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Great car indeed...
   Another picture from Reims 12 Hours 1958, copyright Revs Digital Library :
   
   
   
   Not only BEX279 but also BEX460 and Aceca BE572 have been entered at Reims in 1958.

I had a message from JC Dolezal, driver of the car in 1968.
   In period the Aceca was owned by Spitzer Brothers, founders of Ecurie de France, but Dolezal does not know what the car has become...We have to ask Antoine Prunet to help us !

Hello all,
   
   I had an e-mail from Keith two days ago, as you have read above we have found some documents in France about an Aceca with modified front end "Aston style". Furthermore I had yesterday the name of Plumelec Hill Climb entrant, cherry on the cake I am in contact since this morning with the daughter of the driver of the car in 1968, she is going to investigate with her dad...
   
   Of course I have no idea of the Plumelec's car identity for now but I am afraid it is not AE504, the car below is a LHD...
   
   Warm regards
   Louis
   
   Jo & Marc Le Beller, thank you for sharing your pictures
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Hello all,
   
   The place where you could loose the Tour Auto 2014...:
   
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POD3-ZAH6ck&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop
   
   Warm regards
   Louis

quote:Originally posted by Rob.Hendriks
   
Is that A98 looking good @ 1'38" ??
   

   
   Yep...at the start.

Nice video, thanks for sharing...
   
   But the wooden body buck you can see at 4'35" is not from the Daytona Coupe...One person on this side of the pond will identify his "baby" at once.
   Well, it's a Cobra Coupe but...the picture has been shot in Thames Ditton.
   
   Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's...and unto God that which is God's
   
   One more thing, don't make the confusion in between Class and Group classification :
   The Cobra Daytona (CSX2299) driven by Gurney and Bondurant at Le Mans '64 is
   - 4th overall
   - 1st in GT Group
   - 1st in 4001 to 5000 cc Class
   The achievement is the Group victory not the Class victory (the Ferrari GTO, powered by a 3 litres V12, was not competing in the same Class).
   From 1962 to 1965, only GT's could score for the FIA international championship and the battle in between Cobra's and GTO's is also known as "The Cobra-Ferrari war".
   
   I would have called that excellent video "50th anniversary of the Cobra winning GT at Le Mans"
   
   Warm regards
   Louis

Hello all,
   
   Happy new year to all members and AC Bristol fans, looking forward to seeing many of you at Le Mans Classic in July...
   
   For today a very nice little video from Girling Company, shot during the 1959 Le Mans 24 Hours. Be watchful at 5'20", I have posted it to John Deveson and he has never seen before such a long piece of video of 650 BPK.
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZla3Wh2HOk
   
   Enjoy !
   Louis

quote:Lew Spencer is now 85 years old, Ron Bucknum, Barbara Windhurst and other Pilots of our Aces raced in the 1950s are now in their 80 or 90s, InfACt many are no
   longer with us.

   
   Perfectly right Keith...
   Saving the memory of Motorsport becomes a race against the clock.
   
   Are you sure the picture above is Riverside ?
   The #106 Ace could be driven by Peter Haywood (BEX 1063).
   
   Regards
   Louis

Hello Keith, thanks to wake up the thread.
   
   Some Le Mans Classic 2012 shots to wish you a Happy New Year...
   
   BEX 289:
   
   
   
   
   
   FS 50:
   
   
   
   
   
   David at work:
   
   

Guys, don't care about breathalyser !
   Even if they are mandatory by July 1st, drivers caught without the test in their car will face a fine of 11 euros from November 1st.
   
   Have a nice and safe trip to Le Mans

Hello Keith,
   
   
   Looking forward to see you in July at Le Mans
   Regards
   Louis
   
   Picture off topic deleted oct 9th...

Hello, me again..!
   
   BEX 1192, Le Mans 1962
   Georges, 50 years ago !
   
   
   
   
   copyright racebears UK
   
   
   

The timetable is now on line...
   
   
   http://www.lemansclassic.com/en/programme

Constant,
   
   VPL 442 (#FS50) did not start her life in 1954 with a Bristol engine but was first Ace to be fitted with Bristol engine in 1956.
   Seen at Le Mans 1957 as a kind of "T car"...
   
   Historic car isn't she !
   
   Two books to have on your bookshelves:
   - Ace Bristol Racing by Tony Bancroft.
   - AC Six-Cylinder Sports Cars by Rinsey Mills.

quote:Originally posted by TLegate
   
This should be good......
   

   
   
   should is an understatement...!