Aston DB4

[Richard]

The Lotus Elite fibre-glass bodies were of course made under a sub-contract to the Plastics Division. I remember as a Bristol Aircraft apprentice in the early 60's spending some "irritating" weeks rubbing down and making good holes and inclusions in the bodies after they had come out of the moulds. "Health & Safety" would have something to say about that today!
The DB4 bodies referred to in the photo from the Dave Allen archive may well have been made under a sub-contract to the Aircraft Division. Certainly during my time in the early 60's going around the works there was not a lot going on. Britannia production was just coming to an end and Bristol was doing a lot of sub-contracting to keep the workforce busy. I even remember having to sort through piles of heels for stiletto shoes during my time in the press shop!

Richard