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Originally posted by Flyinghorse
Is that expensive or inline with other quality 6 cylinder cars? It may even be cheap. Seems like a big step up from the 4 cylinder cars.
Vintage period four and six-cylinder cars are
very different indeed to drive, like chalk and cheese. The engine of the four produces 24hp, the six 40 or 56hp (dependent on year, and remember this was pretty good at the time) - the performance and cruising speeds of the two models reflect this.
There are probably less than twenty vintage 6-cyl AC's surviving, and maybe only a dozen on the road. With so few, coming to the market very seldom, there has not been any set prices, sales to compare, or even market analysis.
For the 1920's these AC-6's perform well, much better than the everyday cars of the vintage period (likes of Morris, Austin etc) and in some ways better than, let's say, Alvis 12/50's which seem regularly to achieve over £40,000 (both marques, of course, have their good and bad points).
The two 'sixes' sold in the last few years have required
major work and expenditure and they have been sold at some £20,000 or so. Most owners that I know, of AC-6's, have their cars insured around £40,000, I think a fair representation now for a good one, though some would say I'm biased of course!
