The AC Greyhound (1959–1963) is a 2+2 grand touring automobile made by AC Cars of Thames Ditton, Surrey, England. It was announced for the opening of the Motor Show in October 1959.[3] 83 examples were built.[1][4]
Features
The Greyhound has a two-door, four-seater aluminium body. It inherited most of its technical components from AC's Ace and Aceca automobiles, but with a 10 in longer wheelbase, and coil springs instead of a transverse leaf spring at the front. Other features include:
Various straight-six engines were fitted:
- ladder-frame chassis
- independent coil spring suspension front and rear. Unlike the Ace and Aceca the rear suspension used semi-trailing arms.
- 4-speed manual gearbox, overdrive optional
- rack and pinion steering;
- 11.75 in disc brake front, 11 in drum brake rear
- 1991 cc AC Light Six OHC (75 bhp at 4500 rpm; 1000 kg)
- 1971 cc Bristol 100D2 OHV, (125 bhp at 5750 rpm; 1015 kg)
- 2216 cc Bristol (105 bhp at 4700 rpm; 1093 kg)
- 2553 cc Ford Zephyr engine (up to 170 bhp at 5500 rpm; 1040 kg)
Performance
A 2-litre Bristol-engined car with overdrive tested by The Motor magazine in 1961 had a top speed of 110 mph and could accelerate from 0–60 mph in 11.4 seconds. Fuel consumption of 21.8 mpgimp was recorded. The test car cost £3185 including taxes.[5]
Gallery
References
- G Robson. A-Z of British Cars 1945-1980 Herridge, 2006^
- The Observer's Book of Automobiles Frederick Warne & Co, 1961^
- Disc Brakes. The Times, Tuesday, 20 Oct 1959; pg. 16; Issue 54596^
- The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile — A–F Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2001^
- The A.C. Greyhound The Motor, 2 August 1960^