A 1921 AC 11.9hp mb-copyright crowd scene / Heritage-Images A pretty young maidservant stands

A pretty young maidservant stands on a doorstep

A scene taken from the three-part mock-heroic satire Sir Hudibras by Samuel Butler

Front row: Paul Gascoigne

showing an omnibus

A 1921 AC 11.9hp mb-copyright crowd scene / Heritage-Images A pretty young maidservant standsA 1921 AC 11. 9hp. AC is Britain's oldest independent car marque. John Weller and his friend John Portwine are the names behind AC cars. Weller was an engineer and inventor and set up in partnership with three of his brothers as motor engineers, repairers and manufacturers of both cars and motor cycles. Weller Bros were appointed as repair agents for De Dion et Bouton vehicles and commenced manufacturing vehicles to their own design. On the 8th March