In November 1945 Ken Rudd started a business from a disused stable in Worthing, from these humble beginnings of working on general engineering for local farmers he graduated to more …

Come 1954/55 Ken Rudd (an AC Agent who successfully campaigned his AC Ace) substituted the AC engine with a 1971 cc Bristol 100D engine which took the Ace to another level both on the …

Just 37 examples of the Ace were built with power supplied by Ford of England's 2.6-liter (2,553 cubic centimeters) pushrod overhead-valve inline-six, as used in the Zodiacs and Zephyrs. …

1955 AC Ace - Ruddspeed ‘Replica’ What do we mean by a replica car? This would cover cars not built by Ken Rudd and his team, nor built as an official continuation car.

This 1954 AC Ace, registered RPO 826, became the Rudd Racing Teams development car and demonstrator. It was the first Ace owned personally, tuned and raced by Ken Rudd. It was …

1961 AC Ace - Ruddspeed ‘Replica’ What do we mean by a replica car? This would cover cars not built by Ken Rudd and his team, nor built as an official continuation car. Vehicles like the …

Jul 5, 2019 · More recently, this A.C. Ace competed in historic events in Europe on a number of occasions including the Gaisbergrennen Salzburg, the Ollon Villars hill climb in Switzerland, …

Carroll Shelby may have stood on the shoulders of Ken Rudd and the AC Ace “Ruddspeed”, but he managed to elevate the cute little roadster into something that would come to dominate the …

Jul 16, 2025 · Two years after the first production-ready Ace had emerged from AC’s Thames Ditton factory, renowned engineer and amateur racing driver Ken Rudd debuted his Bristol …

In 1958 he sold the Ace, via Ken Rudd, to Malcolm Knights, a Sussex dentist. The second, dramatic, phrase of its life began. Knights was keen to race the car and teamed up with his …