• Unique Ford Zephyr-engined example • Bought directly from AC Cars by the vendor • Present ownership since 1978 • Highly original and un-restored First seen at the 1959 London Motor Show, the four-seater AC Greyhound was the second coupé based on the Ace roadster, the first being the two-seater Aceca whose lines were successfully adapted to suit the larger car.

Like the Aceca's, the Greyhound's extremely shapely and attractive body was constructed in hand-formed aluminium over a tubular steel framework, while the longer-wheelbase tubular-steel chassis was more substantially built than the Ace's.

There was coil-sprung independent suspension all round by means of wishbones at the front and trailing arms at the rear, while by the time the Greyhound entered production in 1960 the chassis had been changed to a square-tube design.

One notable departure from the Aceca was the bottom-hinged boot lid, replacing the Aceca's practical hatchback, although this new arrangement did have the adva...