Spotted: The Mustang “Short Bus” Cobra Convertible!!!
Spotted this gem while I was sitting outside my local Starbucks today, sipping on a cold beverage. This is, apparently, a prototype for the upcoming “Short Bus” edition Mustang Cobra.
Rumor has it that it’s powered by a twin-charged Honda F20C from the S2000, has all-wheel-drive from the Subaru WRX STi Type RA Spec C 5.9 Cummins Type-R LSD R1 Turbo, and that each door comes complete with a poorly made vinyl silhoutte of an utterly retarded Horse on the side. This will be a serious performance car - Lotus had better watch it’s puny little back. Those Elise’s are going to be littering the sides of the road, doors blown clear off, like so many dead leaves during the cold nights of Autumn…
As these exclusive photos prove, the Short Bus Cobra (hencheforth referred to as the SBC, heretofore replacing that designation as the Small Block Chevy) will have the outward appearance of a questionably modified, mid-ninties V6 Mustang Convertible… with an automatic. There will also apparently be a “retarded horse embossed in the seats” option, which this test car had. Our intrepid spy photographer (the illustrious Aaron Brodney) didn’t have an opportunity to get a picture of the interior, as the horrendous chotch that stepped out of the car was returning shortly from obtaining a Grand Mocha Chip Frappacino Latte Smug Deluxe, and clearly had a surly New-Jersey style temper.
In addition to the power-inducing Retard Horse logos, the SBC will also have dodgy-looking stripes in an exquisite faded black vinyl running down the hood and along the sides in a manner which makes absolutely no goddamn sense. This, a senior engineer at SVT (who wishes to remain unnamed) said can create up to “a 200bhp boost, when it is Friday the 13th.”
You can clearly see the muscular stance of the new SBC in these photos, with it’s chic three-spoke wheels and the fake brake duct just in front of the rear wheel well. This monster just screams “POWAAAH!!”
Look for the SBC to not ever debut at Geneva this year, or next year, or ever, for the love of god. You get no points, and may God have mercy on your soul for this abomination.
-Words: James
-Photos: Aaron Brodney
July 29th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
James,
I’ve always been fond of the look of the 1994-98 Mustang convertible. I may need therapy after this discovery. Actually, I have to give some credit for this car simply still being around. Those 3.8 liter Ford V6s did not age well.
PHM
July 31st, 2008 at 12:13 am
I knew someone who at last count had 245,000 miles on one with the original engine! maybe they were just lucky
I do like the 94-98’s… but not as much as the 88-93’s or the 99-04’s.
September 1st, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Dear World,
James and I saw this same car again at Starbucks today.
We saw the owner get in the car and drive away.
I wonder if he did this to his car because he lost a bet.
PHM