{"id":403,"date":"2019-01-30T02:44:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T02:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/?p=403"},"modified":"2023-12-06T19:35:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T19:35:35","slug":"1969-ford-cobra-fastback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/?p=403","title":{"rendered":"1969 Ford Cobra fastback"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/119_1932.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/119_1932.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/119_1932-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>This one is quite a factory hot rod. Many called them Torino or Fairlane Cobras, which Ford did not. Calling them simply Cobras, however, confuses them with AC sports cars and Shelby Mustangs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Restored-to-factory-stock Ford Cobra fastback with precision balanced and built 428 Cobra Jet FE V-8, close-ratio (very high first gear making the other 3 fairly bunched up) 4-speed and 3.5 rear gear ratio. That combination made for 60 mph+ speed at 6500 rpms in first gear&#8211;then there were still three gears left! Also, it was fun to &#8220;lug&#8221; it by flooring the gas pedal at 60 mph in fourth gear to see how fast the speedo would rise past 100&#8211;then when you back off the nose dives because it was pulling so hard from the tons of torque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think I paid 400 bucks each for those FoMoCo exhaust tips&#8211;hard to find!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just two tips, bumper chrome, cobra plaque and snake:  over $2000!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restored-to-factory-stock Ford Cobra fastback with precision balanced and built 428 Cobra Jet FE V-8, close-ratio (very high first gear making the other 3 fairly bunched up) 4-speed and 3.5 rear gear ratio. That combination&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":453,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions\/453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}