Some Vintage pics of Racing Aces

[jrlucke]

Jay, I was in Tucson from 65-68 (USAF) and was only aware of 2 Bristols in town at that time (I was fairly involved with the local sports car scene having a XK120 which needed a replacement engine and saw a number of wrecked XKE's). Tucson was sort of a hotbed for sports cars but I don't recall any A.C. engined cars or cars modified with Ford engines.
   
   Both A.C.'s I knew of were wrecked, one from an incident in Riverside which pretty much totaled the car and the other purchased by a friend which had all four fenders damaged in a complete rollover. It was repaired and moved to Philadelphia when my buddy left for Viet Nam. I believe he sold it in PA sometime around 1969.
   
   The Gil Ranney car was at that time based in San Diego (a photo is in Tony Bancroft's book directly after page 92).
   John