AC Ace Bristol

This is chassis BE167, an early long-bonnet AC Ace Bristol built at Thames Ditton at the start of 1956 and sent new to Australia, the first Bristol-engined Ace exported there. It was ordered by Mary Seed, a racer taught by Mike Hawthorn, and it took her to third overall at Bathurst in 1956. In 1957 she set a Women's Land Speed Record in it at 112.95 mph in the 1500-2000cc sports car class, sponsored by Ampol.

Its Australian career continued under Leaton Motors with a bonnet scoop, Dunlop disc brakes and a yellow and black livery. Doug Chivas took second overall at Bathurst in 1959, and it later ran in the 1961 Australian Tourist Trophy. It returned to the UK in 2015.

AC Heritage restored it between 2016 and 2017 and kept the interior patina. The car is back in its original white, with matching-numbers engine and overdrive gearbox in road tune. It has been built to FIA specification with a removable roll hoop, limited-slip differential, foam-filled alloy fuel tank and the original Dunlop brakes. FIA HTP is valid to 2030. The original windscreen, tonneau, hood and sidescreens are included, and the history is documented from the buff logbook onwards. The price is on application.