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AC Owners Club Forum => Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum => Topic started by: alexG on September 28, 2016, 18:36:40

Title: Cobra Aceca!
Post by: alexG on September 28, 2016, 18:36:40: Interesting article and even more interesting take on value!!
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/videos/a30940/ac-aceca-one-take/
Title: Cobra Aceca!
Post by: dkp_cobra on September 28, 2016, 19:38:45: quote:
... the car is worth somewhere between $300,000 and $400,000.

but only in your wildest dreams
Title: Cobra Aceca!
Post by: nikbj68 on September 29, 2016, 00:41:50: quote:
... The rumor is that there is one Aceca somewhere out there with a V8 under the hood, but nobody knows where it is or if it even exists.
Erm...Not a rumoUr, FACT!
   More than one, actually! The earliest one known was AEX566 into which a 283 Chevy engine was fitted in 1957[B)].
   There`s THIS ONE (http://"http://www.acownersclub.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1865") in the US:

   (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/greenman62/Race%20Photography/Aceca1.jpg) (http://"http://www.acownersclub.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1865")
   [B)][B)]

   ...And AEX 542 (http://"http://www.acownersclub.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2930"):

   (http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae20/austincoulson/Aceca/MotorAfter_zpsc7d519d8.jpg) (http://"http://www.acownersclub.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2930")
   [B)][B)][B)]

   And lots of us know THIS ONE (http://"http://www.acownersclub.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4336") on the 428 chassis, which exists, in deepest West Sussex!

   (http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/n501/sieg3/DSC_0881.jpg) (http://"http://www.acownersclub.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4336")
   [B)][B)][B)][B)]
Title: Cobra Aceca!
Post by: jrlucke on September 29, 2016, 06:38:08: I believe the one with the large flares (or a similar one) was in a collection in the Seattle area until it was liquidated a few years ago and then I believe the car was sold by Fantasy Junction in CA. In the late 1960's there was a red Aceca Ford V8 in Northern CA it was done at about the time Shelby was creating the Cobra. If I recall these were mentioned in a thread about other V8 conversions (the Mongoose, etc.) a couple years ago.

John
Title: Cobra Aceca!
Post by: nikbj68 on September 29, 2016, 14:06:24: Sloppy Journalism! [;)]
Title: Cobra Aceca!
Post by: jrlucke on September 29, 2016, 18:06:25: I went back to Fantasy Junction's sold inventory and found this:
   AEX 688, converted in 1963: http://www.fantasyjunction.com/cars/1007-AC-Aceca%20Coupe-Ford%20302%20c.i.%208-Cylinder

   But not the Bill Hart car pictured above. There was another for sale in Monterey (dark blue/green '56 Aceca) on Bring a Trailer and if I recall a yellow one in Texas.

   Looks like they're all over the place here in the states!
Title: Cobra Aceca!
Post by: Cargirl on October 01, 2016, 21:34:28: The Aceca is my all time favorite car. I have bought and sold a few for clients. I must say that the price tag on the car in Argentina is a bit ambitious. Like ridiculously ambitious. Thanks for showing the other cars
Title: Cobra Aceca!
Post by: nikbj68 on October 02, 2016, 10:44:57: quote:
Originally posted by Cargirl

... that the price tag on the car in Argentina is a bit ambitious. Like ridiculously ambitious.


   Yeah, almost buy one, get 2 free!!!
Title: Cobra Aceca!
Post by: AC Ace Bristol on October 02, 2016, 11:49:27: .
   .
   Yes, Please. !!

   Do I get a choice of colour [?].

   Joking apart, A V8 Aceca does make a great package and looking through old issues of AC Exchange was a standard modification or cheaper solution to repairing a Bristol or AC engine in the USA, with the bonus of increase power.

   Well, The Price tag is something else, maybe it reflects the hours of work at a Ferrari / Aston workshop. ( A fool and his money are soon parted) [B)]

   However, A great thread, thank you Nikfor posting a few pictures.

   Keith ..[;)]
   .
Title: Cobra Aceca!
Post by: bex316 on October 02, 2016, 16:07:08: But how serious can you take an Aceca owner who when asked "does it have IRS or solid rear?" positively replies "solid rear!".

Jerry
Title: Cobra Aceca!
Post by: dkp_cobra on November 07, 2016, 06:37:55: quote:
Originally posted by alexG

Interesting article and even more interesting take on value!!
   http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/videos/a30940/ac-aceca-one-take/



   And here is the corresponding video: https://youtu.be/LX4tc8VcDhI