Self introduction: Bristol 408 7023

[Nick Challacombe]

A very warm welcome to the Bristol Owners Club. Your 408 Mk1 is very much mechanically the same as my 407 except for the engine change which according to BOC records may be a 360cu inch 949.23331c. It has had two registration numbers in the UK, the first being 708 JBJ and after that AUE 928B.
It was Maroon with a grey hide interior.

I have owned my 1962 407 since 1999 which has a period 3 speed auto cast iron gearbox operated by round buttons on the RH of the steering wheel.

I do have an almost new handbook and spares manual for the car and a workshop manual. Apart from the shortened front end the 407 and 408 are very similar in many ways. The Mk 2 408 started at chassis number 7201
and may be only 14 cars in number.
The 408 CL 1 , your car numbered 58 in number that the club is aware of.

Obviously with a Chrysler engine and gear box your car has a huge supply of parts in the USA.

The rest of spares are not too difficult to find in the UK and the Bristol Owners Club, having access to the spare parts that Bristol Cars had in stock when the company finally ran out of money in February this year. It will be quite a time before they are catalogued and available but this forum will help.

Good luck and happy motoring.