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The Brooklands Ace traces its history back to the 1986 concept car called the Ace of Spades that featured a high proportion of Ford parts including the 2.9 V6 engine and four-wheel drive system. The car underwent significant development before reappearing in 1991 with a new design by IAD , a stainless steel chassis and a Ford 3.0 V6 engine. [ 2 ]
Lawrence, Mike (7 October 1996). A to Z of Sports Cars, 1945-1990. Motorbooks. ISBN 978-1870979818. McLellan, John (25 March 2001). Classic ACs: AutoCarrier to Cobra. Sutton Publishing. ISBN 978-0750920421. AC Cars 1904-2011: A Brooklands Portfolio from Auto-Carrier to Cobra. Brooklands Books Ltd. 9 March 2012. ISBN 978-1855209596.
This was built on a stretched Ace chassis with coil suspension all around and a 2.2-litre Bristol engine. The AC Ace LM Prototype was a single piece from the year 1958 with the unusual chassis number LM5000, which John Tojeiro designed on behalf of the brothers Hurlock specifically for the AC factory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and for further ...
The AC Ace is a sports car produced by AC Cars of Thames Ditton, England, from 1953 until 1963. About 220 AC Aces and 466 Ace-Bristol cars were produced during its 10 year run. About 220 AC Aces and 466 Ace-Bristol cars were produced during its 10 year run.
Issue date Club Song Artist Maxi-Singles Sales Artist Reference(s) January 6 "Beautiful Life" Ace of Base "Missing" Everything But The Girl [1] [2]January 13 "If I Were You"
The firm was founded as Thomas Inventions Development Co. Ltd. by J. G. Parry-Thomas & Major Ken Thomson. [1] Their workshops were based in the 'flying village' inside the circuit at Brooklands, a convenient location for their customers, who raced there.
The main difference between the Aceca and Aceca-Bristol was the engine. Both used a straight-6 unit, but the Aceca shared its 90 hp (67 kW), 1,991 cc (121.5 cu in) overhead camshaft AC engine with the lighter AC Ace, while the Aceca-Bristol used a 125 hp (93 kW) "D-Type" 2.0 L (1971 cc/120 in³) unit sourced from Bristol Cars. The Aceca-Bristol ...
The first Brooklands was a full-size luxury saloon, launched in 1992 to replace the Bentley Mulsanne and in turn succeeded by the Bentley Arnage in 1998. Bentley resurrected the nameplate in 2007 with the Brooklands Coupé, a 2-door, 4-seater hardtop coupé version of the Bentley Azure. It was made between 2008 and 2011 in limited numbers.