The AC Cobra's Ultra Rare & FORGOTTEN Big Brother - The AC 428 

Forgotten?! - I've lusted after one of these for more than 50 years!

Another car I've never even heard of. This channel lives up to its name again. Great job, bud

I hope all of you are sharing and promoting this channel. Idk where he finds thos info but i thought i knew some things, 3 times ive never heard of the topic. Hes killin it

Tara King drove a 428 in The Avengers.

I've always liked Alfa Romeo cars. This one looks incredible and like nothing else out there right now. I'm really looking forward to hearing more about it and perhaps to even drive one...

That was very interesting ,certainly a car I have never heard of ! a good watch sir just sub'd looking forward to watching your other videos.

man that is a beautiful car!

I enjoyed the video and I subscribed. Thank you.

I used to pass one of these every day on my way to primary school in the early 70's, a deep maroon/burgundy colour. Following an "old man/powerful automatic/garage door/wrong pedal" incident, it was repaired and painted a godawful shade of blue. I hope it survives.

I liked this car a lot, even though having less BHP than a 7 litre Cobra, it had very long gears - 68 mph in first, 93 in second, 125 in third and 150 in top, with the 4 speed manual version. That's plenty for anyone, with a zero to 60 of 5 and a bit seconds.

I actually vaguely remember these cars. What an excellent expose!! I really dig this car. Given its pedigree, and association with racing Cobra's. I don't see the conflict with ANY other GT's at that time.....

I think one of the Cobra replica makers should make replicas of these as well. I think the roadster would be a nice alternative to a Cobra roadster due to how performance oriented the Cobra is whereas one of these would be a nice weekend getaway vehicle.

Awesome video! Never heard of this car either!

I have actually never even heard of this automobile. Gosh this thing is gorgeous!. Definitely a product of the mid 60's as many one off Italian coach builders emerged with the greatest of the great Italian designers starting up their own companies like Bitzarinni and the others. You can see the Italian influence in the body of this machine for sure. Many of the Italian coachbuilders also used big American V-8 powerplants in their vehicles so it makes sense that AC would also adopt that platform for their own GT car. I am surprised they didn't sell a TON of these things! Super rare for sure now days. I have never even seen one of these, even in a car museum, and I visit quite a few of the car museums all over the world whenever I am travelling and come across one.

Quite Informative!

Ford had wound down making the FE by 1970 for passenger cars...trucks could be had with them until the mid 70's...probably the reason Ford refused providing them directly by the end of the AC production. I guess AC could have upgraded to either the Cleveland, similar to the Pantera and later Grifo's, or even the 429...probably didn't have the funds to do so. Anyway, gorgeous car and a seriously cool one too...less $$ than a Cobra

Good job

Bigger exhaust. How that big engine pushed out if those tiny tinny exhaust is beyond me. Very nice looking car for it's day. Corvettes are my drug. Getting close to owning my first one. Wush me luck!

Yeah you sure don't hear about those ever. Thanks for the video!

Nearly purchased one of these before the price shot up. As stated, it looks like a Maserati Mistral but it also bears a resemblance to the Monteverdi 375 S (1967). I would still love one.

would be great if they also made a modern version of the daytona coupe .

The dual vents on the front wing shows that the "Interceptor" is a Jensen FF, the worlds first four wheel drive road car.

I only know about this car because "Tara King" drove a convertible in 'The Avengers'. Very nice it looked too. Without traction control I've no idea how she kept it from spinning in circles❤️It's still one of my all-time favourites

The car was elegant, no doubt about that, but the idea of shipping it around to complete it was costly and should have been considered in the planning. I've had considerable experience with the 427 FE (I've had three.) and they simply could not have a tougher and more powerful engine for the size and weight. The 428 is sort of a weak kid sister to the 427 but should have been adequate with a bit of "hot rodding".

Never heard of but I really like it. How much are they going for today

Looks like the rear of the later 240z and the front of a Bizzarrini. I know they're rare but I can't believe I've never seen one. Thanks

It's beautiful. Looks like Bizzarrini up front and Aston Martin in the back - and I really mean that in a positive way. I bet it's far more enjoyable on the open road than it is everywhere else. Imagine piloting this through junctions and parking spots, your front end is like three blocks ahead of you.

Absolutely brilliant and thank you for the information and education. Didn't know that they USA had such cars. It's bieuteful to look at and it shows pedigree.

I knew the 428 for many years and I even knew it had a Frua design. And it was very beautiful like other GTs at the time. I bet the hugest problem was the competition: Maseratis, Aston Martins and most of all the incredibly classy Iso Grifo. There was also the very unknown but interesting Bristols. And there were also many great cars built in the USA. Never after that time cars were that beautiful and that much fun!

Looks somewhat like a tamed Bizzarini.... more euro GT cars with American V8 power, please! Iso Rivolta! DeTomeso Longchamp!

Not so many people realise that AC manufactured a 3 wheeled small car for invalids which came out of their tiny Thames Ditton factory.

Very nice car, its design was very close to the Maserati Mistral.

Love the car - very quick and stylish. Reminds me of an Interceptor but nicer.

I saw this earlier today. I turned on The Avengers, and guess what car Tara King was driving? Nice. I usually like coupes, but the convertible is nicer.

Of Italy-designed US cars, please do an episode on the Studebaker Avanti. There used to be one that sometimes parked on Monroe Street behind South Quad while I was at The University of Michigan. I helped push it out of the snow once in a while.

I did not know this one. Looks Swiss to me.

A forgotten classic is the AC Aceca. Very beautiful car, not the fastest around. It's looks like an elegant cobra with a roof. Another forgotten classic for a new video is the beautiful Peugeot 405 (cabriolet, convertible).

Thank you for the great video. I noticed decades ago that there's quite a similarity in design between this and the Maserati Mistral, if you compare the convertible versions, although the coupés look quite different. Both were designed by Frua, so it seems as if he double dipped his design for AC, although there are detail differences.

I want the blue roadster ❤

Looks like Datsun may have barrowed some of the styling for the 240z from this car.

At 5.20 the red car appears not to have the slightly rising wings/fenders. The Frua Maserati Mistral, after which it is obviously styled, is a little prettier, but I would love a 428. (Thats right, my next car is a Dacia)! The custom builders you have in the U S could make a nice copy.

The roadster is definitely a prettier car than the hardtop.

I would love to have an AC 428 coupe or convertible with an automatic. That would be a perfect weekend car for me.

Now I know where the 280 Z came from .

Looking very similar to a Maserati Mistral, but much lower. Obviously back then, there were no such things as speed bumps.

Was this car available for the USA? With left hand drive

A great car.

I saw one once in real life a long time ago think it was near Beaulieu as I used to live in the area. Great looking car but hardly any made.

My uncle sold the AC Cobra's new. I am sure he would like to drive the new one

So Ford pulled the engines and Shelby pulled the Cobra name and USA marketing connections... and AC wanted to make too much money off each car slowly produced...

You keep referring to money revenue coming to the company from the cobra. But the AC cobras name and revenue were owned by Shelby international corporation under Carroll Shelby who created the AC cobra

Surely the 1973 oil crisis had something to do with the demise of AC? Lots makers of big GT cars went into big trouble then

AC needs to contact Factory Five Racing. 😎

Intersesring video. Shame that Bertone is not pronounced correctly on the video. It should be said this way; Bur-tone-ay. 👍

Another one :)

Just to say that the 428 Frua was a replacement for the AC Greyhound GT 1959-63.

There are actually a few LHD versions around from what I understand.

Any reason why at 8:15 your video shows the manufacturing of a 1960 Chevrolet and Chevy small block???????

I never knew this car existed. I wonder what they have sold for at auction.

I don’t remember seeing this car in The Avengers. Mrs Peel drove a Lotus Elan. Maybe Steed drove one of these?

The similarity of the tail lights to those of the first gen Pinto and Maverick probably didn't help... Can't you just see that ghoul Ralph Nader drooling over the thought of destroying something like this?

So, No AC cars was told by Carroll Shelby to produce and build the AC's roadster design platform differently with his intellectual property how he wanted them with his design to his specifications for the cars they supplied, hence the Cobra designation in conjunction with the Shelby & Ford names ®️ .This is the convieniently forgotten detail about the AC Cobras, they were not AC designed along with the US ford engines again US Ford and Shelby criteria specification. AC at the time had no wish or future projection to develop the roadster in the Cobra direction. There is documentation to support the facts, even though history is attempting to be massaged differently to actual events it seems for whatever reasons then as now.

With the exception of the front this car as a very early 60's 250 GTE Ferrari look.

And the clip of Impalas being manufactured relates how?

The looks alone would definitely explain why it didn't sell

Try the AC ME 3000 7:27

I would like to have seen Ford sell Boss 351 engines to put in that pretty GT body. By 1973, the 428 wasn't a good choice anymore.

Don't you think the auto assembly line film clip should have been made in a Ford Plant instead of a GM plant with 1960 Chevrolets running down the assembly line? Just a thought, lol.

AC is coming back?!

Wasn't this known as the AC Frua also?

The Aston being cheaper really killed it......why would you, mind you, the Aston broke occasionally.....

I thought the body is very similar to a maseratti

Factory hp were all under so insurance for were less heheh.add 150 hp for the hot motors all big three makes ha ha wins on sunday sells on monday since1966.

I think I've heard Bertone pronounced "Ber-tone-ey"

Again, well-done episode on the AC-128! But you are still pronouncing Italian like an American. Italian automobile design firm Bertone is pronounced in Italian: BARE TOW NAY. The letter e in Italian has the long a sound as in "hay"; i.e., "The cow is eating hay." And don't forget to roll the r a bit.☺

R.C. .............tell the new corporation 7.3 Godzilla engine !!!!!

Looks like it has a Porsche Dotson. Ford all twisted into one.

Looks like a Datsun at a glance.

So what is an AC Bristol then?

Ferrari 275gtb not a GTO ore 250 gt

Perhaps it only took Frua 5 months because he almost copied his previous Maserati Mistral.

big BOTHER?

If you give me the keys and title I'll Smile and say Thank You!!! 🤠👍

I've known it as AC Frua.A good idea poorly executed.I would take one for ride any nice day ,an sure I forgive the 428...

I always thought ac was a British company?

Camara stabilizers are cheap....buy one . 😮

Sorry , the Boss of AC ,they closed doors and shelby bought the AC´s body´s to fit a V8 engine and that´s how AC cobra become a American car , AC had very beautifull cars before what we know as cobra ,Shelby also was a pilot for AC in early 60´s ,i think he also drove in a Lemans race in 1961 or close to it ,he had been contracted by AC to come to Europe but not as a driver that´s when it happened and mr.Shelby had a lot of luck, so i don´t understand , this history was told in the last 57 years, there´s a special model to me that was made a racing car out of it for Lemans that looks like the cobra but a 2+2 or closed back,this in the begining of the 60´s

Sadly soon all gas cars will be banned in EU and USA! In France they have a new banning law for ICE cars called SCHLABOUBVE and in Switzerland the HESCHLAVVO law! In Scandinavian countries soon there will be a so called SMORVEBIDEN law. In Germany from 2027 the new BABVVO and TEBBVO laws by the green peoples party will bann all gas cars from public streets only exception will be professional commuter trips and state-certified transports)

The cost LAY - past tense. Lied is past tense for someone not telling the truth.

So it’s an AC 428 then 😂.

it sounds fake or the story is not complete AC cobra only exists because mr. shelby bought the bodies and assemble them in the U.S. with ford V8´s ,so this video is missing some bigger part of the story or not real

Nobody in the U.S. built a high performance engine after 1973 anyway. Name any Ford motor after 73 that put out any kind of horsepower. none until late 80s.

Low production and done dirty by Ford

The next AC 428 will be electric ⚡️

Never heard of this car. Very interesting. But it looks generic

Yeah..... it looks like a Jensen. No wonder it failed

Shoot me if you want but I'd take the Ac 428 fastback over the cobra.

At 3:07, what model/make of car is this?