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I always thought it was called the AC Bristol also but apparently Bristol made the engines for the AC Ace.
"When Bristol ceased building their 6-cylinder engine in 1961, AC's owner, Charles Hurlock, was approached by Carroll Shelby to use a Ford V8 in the Ace chassis, producing the AC Cobra in 1962.
Production of the Ace ended the same year. The AC Cobra came in small block and later big block configurations. It was Ford's 289 that powered the winning car in the GT class at Le Mans in June 1964. At the time, the AC Cobra 427 was the fastest "production" car in the world."
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I always thought it was called the AC Bristol also but apparently Bristol made the engines for the AC Ace.
"When Bristol ceased building their 6-cylinder engine in 1961, AC's owner, Charles Hurlock, was approached by Carroll Shelby to use a Ford V8 in the Ace chassis, producing the AC Cobra in 1962.
Production of the Ace ended the same year. The AC Cobra came in small block and later big block configurations. It was Ford's 289 that powered the winning car in the GT class at Le Mans in June 1964. At the time, the AC Cobra 427 was the fastest "production" car in the world." No other production car beat the documented 0-60 times of the 1967 Cobra 427 SC (3.7 sec) until about 15 years ago. Around a 35 year reign!
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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Kinda be hard to drive and shift with one arm...
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I always thought it was called the AC Bristol also but apparently Bristol made the engines for the AC Ace.
"When Bristol ceased building their 6-cylinder engine in 1961, AC's owner, Charles Hurlock, was approached by Carroll Shelby to use a Ford V8 in the Ace chassis, producing the AC Cobra in 1962.
Production of the Ace ended the same year. The AC Cobra came in small block and later big block configurations. It was Ford's 289 that powered the winning car in the GT class at Le Mans in June 1964. At the time, the AC Cobra 427 was the fastest "production" car in the world." No other production car beat the documented 0-60 times of the 1967 Cobra 427 SC (3.7 sec) until about 15 years ago. Around a 35 year reign! I thought that the AC Cobra still had the record. CB, which car beat that record? The Bugatti?
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As we are on the road with old cars would you kind folks indulge me if I mentioned my first and only motor vehicle speeding offence at the tender age of 18. I only talk about it because I framed my Driving Licence it is the only proof I once owned an E type Jaguar, to use the wording of the court stamp on my Licence “Exceeding Speed Limit Contrary to Section 9 Road traffic act.
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Vehicle. E type Jaguar 3.8 litre
Date of offence. 20th November 1966
Place of offence Southport (a town situated on the north west coast of England a little north of Liverpool)
Penalty. the sum of Ł8 that being a fair chunk of money then.
Speed 100 mph in a 40mph zone.
The folly of a young man! Though I could not afford to purchase that car today to do the same thing.
Ahh what a car it was! But I could not afford to keep it for long it swallowed money and Petrol far too fast for a young working man’s pocket. though a good memory looking back now.
The only lessons in my life I truly did learn from where the ones I paid for!
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Treblig, There are more than a dozen that can beat that 0-60 time. The standard is down around 2.8 - 2.9 seconds now. I think even the Tesla S high performance sedan can do that and the new Dodge Demon SRT, with a quarter mile time in the 9.8 sec range is expected to do 0-60 around 2.5 seconds.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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As we are on the road with old cars would you kind folks indulge me if I mentioned my first and only motor vehicle speeding offence at the tender age of 18. I only talk about it because I framed my Driving Licence it is the only proof I once owned an E type Jaguar, to use the wording of the court stamp on my Licence “Exceeding Speed Limit Contrary to Section 9 Road traffic act.
How and where: -
Vehicle. E type Jaguar 3.8 litre
Date of offence. 20th November 1966
Place of offence Southport (a town situated on the north west coast of England a little north of Liverpool)
Penalty. the sum of Ł8 that being a fair chunk of money then.
Speed 100 mph in a 40mph zone.
The folly of a young man! Though I could not afford to purchase that car today to do the same thing.
Ahh what a car it was! But I could not afford to keep it for long it swallowed money and Petrol far too fast for a young working man’s pocket. though a good memory looking back now.
Excellent Damascus. Well done in saving the ticket. My brother had a 1972 E-Type V12 convertible for a while. I had a Pantera at the same time. What fun we had! My brother still pines for a nice 3.8 litre or early 4.2. I'll be seeing a friend next week who still has the 4.2 I helped him buy when we were roommates after college in the early 1980's. The purchase price was simply the cost of admission. LOL But it's lovely.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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E-Type Jag stopped for petrol at a station where I worked.
The price posted on the pump annoyed the driver so much that he declined the purchase and decided to go elsewhere at high speed.
He popped the clutch and promptly left the entire driveshaft in our driveway.
"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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When I was a kid, a neighbor had a gullwing Mercedes. Another neighbor had an old D-type Jag with the stabilizing fin that he raced. The D-type that won LeMans in 1955 sold for over 21 million bucks recently.
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Don't feel bad, damascus. A well known sporting clays professional here in the States was ticketed years ago for speeding, and promptly locked into a jail cell. The ticket read "Driving 120 mph over the posted speed limit". Let that sink in a bit. He asked them if he could have some supper while in lockdown and they asked what he wanted. He said "Pizza. It'll be easy to slide between the bars".
True story.
SRH
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