Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yep, I am working at Silverstone. Good event so far, there were some lovely historic sportscars in one of the support races. Ferrari 512 spyder, several Lola T70s a Ford GT40, 2 light weight Jaguar "E" types several Chevron B8 and B16 s. Splendid. We qualified 4 and 8. It is particularly interesting this season since, with the new rules for this year, the development slope is still quite steep so people's car update steps are quite big and the relative pace of the cars varies a bit more from event to event than it has in recent seasons. Red Bull have made a big step this time and were dominant, our step has left us closer to Brawn, and so forth. If anybody is interested. I did not take my M8, not a moment of spare time from work :-( Frank On 20 Jun, 2009, at 18:59, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > Frank, > > "By the time the Ace was announced at the 1953 Motor Show, the 1991cc > 65mm x100mm 6-cylinder AC engine had been in production for some 30 > (effing) years." > > The Aceca never was a "perhaps". It always was the coupe version of > the Ace. The only > really good 2.6 litre Acecas were the ones with the Ruddspeed > engines which had 3 side > draft Webers -- 170 HP! > > There never was an Aceca Cobra--- That concept morphed into the > Shelby Daytona Coupe. > > I assume Frank is at the British GP, where I would be, if I were > back working in the UK > > Jerry > > > FRANK DERNIE wrote: >> There was an AC Aceca too. Perhaps the coupe, though I am no >> expert, I just remember the little Ace being macho-ed out to a >> Cobra as a kid! >> >> --- On Fri, 19/6/09, Stasys Petravicius <stasys1 at cox.net> wrote: >> >> >>> From: Stasys Petravicius <stasys1 at cox.net> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: speaking of transportation as sculpture >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Friday, 19 June, 2009, 11:22 PM >>> Frank- I thought it was the AC Aceca. >>> Stasys >>> On Jun 19, 2009, at 10:29 AM, FRANK DERNIE wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi George, >>>> I don't know whether you know but the car is an AC >>>> >>> Ace, originally available in the 1950s with a 2 litre >>> Bristol 6 cylinder engine. Carrol Shelby persuaded AC cars >>> to shoehorn a 4.7 litre and later a 7 litre engine into one >>> either for him to race or to sell, I am not sure. They went >>> into production as the AC Cobra but not many were made. >>> There are now many companies making replicas. Real ones are >>> extremely valuable nowadays they look great but they do not >>> drive too well... >>> >>>> cheers, >>>> Frank >>>> >>>> --- On Fri, 19/6/09, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> >>>> >>> wrote: >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information