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Hi Keith, A year later, but I'm still keep my ear to the ground for anyone talking anything AC related.
    Such a shame that so many great pictures that were hosted by Photobucket, are no longer visible. Dozens of threads on the various car forums are now picture-less, including this one now..
   
   Have you been out enjoying your car in the summer weather? I love cruising in my roadster.
   
   https://www.facebook.com/anna.henderson.982/videos/pcb.1616993095001715/1616988861668805/?type=3&theater

Wow..That is hard to believe.
    Should really be donated to a museum rather than end up in the hands of a private collector, possibly in China?
   
   I guess Shelby's family would prefer the money?

Hi Keith, hope you have been keeping well.
    Wasn't sure if you were aware of this web site, which may have some things on it that you would be interested in, pictures, articles, or whatever. I haven't researched it in it's entirety yet, so who knows what gems might be found. Hopefully you may find something interesting.
   
   http://gvmps.org/
   
   I have been anxiously waiting for my roadsters fresh coat of paint to be done, and heard today it should be ready for me to pick up, and bring back home. It will take me a few days to put everything back on, lights, mirrors windscreen etc., but it shouldn't be long before I can be out cruising again.
   
   

Keith, here is some more early 8mm film footage of Westwood race track available. Circa 1965. Maybe  you will spot your car among them? Not sure where the other race footage was taken, maybe in Washington state?
   
   As can be seen some, this track attracted some very nice cars. Cobra, AC, Lotus, Brabham, even a very rare Cheetah.
   
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7FXw_Pxc7w

Love to see some pictures of it hanging from the ceiling..Classic Garage Find !

This young fellow paid a whopping $600 CND for this AC Bristol in 64, when Cobra's were selling for $7000..Stands to reason they would now be worth 3 times as much...lol
   
   

I'm somewhat confused about that roadster..Sort of a hybrid, not really a Cobra, nor really an Ace..?
   Maybe that's why the bidding is still so low..?
   I wonder if it has any racing providence?

Keith, Happy New Year 2015.
   This thread "has" been going on awhile now, lol
   
   Anyhoo.. I spotted this video of a white Ace racing back in approx 1960. Now this track is on the east coast, and I'm not sure if your car ever did run back east. You can't blink when watching this, or you'll miss it..Only a few frames of it beginning at 1.35 approx. Some great vintage racing footage regardless..
   
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOjRGlioj2o#t=120

Is this your car Rob?
   
   

Hi Keith, been out of touch for awhile. Glad to hear you got the dvd, but sorry it didn't contain any actual footage of your car. I'm sure out there somewhere, gathering dust, there is some footage of it. Bristol's were pretty rare to see at the track even back in their heyday, so I wouldn't doubt that someone have would have filmed it. Good luck in your continued quest.

Is there any way to determine the strength of the main frame tubes, if rusting on the inside was prevalent? Perhaps some sort of density measurement tool..or scanner perhaps?
   
   Certainly a tremendous amount of work involved, and "good at you", for having the determination to do it!

Lawrence, I know that steering wheel pictured, was added by Wayne. It may well be that he took it off when he sold the car, and put the original one back on. Times were tight back then, and I imagine that he may have decided to hold on to this investment. As to bumpers, the pictures I posted were just days after he got the car back from the body shop, and he may not have re-installed them yet. I believe it did have bumpers, in other photo's I have of it, either before or after the paint was done. I'll have to do some serious digging for those pic's..lol
   
   Regardless, it would be highly unlikely that it is one of the cars, as you mention that the original owners still had possession of them in the "mid-60's"..
   
   Sounds like living on a yacht could be hazardous to one's health..lol

Moss Motors has retro shifter knobs listed..
   http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/SearchResults.aspx?SearchText=shift%20knob&WebCatalogID=0

Further to my last post..The last AC Bristol I saw in Vancouver, was one at a shop called XJ Motors on 3rd and Fir street. This would have been around 1995 perhaps? The car needed complete restoration, and was in for an estimate. I found out a few weeks later that the owner decided he couldn't afford the restoration, and sold it for $6000. I sure lost my chance at ever owning one, but never guessed the owner would actually sell it..
   The only other Ace that I saw in Vancouver during the later years I lived there, was one that was in being serviced at a shop on 2nd Ave, between Main and Cambie St. Now it had a small V8 in it, (I'm pretty sure it was a Ford, not a Chevy engine) and the mechanic there told me that it was one of the early Cobra prototypes. I'm not sure if he knew what he was talking about or not? That car was blue from what I recall, and this would have been around 1990-93 perhaps..
   
   I wish I had thought back then to make note of the VIN's

quote:Originally posted by Laurence Kent
   
Does anyone have any information on BEX 437 beyond the mid-1980s?
   
     As part of his divorce settlement, BEX 437 was sold off to someone who decided to turn it into some sort of Cobra. The new owner gave it Cobra snake badges and a Chevrolet 327 motor.   Any information would be greatly appreciated, as it would allow me to finish my car's history. Thank you for your attention.
   
                    Laurence Kent
   

   
   Laurence, not sure if you read my post about the red AC Bristol I was familiar with?
   
   http://www.acownersclub.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2484
   
   I ask, as I thought it interesting that you mention it was sold as part of the Constabaris divorce settlement..The Bristol I have pictured on that thread, was obtained by Wayne Laker, (in Vancouver), from a lady who had recently divorced. Could it be the same car I wonder?
   
   I believe that Wayne may have actually attached a Cobra badge on the front of the car, soon after he had it repainted. You can see there is no badge on it in the picture. I do know for a fact that he personally never installed a V8 in it while in his possession.
   The fellow who he eventually traded it to, (straight across for a Cosworth powered Lotus 23b, trailer, and tow car) being a racer, may have done the engine swap?
   I was never aware of Wayne's Ace having ever been raced at Westood, prior to his owning it, it looked pretty stock to me. I was just a kid though..so maybe it had been, and didn't know what to look for.
   
   I sure wish I had spotted an Ace, sitting out in a field in Delta! I lived very close to that area, and used to spend many summer evenings cruising the farmlands in my Datsun 1600 roadster.