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If drag racing is what you want to do, or if you just want to own a piece of NMRA Mustang drag racing history, this is the car for you. If it’s a drag car you seek to jump right in and be competitive, this former NMRA Street Outlaw could be just what you need.

That is a 423-inch small block using a Dart block, GRP rods, Edelbrock SC1 heads, a Jesel belt drive, and much more. Steve Morris Racing Engines just freshened it up, and it has zero passes on it. The engine’s first pass could be made by you.

John MacDonald was very success in the NMRA’s Super Street outlaw class for a few years. He battled the class’ best at every race, but now’s your chance to put the car through its paces. To say the car has the best of everything is putting it lightly. The new owner should be able to run at the front with minimal mechanical investment.

Starting at the front, the car has a ProCharger F3-121 supercharger with a Supercharger Store gear drive, a Steve Morris Racing Engines-fresh 423-inch bullet, a Neal Chance bolt-together converter, a Lang Transmissions Powerglide, a ProCharger 2,400 horsepower intercooler, a Tim Bradham Race Cars (TBRC) fabricated 9-inch housing filled with Moser axles and a Strange spool, and a TBRC aluminum wing.

The car wears Weld Alumastar spindle-mount wheels up front and Bogart beadlocked wheels out back. Mickey Thompson 28×10.5 slicks are responsible for getting the car down the track. The car weighs 3,160 with a 195-pound driver.

A TBRC 25.2 chromoly chassis is under the 2001 Cobra’s beautifully painted exterior, which has been outfitted with a Skinny Kid front bumper and hood. A Vanishing Point Race Cars chromoly K-member allows the oil pan to be removed without removing the engine to make for convenient bottom end inspections, while Santuff struts handle the compression and rebound.

If instant drag strip success is what you’re after, you can’t go wrong with Johnny Mac’s old ride.