AC Aceca
Photography

The gallery.

A curated visual record of the Aceca across seven decades — period press images, mechanical detail, coachwork studies and modern concours restorations. All images below are labelled placeholders to be replaced with photographs from the archive.

Aceca
AE-series press car, Thames Ditton, 1955

Three-quarter front view of an early AC-engined Aceca outside the Thames Ditton works.

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Aceca-Bristol
BE-series Aceca-Bristol, side profile

The Bristol-engined car in profile — showing the fastback roofline and 16-inch wire wheels.

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Aceca 2.6
RS-series Aceca 2.6, one of eight

The rare Ruddspeed-tuned Ford Zephyr-engined Aceca 2.6 — later evolved into the Cobra.

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Engine & Mechanical
Bristol BS1 straight-six, triple Solex

The 1,971 cc Bristol engine with its trio of downdraught Solex carburettors.

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Interior
Burr walnut dashboard, full instruments

Leather bucket seats and a full complement of Smiths instruments set into burr walnut.

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Engine & Mechanical
Tubular ladder chassis, bare

The John Tojeiro-designed tubular steel ladder frame before ash framing is added.

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Aceca-Bristol
Hatchback tailgate, open

A rare 1954 feature — the lift-up rear hatch, only the second production car to have one after the Aston Martin DB2/4.

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Events
Goodwood Revival paddock

An Aceca-Bristol resting in the paddock at the Goodwood Revival.

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Interior
Carpeted rear luggage area

Under the hatch — a carpeted luggage deck, unusually practical for a 1950s GT.

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Aceca
AE hand-formed aluminium panel

Aluminium body panel being shaped on an English wheeling machine.

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Events
Concours d'Elégance, class winner

A restored Aceca-Bristol on the concours lawn.

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Engine & Mechanical
AC Light Six with SU carburettors

The 1,991 cc AC-designed Light Six — first fitted to the Weller of 1919 and still in service in 1961.

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Photographs are placeholders — to submit an image for the archive, please use the Registry submission form. All images are shown with credit.