Forum: For Sale - Cars, Parts & Automobilia (Bristol related only)
18-07-23, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,660
'53 403 project £35K
I'm making the hard decision to cut my 403 loose, owned / stored by me for 20 years, previous owner had it stored away for something like 40 years. I bought it as a seemingly straightforward way to...
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
16-07-23, 08:40 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,237
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
13-07-23, 05:20 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,237
So a Decade on and still not really getting...
So a Decade on and still not really getting anywhere, relocated to Ludlow a few years ago, the 403 was pushed into a barn but not forgotten, I fired it up earlier this year, spluttered its way out as...
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
28-09-20, 09:01 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,073
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
12-04-20, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,341
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
05-04-20, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,421
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
19-09-17, 08:44 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,187
The bonnet release cables each follow a direct...
The bonnet release cables each follow a direct daisychain route through two catches, cable passes through the rear catch, that bit you push to release, then is secured against this with a drilled...
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
16-09-17, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,006
Aerodyne value?
My old 403 has just lost its garage for the second time in recent years, I'm just North of London and property developers have been on the rampage for some time now thus finding another shelter is...
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
10-09-17, 07:14 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,841
There's no such fasteners on my floor panels...
There's no such fasteners on my floor panels either, perhaps they were mountings for a centre console.
A good alternative to felt is the closed cell foam sheet, like mouse mat material, I've picked...
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
06-02-15, 09:44 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,198
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
21-01-13, 01:55 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,237
Time for another installment. On the 30th...
Time for another installment. On the 30th September 2012 the car passed it's first MOT, the run from Harrow to the station in Watford was its first drive on the public highway in 50-ish years, on 50...
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Forum: Bristol Ephemera
20-01-13, 11:29 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 7,051
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Forum: For Sale - Cars, Parts & Automobilia (Bristol related only)
20-09-12, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,733
403 shell for sale
I've been messed around by an ebay buyer (big surprise) and have 'walked away' thus a 1953 rolling 403 shell is offered at £1500 for a quick and painless sale. Car in Harrow, has glass, rough...
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
13-07-12, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,237
I'm feeling more frustration than pain, I'm...
I'm feeling more frustration than pain, I'm working on the car almost every day but time just flies past. It all looks straightforward, I've been gathering parts for many years so there's nothing I...
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
03-07-12, 01:00 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,237
10 months on and things are looking good, the...
10 months on and things are looking good, the underside anyway. Workshop is to go imminently and I'm now well into borrowed time.
I've spent the last 3 weeks telling my clients that I'm fully booked...
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
14-09-11, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,237
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
11-09-11, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,237
Just not getting anywhere.
I've been rebuilding my car for the best part of a decade, or rather I haven't. Progress has been painfully slow. In about 2000-ish I sold my 401, it was in regular use but a shed, getting it nice...
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
22-07-11, 11:24 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,987
I'm at the thinking stage of similar uprades, I...
I'm at the thinking stage of similar uprades, I have yet to buy a servo, did get one for another car a while back which was a Lockheed copy, it looked well made and worked ok but within 6 months the...
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
05-02-11, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,995
I assume you've found the switch under the...
I assume you've found the switch under the bonnet, the grub screw you've removed goes into an extender shaft, other female end is fixed to the switch shaft by a normal screw rather than grub, slotted...
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