• Previously part of an extensive collection of AC cars • One of four right hand drive AC engined cars built in 1959 • Dry stored unused for 53 years • Bought from the collection last year • Offered for complete restoration "Of them all, the Ace was the truest sports car: it could be used for daily commuting or for high-speed long-distance touring, but it could also be driven to a race meeting, campaigned with distinction, and driven home again - even if that race was the Le Mans 24 Hours." - AC Heritage , Simon Taylor & Peter Burn.

The success of Cliff Davis's Tojeiro sports racer prompted AC Cars to put the design into production in 1954 as the Ace.

The Davis car's pretty Ferrari 166-inspired barchetta bodywork was retained, as was John Tojeiro's twin-tube ladder frame chassis and Cooper-influenced all-independent suspension, but the power unit was AC's own venerable, 2.0-litre, long-stroke six.

Designed by John Weller, this single-overhead-camshaft engine originated in 1919 and w...