AC Aceca-Bristol, chassis BE 771
One of the 328 Acecas hand-built at Thames Ditton between 1954 and 1963. Build data below is compiled from the AC Owners' Club registers and owner submissions; owner details are never published. Entries drawn from the April 2014 Aceca register were transcribed from a two-column document, and some history notes were affected; entries where this could not be resolved are marked unconfirmed.
Build record
- Variant
- Aceca-Bristol
- Year (from ex-factory date)
- 1960
- Ex-factory
- 22/01/1960
- Registration
- 4898 DA
- Original engine no.
- 100D2 984
- Original colour
- Rouge Iris
- Original trim
- Beige
- Country
- U.S.A.
- Data confidence
- Confirmed
Known history
Disc/drum. Now fitted with 100A/B2 3117 (ex Bristol 403/1452). Ex D G S Watkins, T J M Walder & Lord Mexborough from 1987 (when refurbished) to 2012. Repainted & retrimmed 2014,engine rebiuld and converted to lhd by Interesting Cars. Sold in Paris 2014, then to Texas where it had a colour change from rouge iris to blue. For sale again 10/2016 with Gallery Aaldering, Holland. Later colour: Rouge.
Source: AC Owners Club, Aceca Bristol Register (4 January 2023)
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