Press Kit & Citation Resources
This page exists so that journalists, club magazines, auction houses, restorers and fellow enthusiast sites can reference the AC Aceca Archive accurately and consistently — with the right wording, the right figures and stable URLs that will not move. Everything below may be quoted and linked freely, with attribution.
Boilerplate descriptions
Three approved descriptions of the archive, in ascending length. Please use one of these verbatim rather than paraphrasing, so the archive is described the same way wherever it appears.
The AC Aceca Archive (acaceca.com) is an independent, non-commercial reference archive for the AC Aceca, Aceca-Bristol and Aceca 2.6, built at Thames Ditton from 1954 to 1963.
The AC Aceca Archive is an independent, enthusiast-run reference archive dedicated to the AC Aceca — the coachbuilt fastback coupé built by AC Cars at Thames Ditton, Surrey, between 1954 and 1963. It documents the car's history, variants, production figures and construction, alongside practical servicing and buyer's guides written for owners. The archive is edited by Jon Cosson and is not affiliated with AC Cars Ltd.
The AC Aceca Archive (acaceca.com) is an independent, non-commercial reference archive dedicated to a single car: the AC Aceca, the coachbuilt fastback coupé hand-built by AC Cars at Thames Ditton, Surrey, from 1954 to 1963. Built on John Tojeiro's large-diameter tubular-steel ladder chassis, with hand-formed aluminium panelling over a composite framework of steel tube and ash timber, the Aceca was offered with AC's own 2.0-litre Light Six, the Bristol 100-series six and, finally, the Ruddspeed-tuned 2.6-litre Ford Zephyr engine. The archive gathers marque history, variant and production data, period road tests, an owners' registry and a growing library of servicing and buyer's guidance. It is edited by Jon Cosson, a lifelong classic-car enthusiast based in North Yorkshire, and forms part of a small network of independent single-marque archives. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by AC Cars Ltd.
Naming and style
The site is The AC Aceca Archive on first mention and the archive thereafter; the domain is acaceca.com, always lower case. The car is the AC Aceca, the Bristol-engined car the AC Aceca-Bristol (hyphenated), and the Ford-engined car the AC Aceca 2.6. The editor is credited as Jon Cosson. The archive is independent and non-commercial, and is not affiliated with AC Cars Ltd — please retain that qualifier where the context might imply otherwise.
Fast facts
Figures as published on the archive's production page, which carries the sourcing and the caveats in full. Where a figure is disputed in the literature, the production page says so; please cite that page rather than treating any single number as settled.
| Manufacturer | AC Cars Ltd, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England |
|---|---|
| Production | 1954–1963 |
| Body | Hand-formed aluminium over a composite steel-tube and ash frame |
| Chassis | John Tojeiro large-diameter tubular-steel ladder frame |
| Aceca (AE) | AC 2.0-litre Light Six, triple SU carburettors — 151 built |
| Aceca-Bristol (BE) | Bristol 100-series 2.0-litre six, triple Solex — 169 built |
| Aceca 2.6 (RS) | Ruddspeed-tuned 2.6-litre Ford Zephyr six — 8 built |
| Total production | 328 cars across all three engine variants |
Canonical URLs to link to
These are the archive's stable, canonical addresses. All are served over HTTPS at the apex domain, without a trailing slash. If you are linking a specific claim, link the specific page rather than the home page — it is more useful to your readers and to us.
- acaceca.com/Archive home — The best general link for the site as a whole.
- acaceca.com/historyHistory of the AC Aceca — 1954 debut through to the end of production in 1963.
- acaceca.com/the-carHow the Aceca was built — Chassis, composite frame and aluminium panelling explained.
- acaceca.com/variantsVariants — Aceca, Aceca-Bristol and Aceca 2.6 side by side.
- acaceca.com/productionProduction figures — Per-variant build numbers, chassis prefixes and survivor estimates.
- acaceca.com/registryOwners' registry — Known surviving cars, by chassis number.
- acaceca.com/guide-buyingBuyer's guide — What to inspect, what it costs, what to avoid.
- acaceca.com/guide-valuesValues guide — What Acecas are worth and why the Bristol leads.
- acaceca.com/servicingHome servicing guides — Oil, plugs, cooling and valve clearances for the Bristol six.
- acaceca.com/how-toTechnical how-to index — Electrical, brakes, steering, gearbox and running-gear articles.
- acaceca.com/archive/autocar-1960-aceca-bristol-road-testThe Autocar, 1960 road test — Condensed period road test of the Aceca-Bristol.
- acaceca.com/faqFrequently asked questions — Short, citable answers to the common Aceca questions.
How to cite the archive
Any page may be cited. Use the page title, the archive name and the full URL; a date of access is helpful because articles are revised as new material comes to light. Examples, using the production page:
The AC Aceca Archive, “Production Figures 1954–1963”, acaceca.com/production (accessed 2026).
Cosson, J. (2026) AC Aceca production figures 1954–1963. The AC Aceca Archive. Available at: https://acaceca.com/production (Accessed: 2026).
<a href="https://acaceca.com/production">AC Aceca production figures — The AC Aceca Archive</a>
Text, images and permissions
Text. Short quotations — a sentence or two — may be reproduced without asking, provided the archive is named and the page is linked. For longer extracts, or for reproduction in print, please get in touch first; permission is routinely given and rarely refused.
Figures and data. Production numbers, variant tables and registry summaries may be reproduced with attribution to the archive and a link to the relevant page. Please do not present the data as your own compilation.
Images. Photographs on the archive are supplied by owners, contributors and period sources, and the archive does not hold redistributable rights to all of them. Do not reuse images from the site without asking — ask first and the archive will either grant permission or point you to the rights holder.
The archive network
The AC Aceca Archive is one of a small group of independent, single-marque reference archives run to the same editorial standard. If you are compiling a resources list, the siblings may also be useful: giuliaspider.com (Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider), mgtseries.com (MG T-Series) and triumphstag.org (Triumph Stag).
Enquiries
Press enquiries, permission requests, corrections and offers of material are all welcome — see the About & Resources page to make contact, or read more about who writes the archive. Corrections in particular are treated as a priority: if something here is wrong, the archive would rather know.
About the author
A lifelong classic-car enthusiast in North Yorkshire, near Thornton-le-Dale, who owns and maintains an AC Aceca — writing the single-model reference he always wished existed. Read the full bio.