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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Wanted Revival ticket for Saturday

« on: September 06, 2017, 07:52:25 »

Hi, my wife is bailing out so I have one ticket for Saturday. Are you still looking for one? Best, Reg

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Greyhound or 612 Scaglietti

« on: August 25, 2017, 20:29:59 »

Agreed, the Greyhound is so much more fun to drive around the Surrey Downs. Both have the same grille btw.

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Greyhounds: value = demand - supply

« on: November 11, 2016, 16:33:57 »

On top of the C&SC article, this year I participated to the Salon Prive breakfast meeting in Blenheim Castle, surrounded by many >1£M cars, yet mine being the rarest of all! Also participated to the Shere Hill Climb, an event well attended by Greyhounds since a few years.
   ....the roadshow continues and the joy that goes with it increases..

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Greyhounds: value = demand - supply

« on: November 08, 2016, 20:14:13 »

quote:Originally posted by rsk289
   
Lend it to C & SC for a side-by-side comparison article, maybe Bristol, DB2/4, 541 etc.
   

   
   Done this Summer, 2 years after your suggestion!
   
   Who's next to help raise the profile?

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / AC ACE and AC Greyhound for sale in Germany

« on: September 10, 2016, 11:17:23 »

Champagne! Finally someone who sees more value in a Greyhound than a 6 window VW camper van! Perhaps Mr Thiessen is not the only one.

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / GW Revival admission tickets-Sat and Sun

« on: September 06, 2016, 22:19:52 »

My Sunday ticket is still available.

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / GW Revival admission tickets-Sat and Sun

« on: September 01, 2016, 08:05:29 »

If someone needs a second ticket for Sunday (and 2 kids entries for free), feel free to contact me as well given that I can't go anymore.

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Greyhound article in latest Classic Sports Car mag

« on: August 08, 2016, 18:43:21 »

Not sure yet, unless it's the original one that was put in the car. I feel for the great team of AC designers and craftsmen. The only thing that they didn't build is the engine and yet it's the main topic of discussion. I wish we would be spending this time debating their artwork instead.
   As a funny anecdote: Damien Hirst put a dead shark in formaldehyde and sold it for $13M. After a few years, the shark started to decay and the solution was simply to pay $5000 for another dead shark and to do a swap. The world of art has no issue with that...and it's now even worth more.

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Greyhound article in latest Classic Sports Car mag

« on: August 08, 2016, 12:00:20 »

I'm starting to enjoy this thread! To put it into perspective, I contacted C&SC to feature the respray in the "Our Cars" pages at the back. The editor promoted it to a full article and decided to cover the engine history in depth (without my knowledge). For those of you who have actively participated in the plundering of engines from Greyhounds, please take some responsibility for the fact that it's so hard to find one for sale with matching numbers. This car deserves some recognition and I'm pleased to see how the editor saw the design and engineering beyond the engine. He could have called off the article at any point if he wanted a Bristol or Zephyr engine. My request to all Greyhound owners with matching number cars is to have your car featured on the cover page of leading magazines, put one in immaculate condition for sale  at Coy's etc...  Until then it will be still less desirable than a VW camper van. I'm trying my best with what I found.

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Greyhound article in latest Classic Sports Car mag

« on: August 07, 2016, 22:10:23 »

Sorry to hear that the feature was ruined! I encourage anyone with a matching number Greyhound to raise the profile of the car, there's now room for improvement. Personally, I simply don't get why a Ford engine is so much more noble than a Triumph one. Would you all rave if I would swap my Triumph for an exciting Ford Zephyr power plant?

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Greyhound for sale in Ohio

« on: June 22, 2016, 20:48:20 »

What a big project...must be one of the cheapest ones ever on the market

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / AC Ace diff unit

« on: June 19, 2016, 16:14:41 »

For my Greyhound, I was told the diff is the same as the one on the Volvo Amazon(bar the casing) - if this can help expand your search.

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Greyhound

« on: April 26, 2015, 23:23:03 »

Once again, the LHD didn't sell on eBay - max bid $35k... half of the asking price. Tough sell with all these modifications... even the axle was swapped.

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Greyhound

« on: October 16, 2014, 17:15:13 »

Regarding the one that was sold for £44k in April - adding the auction fees brings it to close to £50k - and it didn't have the original Bristol engine - so £59k for the one currently on sale in Sussex seems fair to me - also in comparison to the pristine one in NZ that sold for close to £70k last yr.
   Again, this is all a fraction of what you would need to put down for a VW campervan (with 12 windows!) or one of the ten thousand purple 911T's from the 70's.
   Maybe Texas will come to the rescue and catapult this fine car beyond VW! (one of the great selling points should be the fact that the Greyhound offers enough headroom to keep your cowboy hat on)

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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Greyhounds: value = demand - supply

« on: October 07, 2014, 16:15:51 »

The towing ball was a standard feature fitted to all Greyhounds, but many owners paid extra to have it removed! I was considering towing my Greyhound with my BMW X3 - but now that I've seen this picture, I am considering to swap them around ;-)
   For the winter, I'm considering fitting a snow plow in the front - I welcome your suggestions regarding fittings.
   
   Anyway, back on track to my initial request: any other suggestions to raise the profile of this great car?