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Hi Klassic.Thanks for the info. One more question. Do both seats have the leverol adjuster on the left hand side or is it left on left side and right on right side.

Jim

Thanks for every ones help. I'm good to go now.
One last question. I assume there should be a piece of wood above both sides of the upper seat tracks. Presently I have only on one side.

Hi Nick. Thanks for the reply. I`m going to see if a fabricator can bend such heavy gauge steel.If so, as you say, it may be relatively easy. I`ll post if I find someone.

Jim

Thanks to Barry I now will soon have the tracks that fit to the seat. Now I only need the top hat track parts that bolt to the floor. Anybody have an idea?

Unfortunately Frederic Delaere passed away. He purchased a couple of things from me a few years ago but at the time I didn't have the second seat so I didn't follow up on the tracks. Frederic was a very pleasant fellow to deal with but not an option now.
Still looking. Did any other car use the same tracks?

Does anybody know where I can get a single set of seat tracks for my 56 Aceca?

Great offer.
Please send an email to talbot.forbes@gmail.com.

I have an AC engined Aceca and am missing this part.


Thanks       Jim

I too would be interested for my AC  Aceca. AEX 559

    Jim

Very informative. Thankyou.
   Now to figure how to make one

Thanks for the assistance. Looking forward to seeing the photos. Could you please put some dimensions as well, if possible. Is the cover over the driveshaft also fiberglass or was it aluminium?

The pilot shaft is .590" (15 mm) and the input shaft spline is 1.125" with ten splines. Bigger than an MGA.
   I'm trying to determine what engine it could fit. Not an AC as it's the wrong input shaft, not a Bristol as they didn't use the Moss box.
   Maybe the 2.6? or possibly someone mated an AC tranny to a V8 to make a poor man's Cobra. Its later than an earlier AC trans that I have (probably Bucklands origin)as it has later sliding forks.
   
   Thanks for the help
   
   Jim

I have owned Aceca AE559 since the late seventies (sadly without the proper engine).
   I wonder why, when my car was LHD and sent to Toronto Canada when new ( I looked in the big factory handwritten ledger book in the early 90"s in Weybridge to verify it was AE) shouldn't the car have had an AEX number?
   Also amazing to see the original engine CL 2254W got back to England
   
   Jim

I am restoring my 1956 AC Aceca AEX559 which I've owned since the late 70's, and have a couple of questions.I don't know what the gearbox cover over the Moss box (no overdrive) looks like. Is it fiberglass like the footwell or aluminium. I have most AC books but there appears to be many configurations.A photo would be a great help.Mine was missing when I got the car.Also, the budget locks of the bonnet close against the small rectangular protrusions at the rear of the bonnet opening and I wonder if something fastens to the two small holes in the face of these brackets.
   I,d insert  photos of what I have but I can't figure out how.
   
   Thanks  Jim

I have this transmission from an Ace, but the input shaft is not for an AC engine.  Does anyone recognize from the photo what it might fit?
   
   The cap for the seal has had a piece brazed onto it to help support the shaft.  I have a number of Ace transmissions, but none of them have this shaft so I'm not sure what it's for.
   
   Any help would be appreciated.
   
   -Jim