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Old 10-02-2011, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by j jones View Post
The AC Frua started out as an AC 427, but the supplyof 427 engines dried up, so it became the AC 428. They were good cars, but too expensive initially and fiercely hot-running. The heat issue can be fixed.
jj - COB/COX 289 cars were officially called AC 289s instead of AC Cobras, so I assumed that an AC 427 was a 'Cobra' as well, but no, obviously not.
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