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I seem to recall that having greased the springs, one wraps them in cotton or canvas then binds them in cord using an series of half hitches (french whipping). The whole process is slow, messy and tedious, and unless you are doing a huge mileage I'm not sure that it's worth the effort.

D H Day repaired a capillary water sensor for me a few years ago.
He has no website but he is at Wroughton Tel: 01793 812323

https://www.carandclassic.com/magazine/1960-ac-ace-classified-of-the-week-2/?bsft_aaid=a5ce63ed-6419-48b8-adb6-8692f74daf04&bsft_eid=ae06d53d-78ac-3b0c-13b5-f18ace78e54a&utm_campaign=broadcast-i-saturday-uk-email-i-0-90-days-i-25-05-24&utm_source=blueshift&utm_medium=email&utm_content=saturday-newsletter-25-05-24&bsft_clkid=4631e629-7f13-4487-81e9-01e6695f4913&bsft_uid=8694d51e-d8c4-44ad-9406-e7ccd1d27dc9&bsft_mid=c7c79605-01af-4ea1-91e2-b7c023a9ce9b&bsft_txnid=0d5b6987-1b42-469c-a153-0b55a2cf6564&bsft_mime_type=html&bsft_ek=2024-05-25T09%3A00%3A51Z&bsft_lx=16&bsft_tv=13
I thought the above car interesting. In particular the alloy head, does an alloy head confer many benefits?  Who made the heads and if only three, were they not very successful?

This website may help you.
https://www.ac2litre.com/

There appears to be a vintage AC at about 29:20 in this video, although the wheels and body do look rather odd!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zea39EzADBI

While searching for something completely different I came across this you tube video.
The commentary is truly awful, but scroll through to 29:40 for the car.  I think the video must be a few years old.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqWTAcxy3zU

https://www.ac-6.co.uk/attaching-parts-seals-gaskets/

Many congratulations, the dash looks wonderful too, is it the original?

Thank you for that information. Regarding the photo, David Hescroff tells me " the photo shows PK6322 - the Montlhery record car with its 4 seat body put on to enter the Brooklands Double Twelve Race in 1930. It is a very interesting shot (I have a copy of it) because the other car is Ray Morley in PH8013 with the Montlhery record car's original body which Ray bought from Mollart. "
David reckons that 5 cars may have been built with that body style.

Is this the same "Montlhery" that was used in the record run?  AC did rebody the car (the body being subsequently acquired by Ray Morley), do we know how many "Montlhery" style bodied cars were made?

Thank you,  those results look impressive! 

I note the following comment on the Anglia auction site. " We have chosen not to publish our results. Please contact us directly for any enquiries."
I find this most odd!
Anyone happen to know what region of prices the AC's went for?

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1968-ac-428-frua-convertible/

I notice that in the recently publicised Palman collection in Holland is an AC Aceca, registered 282EOH. It looks to have lain untouched for many years. 

Looking good,  :)