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quote:Originally posted by PJohnson
   

   He also has a fastback but I am unsure of the chassis number. However I remember him telling me that it was the last fastback off the production line.

   
   I didn't intend to wait this long between posts but I've found that the fastback my father owns is CF74.
   
   In the 428 register it has him as owning CF65,79 and 81 as these were the 3 cars in Classic and Sportscar Nov. 1986. However CF 65, the fastback present was not his.
   
   
   

Hi Paul/runt
   
   I think the mileage on the prototype is still only about 450. Barely run in. Not sure why my father never runs it. I think he prefers the fastback. I've always preferred the look of the fastback.
   
   As for the lengthy design process I'm not sure if there was one. There was certainly a long build process. Started in the 70's and not completed till 1982. There was very little testing done. Aside from the bodywork the car isn't very different from the conventional convertible.
   
   I've noticed many people on this forum talking about heating problems with the cabin being uncomfortably warm. We have never had any problems like that but we have swapped all the radiators for aluminum ones and installed bigger more powerful fans next the rads. How many other people have changed rads?
   
   They are a great car for warming up a cold garage in the winter though.
   
   Has any one been keeping score of how many Frua are still "alive"?

Hello
   This forum is a great find and its good to see so many 428s still around.
   I can help with the whereabouts of 3 more that my father owns.
   
   He has CF 79, a car he bought twice. He sold it in the late 70's, but then saw the same car in appalling condition a few years later and bought it back and restored it.
   
   He also has a fastback but I am unsure of the chassis number. However I remember him telling me that it was the last fastback off the production line.
   
   The third car is the prototype convertible with pop up lights that was built in 1982.
   
   
   
   
   The white car in the second picture is an AC Greyhound which completes his small collection. You could say he's a bit of an AC fan.
   
   All the cars are in good working order and while not used regularly do go for a run several times a year. We've done a fair bit of work on all of them over the years mainly changing all the fuel tanks and rads from steel to ali because of corrosion.
   
   Hopes this helps the list of remaining 428s.

I was a bit slow at uploading this but here is some video footage of Cobras climbing the hill I took at the AC owners club meeting at Brooklands last year.
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR3S8D0-YBA
   
   Unfortunately a video doesn't do justice to the experience of being that close to a cobra at take off. The sound is amazing as is the vibrations in the ribcage that the exhaust creates.