Magazine Articles
Magazines and printed articles on the AC 3000ME - last updated 18/04/2011.
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| Magazine | Article |
Month
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Year
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Country
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| Evening Standard | The car, Perer, Terri, Robin, Jaqueline and Judith built Newspaper story about the Diablo |
Jan 5th
|
1973
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UK
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| Autocar | AC 3-Litre Gives details of the ME including a cutaway drawing, and a photo and drawing of the drive train (Black & White) |
October
|
1973
|
UK
|
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| Motor | Show Supplement, 3 pages includes photos of Diablo (2) and Pre Production ME under construction. Cutaway line drawing of Pre Production ME by Barry Hatton, drive train and chassis construction |
October
|
1973
|
UK
|
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| Motor Sport | At Earls Court Report on the Motor Show including the AC 3000 |
November
|
1973
|
UK
|
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| Competition Car | All that Glistens Earls Court Show review showing a prototype ME |
November
|
1973
|
UK
|
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| AC | AC 3 Litre - New for 1974 Press Release This is a re-print of the Auto Car 73 article (Black & White) |
-
|
1974
|
UK
|
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| Road & Track | AC's New Mid-engined 3000 |
March
|
1974
|
USA
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| Hot Car | AC's new 3000 Give details of the ME including a colour cutaway and 3 images of the first car (Colour) |
April
|
1974
|
UK
|
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| Motor | Driving the AC 3000 |
May
|
1975
|
UK
|
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| Motor Sport | The AC ME3000 |
August
|
1975
|
UK
|
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| Car | AC : A New Day Dawning |
August
|
1975
|
UK
|
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| Sports Car World | AC 3000 Son of Cobra |
November
|
1975
|
AUS
|
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| Autosport | The reluctant debutante Shows details of the developement car (balck & White) |
April
|
1976
|
UK
|
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| Road & Track | AC ME3000 Driving impressions |
June
|
1976
|
USA
|
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| Rallye Racing | Gezahmte Cobra Article in German, shows ME body being prepared |
February
|
1977
|
Germany
|
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| Car and Driver | For you information Announcing the ME to the USA |
May
|
1978
|
USA
|
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| Motor | The Long Hello |
August
|
1979
|
UK
|
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| AC Cars | Press Release on new car The company produced this to send to the press when the ME finally went on sale (Black & White) |
March
|
1979
|
UK
|
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| Auto hebdo | AC 3000 ME |
December
|
1979
|
France
|
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| AC Cars | Sales Brochure The AC full colour sales brochure featuring ME108 |
-
|
1979
|
UK
|
|
| La Moniteur De L'Automobile | AC ME 3000 |
January
|
1980
|
Belgium
|
|
| Auto Zeitung | 3 page article in German Shows pictures of an early car with early engine cover and Dash |
January
|
1980
|
Germany
|
|
| Motor Sport | Sporting Turbos Details on a converted hill climb car (Black & White) |
January
|
1980
|
UK
|
|
| Autocar | AC3000ME - So Nearly There |
March
|
1980
|
UK
|
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| Autosport | Prolonged Adolescence Road Test to find out if the ME was worth waiting for |
July
|
1980
|
UK
|
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| Thoroughbred & Classic Cars | On the Road : AC ME3000 Test report |
August
|
1980
|
UK
|
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| Nathan F. Stevens | Mid-Engined Exotic Cars This book includes 5 pages on the ME |
-
|
1981
|
UK
|
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| Motoring News | AC 3000ME Turbo - Is a Turbo the answer? |
January
|
1981
|
UK
|
|
| Car | AC and the ‘80s |
August
|
1981
|
UK
|
|
| Car | Ghia Throw Down the Gauntle |
August
|
1981
|
UK
|
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| RAC | Fuel Consumption Trial Report This is the official RAC fuel comsumption test |
September
|
1981
|
UK
|
|
| Autocar | Attention Grabber Details of the AC Ghia |
December
|
1981
|
UK
|
|
| Autocar | Ace to 3000:The AC Sports Line |
-
|
1981
|
UK
|
|
| Road and Track | Miscellaneous Ramblings (Shelby ME) |
-
|
1981
|
USA
|
|
| Auto Selekt | Alternatieve Cobra (Alternative Cobra) | Date unsure | 1981? |
Dutch
|
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| Sporting Cars | Modesty Blaze |
June / July
|
1982
|
UK
|
|
| Alternative Cars | Mid-Engined Maturity |
July / August
|
1982
|
UK
|
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| Sportfahrer | Schweres Erbe |
January
|
1983
|
German
|
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| Alternative Cars | AC 3000ME Tested |
April
|
1983
|
UK
|
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| Motor Trend | AC-Chrysler 2.2 Turbo Details on the Shelby ME |
May
|
1983
|
USA
|
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| Motor Sport | Two AC3000MEs - Good Hard Fun Test report on 2 ME's |
December
|
1983
|
UK
|
|
| Classic & Sportscar | - |
December
|
1983
|
UK
|
|
| AC Scotland | Sales Brochure Full colour brochure showing the scotish built AC ME (Colour) |
-
|
1984
|
UK
|
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| Sporting Cars | AC Move to Scotland |
May
|
1984
|
UK
|
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| Motor | ACs High Details of production moving to Scotland and the company plans |
July
|
1984
|
UK
|
|
| Autocar | AC The current history History of AC Cars including the AC 3000ME |
August
|
1984
|
UK
|
|
| ICME | Technical specs of ME183 List of every spec and size of the ME as would be used by mechanics if they ever had the chance to work on one |
August
|
1984
|
UK
|
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| Sport Fahrer | Atomic Rooster |
September
|
1984
|
German
|
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| Fast Lane | Glasgow Herald AC and Argyll, Scotlands Supercars |
December
|
1984
|
UK
|
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| Motor | Tartan Tearaway Test drive around the Lake District |
March
|
1985
|
UK
|
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| Thoroughbred & Classic Cars | End of AC Scotland The sad story of the receivers being called in |
January
|
1986
|
UK
|
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| Classic and Sportscar | Hit or Miss Road test comparing the AC 3000ME to the Lotus Esprit: |
January
|
1986
|
UK
|
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| Custom Car | AC AC AC and The AC you will never see Details on AC Scotland and plans of a new car |
June
|
1986
|
UK
|
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| Sports Cars Monthly | AC3000 : What Might Have Been Feature on the 300bhp Robin Rew twin Turbo hill clime car and the 200bhp Turbo developement car (Colour) |
September
|
1986
|
UK
|
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| Custom Car | A.C.s High, Details on the changes in Scotland and the new Ecosse (Colour) |
May
|
1987
|
UK
|
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| Classic and Sportscar | Dynamic or Disastrous? A profile and test of the last Thames Ditton car. (Colour) |
October
|
1987
|
UK
|
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| Car and Car Conversions | Save ME |
November
|
1988
|
UK
|
|
| Supercar Classics | Broken Promise Details on what it could have been, features Eric Gates |
February
|
1989
|
UK
|
|
| Performance Car |
Signing Up and Almost There |
June
|
1989
|
UK
|
|
| Kit Car | ME Award |
September
|
1989 | UK | Have |
| Classics and Replicas | Unsung Hero |
Nov / Dec
|
1990
|
UK
|
|
| Car Mechanics | Six Across The mag samples Eric Gates AC 3000ME |
November
|
1991
|
UK
|
|
| Supercars | Issue 1 AC3000ME |
-
|
1991
|
UK
|
|
| Car and Car Conversions | AC / DC Racing ME replica (Page 56) Details on the replica ME used in Supersport racing (Colour) |
February
|
1992
|
UK
|
|
| Classic & Sportscar | AC 3000ME Case Histories |
November
|
1992
|
UK
|
|
| Popular Classics | Scimitar V AC 3000ME Details on a test and comprison between an ME and Scimiter GTE (Colour) |
February
|
1994
|
UK
|
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| Classic & Sportscar | AC 3000ME Turbo For Sale half page on car |
February
|
1994
|
UK
|
|
| Classic Cars | Budget Exotica Group test on 5 affordable mid-engined supercars |
August
|
1995
|
UK
|
|
| Classic and Sportscar | Driving six of the best middies |
May
|
1997
|
UK
|
|
| Practical Classics | Argyll, the noo Taking a Scottish trip in several cars including an ME (Colour) |
February
|
1998
|
UK
|
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| Classic Cars | Superguide Details on an ME against Others |
March
|
1999
|
UK
|
|
| Evo | Cool Cars |
April
|
1999
|
UK
|
|
| Classic and Sportscar | From Genesis to Revelation Test report on the ME (Colour) |
March
|
2001
|
UK
|
|
| Classic Car Weekly | Switched Off AC Asking the question "Was it all worth it" (Black & White) |
July
|
2001
|
UK
|
|
| Practical Classics | Buyers Datafile Eric Gates describes the ME |
October
|
2001
|
UK
|
|
| Practical Classics | - |
April
|
2003
|
UK
|
|
| Practical Classics | Flowers of Scotland An AC 3000ME takes a look at its roots during a trip round Scotland |
May
|
2003
|
UK
|
|
| Practical Classics | AC Ecosse The story of the Ecosse Signature (Colour) |
September
|
2003
|
UK
|
|
| Classics | What could kill the Cobra |
January
|
2004
|
UK
|
|
| Classic Cars | Snakebite Test report on an owners ME (Colour) |
March
|
2004
|
UK
|
|
| Which Kit Car | Loose Ends Article about the Unipower which refers to the Diablo |
June
|
2005
|
UK
|
|
| Ecosse | Company and car profile Text only details on the Ecosse company (Black & White) |
-
|
-
|
UK
|
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| Ecosse | Brochure Full colour sales brochure for the Signature (Colour) |
-
|
-
|
UK
|
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| E.P.A. Toute L'Histoire AC | Line Drawing AC3000ME Silhouette |
-
|
-
|
French
|
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| Custom Car | Sedan and Relax: Quicksilver, include images of the car painted red. |
June
|
1986
|
UK
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