Whats this Car ??

[badred]

Hope this is the right forum !!
What is the car in the TV advert for the M&S Credit card ?? 2 door open top 1960s ?? Looks great (so does the driver)

[williamp]

AC Ace. Fore-runner of the Cobra (think slim wheel arches and smaller engine. Usually 2 litre).

Hope this helps

W.

[badred]

williamp said:

Hope this helps

W.

Thanks William (I thought I spotted the AC badge) does it help ?? not really, as wifey wants te sell the Griffith and buy one and I doubt we could afford

Really nice looking car.......Class

[Roman]

Hawk cars make a superb replica.

I saw a fully built one for sale 2yrs ago for £8k This was MGB based & engined but you can fit a 2.5 6cyl Triumph engine

[The Wiz]

badred said:

Hope this is the right forum !!
What is the car in the TV advert for the M&S Credit card ?? 2 door open top 1960s ?? Looks great (so does the driver)

Theres a car in that ad?

[badred]

The Wiz said:

badred said:

Hope this is the right forum !!
What is the car in the TV advert for the M&S Credit card ?? 2 door open top 1960s ?? Looks great (so does the driver)

Theres a car in that ad?

Yes, unless they now have a short version ??

[The Wiz]

badred said:

The Wiz said:

badred said:

Hope this is the right forum !!
What is the car in the TV advert for the M&S Credit card ?? 2 door open top 1960s ?? Looks great (so does the driver)

Theres a car in that ad?

Yes, unless they now have a short version ??

Sorry wasn't looking at that

[kevp]

A hard top version for sale. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AC-Aceca_W0QQit

[aeropilot]

[quote=badredas wifey wants te sell the Griffith and buy one and I doubt we could afford

Really nice looking car.......Class [/quote]

Don't think they are particularily expensive, but they aren't exactly plentiful.
IIRC they were originally the Ace-Bristol with the 6 cyl Bristol lump and then when Bristol engines dried up they went over to the 2.6(?) Ford Zephyr six engine, before Mr.Shelby walked into the Thames Ditton factory with a Ford 260 small block in his suitcase, and said ",Hey try this for size".....
The rest they is history.....

[Fittster]

aeropilot said:

[quote=badredas wifey wants te sell the Griffith and buy one and I doubt we could afford

Really nice looking car.......Class

Don't think they are particularily expensive, but they aren't exactly plentiful.
IIRC they were originally the Ace-Bristol with the 6 cyl Bristol lump and then when Bristol engines dried up they went over to the 2.6(?) Ford Zephyr six engine, before Mr.Shelby walked into the Thames Ditton factory with a Ford 260 small block in his suitcase, and said ",Hey try this for size".....
The rest they is history.....
[/quote]

For a Ace-Bristol you are looking at 80K+

[aeropilot]

Fittster said:

For a Ace-Bristol you are looking at 80K+

Expensive being all relative of course.........

80k.......yikes

[jonnylayze]

An Ace Ford (using the Zephyr 2.6 straight 6) is even more valuable than an Ace Bristol and has the Cobra 260/289 - style nose (but without the wheel-arch extensions). They're also very quick for their era - 0-60 in 6ish.

The Aceca (fixed head coupe) tend to be cheaper than the Ace but if it has to be an Ace, the 'cheapest' way in is probably the 2-litre AC -engined model which is the least powerful of all but still a lovely car and I would have thought that you'd be looking at at least £50k upwards.