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3327
Would certainly like to know the name of that UK author. If his initials are RM, you ought to know he has a very heavy emotional case (serious understatement on my part, but a story for another day, perhaps) against Brian and he might be tainted on this or any other BA issue.

It is true that BA built and shipped some CSX 4XXX cars, but they were revised subsequently (the "Northridge" cars, all pin drive, expensive and accounted for).

A single lonely last 289, with spline drives, original suspension, very very expensive, in a UK garage is being pampered properly and definitely NOT this car. COB/CSX 4001 has been switched from RH drive, to LH drive to RH drive in its early history, since the first owner didn't know what country he was going to live in. Silly twitt!

i never saw any entries in the factory registry regarding any 6XXX cars at least before 1995, when BA lost control of operations. i have heard persistent references to "various completion" cars issued by the Lubinsky team from bits incomplete upon their purchase of the Cars Limited's assets, but do not believe any were marked "CSX" legally. That isn't to say that none were marked CSX 6XXX. Only his confessor or hairdresser knows for sure.

While some 4 of the BA cars WERE CSX 30XX's (S/C's), published here at CC but also elsewhere, all are also accounted for. You are correct they are quite valuable, perhaps as much as 1/2 or so of the originals, certainly at least 1/3 (fairness disclosure, we have one in our photo cache up above for your perusal & edification).

Lastly, i genuinely hope you enjoyed 3327. i ran it pretty hard when i owned it. It was a great machine; it never faulted, never wobbled, never got pranged (as long as close doesn't count!). Not even scratched. Plenty of best time of day awards, no drags, but plenty of circuits of Bryar, Thompson, LimeRock Park, etc.

B.M.
AC Frua's are very pretty and not cheap. Cannot imagine the difficulty of shortening the chassis correctly. i think it has been done, previously. New pick-up points are not simple and a cut and paste must be visible somewhere. But, nothing is impossible, i suppose.