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[1954 AC]

For sale, registration number 1954 AC, H and H on-line auction:

https://online.handh.co.uk/m/lot-details/index/catalog/120/lot/44647/?url=%2Fm%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F120%2F%3Fpage%3D12

[1954 AC]

For sale, registration number 1954 AC, H and H on-line auction:

https://online.handh.co.uk/m/lot-details/index/catalog/120/lot/44647/?url=%2Fm%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F120%2F%3Fpage%3D12

Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance is one of the top in the world, so it was nice to see a 1929 AC entered this year. This being the 5-seater open-tourer, that was part of the John Moir Collection, sold by RM Sotheby's at Hershey in 2014. It is one of only two surviving 6-cylinder five-seater tourers. The car suffered a fire since the sale, but has now again been been brought back to the highest standard by Automotive Restorations of Connecticut.





Edit - Couldn't resist another photo of this car (taken before the fire incident), exhibited at Lime Rock Concours, CT:

Although the six-cylinder engine was first shown at Olympia in 1919, it wasn't until the 1923 sales brochure that the engine was offered to the public, installed in various body styles.

Below are two photos; the first, of this early engine (with an inlet manifold design I've not seen before) and the second, the printed detail of the engine. It may be necessary to download so as to enlarge on the computer screen.

40 years of ACtion magazines, about 350 issues. Bidding starts at £16:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AC-Cars-ACtion-Magazines-for-40-years-1984-to-2017-plus-a-few-back-to-79/332905737895?hash=item4d82ba6ea7:g:U6sAAOSwnBZbfcoh:rk:11:pf:0

A 1929 AC Six for sale.

This is one of the last from the S F Edge era (with the tall radiator and likely 56hp engine). It is not, however, an S F Edge Special as described in the text. Engine said to be rebuilt though needs finishing and installing.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Car-1929-AC-Acedes/192721835893?hash=item2cdf1dd775:g:kXcAAOSwEtRb6ekP:rk:1:pf:0

Of use to anyone?

http://richardedmondsauctions.com/catalogue-new/?lot=518

A very good collection of photos of AC's through the years, lots of information (though not all correct), charts on production numbers etc - a commendable effort, with a lot of work, by the blogger. Scroll down as production years are repeated further on (I suppose as this is the second version):

https://myntransportblog.com/category/ac-cars-ltd/

For those with PVT models 16/60, 16/70 and 16/80 this original article by The Motor Trader, published 1938 (Service Data Number 54), is for sale on Ebay. It contains engine data, drawings (e.g. of steering box), wiring diagram, maintenance diagram, list of lubricants, lots of technical info. Bids start at £9.....a bargain.

PS Should add this item is nothing to do with me, simply advising the forum for info!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-collectors-original-paper-the-motor-trader-service-data-No54-A-C-acedes-1935/182996385737?hash=item2a9b6f3fc9:g:NXcAAOSw0A9aTNfd

It is most unusual, a rare event, to be offred parts for 1920's AC cars:
   
   (1) An advert in this month's 'The Automobile' offers AC Royal 12hp mechanical parts, mainly engine parts for the Anzani including carburettor. Contact is rileyrme1@gmaail.com or tel 07732 316082
   
   (2) A 1926 vintage AC Six (ch. no. 13592) was dismantled more than seven years ago. Some parts have remained with the owner's family, and appear unfortunately to be heading to the rubbish skip, whilst other parts have since been dispersed. A major selection of the spares are now with Rod Briggs who is offering them for sale. A list has been produced containing, for example, front axle beam, many brake parts (including drums, shoes, rods), stub axles, steering box, wood dasboard fascia, halfshafts and hubs, headlamps, sidelights and more. The complete 1920's catspaw engine will be sold as a unit. Anyone interested (or desperate for a part) can contact Rod direct on 01458 273476.
   
   I hope the availability of these parts may get, or keep, a few of our vintage cars out on the road!

A promotional item, an interesting barometer in Art Deco style (probably from the early 1920's) showing 'AC - Britain's leading light car'; sold today at auction:
   
   

Watch a good black comedy, featuring crankshafts, camshafts and carburettors, and from the outset, a vintage AC 12/24.
   
   Now, on YouTube, a 1977 episode of Ripping Yarns. Michael Palin in 'Murder at Moorstones Manor'. The very first line is 'The old AC's going jolly well'.
   
   Enjoy the comedy thriller and the car!
   
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjDBxkhiILc

I've uploaded to YouTube a video, taken from a 1928 AC on a run over the Wiltshire Downs. It gives some idea of the typical engine noise from a vintage car accelerating, and some gearchanges through a crash gearbox. There's some wind noise on the video...
   
   Mainly, it shows the open countryside of this lovely part of England!
   
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rq-B8dAHcw

Looks too cheap...
   
   http://www.prewarcar.com/index.php?option=com_caradvert&view=ad§ion_id=4&id=224944&Itemid=294

   
   40th anniversary of the Motability charity:
   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4444622/The-Queen-hosts-40th-anniversary-Motability-charity.html

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/zenos-saved-administration-ac-cars-led-consortium//

The mini-series 'Tutankhamun' (dramitised story of the discovery of the tomb) started on ITV last night and a vintage AC was one of the cars used. Shown from three-quarter rear, it looked like an early '20's 4-cylinder. With no rear fuel tank and the position of the spare wheel dating it to about 1923. The series is filmed in South Africa so maybe the car is the one from the Franschhoek Motor Museum? There are another three episodes to come so it could reappear.
   
   The principal car, that of Lord Carnarvon, is a Rolls Silver Ghost of course.

Nice to see a 1927 AC Six featuring in the 1967 film, The Long Duel, (with Yul Brynner and Trevor Howard), on TV this afternoon. The car, reg KO 5065, ch.14201, was sold by Bonhams in 2001 but now seems to have gone to ground.
   
   

An interesting project for someone?
   
   This car is on Ebay, link below, for bids above £7000:
   
   http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A-C-COUPE-VINTAGE-CAR-1927-28-/322247356048?hash=item4b07706e90:g:BAkAAOSwOdpXxz5u
   
   Apparently, some years back the chassis, with transaxle, was removed from under wrecks in a scrapyard. The new owner, working in the restoration business, started to build a body from drawings but he has now had to stop due to ill-health. You will see the engine is not AC (it's from a Nissan) and there are many other things not right e.g. wheels, dashboard, electrics, steering wheel. The body is wrong in places e.g windscreen design but, saying all this, there is the possibility of either having a usable car or restoring further to more original. It's likely it doesn't have a V5, so chassis number may be important for the DVLA.