Coys Auction - True Greats
Royal Horticultural Halls
Elverton St
Westminster
London SW1
Tuesday 1st December 2009
Registration Number: CF44 Chassis Number: EHJ 440H
The AC Frua competed with Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Maserati models and was built over a stretched AC Cobra 427 chassis; the car had immense performance with the big-block Ford FE engine having larger capacity, more torque and more power than other Italian cars but with similar weight. John McLellan said in his book ‘Classic ACs, Auto Carrier to Cobra’, ‘I like the 428 because it fits my image of a true GT Car’. He also quoted the magazine Autocar which said the following about the AC 428: ‘Like anything exclusive, especially from craftsmen, it costs a lot of money. For this you get one of the fastest cars on the road, guaranteed to make an impression anywhere, and backed by a small company that cares. This AC joins that select company of very fast, very luxurious touring automobiles which moved effortlessly fro