Jordi and his wife Pili enjoy cruising around in spanish
nights in their winter blue 428 Cobra Jet GT.
This is a picture of how the car was delivered from the french wrecking
yard. Another car had been stored above this 428CJ and the fluids
dripping down had taken their toll on the top and the paint.
Hood-lock-delete option is written on the Marti report
The Deluxe-Interior features also the Ruffino seat cover,
Jordi added a CD-changer in the trunk with a modern CD-radio tuner in a
classic style up front
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 Being an
original export car makes it almost unique
This is Jordi Fustés proud after 4 years of
meticulous restoration. In a modern father-son project this car is
basically a frame-off restoration, where any nut and bolt was carefully
disassembled and finally pieced together with a lot of patience and care.
Jordis father with the same name Jordi gets all the credit for most of
the work, which he did in his mechanic workshop.
This rare R-code (9T03R179xxx) was originally an export to France and
being one of only 71 R-code convertibles, or one of only 13 R-code GT
convertibles, certainly ads an "uniqueness-factor" to this car.
Although Jordi knows 4 other 428CJ convertibles in France, there is none
known as a GT acc. to our current knowledge in Europe.
Still some of the R-code GT CVs are accounted for acc. to Bobby Spedale,
a long time Mustanger, who owns a red onel.
The sad remainders of this car came to Spain with a truck, brought into
the country in the 90ies by a spanish guy, who brought the car to Jordis
father for some restoration work.
Some time later, he suddenly needed money for another project and traded
this "project car" to the Fusté family.
4 years later in 2004 - after the original engine
had been completely disassembled and assembled as well - and a fresh
paint job in the original colour paint mix of Winter blue (P-code),
the Cobra Jet saw the light again. Since the restoration only 400 miles
had been added (or exactly 668km). The engine runs very smooth and the
Deluxe-Interior plus a lot of other options make this car a real nice,
but almost unique cruiser for spanish nights.
The automatic shifter operates a C6 and a 3.50 Detroit
locker rear end.
Not only the 428 Cobra
Jet was completely dismantled and rebuilt in the professional workshop
of Jordis father
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