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1959 AC Aceca Coupé

AE 727roadUnited Kingdom
Engine
AC inline engine, rebuilt with standard 9:1 compression pistons, electronic ignition upgrade
Colour
Bright red

A matching-numbers 1959 AC Aceca Coupé with its original AC engine, first registered in March 1959 and held by only three owners from new. The car has been in the same private ownership since 1968, benefiting from a comprehensive restoration and respray in 1996 that encompassed engine rebuilding, full interior retrimming in black leather, suspension and drivetrain overhaul, and stainless steel exhaust and fuel tank. Recomissioned in 2021, it presents in very good overall condition with a believed-correct 50,546 miles recorded.

Ownership

  1. 2022-04-10Auction sale
    Sold £80,000 (≈ $100K)

    Bonhams catalogue lot →

  2. 1959-03-01 →Factory delivery
    First registered keeper
    partial documentation

    Original logbook survives from this period. One of two prior owners before the current custodian.

  3. 1968 →Acquisition unknown
    Current vendor
    full documentation

    Cared for the car over more than five decades, commissioning a comprehensive restoration and respray in 1996 with supporting invoices; vehicle stored in a heated garage and recommissioned in 2021.

  4. Date unknown
    Second registered keeper
    partial documentation

    Second of two previous owners in the chain before the 1968 acquisition; no further detail given.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

  1. 1996
    Restoration

    Comprehensive restoration and respray to bright red, covering full interior retrimming in black leather with re-veneered woodwork, new headlining and carpeting, engine rebuild with new bearings, camshaft rollers and pistons, gearbox overhaul with Jaguar remote selector conversion, suspension and drivetrain refurbishment, hydraulic system upgrade, stainless steel exhaust and fuel tank, and radiator re-coring.

    Supporting invoices held on file. Tachometer and odometer recalibrated by Speedograph Richfield without altering recorded mileage.

  2. 1996
    Engine rebuild

    Original engine rebuilt with new bearings on standard crankshaft, new camshaft rollers, and stock 9:1 compression pistons; electronic ignition, Kenlowe electric fan, and oil cooler with thermostat added; new SU fuel pump and water pump rebuild also carried out.

    Carried out as part of the 1996 restoration programme.

  3. 2021
    Service

    Car recommissioned after a period of heated garage storage in preparation for use.

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