CSX 1000s...

[mullen2]

Morning Boys,

Defiantly not here to argue. Only suggesting everyone take a good look at AC Heritage's web site as well as check out the Facebook page for hundreds of photos. I was very impresed with what they have in the museum as well as the vintage racing of all things A.C. Here is a link to lots of photos including some of the tooling with captions stating original 1960's tooling.

https://www.facebook.com/TeamAC/photos_stream

They seem very credible to me as well as have support of multiple original A.C. employees still living today. Guys like Les Oliver that actually built the original A.C Ace and early cobras. He started working at A.C in 1941 at 14 years old. Ronnie Saunders is another original A.C employee that frequents the facilities. Freddie Aylott worked for A.C. and was at Le Mans with the AC cobra team in 63 and 64 and is also a regular visitor to AC Heritage.

Check out the photos and enjoy them. They are what they are. Remember this is AC not Shelby. They are more in to the A.C. side of the cars. They don't build new Shelby Cobras. They only work on them.

This thread was about the few CSX 1000 early (first 13) cars that were built by AC cars at Frimley, they built the bodies and frames that were contracted for by Shelby. AC heritage now more recently has become part of AC and seems to have teamed up with current owner of AC. They are doing a great service to AC by preserving everything that has to do with AC and its history before and after the cobra was made.

I respect the fact that Bill S. and Mark IV visited Autocraft in 1985 and would like to see the photos no doubt. But AC Heritage has gone to great lengths to preserve the history of A.C. Cars for what it originally was and I can't simply discount them after what I have seen and talked to them about. Its a huge effort on their part and in my opinion done first class. I am only suggesting everyone enjoy the photos especially on the Facebook link above as I did.

They may be adding original tools and or tooling to the collection that was not there in 1985. I read one of the Facebook captions that AC Heritage-Brooklands recently acquired original tools in the photos from a original A.C. employee's daughter. She donated all the tools to the Museum.