Solved - NEH 4441: 1950's-style car based on Bristol 403 (405?) - built in 2004

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Carnut

January 15, 2016, 07:01:05 AM Last Edit: February 22, 2016, 05:19:03 AM by Carnut
What's this, dating from when - for 1 point?:

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Carnut

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January 22, 2016, 05:23:20 AM
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Carnut

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February 19, 2016, 04:15:18 AM
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Allan L

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February 19, 2016, 04:46:35 AM
Hard to guess the size of it, so is it a Mark I Sprite underneath?
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Carnut

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February 19, 2016, 05:13:48 AM
Quote from: Allan L on February 19, 2016, 04:46:35 AM
Hard to guess the size of it, so is it a Mark I Sprite underneath?

No; I would say it's bigger based on what I know..
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dzima1985

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February 19, 2016, 03:54:22 PM
Bristol 403-based roadster,
it was built in 2004?

Carnut

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February 19, 2016, 06:29:44 PM Last Edit: February 20, 2016, 09:01:15 AM by Carnut
Yes, that's exactly what it is.
It was apparently made as an evocation of a 1950's car using a Bristol 403 as a base.
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Allan L

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February 19, 2016, 06:50:29 PM
I really don't understand how this evokes the 1950s more that the quintessentially 1950s car that a Bristol 403 is.
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nicanary

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February 20, 2016, 04:01:15 AM
Quote from: Allan L on February 19, 2016, 06:50:29 PM
I really don't understand how this evokes the 1950s more that the quintessentially 1950s car that a Bristol 403 is.

I sympathise. I suppose it evokes a 1950s sports-racing car, especially since so many of those were Bristol-engined. Personally. I would have restored the original car. but  each of us is different.

Interesting to see that the knock-off wheels have been replaced with shiny chrome wires.
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Allan L

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February 20, 2016, 07:13:04 AM
I see DVLA have it as a 1958 Bristol 405, not a 403 which wouldn't be as late as 1958 anyway.
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Carnut

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February 20, 2016, 09:03:51 AM Last Edit: February 22, 2016, 05:20:53 AM by Carnut
Quote from: Allan L on February 20, 2016, 07:13:04 AM
I see DVLA have it as a 1958 Bristol 405, not a 403 which wouldn't be as late as 1958 anyway.

Thanks; that's more likely to be accurate than the website, although the car is pictured at a Bristol Owners Club meeting at Woburn Abbey in 2004 and I believe was described as a 403 there by its owner.  I think it's far more likely anyone would turn a 405 into this than a 403...

Below is a rear view of the car; incidentally nicanary I note the registration number is different from that in the picture posted by dzima, which I think is a much later picture, so the wheels have been changed from the wires to the pierced knock-offs, rather than the other way around!
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February 20, 2016, 10:09:46 AM
The other registration was for a BRISTOL (BLMC), whatever that is supposed to mean, but DVLA knows nothing at present.
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