Identify this and the year it was built, for 1 point:
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Bristol 401 Touring?
Quote from: thorax on March 25, 2011, 08:23:53 AM
Bristol 401 Touring?
Good start but can you enlarge on that to say
exactly what this car is?
Locked until your next reply.
the Bristol 401 Superleggera prototype, was built in summer 1947: it was very similar to the Superleggera cars built with italian chassis. this 1947 Bristol was a demo car: infact all the drawings, the construction system and the production will take place in Filton, at Bristol aeroplane Company.
Quote from: thorax on March 25, 2011, 04:36:52 PM
the Bristol 401 Superleggera prototype, was built in summer 1947: it was very similar to the Superleggera cars built with italian chassis. this 1947 Bristol was a demo car: infact all the drawings, the construction system and the production will take place in Filton, at Bristol aeroplane Company.
That's it: it's the original Touring-bodied Bristol 401 prototype form 1947!
Well done.
Interesting. Though if this is a prototype, presumably, there is only one?
I found this image on Wikipedia that also states that it's a prototype. ???
Obviously, not the same car. Was there more that one made?
Well, there can of course be more than one prototype of a car but in this instance probably not.
It may well be the same car: my puzzle photo shows it as found, before restoration, but your photo probably shows it post-restoration. The registration number is not an original one but what the DVLA likes to call an 'age-related' plate, which to the unitiated might look just like an original plate from an older car but actually looks all wrong to the registration anorak like me!
I can't really see any differences; I'd say it's the same car.
Wow. If true, awesome restoration. 8)
Quote from: araknid on March 25, 2011, 07:35:12 PM
Wow. If true, awesome restoration. 8)
Yes: someone must have had a bit of spare loose change hanging around!
Money well-spent, I would say!
Quote from: araknid on March 25, 2011, 07:24:17 PM
Interesting. Though if this is a prototype, presumably, there is only one?
I found this image on Wikipedia that also states that it's a prototype. ???
Obviously, not the same car. Was there more that one made?
Yes... A total of six cars!
This red is the only restored.There is another red #4 (unrestored-picture) and this navy one
And this is what the car looked like originally: