David Conwill
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I've seen AC cars and I've even sat in a Bristol but what is an AC Bristol?
It's an AC car equipped with a Bristol engine. The AC Ace, better known to most as the car that spawned the Shelby Cobra, was available with a factory-installed Bristol engine starting around 1956. In fact, it was the discontinuation of the Bristol engine in 1961 that led to AC looking for other partners--eventually leading to Carroll Shelby and Ford.