https://wikicars.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=ACAC - Revision history2026-04-22T18:53:26ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.38.4https://wikicars.org/index.php?title=AC&diff=173503&oldid=prevSilver Knight at 02:14, 9 December 20102010-12-09T02:14:50Z<p></p>
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</table>Silver Knighthttps://wikicars.org/index.php?title=AC&diff=28957&oldid=prevRed marquis at 01:34, 16 January 20072007-01-16T01:34:03Z<p></p>
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</table>Red marquishttps://wikicars.org/index.php?title=AC&diff=28796&oldid=prevRed marquis at 00:15, 16 January 20072007-01-16T00:15:39Z<p></p>
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</table>Red marquishttps://wikicars.org/index.php?title=AC&diff=28795&oldid=prevRed marquis at 00:15, 16 January 20072007-01-16T00:15:28Z<p></p>
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</table>Red marquishttps://wikicars.org/index.php?title=AC&diff=28451&oldid=prevRed marquis at 04:40, 15 January 20072007-01-15T04:40:35Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1903 Weller Brothers in West Norwood, London, planned to produce an advanced 20&nbsp;hp car. This looked economically unviable so their financial backer John Portwine proposed a simpler 3 wheeled vehicle. Autocars and Accessories was founded to make this in 1904. This company became Autocarriers Ltd in 1911 using the 'AC' logo. The company moved to Ferry Works, Thames Ditton, Surrey in 1911 and grew into a substantial car manufacturer. [[Selwyn Edge|S F Edge]], who had been behind Napier & Son, joined the board in 1921 and in 1922 both John Weller and John Portwine left.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1903 Weller Brothers in West Norwood, London, planned to produce an advanced 20&nbsp;hp car. This looked economically unviable so their financial backer John Portwine proposed a simpler 3 wheeled vehicle. Autocars and Accessories was founded to make this in 1904. This company became Autocarriers Ltd in 1911 using the 'AC' logo. The company moved to Ferry Works, Thames Ditton, Surrey in 1911 and grew into a substantial car manufacturer. [[Selwyn Edge|S F Edge]], who had been behind <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Napier & Son<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, joined the board in 1921 and in 1922 both John Weller and John Portwine left.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the 1914-18 War, the Ferry Works factory produced shells and fuses, although at least one vehicle was designed and built for the War Office. At the end of the First World War, AC Cars started making motor vehicles again, designing and building many successful cars at Ferry Works. In 1922 the name changed again to A.C. Cars Ltd. Edge bought the company outright for £135,000 in 1927 and re-registered it as AC (Acédès) Ltd but sales, which had been falling, continued to decline. The company was caught by the recession in trade in 1929 and went into voluntary liquidation. In 1930 production ceased and the company was sold to the Hurlock family who ran a successful haulage business. They wanted the factory as a warehouse but allowed the service side of AC to continue.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the 1914-18 War, the Ferry Works factory produced shells and fuses, although at least one vehicle was designed and built for the War Office. At the end of the First World War, AC Cars started making motor vehicles again, designing and building many successful cars at Ferry Works. In 1922 the name changed again to A.C. Cars Ltd. Edge bought the company outright for £135,000 in 1927 and re-registered it as AC (Acédès) Ltd but sales, which had been falling, continued to decline. The company was caught by the recession in trade in 1929 and went into voluntary liquidation. In 1930 production ceased and the company was sold to the Hurlock family who ran a successful haulage business. They wanted the factory as a warehouse but allowed the service side of AC to continue.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1903 Weller Brothers in West Norwood, London, planned to produce an advanced 20&nbsp;hp car. This looked economically unviable so their financial backer John Portwine proposed a simpler 3 wheeled vehicle. Autocars and Accessories was founded to make this in 1904. This company became Autocarriers Ltd in 1911 using the 'AC' logo. The company moved to Ferry Works, Thames Ditton, Surrey in 1911 and grew into a substantial car manufacturer. [[Selwyn Edge|S F Edge]], who had been behind <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Napier & Son<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, joined the board in 1921 and in 1922 both John Weller and John Portwine left.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1903 Weller Brothers in West Norwood, London, planned to produce an advanced 20&nbsp;hp car. This looked economically unviable so their financial backer John Portwine proposed a simpler 3 wheeled vehicle. Autocars and Accessories was founded to make this in 1904. This company became Autocarriers Ltd in 1911 using the 'AC' logo. The company moved to Ferry Works, Thames Ditton, Surrey in 1911 and grew into a substantial car manufacturer. [[Selwyn Edge|S F Edge]], who had been behind Napier & Son, joined the board in 1921 and in 1922 both John Weller and John Portwine left.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the 1914-18 War, the Ferry Works factory produced shells and fuses, although at least one vehicle was designed and built for the War Office. At the end of the First World War, AC Cars started making motor vehicles again, designing and building many successful cars at Ferry Works. In 1922 the name changed again to A.C. Cars Ltd. Edge bought the company outright for £135,000 in 1927 and re-registered it as AC (Acédès) Ltd but sales, which had been falling, continued to decline. The company was caught by the recession in trade in 1929 and went into voluntary liquidation. In 1930 production ceased and the company was sold to the Hurlock family who ran a successful haulage business. They wanted the factory as a warehouse but allowed the service side of AC to continue.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the 1914-18 War, the Ferry Works factory produced shells and fuses, although at least one vehicle was designed and built for the War Office. At the end of the First World War, AC Cars started making motor vehicles again, designing and building many successful cars at Ferry Works. In 1922 the name changed again to A.C. Cars Ltd. Edge bought the company outright for £135,000 in 1927 and re-registered it as AC (Acédès) Ltd but sales, which had been falling, continued to decline. The company was caught by the recession in trade in 1929 and went into voluntary liquidation. In 1930 production ceased and the company was sold to the Hurlock family who ran a successful haulage business. They wanted the factory as a warehouse but allowed the service side of AC to continue.</div></td></tr>
</table>Red marquishttps://wikicars.org/index.php?title=AC&diff=28440&oldid=prevRed marquis at 04:26, 15 January 20072007-01-15T04:26:36Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At the 1973 [[London Motor Show]] a completely new car was shown, the mid engined ME3000 with Ford V6 3 litre engine and ACs own gearbox. Problems in development meant sales did not start until 1979 but the company was again struggling and it was sold in 1984 to David McDonald who opened a new factory in Hillington, Glasgow and registered the company as A.C. (Scotland). </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At the 1973 [[London Motor Show]] a completely new car was shown, the mid engined ME3000 with Ford V6 3 litre engine and ACs own gearbox. Problems in development meant sales did not start until 1979 but the company was again struggling and it was sold in 1984 to David McDonald who opened a new factory in Hillington, Glasgow and registered the company as A.C. (Scotland). </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The original A.C. company was sold in 1987 to Ford and a company called CP Autokraft owned by Brian Angliss, who had continued making Cobras at [[Brooklands]], Surrey. The company was sold again in 1996 to Pride Automotive and was rescued from administration, as AC Car Group Ltd, and continued car production. Later the factory was sold and slimmed down and later opened up in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Frimley<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>in 2001. There the activity was concentrated on repairs, restorations and the production of the MkII and MkIII 289 and 427 FIA Roadster. In October 2004 the factory in Frimley closed down and was moved to Guildford.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The original A.C. company was sold in 1987 to Ford and a company called CP Autokraft owned by Brian Angliss, who had continued making Cobras at [[Brooklands]], Surrey. The company was sold again in 1996 to Pride Automotive and was rescued from administration, as AC Car Group Ltd, and continued car production. Later the factory was sold and slimmed down and later opened up in Frimley in 2001. There the activity was concentrated on repairs, restorations and the production of the MkII and MkIII 289 and 427 FIA Roadster. In October 2004 the factory in Frimley closed down and was moved to Guildford.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2005, AC Cars relocated to Malta and announced plans for expansion. The first new vehicle chassis was shipped in May. A new company, AC Cars Manufacturing (USA), has plans to begin operations in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 2006. The factory to be used is the same Maple Street building used by [[Armstrong Electric]] to build early automobiles in 1885.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2005, AC Cars relocated to Malta and announced plans for expansion. The first new vehicle chassis was shipped in May. A new company, AC Cars Manufacturing (USA), has plans to begin operations in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 2006. The factory to be used is the same Maple Street building used by [[Armstrong Electric]] to build early automobiles in 1885.</div></td></tr>
</table>Red marquishttps://wikicars.org/index.php?title=AC&diff=28435&oldid=prevRed marquis: /* Post War Mechanical details */2007-01-15T04:19:46Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Post War Mechanical details</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These engines each had about two liters displacement, but different bores, strokes and powers. The best known engine is the [[Bristol]], the design for which was taken from [[BMW]] during or after <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>World War II<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, and which was built by [[Bristol Cars]] for its own cars, and sold to AC. This had two sets of push-rods and two sets of rocker-arms opening the exhaust valves to allow a cross flow "hemi" combustion chamber in a compact space.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These engines each had about two liters displacement, but different bores, strokes and powers. The best known engine is the [[Bristol]], the design for which was taken from [[BMW]] during or after World War II, and which was built by [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bristol|</ins>Bristol Cars]] for its own cars, and sold to AC. This had two sets of push-rods and two sets of rocker-arms opening the exhaust valves to allow a cross flow "hemi" combustion chamber in a compact space.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The other engine was AC's own single overhead camshaft product dating back to the 1920's, which had a longer stroke and less power but was cheaper and lighter, putting the car in direct competition with Porsche. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The other engine was AC's own single overhead camshaft product dating back to the 1920's, which had a longer stroke and less power but was cheaper and lighter, putting the car in direct competition with Porsche. </div></td></tr>
</table>Red marquishttps://wikicars.org/index.php?title=AC&diff=28434&oldid=prevRed marquis: /* History */2007-01-15T04:19:04Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">History</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1953 the firm began production of the [[AC Ace]], a lightweight chassis with either the now rather old AC 2 litre engine or the 135&nbsp;bhp (101&nbsp;kW) [[Bristol|Bristol]] six-cylinder engine, the latter being known as Ace-Bristols. The car raced at [[Le Mans 24 Hours|Le Mans]] in 1957 and 1958. When the company lost access to the Bristol engine in 1959 [[Ford Zephyr]] engines were used with the highest tuned version giving 170&nbsp;bhp (127&nbsp;kW) and a 125&nbsp;mph (201&nbsp;km/h) top speed. In 1962 AC was approached by [[Carroll Shelby]] to use a small block Ford V8 Motor in the Ace chassis, producing the [[AC Cobra]]. Shelby needed a car that could compete with the Corvette in US sports car racing. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1953 the firm began production of the [[AC Ace]], a lightweight chassis with either the now rather old AC 2 litre engine or the 135&nbsp;bhp (101&nbsp;kW) [[Bristol|Bristol]] six-cylinder engine, the latter being known as Ace-Bristols. The car raced at [[Le Mans 24 Hours|Le Mans]] in 1957 and 1958. When the company lost access to the Bristol engine in 1959 [[Ford Zephyr]] engines were used with the highest tuned version giving 170&nbsp;bhp (127&nbsp;kW) and a 125&nbsp;mph (201&nbsp;km/h) top speed. In 1962 AC was approached by [[Carroll Shelby]] to use a small block Ford V8 Motor in the Ace chassis, producing the [[AC Cobra]]. Shelby needed a car that could compete with the Corvette in US sports car racing. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The resulting Cobra was a very powerful roadster, and it is commonly blamed for the introduction of the 70 mph (113 km/h) <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[speed </del>limit<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|limit]] </del>on British <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[motorway]]s</del>. Although a major factor in the decision, after being caught doing 196 mph (315 km/h) during a test run,<ref>{{cite web</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The resulting Cobra was a very powerful roadster, and it is commonly blamed for the introduction of the 70 mph (113 km/h) limit on British <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">motorways</ins>. Although a major factor in the decision, after being caught doing 196 mph (315 km/h) during a test run,<ref>{{cite web</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At the same time, the company realized they needed a grand-tourer automobile that could appeal to wealthy customers and they contacted the famed Italian coach builder [[Pietro Frua]] to design an appealing GT body that could be fitted on a stretched MK3 Cobra chassis (6"). The new car was shown at the 1965 Turin show. A few early models were fitted with the famed 427 Ford FE motors. In 1967 the Long stroked 428 motor became available and the car became the AC 428 Frua. Built out of steel, the [[AC Frua]] is heavier than a Cobra, just around 3,000 lb, it is still a light, very fast automobile built on a racing chassis. The car was never fully developed and the cost of sending chassis to Italy and back to England for final assembly made it so expensive that only a few were produced. Production ended in 1973. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At the same time, the company realized they needed a grand-tourer automobile that could appeal to wealthy customers and they contacted the famed Italian coach builder [[Pietro Frua]] to design an appealing GT body that could be fitted on a stretched MK3 Cobra chassis (6"). The new car was shown at the 1965 Turin show. A few early models were fitted with the famed 427 Ford FE motors. In 1967 the Long stroked 428 motor became available and the car became the AC 428 Frua. Built out of steel, the [[AC Frua]] is heavier than a Cobra, just around 3,000 lb, it is still a light, very fast automobile built on a racing chassis. The car was never fully developed and the cost of sending chassis to Italy and back to England for final assembly made it so expensive that only a few were produced. Production ended in 1973. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At the 1973 [[London Motor Show]] a completely new car was shown, the mid engined ME3000 with Ford V6 3 litre engine and ACs own gearbox. Problems in development meant sales did not start until 1979 but the company was again struggling and it was sold in 1984 to David McDonald who opened a new factory in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Hillington<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Glasgow<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>and registered the company as A.C. (Scotland). </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At the 1973 [[London Motor Show]] a completely new car was shown, the mid engined ME3000 with Ford V6 3 litre engine and ACs own gearbox. Problems in development meant sales did not start until 1979 but the company was again struggling and it was sold in 1984 to David McDonald who opened a new factory in Hillington, Glasgow and registered the company as A.C. (Scotland). </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The original A.C. company was sold in 1987 to Ford and a company called CP Autokraft owned by Brian Angliss, who had continued making Cobras at [[Brooklands]], Surrey. The company was sold again in 1996 to Pride Automotive and was rescued from administration, as AC Car Group Ltd, and continued car production. Later the factory was sold and slimmed down and later opened up in [[Frimley]] in 2001. There the activity was concentrated on repairs, restorations and the production of the MkII and MkIII 289 and 427 FIA Roadster. In October 2004 the factory in Frimley closed down and was moved to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Guildford<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The original A.C. company was sold in 1987 to Ford and a company called CP Autokraft owned by Brian Angliss, who had continued making Cobras at [[Brooklands]], Surrey. The company was sold again in 1996 to Pride Automotive and was rescued from administration, as AC Car Group Ltd, and continued car production. Later the factory was sold and slimmed down and later opened up in [[Frimley]] in 2001. There the activity was concentrated on repairs, restorations and the production of the MkII and MkIII 289 and 427 FIA Roadster. In October 2004 the factory in Frimley closed down and was moved to Guildford.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2005, AC Cars relocated to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Malta<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>and announced plans for expansion. The first new vehicle chassis was shipped in May. A new company, AC Cars Manufacturing (USA), has plans to begin operations in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Bridgeport, Connecticut<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, in 2006. The factory to be used is the same Maple Street building used by [[Armstrong Electric]] to build early automobiles in 1885.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2005, AC Cars relocated to Malta and announced plans for expansion. The first new vehicle chassis was shipped in May. A new company, AC Cars Manufacturing (USA), has plans to begin operations in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 2006. The factory to be used is the same Maple Street building used by [[Armstrong Electric]] to build early automobiles in 1885.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''AC Cars Group Ltd.''' is a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[United Kingdom|</del>British<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>specialist <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>automobile manufacturer<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>and one of the oldest independent car marques in Britain. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''AC Cars Group Ltd.''' is a British specialist automobile manufacturer and one of the oldest independent car marques in Britain. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1903 Weller Brothers in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>West Norwood<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, London, planned to produce an advanced 20&nbsp;hp car. This looked economically unviable so their financial backer John Portwine proposed a simpler 3 wheeled vehicle. Autocars and Accessories was founded to make this in 1904. This company became Autocarriers Ltd in 1911 using the 'AC' logo. The company moved to Ferry Works, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Thames Ditton<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, Surrey in 1911 and grew into a substantial car manufacturer. [[Selwyn Edge|S F Edge]], who had been behind [[Napier & Son]], joined the board in 1921 and in 1922 both John Weller and John Portwine left.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1903 Weller Brothers in West Norwood, London, planned to produce an advanced 20&nbsp;hp car. This looked economically unviable so their financial backer John Portwine proposed a simpler 3 wheeled vehicle. Autocars and Accessories was founded to make this in 1904. This company became Autocarriers Ltd in 1911 using the 'AC' logo. The company moved to Ferry Works, Thames Ditton, Surrey in 1911 and grew into a substantial car manufacturer. [[Selwyn Edge|S F Edge]], who had been behind [[Napier & Son]], joined the board in 1921 and in 1922 both John Weller and John Portwine left.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the 1914-18 War, the Ferry Works factory produced shells and fuses, although at least one vehicle was designed and built for the War Office. At the end of the First World War, AC Cars started making motor vehicles again, designing and building many successful cars at Ferry Works. In 1922 the name changed again to A.C. Cars Ltd. Edge bought the company outright for £135,000 in 1927 and re-registered it as AC (Acédès) Ltd but sales, which had been falling, continued to decline. The company was caught by the recession in trade in 1929 and went into voluntary liquidation. In 1930 production ceased and the company was sold to the Hurlock family who ran a successful haulage business. They wanted the factory as a warehouse but allowed the service side of AC to continue.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the 1914-18 War, the Ferry Works factory produced shells and fuses, although at least one vehicle was designed and built for the War Office. At the end of the First World War, AC Cars started making motor vehicles again, designing and building many successful cars at Ferry Works. In 1922 the name changed again to A.C. Cars Ltd. Edge bought the company outright for £135,000 in 1927 and re-registered it as AC (Acédès) Ltd but sales, which had been falling, continued to decline. The company was caught by the recession in trade in 1929 and went into voluntary liquidation. In 1930 production ceased and the company was sold to the Hurlock family who ran a successful haulage business. They wanted the factory as a warehouse but allowed the service side of AC to continue.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A single car was made for William Hurlock in 1930. He agreed to a very limited production restarting mainly using components left over from previous models. Agreement was reached with [[Standard Motor Company|Standard]] to supply new chassis and in 1932 a new range of cars was launched. Production remained on a small scale until the outbreak of war in 1939.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A single car was made for William Hurlock in 1930. He agreed to a very limited production restarting mainly using components left over from previous models. Agreement was reached with [[Standard Motor Company|Standard]] to supply new chassis and in 1932 a new range of cars was launched. Production remained on a small scale until the outbreak of war in 1939.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Production of cars restarted in 1947 with the 2 litre and with a large contract with the government to make glass fibre bodied single seat invalid carriages with <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Birmingham Small Arms Company|</del>BSA<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>engines. These continued to be made until 1976 and were an important source of revenue to the company. They also built an aluminium bodied three wheeled microcar, the Petite.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Production of cars restarted in 1947 with the 2 litre and with a large contract with the government to make glass fibre bodied single seat invalid carriages with BSA engines. These continued to be made until 1976 and were an important source of revenue to the company. They also built an aluminium bodied three wheeled microcar, the Petite.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1953 the firm began production of the [[AC Ace]], a lightweight chassis with either the now rather old AC 2 litre engine or the 135&nbsp;bhp (101&nbsp;kW) [[Bristol <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Cars</del>|Bristol]] six-cylinder engine, the latter being known as Ace-Bristols. The car raced at [[Le Mans 24 Hours|Le Mans]] in 1957 and 1958. When the company lost access to the Bristol engine in 1959 [[Ford Zephyr]] engines were used with the highest tuned version giving 170&nbsp;bhp (127&nbsp;kW) and a 125&nbsp;mph (201&nbsp;km/h) top speed. In 1962 AC was approached by [[Carroll Shelby]] to use a small block Ford V8 Motor in the Ace chassis, producing the [[AC Cobra]]. Shelby needed a car that could compete with the Corvette in US sports car racing. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1953 the firm began production of the [[AC Ace]], a lightweight chassis with either the now rather old AC 2 litre engine or the 135&nbsp;bhp (101&nbsp;kW) [[Bristol|Bristol]] six-cylinder engine, the latter being known as Ace-Bristols. The car raced at [[Le Mans 24 Hours|Le Mans]] in 1957 and 1958. When the company lost access to the Bristol engine in 1959 [[Ford Zephyr]] engines were used with the highest tuned version giving 170&nbsp;bhp (127&nbsp;kW) and a 125&nbsp;mph (201&nbsp;km/h) top speed. In 1962 AC was approached by [[Carroll Shelby]] to use a small block Ford V8 Motor in the Ace chassis, producing the [[AC Cobra]]. Shelby needed a car that could compete with the Corvette in US sports car racing. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The resulting Cobra was a very powerful roadster, and it is commonly blamed for the introduction of the 70 mph (113 km/h) [[speed limit|limit]] on British [[motorway]]s. Although a major factor in the decision, after being caught doing 196 mph (315 km/h) during a test run,<ref>{{cite web</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The resulting Cobra was a very powerful roadster, and it is commonly blamed for the introduction of the 70 mph (113 km/h) [[speed limit|limit]] on British [[motorway]]s. Although a major factor in the decision, after being caught doing 196 mph (315 km/h) during a test run,<ref>{{cite web</div></td></tr>
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