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AC Aceca


The AC Aceca is a shut car sports auto from the British AC Cars organization, delivered from 1954 until 1963. The auto initially had an AC motor however the comparable Bristol-engined Aceca-Bristol was likewise accessible close by the first from 1956 to 1963 when creation of the motor stopped. A couple of autos were worked from 1961 to 1963 with a 2553 cc tuned Ford Zephyr motor and sold as the Aceca 2.6.

In view of the open two-seat AC Ace, the Aceca was a hand-assembled fantastic tourer in the British custom, with slag wood and steel tubing utilized as a part of their development. One remarkable component was the hatchback at the back, making the Aceca just the second auto, after the 1953 Aston Martin DB2/4, to join this component.

151 Acecas, 169 Aceca-Bristols and 8 Ford-engined models had been fabricated when creation stopped in 1963.

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