Driving my ’94 Cobra has lately been an experiment in frustration. However, with the help of JPC Racing and MPS Auto Salvage, getting seat time in the car is now a lot more fun. Find out why after the jump…
As any SN95 Mustang owner can attest, the seat tracks in our cars are prone to breakage. At some point before I bought the car, someone had to repair the seat track. Well, recently it had broken again. I contemplated having it fixed, but once I saw it had already been repaired once, I knew another repair would make little, if any, long term difference. I would just keep my eye out for a replacement electric seat track, and hope I had the funds to make the purchase.
The need for a fully-operational seat track became first priority at the Bradenton NMRA opener. JPC Racing-sponsored Ryan Hecox attended the race hoping to find a car to tech in with, and get the points. Since my Cobra fit the bill Ryan decided to use my car to tech with, but I forewarned him about the seat, and recommended he fix that before the NMRA tech staff looked it over. A broken driver seat would’ve definitely raised the tech department’s eyebrows.
Ryan took the seat out, and had John Urist weld it up, which was a relief, but that relief only lasted a couple weeks. John made no guarantees as to how long the “fix” would last, but we knew it probably wouldn’t last long anyway. I was just thankful he repaired it, and for how long the repair lasted.
For a more permanent repair, Ryan said he would keep an eye out for a replacement seat track. As luck would have it, JPC (www.jpcracing.com) received an SN95 with a fully-operational electric seat track, which it no longer needed so it was removed from the car, and sent to me. JPC’s Shannon Hecox made sure the seat track was removed and sent to me in an expeditious manner. It took me less then twenty minutes to once-again have a fully-operational driver seat. I have the same crappy, torn, and ripped driver seat, but I no longer have the gangsta lean. Lunch time naps will be that much easier with a properly working seat.
Also, a few weeks back I made a left turn from a stop sign and heard a loud “thunk” from my Cobra’s front end. “What was that?” A sneak peek a few weeks later while up on the lift here at the office revealed the source of that “thunk.” Turns out, I had a broken front sway bar end link.
We’ve been working with MPS Auto Salvage (www.mpsautosalvage.com) for years, and recently we’ve been sourcing them for one our project cars so I asked them if they had any sway bar end links, and of course they did. A couple days later I had them in my hand, and they are already on the car, as well. The car feels much more stable and handles like the sway bar is actually attached, which is what we want.