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Solved - NEH 1004: Touring Bristol 401 Prototype - 1947

Started by Carnut, March 11, 2011, 07:51:11 AM

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Carnut

March 11, 2011, 07:51:11 AM
Identify this and the year it was built, for 1 point:
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araknid

#1
March 11, 2011, 01:55:52 PM
Alfa
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Carnut

#2
March 11, 2011, 02:49:17 PM
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Carnut

#3
March 25, 2011, 06:23:57 AM
Sure the Experts'll know...
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thorax

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March 25, 2011, 08:23:53 AM
Bristol 401 Touring?
FRIUL LIBAR

Carnut

#5
March 25, 2011, 08:56:21 AM
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.
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thorax

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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.
FRIUL LIBAR

Carnut

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March 25, 2011, 07:20:53 PM
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.
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araknid

#8
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?

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Carnut

#9
March 25, 2011, 07:32:29 PM
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.
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araknid

#10
March 25, 2011, 07:35:12 PM
Wow.  If true, awesome restoration.   8)
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Carnut

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March 25, 2011, 07:45:50 PM
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!
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João

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March 25, 2011, 10:06:19 PM
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

Carnut

#13
July 30, 2013, 08:22:06 AM
And this is what the car looked like originally:

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