Dude, my stepdad has been asleep his entire life. Here's the thing, in Cuba all you have overthere are old 50's cars. They all carry a s**t load of chrome. He came with that mind set & if it wasn't for me his car would look like it came out of a circus.
What does he know about cars? He likes Mustangs because of how they sound, I showed him that the Cobra makes more power so he wanted one. THAT'S IT! He knows nothing else. He bought it, I stopped him from buying all those plastic chrome accents sold at Advance Auto Part otherwise that car would be full of chrome crap all over the place. I lead him all the way into a new paint job, gorgeous custom interior & beautiful wheels. I didn't pick the exterior color but I admit the car looks nice. Now, in his head, a sporty car is a sporty car & luxury is luxury & that there's no way a Cobra engine could be in a Mark VIII. Then he proceeds to tell me when we pop hoods side by side that they are similar since they are made by Ford but he always points at the Cobra on the top of his upper manifold & tells me how diferrent these engines are. Then he tells me that if it's true, we should be race them & they would be side by side all the way down the 1/4 mile. I stop there because I know where the rest of the conversation is headed & he's my stepdad, the guy has a heart of gold but he's more stubborn than a freaking mule. The only way he may think a bit more about it is if he looks at a Gen II intake manifold since it looks a bit more similar to his. It's to the point that I just let him be.
