Selwyn F. Edge was one of the pioneers of the British car industry and marketplace, culminating in the ownership of AC Cars - whose later fame centred around the Cobra, however had built many desirable sports cars before that. Edge was born in Sydney, in the suburb of Concord just west of the modern CBD during 1868, however when he was three, his parents moved to London. … [Read more...]
Ford Windsor V8 Engine
Ford’s Windsor series of V8 motors were fitted to cars from 1962 right through to about 2001. They were built in Cleveland, Ohio and Windsor, Ontario where they got their name from. The engines were 90° small block V8’s with overhead valves – 2 per cylinder. The term small block refers to engines less than 6 litres. The Windsor replaced the Ford Y-Block V8 that was developed … [Read more...]
AC Cars
If you mention AC to most enthusiasts they immediately think of the Cobra – of which many fibreglass replicas exist. This car was the quintessential high performance sports car and was created at a time when many manufacturers were building similar vehicles. More on this later but let’s start at the beginning back in 1903. It was in 1903 that the forerunner of AC was founded … [Read more...]