Puzzle #798 - Solved! Tojeiro Bristol 1953

[Otto Puzzell]

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[pieter]

Looks like a (more or less) copy of a Ferrari 166MM - a kit car ?

[Paul Jaray]

Cooper-Bristol from 1952? (JOY500)
but I think it's the Cooper-MG JOY500!

[Paul Jaray]

But I've the same pic listed as a Tojeiro-Bristol Special from 1952-1953 # LOI500!

[Allan L]

The Cliff Davis cars were very similar, as were their registration numbers
The Cooper-MG was JOY 500 and the Tojeiro-Bristol LOY 500
The Cooper photo is "in period" and the Toj is modern but these seem to be them:

[Otto Puzzell]

John Tojeiro was a gifted engineer who built racing specials as a sideline to his small business in painting and repairing bodywork. In 1952 in England, he was commissioned by Cliff Davis to design a new race car with a light weight tubular chassis. It would be fitted with a 2-liter Bristol engine positioned well aft of the front wheels for optimal balance. The body would be styled after the little Ferrari 166MM and 212 "Barchetta" from Touring of Milan. (The Ferrari 166 was named for the cubic centimeters displacement for each of its 12 cylinders, putting out 140HP). This two seater was fabricated by Gray and Rich Panelcraft in Hammersmith, licensed LOY 500 as a "Tojeiro-Bristol" in 1953. Davis enjoyed a successful racing season that year in his new car.