over 100k miles, with these old 5 digit odometers, you can't really tell how many times it's rolled over haha.
I had a 77 cobra 2 and like you said it had a center console , 120 mph speedometer and etc.
I don't think it's low power anymore. Looks like the current owner fixed that. Also, Mustang II's weighed less than 3000 lbs. Not heavy at all.
I had a 1974 Mustang II Mach 1 with the V6, 4 speed. They waited until 1975 to put a V8 in them. I had a great time in it. You just have to consider what was going on in the 70's to appreciate it.
The fuel crisis hit just barely before the Mustang II was introduced and it sold fabulously. The fastback, coupe and Ghia were available and they slaughtered GM in sales compared to the Camaro and Firebird. That was a major reason that GM didn't stop making their pony cars, too much pride to let Ford win. The fox bodies were the Mustang that signaled the return to performance in around 82 as I recall. I'd like to have another one.
Agree with your description about the 70's. You had to had lived through the malaise era to fully appreciate how bad things were and how infuriating it was to see the likes of Consumers Reports saying how "superior" vehicles drivetrains were during this era,
It’s sad that it only has 139 horsepower
Couple hundred dollars plus some elbow grease can bump it to 250 HP... a little more to 350 HP... This one looks like it could have dual quads...
don't let that turn you off. I have basically the same version of the 302 in my 73 torino and it actually runs pretty good in that. I did swap out the 2.79 rear gears in favor of some 3.55's, with dual exhaust the car can get out and move relatively well and light the tires up easily. I am swappin it out for a 351cj cleveland but until then, the little 302 would surprise you.
This is the mid to late 70s when these cars were built aka the "malaise era." Safety and fuel economy regulations, along with the 1973 Arab oil embargo nearly killed off performance cars in general. The recovery didn't begin until the early 80s. Ford was nearly run into the ground by poor sales, bad car designs, and losing near one billion dollars in one year.
I read somewhere that they changed how they "rated" a car's horsepower around the time this thing came out. It's a little less than the generation before, but not as much as the numbers would indicate.
coyote swap
How much is the price of a mustang 74 good conditions?
thats not even the stock engine, you can tell it had a bigger carb and and headers, probly a rebuild
Not to mention I thought a heard a hotter cam.
Doesn't cost much to do that... Ford knew that when they put it out...
VERY COOL CAR
Wish they would make these again. Such a classic.
they should make those again but with an all iron long stroke pushrod 150 cubic in v8... it would be cheap as dirt modest but fun performance and the long stroke would give it a fun torquey feel.
Are you actually serious?
Yeah fr, these were an atrocity.
No this is a pintostang not a mustang. It's a little pile of shit. If you want a true mustang try a 1969-70 Mach 1.
Funny to see how much the American Muscle Car took a step back during the mid to late 70's with a few exceptions while at that time, Australia was producing what are now considered quite classical cars, especially comparing Ford's, in 1978 Ford Australia gave us the Ford Falcon XC Cobra Coupe and it was only produced in the 300-500 range with a 5.8 Liter engine. I know which one I would prefer of the two. www.whichcar.com.au/features/ford-falcon-xc-cobra
Also consider that the Aussies didn't give up on the Cleveland engine design and the longitudinal rear wheel drive vehicle drivetrain architecture. I myself am not sold on the transverse drivetrain configuration, had too many transmission failures to believe in this type of drivetrain layout.
Nice Robotic style review lol Killer car,minus the Huge oversized looking bumpers,other than that it looks great.
Best of the II"s
Insane to think that they put a lump of pig iron V8 into that car and it only pumped out 140 HP. Friggin oil crisis in the 70's to thank for that.
Is that a Hurst shifter or just a Hurst knob?
It's just a Hurst t handle. The stock transmission in the mustang II was internal linkage. Hurst made a internal linkage device called the Hurst swifter. It was not possible to add a Hurst Competition Plus or Super shifter to that transmission.
Nice one bro...is it for SALE!!!
Now the owner should install larger wheels.
The stock axles and wheel hubs on the Mustang II were 4 bolt. Other than the factory aluminum honeycomb wheels their were very few aftermarket wheels would work. The Factory tires were 13" so the car was very limited to change tire sizes.
These Mustangs were lighter then fox body Mustangs. Love both versions with 5.0.
The antenna base plate is mounted 180 degrees off. It should be going straight up, not out to the side.
Mine had Cobra`s on the interior doors,..???
Yes either not true king cobra are has been changed should have 120mph dash to all v8 came that way that's from a v6 car
I see the parking brake is happy to see you.
You could put the fattest tires on the back of that thing. Fucking art man.
Not stock! The stock exhaust had dual chrome exhaust tips on the right rear side! And very plane low options car! My king cobra I bought at 17 brand new had optional power steering, power front disc brakes, power Windows and locks AM/FM-8TRACK STEREO & FACTORY A/C.. remember people this car had under 140hp....
when you know how to drive a stick you don't have problems lol millennial's smh always loved these cars
A bmw 2002 1600ti had 120-130hp out of an 2.0 4zylinder engine without any turbo in 1972
And they had 100hp on an 1.6 litre engine
The 140 hp 5.0 v8 sems realy laughable xD
Some fine steel wool will clean that rust off the steering wheel
That's a sharp car
Yeah you better show the key
I'm taking a strong liking to this Mustang. Wasn't I fan, until recently.
You need to get those driver's seat rips fixed, or replace the vinyl that is on that seat.
I had a '77 Cobra II and I loved it, but anyone who has owned one and says it was a good car is lying. It had the formula and potential to be a good car, but I could list 100 major engineering and quality flaws that made it one of the worst vehicles ever produced. Even so, nostalgia caused me to buy another one and when I sit in it, it makes me smile.
The 4 speed transmission was to weak for the 2 bbl 302 it needed a Borg Warner Super T10 or Ford Top loader from factory. It was a light car, driving it just felt cheep compared to a same year base model Camaro or Firebird. Suspension was Pinto, steering was vauge. Very quick 0 To 45mph with 4 speed. The 13" wheels and tires were way to small and narrow for this car to ever have great cornering. Al in all for 1978 it was a cool car.
Wrong you could get the king cobra in a 6 cylinder and 4 cylinder option aside from the 302
A supercharged 5.8 from a 13/14 GT500 would be good .
MY GOD ! somebody take some fine steel wool to the rusty steering wheel spokes ! thats just plain LAZY !
I owned 1978
302 ci
4spd
RV clutch
Did wheelies t tops
Fast car yet mildly built
WISH I STILL HAD IT TOO!crg
How is it possible to only get 140hp from 4.9 litres?!
If it had some slightly bigger wider wheels with better tires it would look much better
I love all my lls including my king
i think that's 153,000 miles???
Sounds great to me
The best mustang ever !!!!
The II was always my favorite... I like small cars...
I pretty sure the V8 models had 5 lug wheels should have has the louvers on the rear glass
Nope 4 lug wheels. I owned a 78 King Cobra 302 4 speed black.
I really want another Mustang ll! I had a 76 with a v6 in it. I loved it.
Appreciate the voiceovers, but I wish you had a conversation-like flow throughout your presentations. You should watch Harry's Garage on TH-cam as an example. Just saying.
Were these cars built on pinto frames?
They shared the same basic chassis as the 65 mustang and falcon of the time
Power shifting you use no clutch just shift.fast😊
wow....interesting. it looks soo nice but having only 135 hp and a speedometer of 85.... it never had the chance... wish they would have spend more time on this car. im only 16 and i can tell you never underestimate a ford mustang, it may not look like what it seems but it can play its part
UB3R_M4X1MU5 They were good cars. First aside from Pinto to get rack and pinion steering. The low horsepower and their arrival in 74 at the end of the muscle car era with no V8 option gave them a bad reputation.
UB3R_M4X1MU5 look at the Era they came out in, low compression, fuel crisis and emissions came on strong. Back then they couldn't make a performance yet emissions friendly car. The fox body in 87 was the first 5.0 ho that had some bite and also was emission friendly with 220 crank net hp and 300 ft lbs torque
Andrew Bartleman I had a 5-speed 85 GT. It had some bite :)
A Dodge OMNI GLH_S would smoke this
Lovely but.... Enter a Pontiac showroom and compare this to a 78 cameo white Trans Am with blue decals...
granny shifted the hell out of it
140HP from a 5L V8. Hope it was economical at least
Mine got around 25 mph on the freeway.
While the 1964-1970 1979-1986 Or the 2005-now Mustangs are my FAV, The king Cobra was the best of the Mustang 2's imo.
The coupe version looked odd. The the king Cobra Looked pretty Good.
Not as good as the Aussie Ford falcon XC crobra
NICE
Hearing the Right turn signal , instead of exhaust while pulling out of the Stop sign & in a Mustang.?! lol Glad Ford got their head on straight with their newer renditions of an American Classic.
Well if you put all year model mustangs side by side the 74-78 Mustang 2 resembles the original 60s mustangs better than the crap they make now. Also compare all late 70s cars and the Mustangs still looked their part while most other pony cars went bye-bye in 1974 because of the oil crisis. So yes I will agree the 75-78 Mustang did save the namesake as well as saving Ford but for lacking balls under the hood then they were the only one trying to show a pair as well.
I want a pinto or maverick comet
My friends dad growing up had a 1964 FORD FALCON CALENTE (HOT)
And it was!..
DONT GET A PINTO!! 😲..
You won't live long...
Awsome awsome car. Gj