AC Greyhound

The AC Greyhound was a 2+2 grand touring car made by AC Cars of Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, from 1959 to 1963. It was announced for the opening of the Motor Show in October 1959, and 83 examples were built. The two-door, four-seater aluminium body sat on a ladder-frame chassis with a wheelbase 10 inches longer than the Ace and Aceca, from which it took most of its technical components. Unlike them it had coil springs in place of the transverse leaf spring at the front and semi-trailing arms at the rear, with rack and pinion steering and a four-speed manual gearbox, overdrive optional. Several straight-six engines were fitted, from AC's own two-litre Light Six to Bristol units and a tuned Ford Zephyr six. The Motor tested a two-litre Bristol car with overdrive in 1961 and recorded a top speed of 110 mph and 0 to 60 mph in 11.4 seconds.