AC Cars close down again

[hurricaneharold]

I was told recently that AC Cars Ltd in Frimley have unfortunatly closed down again,

They apparently did a deal with Carroll Shelby to supply 50 body and chassis units a year to the States.
AC have now gone into liquidation again,closing there doors for problably the last time.

Carroll shelby apparently had taken $2000,000 as deposits from customers for the cars that were going to be marketed as Shelby AC Cobras

[london]

I heard that they had relocated from Frimley to Guildford

[hurricaneharold]

Very interesting,if you hear any more keep me informed :thumb:

[hawk289]

Do, not worry, they have moved to Guildford. The rent on the old place got too much. CS&C ran a small article. I assume they are going to carry on with the chassis and body stuff for shelby??.

John.

[TonyD]

There's never a Russian billionaires son around when you need one..........

One day someone will realise what a fantastic brand "AC" cars is and then start to market the thing as it should be.

In the meantime its hand to mouth management...........such a shame !!

Cheers,

Tony

[hurricaneharold]

Originally Posted by Hawk289

Do, not worry, they have moved to Guildford. The rent on the old place got too much. CS&C ran a small article. I assume they are going to carry on with the chassis and body stuff for shelby??.

John.

John,you are the second person who has mentioned this,I have obviously been mis- informed

[hurricaneharold]

John,I have obviously been mis informed as you are the second person who has mentioned this,thats a nice Hawk 289 you have there,I was at the Classic car show in Birmingham the other week,which is were I got that mis informed information from,from Rod Leach of Nostalgia {former owner of COB 1} Gerry had 2 aluminium 289`s on display,they really are the dogs bollocks !!

Go to the Google search engine and you can have a look at my Cobra websites :

mysite.freeserve.com/accobras

mysite.freeserve.com/classiccobras

mysite.freeserve.com/racing_cobras :thumb:

[london]

AC's new address:

AC Cars (UK) Limited
AC Cars House
Normandy Business Park
Cobbet Hill Road
Normandy
Guildford
Surrey
GU3 2AA

[london]

But when is the AC 289 V8 arriving from Malta?

[hurricaneharold]

AC 289 V8 ? I thought that AC were building the CRS in Malta to save on production costs and that is what I was told when I visited the factory a few months ago in Frimley