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The Ace ...........refined .........nimble ..........elegant , a joy to drive , the cobra evolved from this icon,no matter how you slice the cake geezers the anglo american combination originated from the ACE , and the pioneers who raced successfully in the 50s and 60s in europe and the US , raised the profile of AC ......... The injection of hp .....design ...race proving success of the cobra was American , the rolling chassis/bodys were beefed up and built at thames ditton ......the ACE being instrumental in the evolution of the cobra ............the ACE is a classic in the UK and always will be ....the book by TONY BANCROFT , AND JOHN MCLELLAN ISBN09534680 03 ace bristol racing tells the story ........remember that CS was seeing thease intrepid drivers world wide , in the 50s and 60s ........Ken Rudd would have developed the ACE further but he was elbowed by AC ...... the rest is history ...