AC 428 Frua Evolved From The Cobra
The AC 428, never a cheap car, turned out to be rarer than the Gordon-Keeble. In many ways, it was not the glossy international GT hot rod that its mongrel CV seemed to imply.
AC 428 Convertible vs. Fastback Drive
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AC 428 Frua Coupe 50 to 70
The AC Frua or AC 428 is a British GT built by AC Cars from 1965 to 1973. Production was 81 cars built in total: 49 coupés (known as fastbacks), 29 convertibles, and 3 special bodied. History The Frua is built on an AC Cobra 427 Mark III chassis extended by 6 inches (150 mm).
Images of AC 428 Coupe by Frua (19671973) (2048x1536)
A steel strike in Italy in 1969 and into '70 meant delivery dates became something of a lottery. On occasion, AC completed two cars in the same week, but this was the exception rather than the rule. Nevertheless, interest in the 428 remained high. Even more so after the motoring media finally got their mits on a demonstrator, John Bolster.
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1965 AC 428 Information and photos MOMENTcar
1969 AC 428 Coupe. Price: £139,995 Mileage: 57,000. Based on the legendary Cobra the AC 428 shared the formidable 7 litre Ford V8 engine and featured a chassis with bigger, stronger longitudinal tubes and a 6-inch longer wheelbase, independent coil spring and wishbone suspension and a limited slip differential. The elegant Frua coachwork was.
Photos of AC 428 Convertible (19671971) (2048x1536)
AC Cars wanted to enter the luxury GT market with the 428. However, only about 80 vehicles were produced until 1973.
1965→1973 AC 428 AC Automotive
1969 AC 428 Drophead Coupe by Frua For Sale. "Like anything exclusive, especially from craftsmen, it costs a lot of money". The Autocar. The brotherhood between AC and great, powerful America V8's started - as we all know - with that talented Texan, Carroll Shelby. Starting with the beautiful little Ace, Shelby created one of the most.
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AC 428 2-seater fastback coupe. Long wheelbase version of final Cobra chassis, married to Frua-styled and built bodies. A couple of early ones ferocious 6977cc '427' engines, others pure US Ford Galaxie power. Near-lookabile to Maserati Mistrale style (also Frua). Fast but not furious with 345 bhp.
AC 428 Information and photos MOMENTcar
AC Cars produced only 81 428 Frua's of which only 29 were convertibles . Built on a similar chassis as the 427 cobra . In fact the rolling chassis was sent to Turin Italy for the bodies to be fabricated in steel and returned to AC Cars for painting , trimming etc . This particular car in its stunning original colour of metallic Live Oak , shows.
1969 AC Frua 428 Coupé II Silodrome
AC 428 1969 Convertible. Built on a chassis adapted from the AC 428 Cobra and powered by the same 7-litre Ford V8. AC 428. A 7-litre Ford V8 gave either 345bhp or 385bhp. AC 428 1969 Convertible. The Cobra MkIII (428) chassis extended by 6 inches to create the 428, and the body was designed by Pietro Frua. AC 428 1969 Convertible.
1967 AC 428 Convertible price and specifications
Introduction AC decided it needed to move on from the Cobra - and decided that an upmarket GT was what it needed to go chasing Ferrari and Maserati buyers. It was an interesting car, and one of a very popular breed - British engineering, Italian styling and American muscle. Think Jensen Interceptor and Gordon Keeble.
AC 428 Convertible by Frua Sport Car
Cars That Time Forgot: AC 428 by Richard Dredge 8 November 2021 3 min read Share Leave comment Photos: RM Sotheby's In the late 1960s and early 1970s you were spoiled for choice if you had deep pockets and you wanted an exclusive grand tourer.
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1967 1973 AC 428 Coupe Images, Specifications and Information
Detailing This car, Lot 67, sold for $110,000 at Worldwide Auctions sale at Auburn, IN, on September 2, 2011. This is one of only seven 428 coupes produced in 1971 (though described in the catalog as a 1968 car), and it's right-hand drive — left-handers' chassis numbers are preceded by CFX.
