That is a nice car. I believe they had straight six ford engines either before or after the Bristol. The Bristol is properly the ac cobra prequal. The Bristol motor is actually a BMW (under license?). I'd take it in a hot minute. The styling is a copy of the Ferrari barcetta I believe.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

They built a coupe on the same body, called the Aceca. One of the very first true sports sedans. Personally, I think hard top cars always look better than the rag top equivalent. Aceca was no exception:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Aceca