428ci OHV Ford V8 Engine 4-Barrel Carburetor 345bhp at 3,400rpm Ford C6 Automatic Transmission 4-Wheel Independent Suspension 4-Wheel Disc Brakes *One of just 51 AC 428 Frua Fastback examples ever produced *One of three believed to have been delivered new to the US *Largely original and well preserved *One of only 12 left-hand drive examples THE AC 428 The concept of Italian styling coupled with American V8 horsepower was well established by the late 1960s and no doubt influenced AC Cars' decision to reconfigure its fire-breathing Cobra sports car as a luxury Grand Routier.

A Cobra MkIII coil-suspended chassis was extended by 6" in the wheelbase and dispatched to Italy to be clothed in elegant steel coachwork by Pietro Frua, the result looking not unlike the latter's Maserati Mistral.

The first car, a two-seater convertible, was completed in time for the 1965 Earls Court Motor Show, while the following year's Geneva Salon saw the launch of an even more sensational fastback-styled Cou...