401 for sale for restoration

[Geoff Dowdle]

Calibrator ,
Looking at the BCL Register in the excellent book "the Bristol Aeroplane Company , Car Division " page 372 .
It states that chassis 401/1225 , engine number 85C/2230 was despatched to Chardonnet/France (the Bristol agent) on 30th March 1953 .It was Cambridge Grey and RHD.
I can only assume it has been in France since 1953.

It is good that you have bought this car and hopefully it will be back on the road within a few years

Geoff

[Calibrator]

Thank you Geoff. I’d assumed it had gone to France in 1958.

[Calibrator]

Now have this lovely 401 back home, and I am delighted. Much work to do, however the engine runs nicely with good oil pressure. Alas the block needs a crack stitching. Has any member of the forum had this work done, and can you commend a firm to do the job, preferably in the north of England?

[Colin from Hull]

Hi
Did you find someone to repair your engine block in the north of england?