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Originally Posted by mike harter
CSX is for Carroll Shelby exports
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Apparently C standing for Carroll or Cobra is another myth and coincidence.
The first series of AC Aces had serial numbers beginning with "A". The next series of AC Aces, powered by Bristol engines, used serial numbers beginning with "B". So when the third series of AC Ace derivative cars was built for Shelby, the first letter of the serial numbers changed to "C".
Although following that logic, you would think that when they went to the coil spring chassis, that AC would have switched to using "D" for the first letter and thus you would have DSX3001 instead of CSX3001. Interestingly CSX3001 and CSX3002 were initially designated as CSX2701 and CSX2702.