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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Replica Ace

« on: July 24, 2014, 10:57:20 »

Hi Ace people can you help me , I would like to build a replica Ace Ford engined straight 6 powerd Ace replica , as the real one is out of my reach . It all started with a ford Zodiac engine Mk3 I bought with a damaged Raymond Mays head and three Webers  , all cracked welded and to much skimmed off over the years .Im making a new head, as my hobby is prototype engineering. And due to my time in the rapid prototyping and Cnc branch I am able to remake almost anything .So back to the important bit who can I buy a replica car or kit from ? That's as near to original as possible ? Hope you can help Harry

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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / EL 1205 and ELX 1141

« on: June 17, 2014, 01:16:32 »

A quick update on these two cars, as I have just acquired EL1205. Both were purchased by Herman van Velsen around 1998, EL1205 from me in a complete but poor state. His intention was to rebuild both. He did an excellent but incomplete job on ELX1141 before he sadly passed away last year, and this car is now being finished by a friend. My car was stripped to a rolling shell with the intention of restoring it later. I have now bought EL1205 back to the UK and am collecting all the bits together and looking for a good home for it. I originally purchased it in 1976 but put it aside and eventually sold it as I was preoccupied with work on my Ace 2.6. But it is high time the old gentleman (Geoffrey: GFY 707) took centre stage and as I have neither the time nor the facilities to restore it, I am looking for a buyer who will do a good job and get started seriously and promptly. Some useful work has already been done on the engine (crank reground and rods remettalled.) The car's future is more important to me than the sale price (within reason!). After being involved with this car for nearly 40 years, I feel it is my job to secure its future.