Bristol Engined AC Acecas
AC dealer and enthusiastic competition driver Ken Rudd is generally credited with the idea of fitting the Bristol engine to the AC Ace and the factory had produced more than 20 Ace Bristols before the first Aceca Bristol was made in mid 1956. The Campbell car was in fact the prototype Aceca dating from 1954 but it was originally fitted with an AC engine - the conversion to Bristol power was some time later. Many AC engined Aces and Acecas were converted to Bristol power over the years and it seems likely that Campbell was attracted more by the powerful Bristol engine and superb gearbox rather than by an emotional attachment to Bristol Aero Engines.
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