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Hi All,

It's be a long time as I sold my 428 four years ago.
I'm moving house and have just unearthed the replacement badge and surround that I had made.
If anyone wants it please contact me cliffordlansberry@gmail.com

Sold in just over 24 hours. Bought by an enthusiast who used to own a coupe.

I'm putting CF25 up for sale.

In my ownership I've had the engine rebuilt, braking system and suspension overhauled, new hood. The interior is good - character not knackered. Body/paintwork could be improved.

Hard to put a price on it so I'll start at o.i.r.o £150,000

It'll be listed on various online sites - Goodwood Revival is just down the road from me so timing might be right...

07786136761

Clifford

I'm putting CF25 up for sale.

In my ownership I've had the engine rebuilt, braking system and suspension overhauled, new hood. The interior is good - character not knackered. Body/paintwork could be improved.

Hard to put a price on it so I'll start at o.i.r.o £150,000

It'll be listed on various online sites - Goodwood Revival is just down the road from me so timing might be right...



Clifford

Try Hawk cars. enquiries@hawkcars.co.uk
   
   I picked up a pair from them a few years ago.

Well this forum has been rather quiet of late so I guess I'll chip in.
   1-. Engine cooling is the worst feature, or rather, the lack of. AC knew this and deleted oil temp gauges from the cars as a result. Basically on the auto cars there's nowhere for the heat to go.
   I've seen the dog bowl-propped bonnet story and fans installed in the wings to release the heat.
   Having had total head gasket failure after a 'professional' engine rebuild at £xxxxx expense, this year I've now found some blokes in a local garage who look at the problem not the value of the car and wallet of its owner. They have discovered that the fan was blowing out not in! The crankshaft had wear due to dirt in the reassembly, the fan thermostat was not working properly and the carb was totally out of balance. So the whole thing has come apart again and been rebuilt.
   I've taken to the dark side and gone for Evans coolant. Early test runs show everything looking good with temp gauge at 90 degrees. All for just over £xxx. So fingers crossed I hope to be able to use it after nearly two years off the road.
   
   1+ What's great about the 428 is the combination of styling, engineering and power. Frua's design, AC's chassis and Ford's lump make for a magic combination.
   Motor cognoscenti have massive respect for the 428.
   
   Other pluses;
   2. simple effective build- Good brakes, great handling, obvious mechanics.
   3. parts - surprisingly available if you know where to look (and with under 100 on the road demand is limited).
   4. Exclusivity - 29 convertible, 51 coupe.
   5. Was cheap, now not so cheap but arguably still undervalued.
   
   Other minuses;
   2. that body wants to rust - after all it's 1960/70's Italian.
   3. the ignoscenti call it a Cobra. One has to explain, preferably with a diagram.
   4. Position of foot pedals is annoyingly offset to the left.
   5. If you want one you're going to have to wait and be ready with a fair old chunk of cash.
   
   C.

I spoke to them yesterday. The company is CollierWebb in Eastbourne. They do recall making the badges for Peder and i so hopefully can now find the moulds.
   
   www.collierwebb.com

Try Thunder Road Speedshop. They've been sorting these cars for years.
   
   01483 763399

Siegfreid, only you and Great Dane showed any interest. I gave him the details of the maher and he did contact them (as they seemed unclear as where they had put the moulds) - I'm not sure if he got his badge though.
   
   C.

Is the general plan for all to attend on the Saturday? Anyone doing the other days?

Well a study of your database and what's appeared online in recent years would suggest a fair chance of the following numbers;
   
   25 / 29 convertibles and 43 / 50 coupes. Plus the three prototype cars.
   
   Of the missing cars one is a known write off and seven have turned into Cobras (so I guess theoretically could be returned to 428 form working on the theory that a good 428 is now worth more than a dodgy cobra?)
   
   That leaves CF8 conv and CFX 10 & 61 coupes on the missing list. All others have appeared in some way or other in the past ten years or so.
   
   As to where they are? Well cars move about - I know for certain that three went to the Middle East in recent years. But based on last known location we'd get;
   
   UK 11 / 23
   US and Canada 8 / 11
   Continental Europe 5 / 7
   Middle East 1 / 2

All sorted and now running in. Took a long time for some of the parts to be sourced with some delays whilst enough orders were amassed to warrant manufacturing.
   Manifold was repaired but I'd be very interested in one of your newly designed versions.
   Had some initial problems running in as the fuel line was getting so hot that the petrol eengine to cut out even at speed. Some insulation wrap has fixed that.
   Just need to put a couple of hundred miles on it before changing to a heavier oil which should give cooler running.

Yup, do let me know the cost.

Still here, engine and gearbox rebuilt and back in the car but now the brake servo has gone so running-in is on hold.
   
   I'll check my junk mail as nothing has come through. I did email Great Dane so maybe the internal system is awry.

I was waiting to see how many were wanted before placing an order. Great Dane - so far you are the only person wanting one.
   The cost price for one is likely to be around £200. Email me directly and I'll let you have the contact details for the tooling shop.