1985 AC 3000ME

I spotted this car when walking from Lodge Corner towards the paddock at Oulton Park during the Historic Sports Car Club's Spring Historic Race Meeting in May 1987.

It's a 1985 AC 3000ME and has a 2,994cc V6 Ford Essex engine. The prototype was introduced by AC at the 1973 London Motor Show as the AC 3000, but only went on sale in 1978 - though the first customer cars were not delivered till 1979. Sales were poor and only 76 vehicles had been built when production was halted by AC in 1984. The car and the AC name were licensed to a company called AC (Scotland) plc but only 30 cars had been built when that company went into receivership in 1985.