{"id":95896,"date":"2022-04-07T10:59:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T10:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/ac-brooklands-ace\/"},"modified":"2022-04-12T07:38:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T07:38:46","slug":"ac-brooklands-ace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/ac-brooklands-ace\/","title":{"rendered":"AC Brooklands Ace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you know the AC Ace? As a base vehicle for the Shelby Cobra, this British sports car was able to build up a certain notoriety. The Ace was built between 1953 and 1963, and we recently reported on the convoluted company history of AC Cars here in our online magazine. When reading about it, it becomes clear that ownership often changed and that at times brand and manufacturing rights weren’t held by the same person. This was finally resolved by Brian Angliss, the founder of Autokraft. He had been manufacturing Cobra replicas with his company since 1982. These cars enjoyed high popularity among fans due to their high quality and attention to detail. This led to his being allowed to use the AC brand name officially a few years later. In 1986, he finally acquired the complete brand rights and was also able to secure all production rights. At the same time, he had a new sports car developed to give the AC brand a new lease of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customers didn’t like Ace of Spades<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Since he had built up a close business partnership with Ford and the American company had probably also contributed money to the development, the concept car named Ace of Spades was based on Ford technology components. The entire platform, including all-wheel drive, came from the Sierra XR 4×4, which also provided the six-cylinder engine and the manual transmission. Above this was a relatively angular body with a removable targa roof. However, the appearance didn’t find much favor with potential customers. Likewise, the engine appeared to some observers to be too weak-chested to do justice to a modern AC. So it was back to the drawing board. Support for the design was sought and found at IAD. At the same time, an independent steel chassis was created with a 13-centimeter shorter wheelbase. This also eliminated the two rear seats that the Ace of Spades still had due to its Sierra base.<\/p>\n\n\n

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