AC 428 Frua Convertible

So the styling of the AC Cobra was a little to brutal for your tastes in the 60’s then the 428, based on the same chassis but extended by 6”s and running gear as the Cobra, had a body sculpted by Italian Coachbuilders Frua of Italy.

AC 3000ME

In the early 1970’s AC were keen to compete in the relatively new small mid engined sports car market, but with no car currently in the design office the small firm turned its eyes to the Diabolo, a prototype with an Austin Maxi engine and transaxle built by race privateers Peter Bohanna and Robin Stables. After a year of development the prototype way unveiled a year later in 1973 at the London Motor Show with a Ford Essex V6 power plant after BLMC decided that they needed all their engines for their cars and wouldn’t release any.