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In the end, we reverse engineered the sequence for the hood ECU and tracked down the fault on my car, enabling a repair of the existing parts.
   
   The work was carried out by a very helpful chap called Stuart in Chippenham, Wilts. He can be reached at stuartjohn24@aol.com.
   
   Please bear in mind that Stuart is not an ECU repairer by trade and will do his best to fit work to your car into evenings and weekends. From the circuit diagrams he has prepared, it would be possible to produce an entirely new ECU or potentially fix a fault on an existing unit.
   
   If you take the car to Stuart, he can test the feedback from each of the hood's microswitches through one of the 12 pin plugs in the boot which can help to narrow down further faults.

The historic's car sold for £28500.
   
   I think the car may have sold after the auction for an agreed amount as the prices shown on the website inc. commission and the 28.5k is too round a number when compared to the other sales.
   
   Would be lovely to hear from any one who was at Brooklands on the day.

   
   

If you give me a couple of days I will photograph the broken wishbone so you can see the weak point.

The ones I know about for the MKII Ace (from when the car was new) are;
   
   Autocar         3rd November 1993
   Autocar         8th December 1993
   Car         December 1993
   Performance Car      March 1994
   World Sports Cars   June/July 1994
   Carweek         26th October 1994
   Performance Car      February 1996
   
   and for the MKIII Ace;
   
   Autocar         31st December 1997
   Car         February 1998
   Topgear         February 1998
   Autocar         24th February 1999

I am in the process of having a new batch of hood ECUs made. Although the hood mechanism is predominantly Peugeot 306, the ECU appears to use little more than the casing and plug setup from the donor vehicle; the chip and wiring were custom built for the car.
   
   Please let me know if you are in need of one. Price tbc.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

If anyone is missing any of the black metal AC badges from the wheel centres, please pm me.
   
   

Can anyone tell me whether there are any Brooklands Ace articles in either of the Brooklands road test reprint series?
   
   There seem to be two books which cover the right years but I don't want to purchase a copy of either and be left disappointed...