AC Greyhound

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. 83 examples were built.

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 longer wheelbase, and coil springs instead of a transverse leaf spring at the front. Other features include:

• 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;
• disc brake front, drum brake rear

Various straight-six engines were fitted:

• AC Light Six OHC (75 bhp at 4500 rpm; 1000 kg)
• Bristol 100D2 OHV, (125 bhp at 5750 rpm; 1015 kg)
• Bristol (105 bhp at 4700 rpm; 1093 kg)
• 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 and could accelerate from 0– in 11.4 seconds. Fuel consumption of was recorded. The test car cost £3185 including taxes.

Gallery

References