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Barrett's #80 - Solved - Bristol 407 DHC by Viotti
« on: November 19, 2010, 08:46:31 AM »
What's this, who made the body and when?

(apologies for the shonky picture editing!)
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Re: Barrett's #80
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2010, 11:17:47 PM »
Is it related to a Rolls Royce?
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Re: Barrett's #80
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2010, 09:14:20 AM »
No more guesses here for you, you're an Expert now!
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Re: Barrett's #80
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2010, 09:25:53 AM »
Quote from: Paul Jaray on November 23, 2010, 09:14:20 AM
No more guesses here for you, you're an Expert now!

Of course he only became an Expert after posting the above - but as you say he'll now have to wait until it pops up elsewhere!
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Re: Barrett's #80
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2010, 12:59:34 PM »
Moving up...
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Re: Barrett's #80
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2010, 01:03:01 PM »
:popcorn:
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Re: Barrett's #80
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2010, 01:19:32 PM »
Is it a Jensen?
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Re: Barrett's #80
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2010, 02:00:25 PM »
Not a Jensen
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Re: Barrett's #80
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2010, 06:42:44 PM »
Those hubcaps are meant to look Bristol-like, but I think there's something smaller and Rootes Groupy lurking in there.
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Re: Barrett's #80
« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2010, 07:19:33 PM »
Well it's not a Rootes group car, but the wheels look Bristol-like for a reason  ;)
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Re: Barrett's #80
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2010, 01:30:55 AM »
Graber-bodied Bristol?
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Re: Barrett's #80
« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2010, 09:07:09 AM »
Not Graber
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Re: Barrett's #80
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2010, 10:37:25 AM »
Well then it's sad to see what a handsome 410 or 411 has been turned into. This has a relatively downmarket feel to it......Carbodies?
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Re: Barrett's #80
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2010, 10:40:57 AM »
Well I think it's a very handsome machine myself.
But it's not based on a 410 or 411 and it's not by Carbodies
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Re: Barrett's #80
« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2010, 01:16:06 PM »
I think it's probably a 405 but I don't know the coachwork yet.
Perhaps British?
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Re: Barrett's #80
« Reply #15 on: December 10, 2010, 03:04:34 PM »
Not a 405 and not British!
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Re: Barrett's #80
« Reply #16 on: December 10, 2010, 05:03:22 PM »
It's a 1962 Viotti Bristol 407, I think...
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Re: Barrett's #80
« Reply #17 on: December 10, 2010, 08:55:57 PM »
That's the one!
Not much more I can add I'm afraid, other than it was owned by Peter Sellers, and post this front view. I think you'll agree that contrary to ruining a Bristol, it actually influenced the styling of the later Bristols a great deal!
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Re: Barrett's #80 - Solved - Bristol 407 DHC by Viotti
« Reply #18 on: December 11, 2010, 04:03:07 AM »
It's a very intersting car. It was ordered by the factory in 1960 and displayed by Viotti the same year in Turin. In 1961 it was shown on the Bristol stand at the Earls Court Show. It was silver with black leather back then. After the show it was bought by Peter Sellers, but he drove it only for a short time (as was his habit with most of cars). It was bought back by the factory and gradually updated to 410 mechanical specification, before being sold again. It indeed had an influence on the style of future Bristols. Another unusual fact about this car is that it has a steel body, a unique feature for a Bristol.
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Re: Barrett's #80 - Solved - Bristol 407 DHC by Viotti
« Reply #19 on: March 01, 2011, 06:49:31 PM »
A couple more:
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Re: Barrett's #80 - Solved - Bristol 407 DHC by Viotti
« Reply #20 on: November 01, 2013, 09:56:14 AM »
It looked a bit different when it was silver:
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