AC Ace Brooklands- work in progress pics

[Louisa911]

Managed to get a few pictures of my boyfriend's Grandad's AC Ace which he is currently in the process of building, which I posted about previously. Sorry for the quality of the pics, they are on my phone in a dark garage! Its almost mechanically complete now, registered, and some panels have been sent off to be sprayed- the rest of the car is due to follow in the next week. Will get some pictures of the finished product once its back home

Without the bonnet- some panels have been sent to the bodyshop for spraying in Porsche Midnight Blue. Rest of the car has been sanded down ready for the paint:




V8 from a Shelby Cobra:




Not sure if he will keep the AC alloys or not. Could look a little small when finished:




The whole car before it was sanded down and panels stripped off. Old registration has changed to something along the lines of "**** ACE" (forgotten the first few digits!) It will be an absolute monster when complete, can't wait to see it.






Hope you enjoyed the pics, will get the finished car up when its been sprayed and interior has been fitted.

Cheers

[davidspooner]

Nice what BHP is that developing?

[Louisa911]

Before a few final modifications, I think it was around the 325bhp region on the rolling road, but plans to increase this to nearer 400bhp in the future

[NiceCupOfTea]

I'm confused - I thought AC Aces were asthmatic 60s sports cars that the Shelby Cobra was based on?

[Podie]

Blimey, not many of these around...

[soad]

Thanks for the much awaited photos.

Your boyfriend's Grandpa definately has good taste in cars.

[Louisa911]

NiceCupOfTea said:

I'm confused - I thought AC Aces were asthmatic 60s sports cars that the Shelby Cobra was based on?

Originally yes but they were re-introduced as a brand new design in the early 90s (1994 i believe).
I think theres only 60-odd that actually exist.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Ah, gotcha!

Looks like a nice project!

[A S P]

I'm sure there's a logical explanation but my tired head can't work out the 09 registration plate with the stone chipped front. Is he building it from new old-stock parts and registered it last year?

He has got great taste

[Louisa911]

A S P said:

I'm sure there's a logical explanation but my tired head can't work out the 09 registration plate with the stone chipped front. Is he building it from new old-stock parts and registered it last year?

He has got great taste

Yeah a warehouse with many Ace cars stored there was burnt down, a lot of the car is constructed from the salvage that was left, eg. some of the bodywork. Not sure exactly what components were from the burnt car but once its completely finished I'll post some proper pics and a full writeup for you