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. The Frua is built on an AC Cobra 427 Mark III chassis extended by 6 inches (150 mm).

2023年10月27日 · This AC 428 convertible is now offered on dealer consignment with a brochure and a clean California title that lists the car as a 1967 model. The Frua-bodied AC 428 was designed as a successor to the AC Cobra and was first introduced in prototype form at the 1965 Earls Court Motor Show before a production convertible debuted a year later ...

This 1969 AC 428 is one of approximately 80 examples manufactured with coachwork by Frua during seven years of production and is among around 51 coupes built. Configured in left-hand drive, chassis CFX28 is said to have been delivered new in the US and spent 11 years in a collection before being purchased in 2023 by its current owner, who ...

345 bhp, 6,989 cc overhead valve V-8 engine, three-speed automatic transmission, independent coil spring front and rear suspension, and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes. Wheelbase: 2,440 mm. • One of only 29 convertibles built. • Italian style, English engineering, American horsepower! • Fresh from bare metal re-spray.

The AC Frua was a series of sports cars that were introduced in 1965. The Frua was offered in coupe and convertible body styles, and was built on an modified AC Cobra (Shelby Cobra in US) platform. These powerful sports cars were powered by a Ford FE 428 engine (7.0L) that generated 345hp sent to the rear wheels through a three speed automatic ...

2016年10月4日 · This 1973 AC Frua 428 (chassis CF70) is back up for sale in the same location as when we featured it in 2007 (link), though the price has climbed rather substantially since then. It still shows to be in a very clean driver condition, and the current seller describes it as being in excellent mechanical shape, with no smoke or fluid leaks.

The AC Frua competed with Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Maserati models. Built over a stretched AC Cobra 427 chassis, the car had immense performance; the big-block Ford FE engine had larger capacity, more torque and more power than similar Italian cars, but in a car of similar weight.

2021年2月18日 · When it was first released as a two-seater convertible at the 1965 Earls Court Motor Show the new AC Frua caused a sensation, the combination of Italian, American, and British influences had created a truly multi-national sporting GT car that could keep pace with the best in the world.

2012年5月2日 · The AC 428 Coupé or “AC Frua” is a singularly multicultural motorcar, the frame was built in England, the body in Italy and the V8 in America. AC Cars, most famous for the British/American Cobra, decided in 1965 to use the new, strengthened frame from the Cobra to build a GT car capable of competing with Ferrari, Maserati and Aston Martin.

2024年9月3日 · The AC Frua (AC 428) is a British sports car produced by AC Cars between 1965 and 1973. It was sold as a coupe and convertible. A total of 81 examples were produced of which 49 were coupes, 29 convertibles and 3 examples with special bodywork. The car was built on a modified chassis of the third-generation Cobra 427.