Editing AC Ace (section)

==AC Cobra==
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When Bristol ceased building their 6-cylinder engine in 1961, AC's owner, Charles Hurlock, was approached by Carroll Shelby to use a [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[V8 engine|V8]] in the Ace chassis, producing the [[AC Cobra]] in 1962. Production of the Ace ended the same year.  The AC Cobra came in small block and later big block configurations.  It was Ford's 289 that powered the winning car in the GT class at [[1964 24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]] in June 1964.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}} At the time, the AC Cobra 427 was the fastest "production" car in the world.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}}