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Old 11-06-13, 10:41 PM
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I thought that the Tojiero Bristol LOW77 was regarded as the inspiration for the ACE, so could it not be that AC just followed on from that?
LOW77 was MG-powered, you`re thinking of LOY500, which was built by John Tojeiro for Cliff Davis.
The 1st Tojeiro car that AC actually got hold of had a Lea Francis engine, which was swapped for an AC engine & then put on display at the 1953 Motor Show.
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