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AC Greyhound - spurned four-seater Granturismo

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Created on January 8, 2023

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Bruno von Rotz

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AC Greyhound (1961) - 457 cm lang und 133 cm hoch

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AC Greyhound (1961) - elegantes Coupé, die Stossfänger sind nicht original

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AC Greyhound (1961) - Radstand 254 cm

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AC Greyhound (1961) - elegante Silhouette, mit Anleihen von Aston Martin

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AC Greyhound (1961) - die nicht originalen Stossfänger ersetzten wohl irgendwann die Chromstossstangen

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AC Greyhound (1961) - das hintere Nummerschild ruht unter Glas

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AC Greyhound (1961) - der Kofferraumdeckel öffnet nach unten

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AC Greyhound (1961) - weniger kompakt als er aussieht

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AC Greyhound (1961) - Blick ins Cockpit, die Sicherheitsgurten wurdennachgerüstet

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AC Greyhound (1961) - gute Rundumsicht

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AC Greyhound (1961) - Leder und Holz erzeugen das typisch britische Ambiente

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AC Greyhound (1961) - die wichitgsten Informationen direkt vor dem Lenkrad - Geschiwndigkeit, Wassertemperatur, Öldruck und Drehzahl

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AC Greyhound (1961) - Zusatzinstrumente von Smiths

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AC Greyhound (1961) - gekröpfter Schalthebel

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AC Greyhound (1961) - Sitzbank im Fond, mehr Platz als bei der Konkurrenz

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AC Greyhound (1961) - die Solex-Vergaser wurden durch Weber ersetzt

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AC Greyhound (1961) - längs eingebauter Reihensechszylinder von Bristol, montiert ist ein Zweiliter, ursprünglich war es ein 2,2-Liter

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AC Greyhound (1961) - AC-Markenzeichen auf dem Bug

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AC Greyhound (1961) - mit den originalen Stossfängern verschwanden auch die Hörner

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AC Greyhound (1961) - nur beim Prototyp waren die Zusatzscheinwerfer im Kühlergrill angeordnet

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AC Greyhound (1961) - ursprünglich waren Reifen der Diemsnion 5.5-16 montiert, jetzt sind es 175 SR 16

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AC Greyhound (1961) - Luft für den Bristol-Motor

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AC Greyhound (1961) - richtige Türgriffe

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AC Greyhound (1961) - beliebtes Zubehör - Faltschiebedach

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AC Greyhound (1961) - massiver Griff zum Öffnen der Kofferraumklappe

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AC Greyhound (1961) - AC-Schriftzug auf dem Heck

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AC Ace (1956) - Blick auf das Chassis, im Hintergrund der Aceca, gesehen an der Earls Court Motorshow 1956

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AC Ace (1954) - eleganter Roadster mit Aluminiumkarosserie

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AC Aceca (1954) - Coupé-Version als Ergänzung zum Roadster

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Der Prototyp des AC Greyhound an der London Motor Show 1959 - die um eine Sitzbank verlängerte Variante des Aceca mit neu gestalteter Karosserie

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AC Greyhound (1960) - fast ein Vierplätzer mit komfortabler hinterer Sitzbank - Genfer Autosalon 1960

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AC Greyhound (1960) - neue sportliche Viersitzer-Limousine, nun in seiner definitiven Form erstmals gezeigt - Genfer Autosalon 1960

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AC Greyhound (1960) - neue Ausführung der Idee des als Gepäckträger verwendbaren Kofferraumdeckls - Genfer Autosalon 1960

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AC Greyhound (1961) - am Genfer Automobilsalon 1961

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AC 428 Fastback (1967) – Genfer Autosalon 1967

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AC Greyhound (1961) - an der Rallye Historique der Schloss Bensberg Classics 2014

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AC Greyhound (1961) - an der Rallye Historique der Schloss Bensberg Classics 2014

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AC Greyhound (1961) - an der Rallye Historique der Schloss Bensberg Classics 2014

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AC Greyhound (1961) - an der Rallye Historique der Schloss Bensberg Classics 2014

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AC Greyhound 2.6-Litre Coupé (1963) - als Lot 021 angeboten an der Bonhams Goodwood Member's Meeting Versteigerung am 10. April 2022

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Summary

The AC Greyhound would actually have fitted in well in the early sixties. But a high price and a design that did not convince everyone prevented it from being a sales success, so that the car remained a marginal note, even though it was superior to its brothers Ace and Aceca in many respects. This vehicle report tells the story of the 2+2-seater AC coupé and shows it in historical and modern pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Introduced in 1959
A step forward
Revised even before the start of production
Several engine options
Less convincing than the Ace and Aceca?
Too expensive?
On offer until 1963
Later successor with hardly any more success
A bargain today?

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Fans of classic small-series sports cars of British provenance seem to have clear favorites. This can be clearly seen in the cars that AC built at the beginning of the sixties. There was the open Ace, the two-seater coupé Aceca and the 2+2-seater Greyhound. Many people seem to have long forgotten about the latter, but it is fair to say that the Greyhound was a technically improved and more useful version of the Aceca. It was also the most expensive AC sports car at the time, but today it's the other way around. For one AC Ace with a Bristol engine, you can buy two Acecas or four Greyhounds, with the same engine under the hood. A topsy-turvy world?

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