The Ace was an American assembled car which emphasized "square" coachwork lines. It was built between 1920 and 1922, and used Continental and Herschell-Spillman six-cylindar engines, as well as a Gray four. The company was taken over in 1922 by the American Motor Truck Co.
From 1918 the company got into financvial problems and the 4 cylinder models were dropped from the range and the Sedan went as well in 1919.
In 1920 a new model, the Duplex, powered by an overhead valve, four cylinder engine joined the six cylinder model and a sedan body rejoined the range.
The company moved to Ypsilanti where the cars were made in the Ace car plant but this could not save the company and the last cars, probably made in 1922, were sold in 1923.
In the standard deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade or club) located in the center of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the case of the ace of spades, which also often bears the name or emblem of the deck's printer.
When aces are high, spades are occasionally deemed to be trump cards, meaning that if it came down to a tie, the ace of spades would naturally win.
The tradition of a "high" ace comes from the French Revolution where the lowest number card (the 1) was placed above the King to represent the victory of the common man over the monarchy.
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