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428 Frua Forum / Ac428 Cabrio

« on: March 20, 2014, 14:30:36 »

Thanks for the great pics Alexander and Nik.

   DRJ 944L is CF 77 the ex Keith Moon car, but have you got the chassis number of the blue coupe as there’s no trace of NJT 430H.

   Also the chassis number of your own gold car KFX 312 F as there’s no trace of that either....

   Many thanks [

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Body Panel Sketch On Ebay®

« on: February 22, 2014, 10:15:24 »

I seem to remember the word Roneo was used for this sort of thing rather than photocopiers which came later....?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimeograph

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428 Frua Forum / What price originality ?

« on: February 21, 2014, 10:03:10 »

What do you think Andy....?

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428 Frua Forum / What price originality ?

« on: February 20, 2014, 11:40:26 »

Say it was possible to buy an unregistered never driven and perfect AC428 still full of its original factory stickers what would be the minimum things needed, so as to keep it as original as possible, to bring it up to date and legally driveable....?

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428 Frua Forum / Ac428 Cabrio

« on: February 11, 2014, 12:42:04 »

Very interesting and many thanks Alexander, didn't know you had two cars either ! Do you have any pics of the coupe and its chassis number as well ?

   You might also be interested in the following extract below by John Mclellan in Part 2....

   http://ac428.zoomshare.com/2.html

   "Keith Judd was involved in long fast runs on the Continent and remembers journalist Paul Frere breaking a wishbone in Belgium during a road test in connection with the Brussels Motor Show. It was welded up and Judd drove cautiously home. Subsequent cars had braces welded across the wishbones."

   For the complete two Part article by John Mclellan go to the Archive and Register and click on "AC 428 Frua History" on the top bar.

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428 Frua Forum / Ac428 Cabrio

« on: February 06, 2014, 10:28:38 »

Hi Alexander great pics and thanks for sharing, do you have the CF/CFX number of your car....?

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428 Frua Forum / Gentleman's Express Club AC 428 Register - Updates

« on: January 12, 2014, 12:07:36 »

Updated 12/1/14

   CF 19

   http://www.acownersclub.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2997

   http://acfrua428.activeboard.com/t15999734/cf-19/

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428 Frua Forum / AC 428 Rear Window from a Fiat Dino Coupe ?

« on: August 07, 2013, 10:04:55 »

No expert as always, but if it is correct it's interesting to speculate how Pietro Frua might have planned the whole 428's design from the beginning. Most likely I would have thought he would have been limited to what Italian mass produced major body parts would be or were already available on other Italian luxury cars at the time then drawn the first designs based on them. Which could account for the similarities to the Mistrale and now the rear end treatment of the Fiat Dino coupe?

Given this "existing luxury sports car major body parts already on the Italian market at the time" theory, it might be a way of tracking down other unknown parts' sources as well ? If it's not already known say the bonnet....?

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ACOC News and Events / Picturesque Pyrenees

« on: July 11, 2013, 10:14:07 »

Very interesting pictures and great story thanks ! Did you see any sites or come across any references to the Duke of Wellington as well as it's the 200th anniversary of the Battle of the Pyrenees this month....?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Pyrenees

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AC Weller Engine / Rocker cover breather

« on: June 20, 2013, 19:33:44 »

quote:
Originally posted by nikbj68
Regarding posting photos within the forum itself, I believe this would require migration to a new forum model, and increased costs to the ACOC for the additional bandwidth that hosting would require, but until such time as anything changes, I`m more than happy to help anyone get their photos displayed as above.
Nik.

   Just a thought but there's always Activeboard by Sparklit, the one the club uses on the AC 428 Register & Archive which is a forum anyway....

   Hope this helps ?

   http://www.activeboard.com/?

   http://acfrua428.activeboard.com/

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