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Re: Barrett's #363 (partly) solved: RGS-bodied Bristol 400
« Reply #25 on: September 12, 2014, 05:59:33 AM »
I found this picture on the web, and it has also been featured in a just-published book. Shouldn't be too impossible to find the answer.....
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Re: Barrett's #363 (partly) solved: RGS-bodied Bristol 400
« Reply #26 on: September 12, 2014, 06:53:44 AM »
I know the book of which you speak, but I'm not buying it just to solve a puzzle! I actually e-mailed the secretary of the club which published the book, a few months ago, but he didn't reply to my enquiry. Presumably, and I don't blame him, he would prefer it if I just bought the publication!

I've looked on the web from time to time to finalise this puzzle, but I'm unable to find that photo.
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Re: Barrett's #363 (partly) solved: RGS-bodied Bristol 400
« Reply #27 on: January 03, 2015, 08:11:28 AM »
This image was used in contemporary adverts for RGS shells. I don't know for sure, but I would guess it appears in a popular British magazine of the period which is available to view online...
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Re: Barrett's #363 (partly) solved: RGS-bodied Bristol 400
« Reply #28 on: January 03, 2015, 08:49:26 AM »
Quote from: barrett on January 03, 2015, 08:11:28 AM
This image was used in contemporary adverts for RGS shells. I don't know for sure, but I would guess it appears in a popular British magazine of the period which is available to view online...

It does indeed, and I have stared at the advertisement and its wording many, many, times. Sadly it does not say anything about that particular car. It is surely one and the same car - it has that large air intake on the bonnet to feed the Bristol engine's 3 carbs, and has the typical Bristol wheels.
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Re: Barrett's #363 (partly) solved: RGS-bodied Bristol 400
« Reply #29 on: January 20, 2015, 06:08:54 AM »
Could this have been built by a Mr T Stodart in 1953/54? The RGS shell might have been made by Necolam Ltd
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Re: Barrett's #363 (partly) solved: RGS-bodied Bristol 400
« Reply #30 on: January 25, 2015, 07:06:05 AM »
That's right! RGS-Bristol by T A Stodart, 1954.

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