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AC Owners Club Forum => Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum => Topic started by: AE 501 on March 25, 2014, 09:42:18

Title: Aceca doors
Post by: AE 501 on March 25, 2014, 09:42:18: After 15 years of restauration effort time has come to get my Aceca AE 501 back on the road. She's now back on her first colour scheme "maroon" and one years work on the 60 years old leather has ended in usable Interieur with that special patina you can't buy for money. I think, this may be the only 3 seater in the market? First owner Ken Rudd decided to give her a little bench instead of a co-drivers seat [8D].

   One of the last problems to solve is the flush closing of the doors. After fitting the new door seals, both doors come out about 5 mm when closed. The big sprockets on the doors show no signs of extensive wear, but after the "click" they come back just this little amount. The next "click" is too far away because of the new seals. What would you prefer to do???

   By the way - if anyone of the readers has any information about the history of AE 501 or AEX 201 (my Ace) please don't hesitate to tell me even the smallest thing.

   Hoping to get some usefull hints - happy motoring for all,
   Chris

   P.S. if someone tells me how to put some pics in, I'll try my very best!
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: AE 501 on March 25, 2014, 11:01:39: (http://)(http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k467/AE-501/AlleBildervonKamerabis31700276_zps81636329.jpg) (http://s327.photobucket.com/user/AE-501/media/AlleBildervonKamerabis31700276_zps81636329.jpg.html)
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: AE 501 on March 25, 2014, 11:03:28: (http://)(http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k467/AE-501/BildervonThomas016_zpsbd6d3675.jpg) (http://s327.photobucket.com/user/AE-501/media/BildervonThomas016_zpsbd6d3675.jpg.html)
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: AE 501 on March 25, 2014, 12:25:33: long,long way to go......

   (http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k467/AE-501/AcecaGies231008002_zpsf0e1c597.jpg) (http://s327.photobucket.com/user/AE-501/media/AcecaGies231008002_zpsf0e1c597.jpg.html)

   (http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k467/AE-501/AcecaGies231008003_zpscc99e1ff.jpg) (http://s327.photobucket.com/user/AE-501/media/AcecaGies231008003_zpscc99e1ff.jpg.html)

   (http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k467/AE-501/AcecaGies070208068_zpsdf30cda5.jpg) (http://s327.photobucket.com/user/AE-501/media/AcecaGies070208068_zpsdf30cda5.jpg.html)
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: Klassik Metall on March 25, 2014, 12:57:00: Hello Chris,

   Congratulations on your restoration work and the car looks great in that colour.
   I posted some information about repairing the wear in the door lock mechanism on this earlier thread. http://www.acownersclub.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2629

   If you read down to my post you will find a link to a web album detailing some of the process.
   The slight wear in the locks could be enough to cause the problem you are experiencing with the new door seals.

   I don't have any info about AE501 but it's sister car AE503 now lives with me here in Austria.

   Regards Luke.
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: AE 501 on March 26, 2014, 09:22:29: Thanks a lot for your very useful help, Luke! As soon as I have some time I will try your hints.

   Perhaps the day will come, we have to manage a "sisters meeting"? But what about the car between us - AE 502?

   Chris
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: nikbj68 on March 26, 2014, 09:41:34: Welcome to the forum, Chris, and thanks for the photos, Looking fabulous!
   AE502 was last known of in the USA, so maybe only 2 of the triplets will meet anytime soon.
   Keep up the good work, and look forward to seeing road trip photos too!
   Nik.
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: 10kph on September 09, 2014, 22:54:12: Hi,
Just browsing and recognised your chassis number.I owned the car from 1984 for a few years and won club concourse and cometed at goodwood and ragley hillclimb .The cars first owner was Ken Rudds and had a 2 seater bench seat for a child sat overthe geartunnel.I still have photos of the car when i purchased it in maroon colour with bright red trim.I remember stripping all the paint and repairing the RH gutter trim and top of the c post which had ben damaged. The original colour was possibly black, or that was a guide coat,then a metalic silver green, then I think blue and maroon.I painted the cor jaguar carmen red.I registration was wpl 740 and I have a photo of it alongside my friends car vpl 441 the motor show prototype.
Regards Tony Northern club ac
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: AE 501 on September 11, 2014, 10:50:39: Tony, you made may day !!
   Thank you so much for your posting! I was looking for previous owners over the last years, but was'nt very succesful. I bought this lovely car on the Techno Classica fair in Essen in 1999. Nearly everythig was damaged exept of the gearbox. Few years ago I was able to meet Ken Rudd at the Goodwood Revival and we had a long talk about this car. He remebered it very well because of the small bench and told me this was a work of his own company. Asked for the reason he smiled and said: I loved the panic in the eyes of my co-drivers when they tried to tighten themselves during cornering! And yes, the bench is still in place! It took me nearly one year of work, to get the original leather soft and to do all the needlework on broken piping. Together with the car came the green log book, wich shows maroon as it's first colour. So I decided to bring her back to original specification. Hope you like my work so far......and the colour is really great, I think!
   And perhaps you can imagine how much I'm interested in every picture, letter, invoice or just remebering any details from the time you owned the car. Perhaps you know as well your previous owner and to whom you gave the car at least? If you are willing to,please send copies of all the stuff to my email adress: gies@berosafe.de and perhaps we will met some day personally.
   I'm somewhat nervous now and awaiting your answer!
   Thank you very much again,
   With kindest regards
   Chris
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: AE 501 on March 18, 2016, 09:26:56: Just to pull this up to daylight - still hoping for any answer or contact to Tony. Regrettingly there was nothing after his friendly words from 9.9.14. Could anyone of you give him a push if possible?
Thanks a lot
Chris
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: Klassik Metall on March 22, 2016, 12:49:25: Hello Chris,

   were you able to get your doors to fit any better in the end?

   Regards Luke.
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: dkp_cobra on June 29, 2016, 20:17:51: Can anybody help Christoph with this cross-tie:

   (http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r138/dkp_cobra/DSC_1905_zpsilawzl2v.jpg) (http://"http://s143.photobucket.com/user/dkp_cobra/media/DSC_1905_zpsilawzl2v.jpg.html")

   It's an original AC part to be used to enforce the orginal steering box (as far as I understood). Has anybody a picture showing the assembled position?
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: AC Ace Bristol on June 30, 2016, 01:53:38: Christoph

   I will try to photograph the steering box stabiliser unit fitted to My Ace Bristol BEX333 this weekend. Please note they are handed
   LH & RH.

   Keith
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: dkp_cobra on June 30, 2016, 07:27:56: Thank you Keith,

   Christoph has a RHS car.

   Kind regards,

   Peter
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: AE 501 on July 20, 2017, 12:56:52: Hi Luke,

   leider haben mich diverse Erkrankungen weit zurück geworfen. Erst zum letzten Wochenende habe ich die Arbeiten an meiner Aceca wieder aufnehmen können. Nun, ich habe beide Türen wieder zerlegt und die Schlösser ausgebaut. Das Spiel zwischen den Zahnrädern ist allerdings ausgesprochen gering (< 1mm), so dass ich unsicher bin, ob und wie ich weiter vorgehen soll. Könntest Du ggf. die Schlösser für mich überholen? (natürlich gegen Entgeld). Ich würde gerne mit anderen Arbeiten weitermachen, da ich im Moment nicht weiß, wieviel Zeit mir noch bleibt (2. und3. August OP Prostatatumor)

   Gerne kannst Du mich unter gies@berosafe.de direkt kontaktieren - oder auch per WhatsApp oder telefonisch unter 0172-2512881.

   Ich würde mich freuen, von Dir zu hören,
   mit besten Grüßen
   Chris
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: Jam2 on July 21, 2017, 09:41:49: translation via google

   Unfortunately I have thrown back a wide range of diseases. It was only last weekend that I was able to resume work on my Aceca. Well, I have both doors disassembled again and the locks expanded. The play between the gears is, however, very low (<1mm), so I am unsure whether and how I should proceed further. Could you possibly overtake the locks for me? (Of course against payment). I would like to continue with other work, because I do not know at the moment how much time still remains to me (2nd and 3rd August OP Prostate Cancer)

   So sorry to read this - very best wishes for the future.
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: Klassik Metall on July 21, 2017, 10:04:42: Yes, I was also sorry to read of Chris's health issues & I've already responded to him via email.

Luke.
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: Didier on July 21, 2017, 10:41:11: Hi Chris,

   I've just finished the door seals on a Jaguar (sorry) and I first rubbed them in with Vaseline.
   I think the best option is to do this and to try to close the door on the next 'click' and leave it to stand for a couple of weeks (after 15 years maybe you still have some patience left).
   On my Jag, after a couple of weeks or months, it became easier to close the door. At first, I didn't manage to open or close it because of the tension but after a while, time, pressure and Vaseline seem to have done the job.

   Good luck!

   Didier
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: Didier on July 21, 2017, 10:45:43: Hi Chris,

   I'm sorry, I only read the first thread and now saw you have health issues. Hope everything will be ok soon.

   Didier
Title: Aceca doors
Post by: AE 501 on July 21, 2017, 11:24:55: Thank you all so much for your wishes.

   I thought I would send a private message to Luke - not realizing this appears in the thread! Sorry; I was not fishing for health wishes or boring you with my sickness...But nevertheless it's good to know you all beside me !!

   Luke made a great offer to me. So I will send him my locks and can use my time for the last wiring and trimming.

   THANK YOU ALL !

   Chris
Title: Re: Aceca doors
Post by: Michel OSSARD on January 30, 2021, 10:40:33: Hi Chris,

Very nice restoration on a beautiful car. You can see how much work has gone into the project.

I am reviving this thread with an inquiriy about the colour used on your car body.
https://www.acownersclub.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=10664.msg62444#msg62444
As you can see on the above thread, I am restorating my AC Aceca Bristol and I am struggling to find modern equivalent to Light Maroon Metallic or Metallic Iris Red.

If you have any tips or references, that would be amazing.

Thanks in advance