Men exploring abandoned mansion find ultra rare sports car
- Urban explorers found this super rare sports car
- Only around 100 AC 3000ME cars were ever made
- The car has an interesting history
Published on Oct 29, 2024 at 6:36 AM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid
Last updated on Oct 29, 2024 at 4:47 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
Urban explorers stumbled across a British sports car that’s so rare there’s a good chance you’ve not even heard of it.
The AC 3000ME debuted at the London Motor Show in 1973, but sales didn’t start until six years later.
The vehicle had a bit of a bumpy history, having originally been sold by AC Cars before later getting picked up by a second company using the name AC Scotland.
Only around 100 examples were ever made, which makes this unusual find all the more interesting.
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The sports car was hidden away under a dust cover
Urban explorers have uncovered all manner of weird and out-of-the-ordinary vehicles, such as this group of pals who found a DIY tank in a deserted basement, or the man who found an F1 car parked up in a trailer on a derelict farm.
Last year, urban explorers from the Vacant Haven YouTube channel discovered the super rare AC 3000ME stashed away in an abandoned mansion.
Checking out the creepy old building, the team spotted what appeared to be a car hidden under a cover.
After whipping the dusty cover away, they were greeted by the AC 3000ME – one of only 100 or so ever made.
The AC 3000ME looked to be in tip-top condition and – somewhat incredibly – was even stored with its keys.
It was an incredibly rare find for the urban explorers
Although the explorers decided against taking a closer look under the hood, the AC 3000ME came with a 3.0 liter Ford Essex V6 engine, paired with a five-speed manual transmission.
Unfortunately, the car was never destined to set the world alight and was met with pretty bad reviews and sluggish sales.
After making around 80 vehicles, the rights to the car were licensed to AC Scotland which made another 30 AC 3000MEs at a factory near Glasgow.
But a late change in ownership and production wasn’t quite enough to save the doomed vehicle, and in 1985 the last ever AC 3000ME was produced.
An interesting bit of automotive history and a truly incredible find.
Claire Reid is a journalist who hails from the UK but is now living in New Zealand. She began her career after graduating with a degree in Journalism from Liverpool John Moore’s University and has more than a decade of experience, writing for both local newspapers and national news sites. Across her career she's covered a wide variety of topics, including celebrity, cryptocurrency, politics, true crime and just about everything in between.
