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| − | [[image:ac.cobra.1999.arp.750pix.jpg|thumb|250px|1999 AC Cobra 427]] '''AC Cars Group Ltd.''' is a British specialist car manufacturing company and one of the oldest independent car marques in Britain. Based in [[Weybridge, Surrey]] (see also [[British motor industry]]). It began as Weller Brothers in [[1901]], becoming Autocarriers Ltd in [[1909]] and using the 'AC' logo. The company moved to [[Thames Ditton]], Surrey in [[1911]] and grew into a substantial car manufacturer. In 1930 the company was bought by the Hurlock family. In [[1953]] the firm began production of the [[AC Ace]], a lightweight chassis with a [[Bristol Cars|Bristol]] six-cylinder engine the car raced at [[Le Mans 24 Hours|Le Mans]] in [[1957]] and [[1958]]. When the company lost access to the Bristol engine in [[1961]] the owner, Charles Hurlock, was approached by [[Carroll Shelby]] to use a [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[V8]] in the Ace chassis, producing the [[AC Cobra]] in [[1962]]. The Cobra was a dangerously over-powered roadster, and is commonly blamed for the introduction of the 70 mph [[speed limit|limit]] on British [[motorway]]s. Although a major factor in the decision, after being caught doing 196 mph during a test run[http://uk.geocities.com/control656day/online-shopping-for-eric-carle-hungry-caterpillar-clothes.htm ...][http://uk.geocities.com/no411pill/nitroglycerine-pill-box.htm ...]
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