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What Would You Do With a 428 Cobra Jet That Sat for 30 Years?

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Old 5/24/17, 12:14 PM
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What Would You Do With a 428 Cobra Jet That Sat for 30 Years?



Dilemmas don't come much better than this. To restore, or dust-off and drive a 428 Cobra Jet time capsule?

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Hump it...
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that`s way too much crud build up for 41 thousand miles ...
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They are only original ONCE!!! Drain & replace all the fluids. Check & replace the brakes & all seals & bushings as needed. Detail it & DRIVE!!! Don't Mess with a great thing!!!
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Definitely clean it up, and keep it as originally as humanly possible. And drive it. Not a lot. Not in the rain or weather. But definitely drive it.

That's my old '69's interior. I miss that car.
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I'd give it an Italian tune up




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