Thanks John! I may look a bit like my Dad, but he still has a full head of hair!!
This old thread got 'bumped' back to the top as I had to correct a couple of errors that Dad pointed out; I had said he was racing on 16" wheels, but he actually swapped his 16's for wider 15's, with R6 tyres, but he reckoned the Ace was quicker on the narrower 15" wheels and R5's! Also, I omitted Ron Stern from the owners' history.
It is a fantastic story, had it not been Dad's only way to afford an Ace, the car would probably have been scrapped, which would have been tragic.