Bristol 411 bodywork

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Originally Posted by Janne

Bit sounds from your posts like you have a very limited experience with car restoration.

I am not sure you should do a Bristol as a first car.

Any possibility to post some pics of the car?

Well, I am not sure that I should agree with this. Sure, the value of these cars is considerably higher than when I purchased one at the end of the 1970s as my first classic/rolling restoration.

It is, however, a constant learning experience and we all have to start somewhere and I started on my 408 (Mk. I) dealing with de-corrosion under the failed underseal (but not very much of the necessary welding), softening the leather, then replumbing the braking system and overhauling the calipers, sorting out the cooling, dealing with the exhaust system, various bits and pieces to the engine, trim, electrics and a host of other things that greatly improved my knowledge.

I went on from this to do far more to an Alvis TC21/100 (a lot of work there), another 408 (Mk. II), R-type Bentley, P4 Rovers, Singer Chamois, and three old Volvos, but so much of the basics was learnt on the Bristol.

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