Barrett's #363 solved: RGS-bodied Bristol 400 by T A Stodart, 1954

[barrett]

Name the chassis/ engine, the body and who was responsible for their coming together, and the year it was built for a point

[barrett]

Does somebody up here like me?

[D-type]

1955 Arnolt-Bristol

[kwgibbs]

1955 bosley by Richard bosley?

[shamrock]

F NASH BMW ,  BODY BY HARDING

[barrett]

No x3! 

[D-type]

Is it BMW/Bristol-engined?

[nicanary]

Is it BMW/Bristol-engined?

I think D-Type is right. That high bonnet scoop points to a Bristol engine and the wheels are like those from the Bristol series 400-403. So is this based on one of those ?

[barrett]

Yes, the chassis and running gear are Bristol 400.... now for the rest?

[nicanary]

I don't think it's coachbuilt - more a one-off by an enthusiast. Is that an RGS bodyshell ?

[barrett]

Indeed, an RGS body on a Bristol chassis. Now tell me who built it and you'll get the point. Locked for you.

[nicanary]

Indeed, an RGS body on a Bristol chassis. Now tell me who built it and you'll get the point. Locked for you.

All I've managed to find is that it's a 401 under there. The appropriate website has no further info and I'm running out of ideas.....

The car wasn't completed by Dick Shattocks himself, was it ?

[D-type]

 

[Carnut]

Reply long overdue!

[barrett]

This car wasn't built by Dick Shattock

[hermanoto]

produced by: Wemyss Woodhouse Ltd. together with R.G.S Automobile Components Ltd,

[Carnut]

Bump...

[Paul Jaray]

Indeed, an RGS body on a Bristol chassis. Now tell me who built it and you'll get the point. Locked for you.

produced by: Wemyss Woodhouse Ltd. together with R.G.S Automobile Components Ltd,

Hermanoto, please make sure the puzzle has been unlocked before make a guess.

Last bump!

[Paul Jaray]

Open to all!

[nicanary]

Open to all!

My apologies for my part in this mess - I forgot to ask the OP to unlock it.

[D-type]

Open to all!

My apologies for my part in this mess - I forgot to ask the OP to unlock it.

If you had asked, I doubt you would have got any response.

[nicanary]

I have just found this image of an old advert, and I reckon it's the same car. I had no idea that RGS shells were made by Wemyss Woodhouse, who were the makers of Microplas shells.

I reckon Hermanoto gets the point - the only question left is the date of the work, and I think the chances of finding that are slim. My claim that it was a Bristol 401 was based on something on the Bristol Owners Club site, which mentioned that one such car had been rebodied with an RGS shell (possibly to lighten it for competition?), but I have rechecked the site and the information has disappeared. The OP says it was a 400.

[Carnut]

Thanks for that.
I've given a point both to nicanary for getting the Bristol 400 bit and to hermanoto for identifying the RGS body built by Wemyss Woodhouse, so we'll put this one to bed now..

[barrett]

Right, I'm bumping this as nobody has found the answer yet. Wemyss Woodhouse may well have built the shells (I was unaware of this too) but the particular car pictured was put together by a private individual. We have the base car and the shell but a point is on offer if somebody can tell me who built it and when.

[pnegyesi]

Okay then, I put this back to the Pro board