Scans of AC 428 Frua Articles & Ad's...

[Classicus]

quote:I notice that a 3.07 axle ratio was specified as well as the 2.88 I assumed they all had..if it was the manuals that had 3.07, this would drop mph @ 1000 revs in top from 29.7 to 24.7, must have pulled like a train, but would have been reaching peak power (4,400 rpm) @ only 110 mph.

   Sorry Paul you've lost me completely no idea at all, it's just as much double dutch as ever! [] Must be nice to know what it all means but something always seems to switch off whenever I try to figure it ! [:I]
   

quote:Beautiful green color in the convertible pics, what year is this brochure I wonder, later switchgear obviously.

   I had to darken the pic a bit to pick up the text so although I think it's a fabulous green it's actually a little lighter. I'll scan it again later tonight to get as close a match as possible. There's no date on the brochure either unfortunately, but I'd noticed the later switches as well which I think didn't come in until the H or J reg. years, so my guess is they must have updated the brochures as they went along. I'm pretty certain I got this one in about 1976/7 as I hadn't seen or heard of them before then.

[Classicus]

Hi Paul, just noticed this is the same car as the car on the front cover, as well as the one on Page 7 with the luggage - PPL 428 E. Anyway this second scan is as close as I can get to the colour on the brochure, to be exact it's now somewhere in between the two. I much prefer the first scanned colour !
   
   There might be another colour pic on the Pietro Frua site too....?
   
   

[cmaddox3]

quote:Originally posted by Classicus
   
Hi Chuck and Paul
   
   Hope all the scans and text of the original 428 sales brochure come through clearly.... Apologies again about the wear and creases but as it's 30 years old I'm definitely keeping my eyes peeled for another couple ! [] 8 sides in all.
   

   
   Wow!  I have my work cut out for me...  Well, I've been busy too.  Here are a few scans I did today...
   
   
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/ac427/one_page_1200w.jpg <--- 1200 Pixel Wide
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/ac427/one_page_2400w.jpg <--- 2400 Pixel Wide
   
   and:
   
   
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/ac428conv_ad/ac428conv_ad_1200.jpg <--- 1200 Pixel Wide
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/ac428conv_ad/ac428conv_ad_2400.jpg <--- 2400 Pixel Wide
   
   I'll be posting more as I have time to edit them down.
   
   And I'll work on those scans you posted Cass!
   
   --  Chuck

[cmaddox3]

From the December 1966 Issue of Car:
   
   
   
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/Car_Dec_66/p1_1200.jpg <--- 1200 Pixel Wide
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/Car_Dec_66/p1_2400.jpg <--- 2400 Pixel Wide
   
   
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/Car_Dec_66/p2_1200.jpg <--- 1200 Pixel Wide
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/Car_Dec_66/p2_2400.jpg <--- 2400 Pixel Wide
   
   Still more to come!
   
   --  Chuck

[cmaddox3]

From the 4 October Issue of Autosport:
   
   
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/autosport_4_Oct_68/p1_1200.jpg <--- 1200 Pixel Wide
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/autosport_4_Oct_68/p1_2400.jpg <--- 2400 Pixel Wide
   
   
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/autosport_4_Oct_68/p2_1200.jpg <--- 1200 Pixel Wide
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/autosport_4_Oct_68/p2_2400.jpg <--- 2400 Pixel Wide
   
   
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/autosport_4_Oct_68/p3_1200.jpg <--- 1200 Pixel Wide
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/autosport_4_Oct_68/p3_2400.jpg <--- 2400 Pixel Wide
   
   Still more to come!
   
   --  Chuck

[cmaddox3]

From the January 1971 Issue of Car:
   
   
   
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/Car_Jan_71/p1_1200.jpg <--- 1200 Pixel Wide
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/Car_Jan_71/p1_2400.jpg <--- 2400 Pixel Wide
   
   
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/Car_Jan_71/p2_1200.jpg <--- 1200 Pixel Wide
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/Car_Jan_71/p2_2400.jpg <--- 2400 Pixel Wide
   
   
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/Car_Jan_71/p3_1200.jpg <--- 1200 Pixel Wide
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/Car_Jan_71/p3_2400.jpg <--- 2400 Pixel Wide
   
   
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/Car_Jan_71/p4_1200.jpg <--- 1200 Pixel Wide
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/Car_Jan_71/p4_2400.jpg <--- 2400 Pixel Wide
   
   
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/Car_Jan_71/p5_1200.jpg <--- 1200 Pixel Wide
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/Car_Jan_71/p5_2400.jpg <--- 2400 Pixel Wide
   
   That's all for tonight...
   
   --  Chuck

[Classicus]

quote:Wow! I have my work cut out for me...

   Lol [] I had a feeling you might say that ! Thanks of course Chuck but seriously I think you'd save yourself a lot of time and effort on my old copy, by keeping an eye on E-Bay instead where they still come up from time to time. I've seen good examples go for around £10 - £20 quite often. I'm also going to start checking out one or two local classic car shows and their autojumble and trade stands and see if I get lucky.
   
   This example below isn't up to much at all as it's got punch holes, worst of all it's ridiculously expensive !!
   
   http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AC-428-Convertible-Sales-Brochure_W0QQitemZ230054275822QQihZ013QQcategoryZ36086QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
   
   As for all your scanning efforts Great Stuff ! [8D] Did your father collect all these at the time ? Some interesting copies I haven't seen before so a lot of reading !! Brilliant and thanks again ! []

[runt]

Yep, a big thanks Chuck from this Paul also, I hadn't seen the later Car stuff, seems like you (and Cass) may have more old mags than I; and my attic is wilting under the weight of old 'Motor' and Autocar', some as old as 1948..!
   Today's other responsibilities put on hold while I read 'em..!
   
   Paul.[]

[cmaddox3]

quote:Originally posted by Classicus
   

quote:Originally posted by cmaddox3
   
Wow! I have my work cut out for me...

   Lol [] I had a feeling you might say that ! Thanks of course Chuck but seriously I think you'd save yourself a lot of time and effort on my old copy, by keeping an eye on E-Bay instead where they still come up from time to time. I've seen good examples go for around £10 - £20 quite often. I'm also going to start checking out one or two local classic car shows and their autojumble and trade stands and see if I get lucky.

   
   Eh, I need to keep my rusty skills from completely atrophying
   
   

quote:Originally posted by Classicus
   
This example below isn't up to much at all as it's got punch holes, worst of all it's ridiculously expensive !!
   
   http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AC-428-Convertible-Sales-Brochure_W0QQitemZ230054275822QQihZ013QQcategoryZ36086QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

   
   I mean I don't mind paying a little for a good piece of AC 428 Regalia but that's a little on the steep side.
   
   

quote:Originally posted by Classicus
   
As for all your scanning efforts Great Stuff ! [8D] Did your father collect all these at the time ? Some interesting copies I haven't seen before so a lot of reading !! Brilliant and thanks again ! []

   
   Actually, I nabbed all of these from the Brooklands Books collection of AC articles from the 1960's and early 1970's I bought on eBay...
   
   
   
   This collection has all of the one's I posted yesterday and the Autocar Road Test 2191 and the Motor Road Test No. 30/68 which I believe you've posted earlier in the UPG 428G thread.  I think the scans I have might be of better quality and I can host higher resolution scans which others can print of their own personal use...
   
   

quote:Originally posted by Classicus
   
As for all your scanning efforts Great Stuff ! [8D] Did your father collect all these at the time ? Some interesting copies I haven't seen before so a lot of reading !! Brilliant and thanks again ! []

   
   Well, should I continue with the Autocar and Motor which you've already posted?
   
   About the only other thing I know I have (or at least have coming) is this ad I bought off of US eBay last week which is inbound to me...
   
   
   [I couldn't resist that one!]
   
   I hope to be able to post a higher resolution version of that one soon, too...
   
   

quote:Originally posted by runt
   
Yep, a big thanks Chuck from this Paul also, I hadn't seen the later Car stuff, seems like you (and Cass) may have more old mags than I; and my attic is wilting under the weight of old 'Motor' and Autocar', some as old as 1948..!
   Today's other responsibilities put on hold while I read 'em..!
   
   Paul.[]
   

   
   My "known" stock of stuff here is fairly finite, but I'll try to see if my father squirreled some stuff away as time moves forward.
   
   --  Chuck

[cmaddox3]

Here is the Autocar 18 July 1968 Ad I purchased off of eBay last week:
   
   
   
   And of course the Higher Resolution versions:
   
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/autocar_18_July_1968_ad/ad_1200.jpg <--- 1200 Pixel Wide
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/autocar_18_July_1968_ad/ad_2400.jpg <--- 2400 Pixel Wide.
   
   Enjoy!
   
   --  Chuck

[cmaddox3]

I also picked up this item off of eBay last week too:
   
   
   Here's a slight enlargement of the inside of the fold-out:
   
   
   
   and a slight enlargement of the outside of the fold-out:
   
   
   A variety of sizes can be accessed inside this folder:
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/dream_machines_s2No51/
   
   Enjoy!
   
   --  Chuck
   
   P.S. Obviously a lot of personal opinion in there.  While it'd be interesting to note the opinions Vs. the facts, and any errors, realize this is not my work [save for the scaning].  --  C

[Classicus]

Thanks Chuck again [] The wheels look like knock on Minilites I think ? For me I think wire wheels look by far the best on the 428 as in the first pic at the beginning of this thread, though using toothbrushes to keep them clean on my old Mark II Sprite was an endless pain !

[cmaddox3]

quote:Originally posted by Classicus
   
Thanks Chuck again [] The wheels look like knock on Minilites I think ? For me I think wire wheels look by far the best on the 428 as in the first pic at the beginning of this thread, though using toothbrushes to keep them clean on my old Mark II Sprite was an endless pain !

   
   Yah, Minilites, or some variant thereof, I'd think.  As for the Wire Wheels, CF 7 is shod upon them, although the knock-off "nut"s on it have three "wings" as opposed to the two "wings" I've seen on many of the articles I've posted.  I remember keeping them shiny [especially the fronts] was a bit of a pain in the past but I'd think nowadays with improved products on the market it may not be as difficult, messy or as time consuming as it was in the past.
   
   --  Chuck

[cmaddox3]

Located another article and two books with some AC 428 Snaps...  
   I thought I'd pass them along to you all...
   
   The following are from the book "Shelby's Wildlife":
   
   
   [I kinda like the styling of AC's version of the Daytona Coupe better than the Shelby/Brock design]
   
   [and I disagree with the author's assessment of the AC 428 being strictly a boulevard cruiser...  I like the AC Cobra 427, but I can't really see touring with one.]
   
   A variety of sizes of these three scans can be found in this directory:
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/Shelbys_wildlife/
   
   Enjoy!
   
   --  Chuck

[cmaddox3]

The following is from the book "The Age of Cars":
   
   
   [the author has the maker of the body wrong, but happily the photo just so happens to be of CF 7 [the former UPG 428F] which I own  along with my sister.]
   
   A variety of sizes of this scan can be found in this directory:
   http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/motorin/frua/the_age_of_cars/
   
   Enjoy!
   
   --  Chuck