Forum: Wanted - anything Bristol car related
02-08-22, 06:25 AM
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Replies: 2
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Dave,
You are probably aware that these...
Dave,
You are probably aware that these differentials were used on many cars. The challenge will be to find one with the same fittings on the rear cover that Bristol use. The Aston DB5 and 6 are very...
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Forum: Wanted - Cars, Parts & Automobilia
26-07-22, 08:26 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 138
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Forum: Wanted - Cars, Parts & Automobilia
26-07-22, 04:50 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 138
Here's something else from Clyde dated 19 May...
Here's something else from Clyde dated 19 May 2008 - actually these were emails to the old BEEF mail list that I used to run.
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I have got an engineering issue with my 406 project...
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Forum: Wanted - Cars, Parts & Automobilia
26-07-22, 04:45 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 138
Dave,
I found something that might be of...
Dave,
I found something that might be of interest. I was in regular contact with Clyde at the time and I just found this in an email from him on 21 May 2008.
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Subject: 406 hubs...
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Forum: Wanted - Cars, Parts & Automobilia
26-07-22, 04:40 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 138
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
23-07-22, 12:21 AM
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Replies: 101
Views: 4,814
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
23-07-22, 12:02 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 353
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
21-07-22, 12:48 AM
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Replies: 101
Views: 4,814
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
17-07-22, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 338
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
17-07-22, 08:52 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 338
Brian,
I also thought the fulcrum brackets...
Brian,
I also thought the fulcrum brackets appeared to be flimsy considering their purpose when the holes in the crossmember are elongated. However, my knowledge of the forces at work in a suspension...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
17-07-22, 06:28 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 338
jeff02740
When you did the work on your front...
jeff02740
When you did the work on your front suspension was the sloping distance piece on top of the spring still there and the rubber spring seat?
On later cars there is also a steel washer...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
17-07-22, 05:54 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 338
I found some photos from when my 411 S5 front...
I found some photos from when my 411 S5 front suspension was restored in 2001. You can see in one of the images that the holes in the crossmember subframe which the upper wishbone bolts go through to...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
16-07-22, 04:35 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 338
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
15-07-22, 05:02 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 338
Yes, of course!
These are hand built cars so...
Yes, of course!
These are hand built cars so every one is set up individually. When we were dismantling the front suspension on my 411, the service manager at Bristol suggested we take great care to...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
15-07-22, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 338
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
15-07-22, 04:09 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 338
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
15-07-22, 12:34 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 338
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
26-05-22, 03:00 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 317
Chris, yes that will be fine.
There one thing...
Chris, yes that will be fine.
There one thing about your original post that is niggling me - that's the description of steam and lots of coolant being expelled. I was going to suggest you check...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
25-05-22, 06:42 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 317
Good find David. It's the same as the one on my...
Good find David. It's the same as the one on my 411 S5 (see photo), before I fitted air con. It seems the price can vary quite a bit, so it's worth shopping around.
Chris, make sure you don't undo...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
24-05-22, 10:59 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 317
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
29-03-22, 02:44 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 418
400 photo required
I have been contacted by a fiction novel author who is looking for a photo of a Bristol 400 that she can use on a book cover. She says the perfect shot would be of a car by a medieval or older small...
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
25-03-22, 01:08 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 474
I have part of a something called "The Sevier...
I have part of a something called "The Sevier Lecture". It comprises ten pages of the BOC newsletter/magazine #41 (Summer 1976) . It says "to be continued" so I assume there is more to it but...
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Forum: Wanted - anything Bristol car related
24-03-22, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 748
From photos it appears that the 404 and 405 had...
From photos it appears that the 404 and 405 had the chrome centre. On the 407 it was black. In a poor photo of a 406 it appears to be black, except the Zagatos in which case it was cream/pale yellow...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
23-03-22, 03:14 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 920
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
21-03-22, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 920
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