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AEX 115 will be on sale with next issue at Hemmings. It has a Ford V 6 Capri engine(German Ford) fitted. The owner expects around $ 150k

Absolutely fascinating! Thanks a lot for those pics.
   
   Stephan

I ordered an original clock for my AC Ace at The Gauge Shop last week and it arrived safe and well today here in Germany. So no complaints from me.
   
   Stephan

Thank you both for helping. I already mailed Woolies and asked them but I got no reply yet. So I will try the others. Thanks again,
   
   Stephan

Peter,
   
   my car is AE 1140. Yes, the colour is a very dark metallic grey with a shade of green in the sunlight. It is originally a Rolls Royce colour, I can give you the recipe no if you want me to.
   
   Stephan

Peter,
   
   see pics of my black pearl Ace in various light attached, I hope they will work. My car was painted blackpearl from the beginning but of course I cannot guarantee it is exactly as it was when new.
   
   Stephan
   
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Very nice car, thank you!

I just called the manager of the company and he was so kind to tell me that the car sold for 75000 Euros.

The car was offered at 82900 Euros before it sold, so anything between 75000 and 80000 should have been paid for it.

CF 18 is now combined with an AC Aceca body from AE 558, it was offered last October in Hertfordshire for 35000 pounds.
   
   This was the ad:
   This well known car features a 302 Boss Mustang engine in an independently suspended AC chassis. This is effectively a Mk3 Cobra with a roof, and it delivers the driver's reward that you would expect from such a combination.
   The car has been built to a very professional standard in the 1980s by a Swiss collector, Verner Oswald, using Aceca body number 558, and AC 428 chassis CF 18. The attention to detail is very good with features such as aeroquip hoses throughout, competition water piping, on board fire extinguisher.
   The car is in excellent mechanical order. The suspension has been completely rebuilt, shock absorbers reconditioned and front anti roll bar fitted (following the settings from a competition Mk 3 Cobra) in the last year.
   The engine is fresh and has only covered 1,000 miles since being run in. The engine builders expect it to be producing 400bhp+. It has Eagle steel crankshaft, Childs and Albert reduced radius big and main bearings, H beam magnafluxed con rods, +.030 boss pistons and more.
   
   I have some pics if anyone is interested.

My Aceca is missing its rubber seal for the tailgate. As far as I can see it from pictures the sealing is attached to the tailgate and not to the body, but I have no idea how it has to look and which profile to use. Anybody can help?
   
   Thanks,
   
   Stephan

My Aceca has got new bushes, dampers, tyres, everything but it still has a roadholding to be afraid of. It runs straight without problems but negotiates turns in a terrible way. We removed all panels in the back to see what the suspension is doing while on the run, it lifts the inner wheel at rather slow speeds. Then the lsd cuts in and the car feels awkward. The frame is straight and unbroken, the suspension setup within normal limits. It´s a V8 converted car but that shouldn´t be the problem I think. Any ideas?
   
   Thank you,
   
   Stephan

Here is the ad of the mixture of CF 18 and AE 558. It was offered last October for 35000 Britih pounds:
    This well known car features a 302 Boss Mustang engine in an independently suspended AC chassis. This is effectively a Mk3 Cobra with a roof, and it delivers the driver's reward that you would expect from such a combination.
   The car has been built to a very professional standard in the 1980s by a Swiss collector, Verner Oswald, using Aceca body number 558, and AC 428 chassis CF 18. The attention to detail is very good with features such as aeroquip hoses throughout, competition water piping, on board fire extinguisher.
   The car is in excellent mechanical order. The suspension has been completely rebuilt, shock absorbers reconditioned and front anti roll bar fitted (following the settings from a competition Mk 3 Cobra) in the last year.
   The engine is fresh and has only covered 1,000 miles since being run in. The engine builders expect it to be producing 400bhp+. It has Eagle steel crankshaft, Childs and Albert reduced radius big and main bearings, H beam magnafluxed con rods, +.030 boss pistons and more.
   
   Amazing!
   
   Here are the pics:
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Somehow I don´t get the pics up, just the links so you have to click it.
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