1955 ac ace £200,000

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This Chevrolet V8-engined AC Ace pre-dated the formidable Cobra by five years. Did it inspire Carroll Shelby himself?

Power/engine size: 118bhp/1.8 litre Engine/gearbox: V6/four-speed manual 0-60/top speed: 11.5 seconds/115mph Price new: £3,173 price now: from £750,000-£1m I'VE had a model of the Lancia Aurelia for m

Road users had best be careful if they don’t want to incur the wrath of that police constable for over-revving their engines

The classics you love, drive and restore

If it hadn’t been for a keen online rival bidder, you would now be reading about how I’d just bought a Renault Avantime and how I was embarking on an ill-judged foray into weird French car ownership.