Owners: Natalie and Scott Bluestein
The best of Britalica cars! A combination of British-owned AC, Italy’s Frua styling and Ford’s big block 428 powerplant made for an alluring combination of luxury and speed from 1967-73.
Reaching a speed of 100 mph in less than 16 seconds – with an automatic transmission -- was a wondrous feat! AC took the 427 Cobra’s robust coil spring-and-wishbone independent suspension chassis, added six inches to its wheelbase, and sent it to Pietro Frua in Italy to be draped with a luxury-coupe body. Power came from a Ford 428 V8 engine rated at 335 horsepower, which was used in the majority of “427” Cobras.
The body, which resembles Frua’s Maserati Mistral and Monteverdi GT, is seductive, yet refined. Chrome was minimized, the better to emphasize its smooth, flowing lines. Out of the 28 AC Frua Spyders built, only around.