1957.  Le Mans – Bristol Ace finished tenth overall. Efforts never concentrated solely on cars and the familiar blue invalid carriages were turned out in their hundreds at Thames Ditton, alongside high powered sports cars

1958. Le-Mans- Special bodied Ace Bristol finished eighth and standard version ninth.

The company also ventured briefly into railway rolling stock business, producing 5 four-wheeled rail buses for British Railways Western Region. Some 50 years later two of the five produced still survive!