Gentle pimp
You’ve probably already noticed: radical loves these AC Ace. And that’s why we show everyone we find – preferably, of course, when there are also good pictures (or a good story). The story of this Ace is the usual one: there was an owner who looked after the roadster for almost 40 years – many of these Ace had only a few owners, which is probably a sign that it is not only radical that values these vehicles very highly. BEX275 was restored a few years ago, during which the Bristol engine received a gentle upgrade. But that’s how it can be done.
VIN: BEX275
Auction: RM Sotheby’s, Miami 2025, estimate 275’000 to 375’000 Dollar, with these informations: «According to the May 2016 edition of the AC Ace Bristol Register, chassis number BEX 275 offered here left the factory on 19 March 1957. Finished in the elegant shade of Bright Blue Metaline over complementing Blue trim, the car was exported to Virginia to be sold by AC Imports of Arlington. The AC was next noted as owned by a D.V. McKeel in 1962. Remarkably, he is believed to have retained the Ace all the way through to the turn of the millennium. Then presented as a restoration project, the car was acquired by renowned marque authority and collector Jim Feldman, the AC Owners’ Club US Registrar. Mr. Feldman carefully preserved BEX 275 in an unrestored state for the next decade or so before, in June 2014, the car was acquired by the East Coast-based consignor. He swiftly tasked Feldman’s own JWF Restorations of Portland, Oregon with a painstaking total cosmetic and mechanical rebuild that was undertaken in conjunction with Kevin Kay Restorations of Redding, California. The work carried out between 2016 and 2019, has been documented via accompanying invoices and over 450 photographs. The 1,971-cubic-centimeter engine has reportedly been finished to 100 D2 specification, gaining a ported and polished cylinder head, uprated pistons, connecting rods, plus a crankshaft supplied by INRacing of Nottingham, United Kingdom.»
The full, very detailed history of the AC Ace (and Aceca) can be found here. And a fine collection of the Ace can be found here. And the archive can be found here.
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