1963 AC MC 200 in Octane

[cobham cobra]

Nice 5 page article on the 1963 MA 200 in the December edition of Octane.

[Chafford]

'You Tube' video here:
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj_i-75IZ7I&feature=related

[Classicus]

Interesting video, also from the Register & Archive....
   
   http://acfrua428.activeboard.com/t16004035/cf-90-ma-200-ac-428-prototype/

[TLegate]

MA200 was not a 428 prototype, at least not from the conversations had with Derek Hurlock! It had a very different function originally. Maybe the 428 drew a few ideas from the car....

[Classicus]

Maybe Pietro Frua drew a few ideas from the car to make it his prototype....

[ACOCArch]

quote:Originally posted by Classicus
   
Maybe Pietro Frua drew a few ideas from the car to make it his prototype....
   

   
   With respect, we have been around this buoy before. There was no connection between the MA200 design and that of the Frua 428.

[Classicus]

Fair enough however with respect and of course it's just my own personal view, I still feel in fairness that on all of the existing evidence that has surfaced so far, buried in the long thread in the link immediately below, it ought to remain open to question until any further evidence ever surfaces to prove conclusively that there was no connection ?
   
   http://www.acownersclub.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=590&whichpage=1
   
   Did you ever have any luck getting a hard copy ?
   
   "It would be very interesting to see a hard copy of the MA200 styling sketch, and indeed to see if it had any AC Drawing Office markings, a date or signature."
   23rd April 2010.
   
   http://www.acownersclub.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=590&whichpage=2

[Andrey1976b]

MA-200 for sale

https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27997/lot/248/1963-ac-ma-200-roadster-prototype-chassis-no-ma-200-engine-no-1445/