AC have been responsible for a huge variety of cars down the decades – here is a selection…
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Photo Credits: All Linzi Smart except where noted
< The AutoCarrier: the original AC, a three-wheeled delivery vehicle.
(1907 – 14) |
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AC Sociable: a passenger development of the AutoCarrier. >
(1907 – 14)
Photo Credit: Bruce Sandeman-Craik
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< 12 hp.
(Anzani four, 1920 - 31) < 16 hp.
(AC 2 litre six, 1922 - 29) |
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< PVT, 1935 4 seat sports tourer with Earl of March-designed body on the underslung Ace chassis (AC 2 litre six). Variations on the theme included, dropheads, saloons and two seaters, all based on the same chassis design in different wheelbases but all different in detail (1933 - 39) |
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2 litre saloon, built on an updated version of the pre-war underslung chassis with the AC 2 litre six, clothed in an ash framed and alloy panelled body >
(1947 – 58) |
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< The Ace (1953 – 63), epitome of the post-war English sports car.
(AC 2 litre six, Bristol 2 litre six, Ford 2.6 six) |
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A more serious Ace > |
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< The Aceca (1954 – 63), a fixed head fastback grand touring Ace, built with the same engine options |
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The Greyhound was the car for the Ace owner with a growing family, once again with the same engine options >
(1959 – 63) |
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<The Cobra, AC’s most famous car! Developed from the Ace with Carroll Shelby and Ford with Ford V8 power.
(1962 – 68) |
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Cobras in their element > |
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<The 428 (1967 – 73)was the successor to the Cobra with a lengthened chassis and Frua coachwork
(Ford V8) |
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The 3000ME (1978-85), AC’s offering for the seventies >
(mid-mounted Ford 3 litre V6) |
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< Later Cobras (early eighties on) include the Mk IV, Superblower (a supercharged variant) and the CRS with a carbon-fibre body shell (Ford V8, Lotus V8) |
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AC’s attack on the super-luxury GT market, the Ford V8-powered ‘Brooklands’ Ace. >(1994 – 2000) |
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