AC car engine sounds recorded mostly at AC Owners' Club events in the 1980s/90s.
Originally produced as a piece of self-indulgence by the recordist, but...
...if you like the sound of real AC Cobras, then you are in the right place. If you like AC cars generally, then you'll like this even more. If you attended AC Owners' Club events in the 1980s and '90s, then this will be quite nostalgic. Between some great engine sounds, are snippets of conversation picked up by chance, of some of the nice folk I knew.
AC models included: Sociable, Empire, 16/70 4 Seater Sports, 16/80 Competition, 16/90, 2-4-6 FHC, 2 Litre Saloon, Buckland, 2 Litre Sports Tourer, Ace, Ace Bristol, Ace 2.6, Aceca, Aceca Bristol, Aceca 2.6, Greyhound, Cobra 289, Cobra 289 Mark III, Cobra 427, Frua 428, 3000ME, Cobra Mark 4.
3 discs. 239 recordings.
Note that the first half or so of this album was recorded in mono, but has been digitally enhanced - including a pseudo-stereo effect. The remainder is in hi-fi stereo.
Highlights include:
- Hans Grief with his red Cobra 289 (4 double-choke Webber carbs).
- Aiden Mills-Thomas motoring all the way around Bruntingthorpe in his Cobra 289 Mark III.
- 2 Ace 2.6s absolutely blasting down a country lane.
- Andy Shepherd spinning off in the orange Cobra 289 at Ragley Hall.
- A ride in the late Derek Bray's 1935 16/70.
- Riding in my AC 2 Litre Saloon in a parade around Silverstone.
- Cobra parade and race at Donnington, 1990.
- National AC Day at Brooklands - AC factory and Brooklands Museum and track.
Recorded and published by Ian Strange.
You can download a pdf version of the full playlist:
AC ACoustics playlist PDF
