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MkIV.

Interesting.

I know other dealers over here who were not pleased with the Lubinsky business methods. I dealt direct with him and was very carefull to ensure he met his committments - which, in fairness to him, he did. I believe he is now in Australia.
The business is now owned by Price (Superformance etc). Hopefully ne will be able to keep the marque going - albeit on a relatively small scale. Having survived for nearly 102 years it would be a shame to see them dissappear.

I have been familiar with the Ace since it was first developed by Angliss and appeared on the Ford stand at the British Motor Show back in 1992. In my view it was (like all AC's) beautifully built but never had the looks to compete in the price range (80,000GBP) that it was offered at. The Aceca suffered from the same problem.

Did you ever see the Mamba? This was a Coupe version of the Cobra with faired in front light and a staight 6 Ford Australia engine. It got close to looking right but some of the panel intersections did not work well. I presume it will never now see production.

Last time I was at the factory they were putting a 4.6 SOHC Mustang engine into a CRS Cobra. Surprisingly enough it was the standard engine from the Mustang GT - not the Mustang Cobra version or better still the supercharged one from the F150 Lightning.