An Original ? ish

[Andy S]

Spotted this today at the Pistonheads Sunday service, its an AC from the factory we were told and the chassis plates and numbers seemed to bear that out, complete with real knock off's etc, Strange choice with twin turbo Lotus V8 though, either that or someone went to a lot of trouble to create a fake.
Wasnt sure about the carbon fibre panel to the bulkhead, I dont know whether it was or not a 'real one' as it were.
Anyone know it, seen it etc, apparently the owner lives Northampton way, and apparently Clarkson, Damon Hill & Mark Blundell have all driven it ????

[dave]

Hi Andy.
I think AC made about 2 of these Lotus powered cars. They were not recieved well from all accounts.

[Andy S]

Originally Posted by dave

Hi Andy.
I think AC made about 2 of these Lotus powered cars. They were not recieved well from all accounts.

Kind of backs up what the owner said, basically there was one LHD and this RHD version, it just didnt ring true to me though what with carbon panels and 16" rims ???

When did they make them Dave, any idea ???

[dolphinboy400]

im sure there was a link on here when jery clarkson drove it on top gear. he didnt like it much from what i remember.

[dingocooke]

They made two, yep they were carbon; one was red I think the other (which was for sale on PH for ages IRO £55k ) was yellow (?) they were £70,000 each at the time, and the interior looks a bit dodgy to me with all that Alcantra (kind of like suede). Very hard to keep lookig nice as well.

Not sure a revvy V8 Lotus suits the car, but hey each to his or her own! A cobra with Lotus reliability; nice....

[dave]

Hi Andy.
It was for sale in the classifieds on Pistonheads up until about 2-3 weeks ago.



Must learn to read the above posts before posting...Doh!

[dingocooke]

dont worry dave I do it all the time; the one on PH was at a dealers in yarkshire somewhere (Harrogate I think); not sure if they sold it though. or set fire to it and claimed off the insurance?
For comparison there was a much nicer very low miles MIV ally bodied Brian Angliss era AC with the usual 302 at Greypaul in Nottingham last year for £49k, and I was told theyd drop a least £5k for cash..it went soon after.

[Andy S]

The guy said he bought it from Harrogate just after xmas so that bears out then.
Your right steve the alcantara interior looked very odd, as to be honest so did the rest of it, and the lotus V8 doesnt sound like any other V8 either ?????

As I inferred earlier it almost looked like an attempt to create an original but with a few mistakes

The jury is out in my book anyway.

[rich]

It's an AC 212 S/C

Heres another LINK

[rich]

I notice the original front air splitter has gone, shame it looked.....
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