Author Topic: SOLVED: Djetset #182 - Lester-Bristol c.1956-60 (Read 23549 times)

Carnut · « **Reply #100 on:** November 12, 2010, 02:29:10 PM »

Quote from: Carnut on May 10, 2010, 06:37:41 PM

Emery?

You never actually answered this question Djetset?

Djetset · « **Reply #101 on:** November 15, 2010, 07:40:35 AM »

Sorry Carnut; missed that one, but no, it's not an Emery.

Carnut · « **Reply #102 on:** November 15, 2010, 08:18:09 AM »

Nothing to do with Tom Killeen I suppose?

Djetset · « **Reply #103 on:** November 15, 2010, 08:21:44 AM »

Not that I know of.

Carnut · « **Reply #104 on:** November 15, 2010, 08:27:05 AM »

Has anyone tried Healey yet?

Djetset · « **Reply #105 on:** November 15, 2010, 08:28:09 AM »

I don't think they have, but it's not one of his creations anyway!

Correction, just checking back, you suggested Healey some time back Carnut.

faksta · « **Reply #106 on:** November 15, 2010, 08:31:20 AM »

Are there any names not mentioned in this thread yet?

Djetset · « **Reply #107 on:** November 15, 2010, 08:34:02 AM »

You've got me worried now Faksta, so I am just going to read through the frive pages again to make sure I haven't missed it! Astonishingly though I still think the correct name has not been mentioned!

Carnut · « **Reply #108 on:** November 15, 2010, 09:48:33 AM »

Djetset · « **Reply #109 on:** November 15, 2010, 09:52:50 AM »

Nope!

faksta · « **Reply #110 on:** November 15, 2010, 10:01:35 AM »

I don't remember whether I have already asked that, but did the guys build any other cars?

Carnut · « **Reply #111 on:** November 15, 2010, 10:18:47 AM »

Have we tried HWM?

Djetset · « **Reply #112 on:** November 15, 2010, 01:20:59 PM »

Carnut; not an HWM.

Faksta; yes this person did build others cars.

faksta · « **Reply #113 on:** November 15, 2010, 02:59:16 PM »

Of a similar type? I mean, one-off sportscars?

Djetset · « **Reply #114 on:** November 15, 2010, 04:03:52 PM »

He built a small number of sportscars of various types, but I believe this was the only one with a Bristol engine.

barrett · « **Reply #115 on:** November 15, 2010, 08:14:00 PM »

Some similarities with my recently solved Jehu-Riley, so I may as well ask if John Horridge was involved?

Djetset · « **Reply #116 on:** November 16, 2010, 02:32:27 AM »

No, not to my knowledge.

faksta · « **Reply #117 on:** November 16, 2010, 02:47:09 AM »

I think Lester has never had Bristol engined car, but worth a try, I believe. So, maybe a Lester?

Djetset · « **Reply #118 on:** November 16, 2010, 02:55:48 AM »

At last, we finally got there! Bravo Faksta.

Lester was of course far better known for his MG-based sportscars, but he did build one Bristol-powered car;this one. As you have tried so hard on this puzzle, and it has taken so long to solve, I am happy to now award you two points. Well done, and now you will be able to sleep at night!

Some parts of the car still exist today, owned by a gentlemen in the Gilbern Club. He hopes to fully restore the car one day soon.

BTW: in a momentary lapse of concerntration, maybe you can now see why I stupidly said yes to Pal N when he suggested Lister!!

woodinsight · « **Reply #119 on:** November 16, 2010, 02:59:32 AM »

Well done Faksta!
Now we can all sleep peacefully at nights again.

Does anyone have a better image of this Lester-Bristol?

Djetset · « **Reply #120 on:** November 16, 2010, 03:02:02 AM »

I have the Gilbern chap's contact details somewhere, so I will get in touch to see if he has any other images and more details about the car. Watch this space...

faksta · « **Reply #121 on:** November 16, 2010, 03:45:22 AM »

Finally!

And thanks for an extra point

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #122 on:** November 16, 2010, 04:21:46 AM »

Great work, faksta!

faksta · « **Reply #123 on:** November 16, 2010, 04:25:56 AM »

I have just found a mentioning of seemingly the same car - 1957 SCCA race at Cumberland, driven by John Norwood in FMod class. Seems the car has been imported to the USA and then brought back to UK, as the photo is from a British hillclimb, as you have said. Or, maybe, there was another one?

Probably, though, it is a typo, as the next race he drove a Lister-Bristol...

Allan L · « **Reply #124 on:** November 16, 2010, 07:55:53 AM »

Once again, I find it hard to accept that the answer is in fact correct, and in this case that's based on memory for several things (therefore unreliable) such as not remembering Harry Lester ever making a Bristol-engined car. In another place we had a long discussion on a Riley-engined Lester which undoubtedly did exist, but we had no evidence that it had been built with a Riley engine. If this one is indeed a Bristol-engined Lester, maybe it was not built as one - if there is a known registration number, more may be revealed of course.
I also think 1960 is a bit late for any Lester: about 1955 at the latest, I'd say.
Without seeing this car or a better photo of it I still say (as I did in a very early post (no 35 over a year ago)) that its bonnet doesn't seem tall enough to house a Bristol engine.
The other bit from memory is that I don't recall a Lester with a front body looking like this - nor do I recall a proprietory body like this either. This is more the Lester I remember:

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Author Topic: SOLVED: Djetset #182 - Lester-Bristol c.1956-60 (Read 23549 times)