The AC Ace not only set the path for the iconic AC Cobra to follow, but proved us Brits still ruled the automotive wave with prowess. 

AC's long-lived 1991cc ohc 6-cylinder engine, designed by John Weller and launched in 1922, powered the first British car to win the 'Monte Carlo' in 1926, and powered AC's models through to the 1960s AC Ace and Aceca. Concentrating on sporting cars aimed at the discerning enthusiast after the Hurlock brothers bought AC in 1930, the chassis became underslung with cross bracing in 1934, gaining a synchromesh gearbox in 1935 although pre-select was optional from 1934. Less than 600 post-1933 standard 16hp cars are thought to have been built, production ceasing in 1939.