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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Re: Aceca window winder handles needed

« on: April 05, 2024, 10:38:07 »

Hi, have a pair of s/h handles. If you pm me I can photograph them for you. I suppose it depends how ‘new’ you want your car to look.
Regard.
Taff

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Re: Aceca Bumpers

« on: November 05, 2023, 14:05:25 »

Hi David, I have a set of Nick’s front bumpers which I won’t be using. If you pm me with your zip code l will try to get a freight cost for you.
Regards

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Re: Leaf Spring Wrapping

« on: December 09, 2022, 18:49:23 »

Yep, that’s Denso tape. Well done!
Regards

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Re: Ac Aceca Heating system - motor or just air from the intake tube?

« on: November 23, 2022, 10:23:10 »

Hi, heaters & demisters an optional extra from the factory on the Aceca. Aceca’s I have owned have only had heaters & relied on ‘natural’ air flow to distribute heat/fresh air. To be factory correct (if that’s your wish ) should your car have a fan?
Regards

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Re: Leaf Spring Wrapping

« on: November 22, 2022, 13:41:38 »

Hi, I just wrap mine tightly as possible in Denso Tape. It’s nice and cheap, flexible (about 10% stretch) & moulds quite well to the contour of the spring. Messy job though! Don’t know what was originally used?
Regards

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Re: Aceca Bumpers

« on: November 05, 2022, 20:20:07 »

Hi Nick, yes still interested in a rear set, thanks for checking. Let me know when you need payment.
Regards
Martin

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Re: Aceca Bumpers

« on: October 15, 2022, 17:00:18 »

Hi Nick, a set of rear bumpers for me please, well done for keeping this project alive.
Regards
Martin

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Re: Gearbox for zephyr engine

« on: August 03, 2022, 22:35:57 »

Hi, I have used a Jaguar moss box with the Zephyr engine but you need to make a new front cover for the gear box to suit the bell housing, see attached picture. At least you will have the gear stick in the right place & not end up with a stick which has a stupid shape. Whether or not you add overdrive is your choice.
Hope this helps.
Regards

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Re: ACs at H&H

« on: June 11, 2022, 12:20:38 »

You don’t read ACtion then?

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Re: AC Ace project

« on: March 16, 2022, 18:55:05 »

A snip, £180k on the hammer!
Will be great to see it back on the road.

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Re: Weber carbs

« on: December 04, 2021, 19:49:58 »

Unfortunately Don passed away some years ago, sad.
Regards

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Re: "Mist Green" paint match

« on: November 21, 2021, 13:47:51 »

Hi, ‘822’ was resprayed during my ownership in the late 1990’s following the replacement of considerable amounts of bodywork. I tried at the time to find the best visual match for the original colour as there seemed to be no ‘formula’ for the colour. In the end I settled for a Saab/Skoda colour, regret can’t remember which & I am assuming it has not been sprayed in the meantime.
Regards

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Re: Early Aceca windscreen

« on: November 06, 2021, 20:37:38 »

Hi, Old School Windscreens, Longcross, Chertsey, Surrey have supplied both early & later screens in the past, but freight was always at purchasers risk, I always collected. Alternatively if you have an old screen to use as a template you can cut the glass you need out of a larger screen which has the same curvature.
Hope this helps.
Regards

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Re: Aceca bumpers

« on: April 26, 2021, 22:43:13 »

Hi, if you use a pipe bender you will have to draw the pipe as you bend or you will create a compression bend. I would find an engineering company who can create an extrusion bend & have the correct radii mandrels to bend the pipe around, the radius is different front and back on the Aceca.
Hope this helps.

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Re: Hand brake aceca

« on: December 13, 2019, 18:08:06 »

Hi Nigel, Is your car RHD? If so is the provision for the handbrake on the transmission tunnel or to the right of the driver?
Regards