The AC Ace Bristol The (Original) Inspiration For The Shelby Cobra
In Europe, the Ace-Bristol achieved a 2nd-in-class finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1957 and 1958, and an incredible class victory and 7th overall in 1959. According to research obtained from the AC Cars archives, this Ace-Bristol was completed on 30 October 1957. One of 466 Bristol-powered examples produced, it retains its numbers-matching.
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This marvelous 1959 Ace-Bristol is authentic and storied. Never restored but always meticulously maintained by race specialists, this car was originally purchased by Rod de Ronge to campaign in the early 1960s in local SCCA and club events. As stated by the original Bill of Sale, this Ace-Bristol was delivered with highly desirable front disc.
photo AC ACE Bristol cabriolet 1960
The Ace is also noted to have spent its whole life in California, and even won class awards at Pebble Beach in 1969 and 1970. Find this 1957 AC Ace for sale from Gullwing Motorcars for $295,000. Join Free Join our community to easily find more carsforsale. This 1957 AC Ace for sale is said to have been fully upgraded to Bristol specification.
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AC Cars, originally incorporated as Auto Carriers Ltd., is a British specialist automobile manufacturer and one of the oldest independent car makers founded in Britain. As a result of bad financial conditions over the years, the company was renamed or liquidated many times until its present form.
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AC Ace is a car which was produced by AC Cars of Thames Ditton, England, from 1953 until 1963. History AC came back to the market after the Second World War with the 2-Litre range of cars in 1947, but it was with the Ace sports car of 1953 that the company really made its reputation in the post war years.
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The straight-six AC Ace-Bristol is Dave Brubeck: airy, light, jazzy, satisfying. The V-8 AC Cobra is the Rolling Stones: faster, harder, slightly indelicate, and letting you feel just a little bit dirty for having been involved. Each of the two made-in-Britain cars featured here, the 1957 AC Ace-Bristol and its descendant, the 1965 AC Cobra, is.
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photo AC ACE Bristol cabriolet 1957
Despite being one of Britain's oldest car manufacturers, AC made its best impression with the Ace as debuted at the 1953 London Motor Show. It was one of England's first post-war sports cars, featuring an attractive body and a simple, yet sporting, chassis. In later years, the design was used by Carol Shelby to create the more blatant Shelby Cobra.
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The AC Ace Bristol, and its its siblings in the AC Ace family, are perhaps the most misidentified classic cars in the world. This is because a version of this car would be fitted with a V8 by Carroll Shelby and become the Shelby Cobra - one of the most popular bedroom wall poster cars in history.
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The change in power plant made the Ace a staple on the track, Ace Bristols ran successfully at Le Mans from 1957 to 1962 by various entrants, best placing at 7th Place Overall in 1959 in the hands of Ken Rudd and John Turner. However, it was on a domestic club level where Ace Bristols earned their reputation as supreme racing machines.
Photos of AC Ace Bristol Roadster (19561962) (2048x1536)
1959 AC Aceca Bristol. Introduced in 1954 Earls Court Motor Show, the AC Aceca fastback, the new model shared the ladder-framed chassis, and the majority of steering and running gear with the Ace roadster. A lightweight aluminium sports car initially powered by the AC Weller derived six cylinder engine, in 1956 Bristol engines could be equipped.
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ACAC ACE/ACE-BRISTOL. Sports 2-seater. John Tojeiro's well-handling all-independently sprung chassis, with alloy body in style of Ferrari barchetta. The basically-1919 AC engine isn't really up to it, but with the Bristol's 120bhp (available from í56 on), there's 115mph on tap plus 0-60mph in 9secs. Overdrive from '56, front discs from '57.
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Make: Ac Model: Ace Photography by the author. No wonder Carroll Shelby was smitten by the Ace when he first saw one. This British-built automobile has that perfect sports car look, with a simple, unspoiled shape that is pure beauty. It was this very same model that spawned the incredibly successful Cobra.
AC Ace Bristol Roadster (19561962) photos (1280x960)
Instead, he chose to replicate, in obsessive detail, an AC Ace, the elegant, British-built roadster that started it all. In fact, he built two. No doubt about it, this lifelong enthusiast inherited the Ford gene. His great-grandfather, grandfather and father worked for Ford, so he did, too, spending three decades as an engineer.