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#1
I have only one. Sorry I don't know how to insert the Photo.  Te Car has been in storage for some 30 years started ok and drives stil.
   Not sure if I posted this link but it was the sales pitch for 900 OPA
   http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1960-ac-greyhound/
#2
Many thanks for the info I have seen the Photo of the avengers car and I must admit thought it was 900 OPA but now see the 880opa plate I remember that one being around the factory at the time Sorry to hear about the probable fate of 900 OPA as I learned to drive in that car
#3
My Dads Car 900 OPA 1960 Greyhound Just sold at auction in the USA for $65234.00 And some one had painted it Red!
   http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1960-ac-greyhound/
#4
In am the ex racing manager of Honda  in the UK Retired 1986 and former manager of Snetterton circuit, Where David Sears Motorsport was based) I also ran the JPS Norton from 1989 to 1993.
   
   My father   G R Symmons was a shareholder in AC Cars at Thames Ditton and a friend of Derek Hurlock a member of the AC Owners club, as a youngster we used to visit the factory regularly.  I sat in and steered the le Mans  AC Cobra coupĂ© when it was pushed from the body shop area to the paint shop in 1964.  My father owned 2 of the saloons and I believe the first retail Greyhound which the factory used in the Paris motor show at its launch 900 OPA.  I was lucky enough to be taken down the Kingston by Pass by Jock Henderson in the factory demonstrator, a Red AC Cobra and we managed 154 MPH which is still the fastest speed I have ever travelled in a car.  We lived in Oxshott and was eventually married in Thames Ditton.