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Emjo

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1957 AC Ace Bristol old racer
« on: December 31, 2020, 16:06:44 »
BE 368 raced extensively for many years originally campaigned by John Anstis JA5 ready to drive next spring having been fully mechanically restored during the last 12 months by Hawker Racing

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Re: 1957 AC Ace Bristol old racer
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2021, 03:18:34 »
Is this car for sale or are you just telling us about it? ;) 

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Re: 1957 AC Ace Bristol old racer
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2021, 12:13:10 »
No the car is not for sale more of an information update on a Ace with many years race history in the hope some members might recall it racing back in the day.

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Re: 1957 AC Ace Bristol old racer
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2021, 12:43:04 »
BE 368 returned to its original factory colour

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Re: 1957 AC Ace Bristol old racer
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2021, 19:05:40 »
Nice to see
Do you have a heater set up
If so can you post a couple of pics
I just bought my Aceca and mine is missing
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Looks great!

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Re: 1957 AC Ace Bristol old racer
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2021, 22:51:25 »
The heater set up in Ace and Aceca is not identical so be careful. Best would be the heater set up in another Aceca and I believe even there is a difference between earlier and later cars. There are a few pictures in Original Ace, Aceca & Cobra.

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Re: 1957 AC Ace Bristol old racer
« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2021, 17:25:20 »
Unless there were two possible blues, that is the color BEX 241 was new and when I got it in 1961.  My memory is that it was a just little darker.
I painted it two other colors later (red and BRG), but wish I had stayed with that one.
It was totally consumed by fire in 1992, but is shown here several years later with what seems a choice of hues:

https://acace123.de.tl/BEX-241.htm