AC Aceca-Bristol, chassis BEX 739
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
- 13/10/1960
- Registration
- 787 UKY
- Original engine no.
- 100D2 960
- Original colour
- Black
- Original trim
- Black
- Data confidence
- Confirmed
Known history
Ex Bolster test car. J F Ling, RE-engineed with 100D 613 in USA by Riley, then to G Nicholson in Switzerland then via Interesting Cars & Atelier 46 (Paris) to Mel Hatton. Fitted O/d. Discs & Webers. Tour Auto X 2, plus local rallies. Now midnight blue and red. Later colour: Midnight Blue. Later trim: Red.
Source: AC Owners Club, Aceca Bristol Register (4 January 2023)
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