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1957 AC Ace Roadster
United Kingdom • 13 Apr 2025
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1957 AC Ace is a meticulously restored classic with a known ownership history, including a 43-year stint with Dr. A J B Missen. Recent work includes a rebuilt engine by CCK, restored overdrive, bare-metal repaint, and interior re-trim, making it a mechanically and cosmetically sound vehicle.
Condition
8
The car has been restored between 2016 and 2024, with significant work done on the body, engine, gearbox, and interior. The listing mentions excellent gaps and shut lines, a bare-metal repaint, and rebuilt components. However, the current owner finds the cockpit too small, indicating a potential comfort issue for some drivers. The car also has a few notified modifications from factory specification.
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Transmission:
Manual
Chassis No:
AE 220
Odometer:
[Odometer Reading]
Reg Number:
YBP 782
RHD/LHD:
RHD
• 2.0-litre AC engine • Overdrive transmission • Known ownership history • Restored between 2016 and 2024 • Substantial history file Chassis 'AE 220' was completed in right-hand drive configuration at AC's Thames Ditton factory on 30th October 1957.
Powered by AC's own 1,991cc engine from new, the Ace was finished in Damask Red with a black interior and supplied new to marque specialists K N Rudd Ltd (Ruddspeed).
The car was registered 'YBP 782', the registration it retains to this day.
In January 1958, Rudd sold 'AE 220' to a Mr Bremner of Newcastle upon Tyne, who kept the Ace for one year before selling to Mrs Morris of North London.
When the Morris family moved to Heathfield the Ace went with them and was looked after by Seys Garages (Heathfield) Ltd (there are various handwritten invoices documenting the work in the history file).
The Ace then passed into the ownership of Dr A J B Missen and his family in 1967, with whom it would remain for some 43 years.
Dr Missen had a scru...
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£34,867
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£180,167
Median Price (Since 2020)
£364,928
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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