1958 AC Aceca-Bristol

• Engine No: 100 D2 813 Bristol D2 engine, the first Aceca fitted with the Bristol engine
• First registered 2 July 1958. Full matching numbers, original engine, gearbox and chassis
• Long term ownership from March 1966 to 2005 before being purchased by our vendor
• Partially stripped in August 1967 and remained that way for 38 years
• Lovely detailed history of our vendor's journey returning the Aceca to glorious health. Notable 'Concours' success 2015 - 2018 winning the 2018 ACOC Hurlock Trophy as 'Champion Car'

British racing driver and wizard tuner, Ken Rudd, whose business K.N.Rudd Ltd. were official suppliers of AC cars in the mid-1950s, developed the very first Ace-Bristol and it wasn't long before his hybrid was quickly adopted by the AC factory. First shown in autumn 1956, the AC Ace-Bristol and its coupÚ sibling, the Aceca-Bristol, were in production by the spring of 1957. Because it was not only more powerful than AC's own engine but capable of a lot more development, the Bristol unit made these cars much more suited for competition and the extra power seemed to get the best out of a very capable chassis.

The roots of the Ace-Bristol design go back to the Thirties, when BMW engine design-chief, Fritz Feider, produced a series of six-cylinder engines that culminated in the 1971-cc unit of the fabled 328. After World War II, Bristol of England