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Originally posted by Classicus
Updated 10/3/08:
8. CFX 29. Active USA
Posted 26/2/08
http://www.racecar.co.uk/acoc/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=845
"It certainly appears that my car has escaped alteration by corrosion, accidents or intentional modification. It differs in some respects to yours, Emmanuel, as we discovered in side-by-side comparison. Your car has improved routing of the fresh air ducts, which I would like to adopt.
CFX29 seems to have been shipped to Canada (?) originally, and then entered the U.S.A. as a 1970 Ford. It benefited from life in a dry climate, and shows virtually no rust. So it is a good example of the state of build at the time it left the factory in August 1969 (I believe that's the date Andy Shepherd found in his archive).
If photos of my car would be of help to others, I'd be glad to share them."
OK, if CFX29 was shipped to Canada originally, then the two plate numbers shipped to Canada were CFX 27 and CFX 29. The two plate numbers shipped to the USA [back in the day] would have been CFX 28 and CFX 30.
I saw one of the Canadian Frua's in the spring of 1977 in Oakville Toronto. The owner had listed it for sale and we were going to try to import it. Unfortunately, when we inquired with the DOT/EPA they stated that the car would have to pass safety/emissions standards of the year of manufacture, in this instance 1969. In 1967 there were no EPA statutes and the more stringent DOT standards came in 1968. Both the EPA/DOT assured us in no uncertain terms that the car
would not pass the battery of tests they would throw at it [they were/are such
buttholes!] and we were scared off from even attempting to import essentially an identical car to CF7 [save for left-hand drive] simply because the nigh identical parts were assembled anywhere from 13 to 25 months after CF7. If we had simply driven up to Canada, bought the car and driven it across the border we probably would have been fine, but since we had contacted the DOT/EPA to inquire we figured we had tipped them off.
Incidentally, the owner in Oakville also owned an Accea that was in fairly rough [but restorable] shape too.
As best I can remember [it's been 30+ years] the Oakville Coupe was either pale green or grayish in color, it was in worse cosmetic shape than CF7, but as it had a Holley it would have been more than a match for CF7 [with it's autolite carb] in performance.
I would suspect the Frua Coupe I saw was CFX27 and not CFX 29 because of the timing quoted above. I would love to see pictures of it, perhaps it was the car we travelled to see and attempt to purchase/import. I know my dad would have loved to have imported that one and I'd love to have a left hand drive example.
Please Post Photos! If I can be of any assistance, please email me: mailto:cmaddox3@sbcglobal.net ...
I also have to say I'm really liking these Burnt Orange, Red and Burgundy colored coupes! If I had one to paint in any choice of colors it'd probably be a toss up between Red with a black interior or Burgundy with a Khaki/Camel Brown interior. Absolutely drop dead gorgeous!
-- Chuck
P.S.
THANK YOU CASS for your continuing efforts in this regard!