My Bristol

[Janne]

I understand your vehicle is under a tarp outside?

I might have said this earlier: I have experience from several car resto's, and several motor bikes.
I started by restoring a couple of bikes, then went on to cars.
( soon I will start the resto of my motorcycle that is a Jawa 175cc Super Sport from 1934).

I have started all the restos by first tackling the Chassis and rust. Then body work, driveline and the interior last.
While I stored/worked on the cars, I had them on blocks.

Useful changes to the car are:
New more efficient rad fans, with a manual override
Edelbrock carbs ( plus other Edelbrock treatment of the engine, if you like more BHP)

Seat belts in the back
Front seats with a head rest
Main cut off switch for the battery, accesible in the drivers footwell

[Ronald G. Stephenson]

Janne, a few of us have tried to make some sense of this, and the other conflict is between the new owner and his mother. He wants to fix the car up and change things out, like the transmission. She wants him to keep it original,and my guess would be hopes that he would sell it for a good price to someone who wants one to restore. We all told him that any alternations will decrease the value of the car, regardless of the poor condition it is now in. I too, admir enthusiasm, but youth and common sense or not mutually exclusive.

[Janne]

It is not by business, but I fear the young man will do some serious damage to the car. I am not sure he understands the rarity of this car.

[KJ4YXY]

Hi Everybody,
I was going through some old photos and I found some of the Bristol. This is how it looked before my dad started working on it.
There are also some photos of the door and some lights.
The photos were scanned in to the computer so they are not the best quality.

There is also a photo of a Bristol 403, I think my dad went to a show or to a friends house and took this photo.

[GREG]

I can see only two maroon coloured 403's on the owners club register in the USA and only one is left hand drive like the one on your pictures.

Maybe you could contact the owners to find out if they knew your father and have any information on the 408.

Although the other right hand drive 403 is an identical colour so may have been converted to LHD. Hard to tell with no reg. on the front.

Hope it's all going well

[KJ4YXY]

Originally Posted by GREG

I can see only two maroon coloured 403's on the owners club register in the USA and only one is left hand drive like the one on your pictures.

Maybe you could contact the owners to find out if they knew your father and have any information on the 408.

Although the other right hand drive 403 is an identical colour so may have been converted to LHD. Hard to tell with no reg. on the front.

Hope it's all going well

The first two photos are of my Bristol before my dad started work on it.
The 403 is probably his friend's. I just want to know if any of you know who it is so I can figure out more about my dad and the other cars he worked on.

[penman]

Hi
Those of us with access to owners details could only tell the owner that you want to get in touch, we shouldn't tell you who he is.