Bristols in south africa

[WINSTON]

I am from Cape Town, South Africa and would like to know if any Bristols or Bristol powered cars are here in South Africa.

[penman]

Hi
If there are, they are not owned by members of the BOC according to the register.
There is mention somewhere in the new Balfour book that the cars with a lot of wood in their construction were unlikely to survive long in Africa (Climate or termites I suppose)

[Geoff Dowdle]

Winston,
its good to hear from a Bristol person in another part of the Southern
Hemisphere.

Eric Glasby of Glasby Motors , Bulawayo, Rhodesia was the Bristol & AC
agents for Southern Africa from about 1951 to 60.
The eldest son Ivan is living in Sydney Australia who I know quite well &
has given me this information some years ago ,
so some of the cars have moved around. This is a list of what was known to
the Glasby's (mostly imported by them )
5 Ace Bristols (1 to Australia, possibly 2 to UK)
1 Aceca Bristol
1 Greyhound (now with Ford 2.6)
3 Bristol 400
4 Bristol 401
1 Bristol 403
1 Bristol 404 (now I believe in Europe)
1 Bristol 405 Saloon
1 Bristol 408
1 Tojerio Bristol (now Jaguar powered)
2 Cooper Bristol front engined (one owned by Bruce Glasby, who still lives
in Zimbabwe)
1 Cooper Bristol rear engined (in Sydney with Ivan Glasby)

If you Google "Eric Glasby Bristol " you can find a little of his extensive
racing experiences in Bristol powered cars during that time

I hope this is of some interest
Geoff Dowdle/Sydney

[legavroche]

Winston

Further to Geoff's post I lived in Rhodesia from 65 to 73. During the UDI years
international sanctions made it both difficult and expensive to import cars from Europe. I only knew of a 400 which was based on a farm near the Mozambique border - miles from anywhere! I suspect most of the cars he listed were exported via South Africa.

Regards

Gavin

[WINSTON]

Thank you for the info. It is much appreciated. I would one day love to own a refurbished 411 ( series 6 ) . After about it in Octane I put it on my wish list!

[Geoff Dowdle]

Gavin,
from the Glasby records the 400 you mentioned is Chassis 400-1-559
Owners
Eric Glasby >Jim Southorn> Deryk Lamb / Tendayi (Mozambique border) > Colin
Morris c1969
Not sure if he stll owns it

Geoff

[dave dale]

Hi Winston,
There is an aerodyne ( 401 or 403 ) in a private museum in Cape province. There are photos at this link - taken July this year. If you are interested, I may be able to find the address.
Picasa Web Albums - xxx - 401 403 in SA
Dave Dale.

[legavroche]

Geoff
Thanks for this information, sadly Deryk Lamb was killed during the bush war.
I didn't know Colin Morris and lost touch with the 400's whereabouts. Incidentally, Deryk's son, called Nigel, is one of the leading aerobatic pilots here in the UK.
Gavin

[Geoff Dowdle]

Dave ,
This 403 is most likely 403/1480 of last known owner Karl Luckow

Geoff

[Rod McVeigh]

I built the interiors of these Karl Luckow cars and have video footage of the cars.