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Wow, £143K and then add another £80K for restoration minimum. So looking at £220K minimum. I hope someone owns, but it would seem a mad price.

You may not have a ballast resistor, modern cars have this within the coil or the loom. What may be the problem is the ECU or sensor for the engine management system.

There are two bolts either end of the dashboard. It is easy, but you will need to be careful. There are a lot of wires behind. I will take a picture of mine, need to remove the heater controls. I'm also restoring another which I plan to document the full rebuild to allow people to see how it is done, it is quite simple in structure. The most complex element is the wiring!

What a great day, well don Bruce, Mike, Mike, John, etc. all the Marshall's, helpers and many more. Still the best event of the year, already looking forward to next year.
   
   John

Robin, you raise a good point. My Daimler in period raced with Weber down draft and an MGA slip diff. The car was good for 240BHP, but when we ran at Revival had to put back to Sebring specification (the car raced at Sebring 12Hr in 1960). Look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NseJJ7qiAjM#t=71 go to 1:06 and you will see the Daimler racing, the car also would beat corvette's see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9PlcdfpBIk 1:05.
   
   My experience is the reverse of Cobra increase in performance. I can not remember seeing many Cobra's in period having one wheel off the ground due to stiff chase like modern racing. I personally think everyone should be open then we at least know.

Fully agree, there are so few FIA cobra's from the 60's if one got destroyed it would be a big loss so I can understand the owners view point. My Daimler raced between 1960-64 in over 140+ races and won the national SCCA tight twice in different groups (EP and CP) no other Daimler and very few cars have ever done this, so quite important for me to look after for the future.

My view, if we all understand the origins of the car and history (even if new) I'm cool, you should pay for what it is worth. If a replica is advertised as a true 60's race car with racing history, original chassis / body then that is what it should be, not a replica. My SP250 race car has the original body / chassis (with a few patches due to racing incidents but we know it is the original from 1959 which makes it special (well in my eyes)

Another car which has just sold is DE1050 with hard top, nice car. This was the car at the top of the test hill just outside Ac Heritage. I liked the interior, also the hard top fitted well, looked nice. It was rare due to the front end being the later model with the square front headlights. More and more research is showing that the later cars actually also got finished at Brooklands. While restoring my Ac Ace DE1040 I found the chassis and design was very good, now I know why the car handles so well. As normal if you have or just purchased brooklands let me know, very few come onto the Market (only seen three cars this year and two/three last year.

Nik,
   
   When cars are very low production (which is the case with many Ace's) the history is always interesting. I really enjoy doing research and when I see posts like this and Keith's own post I find the information fascinating.
   
   Again thanks for sharing!

Really nice, always like this type of thread. You look like your dad!

Nev,
   
   Good point, I have two garages full of parts. Every time I go over to storage I think I should document the lot. I'm building a new workshop which will be a home for all parts.
   
   Also I'm restoring an Ace and Aceca Brooklands will document parts used to make Xref possible.
   
   Thanks
   
   John

Max is spot on, the car is coil bound by standard. I'm changing my spring and dampers as we speak, removing a few turns and getting heavier springs. The cost of springs is not bad (Merlin will do a set for £50) it will be down to the drivers experience. Recommendation, if you are happy with your current set-up then take both springs, important both to Merlin and they will tell you the Lbs then match with new, it should be simple.

Sounds like normal Ford V8 challenge, keep it cool. The Temp sensor on a 302 is at the front, so should not be sensor. If you car has oil cooler, making this a target for good air flow is important. On my Ac Aceca Brooklands I plan to have air ducts to the cooler so it will always be given the best chance to cool. On my Ace Brooklands I plan soon to get more air flow. If it does not loose any water, then is OK.

I have been doing a lot of research on the Ace, what I know. Every car had the "hand of AC" we have no replica cars. So what we have is as follows
   
   DE1016 was the first of the Ace Brooklands and the last one was DE1060, Chassis DE1061, DE1062 and DE1063 got developed and put in "Stock WIP" - You will see I refer this as Mk1 and Mk2, the first 20 cars had some differences, then after this they got into production status.
   
   Now the interesting point DE1061 got taken out of stock and a new front end was developed (square head lamps) and GRP bonnet was given. This is commonly called "South African Car" which is slightly incorrect. Only a limited amount of work was done out of the UK. So actually I have all classified as Mk3 cars. So DE1069 is actually an Ac Ace Brooklands, but it will be a late Mk.3
   
   Now if we move on, we have DE11* which are chassis / body obtained by a number of people. Again all AC parts and all AC laid chassis. I can confirm all this, before John Owen passed away I had information. So technically I do not have formal AC register, but I do have information. (lets call them continuation cars)
   
   The last set of cars are 4 Aceca Brooklands, very easy 1 prototype (actually an extended DE10 chassis), 2 AC built cars (steve gray has one, I have the other) and 1 Ac Chassis, Body, etc. again I have the complete car and all parts. John provided a letter confirming the last one from the register.
   
   I have been piecing together all the information. So every Ace Brooklands / Aceca Brooklands is original car from Ac factory, but some have been put together outside the factory.

The first car was DE1016, on 4-7-1994 that was purchased, there was an early prototype PA017002 in 1993. DX1015 has an early chassis number than DE1016 but this was actually after the DE1016. Interesting that AC carried on the theme of chassis. DE1060 (my old car) was the last. So we missed 1993, but I think 1994 is a good reason. I will chat with the committee.