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£106,400

1972 AC Aceca Cobra Coupé

United Kingdom • 24 Sept 2022 • Lot 194

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This is a unique 1958 AC Aceca modified in the early 1980s with a Ford BOSS 302 engine and Mk. III Cobra underpinnings. It features a high-quality build with a focus on performance and aesthetics, presented in Cunningham racing colors and a retrimmed interior.

Condition

8

The car has been meticulously put together with high-quality components, including a rebuilt BOSS 302 engine, Richmond 4+1 gearbox, and upgraded suspension. The interior has been retrimmed with Connolly leather and Wilton carpets. The car has a well-documented history and comes with both original wire wheels and Minilite items.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

CFX18

Odometer:

11,500 km

Reg Number:

4 VBX

RHD/LHD:

RHD

Classic cars and, in particular, sports cars evolve continually.

Brakes keep up with power; bodywork keeps up with performance and tyres have to keep the whole lot on the road.

Some cars just get it right first time and so it was with the AC Ace.

The first incarnation being AC engined but latterly Bristol and Ford.

It was its slippery shape and already impressive performance that gave Carroll Shelby the idea to import 100 cars and shoehorn V8 units under the bonnet.

The first 75 had 260ci power plants with the latter 289ci units culminating in the Mk.

III 427SC monsters.

In addition to this line up however, there is the Aceca with beautifully sculptured bodywork by John Tojeiro and subsequently refined by Allan Turner.

AC cars contracted Tojeiro to design the AC Ace, which was loosely based around his earlier, highly successful, Tojeiro/Bristol sports racing car, this proved popular on both road and track in the UK and abroad.

Trevor Legate, author of Cobra: ‘The First 40 Year...