1978 King Cobra Mustang Engine Start Up

[@ambientstereorecordings3528]

Now that's a rarity! We hated those cars when they were new, but now there are so few left in running conditions. Take care of it!

[@jamesdillard3411]

Yeah they’ve been misunderstood cars for a long time. They’ve only in the last few years started gaining real interest.

[@Terrestrial..1]

In my 20's I was buying 1970 through to 73 Australian Chrysler Valiant 245 & 265ci 6cyl manual/auto Paces for nz$900 - $1,100 each all in good condition because everyone wanted cheep used jap imports, man I should've stashed all those hemi's in a secret shed 🤔😳😖

[@user-jn7ud7xo8p]

Exactly. I remember them pushing one in to the showroom at the local dealer. Didn’t even wash it after rolling it off the truck. I had a 1976 cobra II. Wouldn’t have traded evenvup

[@Chris-qv5mc]

Mad Max Interceptor vibes…and I love it.

[@jamesdillard3411]

I hear mad max and Batmobile often. 😀

[@drcolorado2025]

The Mustang II is a perfect example of a car nobody cared much for when the redesign was introduced, but draws an approving crowd in 2024.

[@jamesdillard3411]

They still sold tons of them when they were new, but you’re right, it was a polarizing design.

[@jamiegunter7016]

The two thousand eleven the fifth generation was when mustang became a real popular car again with the introduction of the coyote engine

[@marsford2716]

Dude, that thing is RAD. Sick ass paint job too 🔥

[@Workerbee-zy5nx]

King cobra was cool back in the day.

[@glennevitt5250]

I remember back in the day we used to be able to see a couple of them. They are rare birds now.😎💯

[@randallrobertson5153]

It still is , in a sea of Japanese Junk ? Driving an American Classic makes it all worth it...

[@Workerbee-zy5nx]

@@randallrobertson5153 More like Korean junk, and 4 door taxicabs that are wannabe 2 dr real sports cars.

[@fobbitoperator3620]

They weren't fast at all, but they looked amazing!

[@fobbitoperator3620]

​@randallrobertson5153 Hellz yeah!

[@ChrisDIYerOklahoma]

I had a 1977 Ford Mustang II (302 notchback) in high school. It was squirlly...not much weight in the back. Driving it in Michigan winters was a bitch. Ended up crashing it on icy roads. Even with it's anemic v8, it still had good a amount of torque and low weight to make it somewhat fun.

[@paulwoodman5131]

Wow the mighty fine looking Pinto you got there

[@brandonbell5357]

Take your meds on time

[@paulwoodman5131]

That's a fine car. I just remember when they came out and they were Mustang Also's (Too) . Ford tried so hard to make people believe that Also's were Mustangs too, but that King Cobra was actually quite the ripper ! Carter's Malaise had hit cars hard. The King Cobra 🐍, was a good effort, but what you got there would likely gap what the factory put out. 😆 Yep, I got doctors on speed dial 😎.

[@jamesdillard3411]

There’s always one or two ignorant hicks who think it’s a pinto. You’re #1. Congrats. 🎉

[@brandonbell5357]

@@jamesdillard3411 yup they need to put their glasses on

[@brandonbell5357]

@@paulwoodman5131 take your meds on time

[@delftfietser]

Definitely side with Camaro, I do. Yet these did the job, it's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. Good to see an old warrior.

[@blk77sunshn]

That's a F I N E C A R you have there !!!!!!!!!!! Love it !!! Sounds GREAT !!!!

[@jamesdillard3411]

Thanks a lot!

[@michaelgreen7028]

I’d say you’ve got one of the finest examples of this iteration I’ve ever seen. Good job to the creators.

[@jamesdillard3411]

Thank you sir

[@LeachimSagrav333]

Man looks killer! Back in 95 I bought a black king cobra from a old man that had it new. Sold it to me for 600 bucks. Wish I still had it.

[@jamesdillard3411]

They’re hard to come by!

[@dougshelton69]

Now that I'm older I do the side DUMP myself😅

[@fobbitoperator3620]

This isnwhat the King Cobra was supposed to be like. Wonderful resto-modded Ponycar!

[@jamesdillard3411]

Thanks

[@robbiehigdon1762]

Nice ride. This model saved the Mustang. There was talk about discontinuing the Mustang until Iacocca came up with the Mustang II.

[@jamesdillard3411]

Thanks! That’s exactly right!

[@will7its]

When I saw them I thought it was over for the mustang.......

[@GaryHither]

Very nice car James!

[@alexandercurtis4427]

Wow, Im not the only person who likes the Mustang II lmao

[@jamesdillard3411]

They have quite a following now

[@garyrouleau4676]

Mad Max vibes!!

[@UsernameKhosh]

Damn, after 45 years, that's almost cool.

[@jamesdillard3411]

46

[@DomeDweller]

Looks very Mad Max ish.

[@shawndavis2616]

For real, it looks like the pursuit special shrank in the wash, lol.

[@Curtis1984]

Nice example, satin/flat finish looks good.

[@jamesdillard3411]

Thanks!

[@TrinityDestroyer]

I owned a ‘75 Mustang II back in 2017. Loved it! I had a coupe, not a hatchback. When the motor blew, well, it was actually cheaper and easier at the time just to buy another classic than fix the car. 😂 miss it though!

[@jamesdillard3411]

Thanks for sharing!

[@billbonu1639]

Charlie's angels were rocking one.

[@user-yx2ip6cr9h]

If the motor would have come stock like that , maybe more people would have liked them

[@jamesdillard3411]

It was a different time for muscle cars. But people are finally coming around to them

[@russellrogers3260]

In the late 80s when i was in high school i had one that i modified. I changed iut the driveline.. a 302 out of old Torino which we built. It was a blast and if you could get it to hook up was fast.

[@angelo_giachetti]

1977 I had a chance to drive a white with blue KC manual trans 302. It could be no lift shifted. A fun car.

[@jamesdillard3411]

They’re spirited cars! And you can build them to be wicked fast.

[@dand3975]

I had a 78 King Cobra, in 1980. Factory 302 & factory 4-speed. The four-speed transmission was definitely not strong enough for that smog engine 302. Would have been a better car with the Ford top loader or a Borg Warner Super t-10. I believe the factory transmission was a BorgWarner t-85? The other thing bad about that mustang was the four stud front hubs and 4 stud back axles, the factory aluminum honeycomb Wheels were cool, but 13 inch wheels (4 - bolt) we're too small.

[@Dangerous_Drivers_of_CA]

Nice!

[@kingboagart899]

A friend bought one of these off of the showroom floor at a podunk little ford dealership and struggled to keep the poor thing running so we could take it out partying on the weekends. Just about everything that could go wrong with it did. That lasted about 3 years until he parked it alongside the garage, where it sat until it went to the junkyard in the summer of 98. We were actually laughing about what a pile of shit it was the other day. Phone must have been listening.

[@moosehand8721]

They werent bad cars, just people didnt like the change up on the design. They are capable of being mean strip machines.

[@gunbuildersguide9275]

I always have to defend myself whenever i say i love mustang IIs like i don't care if you don't like them i sure do 😃 sweet car man love the scoop i bought one for my v8 s10 and never got to put it on before i sold it and am still trying to get it back from my brother lol

[@jamesdillard3411]

Thanks 👍

[@micahcastillo9113]

Sounds bada$$! 🤙

[@leeketner6488]

I had a '76 pony II with factory 302. Bad ass ! Very fast and fun to drive.

[@leeketner6488]

It was a mustang pony II Ghia

[@codyking4848]

@@leeketner6488 lol - it made 140 horsepower. It was not "very fast". My 2002 Toyota Camry daily driver would SMOKE it.

[@eyeswideopen777]

@@codyking4848 my skateboard did smoke my neighbors on a regular basis.

[@domcummins4148]

A coyote swap would be interesting!!

[@NorthernChev]

I don’t care what anybody says, I love Mustang IIs. I miss my ‘78 V6 Ghia.

[@mikeadams2900]

I would love to have one of those cars right now

[@jogmas12]

Still a federally mandated emissions equipped car. No thanks !

[@jamesdillard3411]

@@jogmas12only in some very blue states. Not in TN. 😊

[@marcelstanford430]

The front ends of the Mustang II ended up in a lot of hot rods/street rods. There's one in my 39 Ford Panel Delivery.

[@jimferrill1790]

That's like a funny car!

[@user-zo7od5vg8u]

I like this Mustang ll

[@tylery7881]

When you started it up I was thinking to myself, "I never knew 130 hp could sound this menacing." Then you popped the hood. I'm gonna wager this car makes somewhere in the mid 300s for hp before nitrous comes on.

[@codyking4848]

300 WHOLE horsepower? Wow! Better strap in, hope noone tapes a 100 dollar bill to the dash and dares me to try to grab it!

[@tylery7881]

@@codyking4848 I never said or touted this thing to be a fire breathing monster 😆 but regardless it is quicker and faster with that engine that may or may not be making more than what I said it probably does make.

[@walterrezendes5716]

Cars from this era looked so cool but man they we're dogs performance wise.

[@StockTurboN20]

I like the look of Mustang ll’s there is just something about them I don’t like I love seeing them modified however…..awesome car

[@1eyewilly]

Cool Pinto

[@jamesdillard3411]

Sigh, there’s always someone who thinks they’re clever for saying this. If you bothered to do your own research, you’d know it isn’t accurate.

[@elppedro77]

Beautiful classic, Mustang!! Sounds great too!! Too bad they were de-tuned, emission-choked, wimpy motors back in the day. That's why everyone hated them, they looked fast but could hardly get out of their own way.

[@rickbaker5972]

I miss the one that I had back in the late 80s it would smoke the tires easily

[@jerrystcokair8064]

My little k block 289 comet used to leave these things sitting

[@jamesdillard3411]

Well that was the hipo, so I’m not surprised. But a hipo would not leave THIS one sitting.😊

[@jerrystcokair8064]

Oh sorry. Forgot to tell you that it left even the mighty 70 cuda and chargers sitting with 440 6pak and 426 4 speeds But mine wasn't stock. But it was fun. By the way? That 271 HP you're thinking of? Almost triple that. Have a good one. Oh ET bracket time? 8.91 in the 1/4 Palm Beach international speedway 1980

[@mitchellyardanoff4666]

EFI 347 would be more than enough for a little car like this.

[@johngranato2673]

The Mustang II cars sold like hotcakes. I am not crazy about them, but they did save Ford during the 1970's fuel crisis

[@jamesdillard3411]

Yup they sold tons.

[@bbcala9719]

If you could shoehorn a coyote motor in that car you really have something there

[@jamesdillard3411]

Yeah. But I like carbs.

[@bbcala9719]

@@jamesdillard3411 After buying my wife a new GT/CS with the Coyote motor, it will make you a believer. Car takes off like a friggin Rocket 🚀

[@donaldhock5946]

My believe that these never caught on....they are very cool looking. I guess It was the malaise years of cars maybe?

[@jamesdillard3411]

It was a tough time for muscle cars, due to new emissions restrictions and fuel costs, 😢

[@ohguy1991]

Would have been nice to see it with all the doors and hatch and hood closed

[@jamesdillard3411]

Check out the other videos.

[@danielknepper6884]

Not a fan of this body style but I would drive the hell out of that car😂❤

[@jamesdillard3411]

It’s fun to drive

[@Freddy_Confetti]

Wild set up for 200hp

[@jamesdillard3411]

If you think this car is still 200 HP, you’re blind and deaf. Look closer. And listen.

[@raquelsoares1882]

👍🇧🇷

[@stephenmccagg]

Friend of mine had one of those in high school... we should have been dead several times over...

[@piercehawke8021]

Many years ago; i remember a 1975 M II 302 car getting its exhaust replaced, factory non catalyst and true duals up to the rear end and then into a single rear muffler.

[@burtcale6055]

PINTO with Mustang emblems.

[@jamesdillard3411]

Always one or two ignorant people who say this. Congrats, you’re one. 🎉

[@chicagoui9299]

@@jamesdillard3411that was an AWESOME response!!

[@kenkendal3143]

the Mustang II was based on the Ford Pinto chassis...fwiw...LoL

[@jeffbranch8072]

Ford wanted the size of the original 1965 Mustang, and the Maverick was already too large. While Ford **started** from the Pinto they changed nearly everything. The end result was very different, and very little of the Pinto remained intact. All these years later to continue to say that a Mustang II is a rehashed Pinto is over simplistic, bordering on ignorant.

[@jamesdillard3411]

@@kenkendal3143very loosely.

[@user-ch3nv5uy3k]

0:06

[@anonymously241]

What is the top speed? 🚓

[@dand3975]

Hard to say top speed, the speedometer only went up to 85 mph. My 78 king cobra did not feel good at speeds over 80 mph Period. My next car was a 79 Camaro Z28, handling wise it was far superior to the mustang II cobra. The mustang 2 Cobra was 1000 pounds lighter than a Camaro, the back seats folded down too.

[@jamesdillard3411]

No idea

[@JoseTorres-yf9tx]

Casino car 1977 51 k crappy 302 now 1970 351 c 1980 Aod b&m shift kit don't hate regulate

[@JD2CYLINDERNUT]

At least 225hp

[@frankjohnson6342]

That’s the car that was more aerodynamic backwards than forwards it fits the ugliness

[@jamesdillard3411]

That makes zero sense. But thanks for the comment!🎉

[@dillhole3852]

So?

[@omcara1]

Rare & Beautiful car, should have left it's exterior original to preserve it's value. To each his own.

[@jamesdillard3411]

I have another that’s more original too.

[@americafirstmaga5073]

I'd get rid of that stupid air intake and make the shaker scoop for it.😁

[@jamesdillard3411]

Most people love it. 🤷🏻

[@americafirstmaga5073]

@jamesdillard3411 I don't hate them, just not on that car. Mustangs should have the shaker hood scoop, like a Boss or Mach 1. I think it would fit the car better.

[@tgchan]

Sounds like music/ I would never listen any music in that car. Its breathing is the music/

[@jamesdillard3411]

I never have the music on. 💪🏻

[@aaronpelsma542]

Cartoon ass mustang

[@jamesdillard3411]

Thanks! Let’s see your ride!

[@brandonbell5357]

You bumped your fuckin head

[@jaycoppola4324]

Obviously modified. Stock,they were junk. Anything can be decent, if it's modified. It's just a matter of $$$.

[@saltesta2562]

Nice build but still an ugly car till this day. Don’t what Ford was thinking

[@jamesdillard3411]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. 👌🏻

[@saltesta2562]

Touché

[@Madinfidelprepper]

These were about as dangerous as a wildebeest against a lion. Peg leg Pinto

[@jamesdillard3411]

You get the ignorant comment of the day award. Congrats. 🎉

[@gregatkinson7276]

The worst model change EVER for Mustang. Turd.....

[@jamesdillard3411]

Who hurt you? 😢

[@jeffbranch8072]

You sure it's not the over bloated 1971-73? A Mustang II can easily out handle any of these. All that bulk to fit the 429 on the assembly line, then dropped after only one year. What a waste. Same situation for the Challenger/Barracuda with the 426. Or the SN-95? I'd take a Cobra II fastback over several other Mustangs.

[@celuiquipeut6527]

Remove the big ugly tach. The original one is way better.

[@jamesdillard3411]

I tell you what, you can buy it and remove the tach. Sound good?

[@celuiquipeut6527]

@@jamesdillard3411 Aggressive much? Shouldnt be on the internet. "Big guy".

[@celuiquipeut6527]

@@jamesdillard3411 Bu the way, that tach was what the ignorant douchebag of the 1980/1990 would "modify" thei car with. It takes away from the beauty of the dash. And you juat look like a fucking Gino and the gold chain. I guess you like it that way.

[@jamesdillard3411]

@@celuiquipeut6527why is my comment aggressive to you? And why did you call me big guy and put quotes on it? Very strange.

[@martincurrie4209]

When it came out. It was a king of nothing

[@lurchman60]

The biggest piece of crap that ever rolled down the highway, if it does roll it all, it sure doesn't start and run, because it's a Ford, and that stands for freaking overheats rolling downhill!

[@jamesdillard3411]

Another Mopar or GM guy in denial. Have you seen a Chevette? Do you know what an absolute turd the 1978 Corvette is? 😂