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By Steven Rupp PHOIOGRAFHV Bv JOHNNV HUNKINS agaztrres are Mr or uttra hrgh~dohar rrdes sprashed across therr pages These automotrve works at art grye us rdeas or thrngs to do to our own hombre rrdes and rn many cases provrde aess thetrc tnsprratren Neyerthetess, tor most of us the real world rs not composed of hundredrthousarrdrdohar rrdes, but made up at aHOVdr abre cars that we (an actuahy drrve on a regurar basts Such a Car was drscoyered whrte puttrng together a recent Hometown Hot Roddrng segment, rt was a prcture of a Mustang II eattrtg up the apex of a road course We knew thrs car needed to be featured A phone ca was made to Alcmo Azevcdo Jr. at Lakesrde, CahiOrnra, and we setup a photo shoot and, more rhrpcnamy, some track testrng The hme Mustang h Cobra was bought new hy Aronos / unde Albeno and sotd the next year to Atcrnos (ather A few years rater Arcrno was born and he grew up with the We Cobra as the tanrtry transporter Arcrno says, r (an 5th remember berng srnsrr enough to not see over the dash whrre rtdrng shotgun As the years went on, tho engrne rn the tree Cobra hnarry gave up the ghost and hrs rather Arcrno was ready to send the Ford to the scrap yard Etren though Arrrno had hrs eye on a tag Boss 302 done as hrs hrst car, he tust coudn't et the ramrty herrtoonr go to the trash Artor some Convmcrng, hrs rather (rxed the car, and when Arc-no turned re, he got the keys But thr: years had not been krrrd to the neglected Cobra As Arcrno stated, "The pamt was (aded, the body dented, the cngrne, / arong wrth the rest otthe car, was parnhuhy stock BeCaUSP ot the urrcooh / ness (actor ot the car and my lack ot money, r started to rearn how to do body work, ongrne marmenance, perrormance upgrades, and welds mg to medrty the ear rnto somethrng that Coud compete and beat that Boss Mtrstang r used to have my eye on Arcrno grves a rot orcredrt to hrs undo Azarrrro for not only teachrrrg hrm to wed and tabrrcate, bul not to be afrard rf sornethrng wasnt made (or the car Just get the torch and werder and make rt ht," retates Atcrno Acrno knew that the Mustang needed some hetp rn the hacks department He atso reahzed that he wanted some wrder trres on the with aouo popular! nor unnnuw 8!