carsntrucks4you Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) 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 by carsntrucks4you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 pm'd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) Easy one. PM'd. Edited March 13 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonW Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Very easy. Thanks Michael! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarheelRick Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I was on the wrong side of the world looking for this one. It has some similarities to 60's Datsun products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete J. Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Now that it is done, I can see the family resemblance to to Ace/Cobra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 That nose panel can’t have been much fun to fabricate for an aluminium bodied car… best, M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bartrop Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 I was looking right at AC's and went "Nah, it couldn't be..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonW Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 I just knew what it was. Only had to check the dates.😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonW Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Marischal Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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