Autoquiz #599 - Finished

[carsntrucks4you]

Before AC delivered bodies to Shelby American in the early 1960's they build this overpriced, not that attractive looking coupe. It was more expensive than a Jaguar XK150. Only 82 AC Greyhound  plus 1 prototype were build between 1959 and 1963. They were powered by a 2.0l AC 6 cyl. or a 2.0l 6cyl. Bristol engine. Lat the Bristol engine was replaced by a 2.6. Ford Zephyr engine.

The correct answer were sent in by:

Matt Bacon

thatz4u

Ace-Garageguy

otherunicon

DonW

Thom

 

Congratulations

Edited March 18, 2024 by carsntrucks4you

[thatz4u]

pm'd

[Ace-Garageguy]

Easy one.   

PM'd.

Edited March 13, 2024 by Ace-Garageguy

[DonW]

Very easy. Thanks Michael!

[TarheelRick]

I was on the wrong side of the world looking for this one. It has some similarities to 60's Datsun products.

[Pete J.]

Now that it is done, I can see the family resemblance to to Ace/Cobra.

[Matt Bacon]

Jensen, AC and Bristol were top of mind, but given what I’m building at the moment and that “family resemblance” I narrowed it down to AC pretty quickly…

beat,

M.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Even if you didn't know it right off, the resemblance to an Aston Martin DB4 with a different face marks it as most likely English, and the styling is late '50s early '60s, so a logical starting point is searching images of that period English car builders.

I plugged in the image-search term "AC cars 1960s" into floogle, and an image of this thing came up about halfway down the first page.

[Matt Bacon]

That nose panel can’t have been much fun to fabricate for an aluminium bodied car…

best,

M.

[Richard Bartrop]

I was looking right at AC's and went "Nah, it couldn't be..."

[DonW]

I just knew what it was. Only had to check the dates.?

[DonW]

19 hours ago, TarheelRick said:

I was on the wrong side of the world looking for this one. It has some similarities to 60's Datsun products.

That wouldn't have occurred to me but you're right - however I can guess who is likely to have copied - sorry, 'was influenced by' who!

[Earl Marischal]

I was convinced it was a Peerless or Warwick at first but the lack of the little fin at the back squashed that idea.

Should have known it was an AC! ?‍♂️

steve