Bristol builds a better mousetrap.....

[pasini s]

Hello,

we are doing some more work on the 409 and we found something funny while
overhauling the rear Tannoy ventilation fan....

http://www.stefanopasini.it/Bristol_409_Tannoy_Fan.htm

Everything is quite nice now, though it's really hard to understand what
this fan would be supposed to do in real life!

Cheers to you all,

Stefano



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Dr Stefano Pasini
Bologna
Italy
www.stefanopasini.it

[Kevin H]

Hello Stefano,

I have only ever driven one 409 before but I am quite sure it didn't have that Tannoy switch (it doesn't look very original). I thought Tannoy only made speakers and PA systems?

Judging by the grilles in the rear parcel shelf, I can only assume that a previous owner was trying to emulate the rear cabin ventilation which was introduced with the 411 (the 411 has a small vent in each rear wing). However, I'm not sure where the air would be entering or leaving from the trunk/boot of a 409, or how it would reach the rear parcel shelf.

Maybe the fan was to provide a supply of air to the mice!

Cheers,
Kevin

PS. There was also a mouse nest under the rear seat of my 411 when I bought it, but thankfully the Antipodean mouse did not have a taste for Connolly leather