Wednesday 16th March 2005

John Tojeiro (81) affectionately known as Toj, an engineer and racing car designer, whose innovations helped to revolutionise car design in the 1950s and ’60s, died. Perhaps his most lasting legacy was in producing a design which AC Cars developed into the AC Ace. From the Ace, Carroll Shelby in turn developed the iconic AC Cobra; marrying a thunderous American V8 engine with the lightweight British chassis.