Here is the latest list of surplus items from the Bristol Owners’ Heritage Trust archive with some rare discoveries being offered for sale.
If you are interested in any of these items please contact Michael Crawford, mjcm4p@gmail.com
As the Trust’s volunteers sort, collate and catalogue the records that are now in storage at the BOHT workroom (office?) in the conservation hanger at Aerospace Bristol and two storage units a short distance away on the other side of the A38, a fair quantity of surplus documents are being found most of which are unused but show signs of having been stored for many, many years.
In order to generate income to support the Trust in its stated aims surplus items from the archive are being offered for sale. Disposal of these surplus items will not deprive the archive of any examples of documents, drawings, specifications, brochures or ephemera. After all, does the Trust need to find space for dozens of, say, road test reprints or model brochures when these could be of interest to those who own or have an interest in Bristols?
Items that are available include sales brochures for Types 404, 405, 407 (in French) 408, 409, 410, 411 S1 & 2, 411 S3, 603, 603 S2 and the Blenheim, reprints of contemporary road test reports, a Bristol Cars 407 specification, various flyers, advertising material, production jobs cards, unused commercial documents and other ephemera.
If you are interested in obtaining surplus items from the archive, please send an e-mail to mjcm4p@gmail.com
The latest price list is below:
As the Trust works its way through the records of Bristol Cars Limited, rarer and more interesting car- and company-related items can be made available and revised price lists provided.
Michael Crawford.
Trustee, Bristol Owners’ Heritage Trust
A very enjoyable and instructive day was had by all participants. If you were not able to be there, you can see videos of the talks on the YouTube BOHT Channel. The order of the day is given below
Richard Sanderson
Congratulations are due to Michael Barton and Simon Charlesworth as Aero Dynamic has just won the Octane Magazine historic motoring awards Publication of the Year, a well deserved result for the publisher and author for a very compelling and special book.
There is a 10 page article (including photographs) on the development of the Bristol Fighter in the latest issue of Evo magazine. The article has been written by Peter Tomalin with clear input from Toby Silverton and SLJHackett in respect of the continuation cars currently being built. Silverton gives his account and account of the demise of Bristol Cars in 2011.
In the November 2022 issue of The Automobile…
NO ORDINARY BRISTOL Ordered new by the chairman of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, then driven for a decade by arch-enthusiast Christopher Balfour, then uprated and campaigned in hill climbs and sprints by its next owner, this 1948 Bristol 400 is now in the hands of a young enthusiast. Toby Bruce tells its story……..
Geoff Kingston provide the following information
This morning the postman delivered another new book produced and edited by Richard Calver. It is an edited reproduction of the original factory service bulletins mainly for the home market and non-USA market V8 cars covering the period 1963 to 1976 , so CV8, Interceptor and FF with the 383 cu in engine and larger and the 727 automatic gearbox. So on the mechanical side especially relevant to anyone with a 411 but also to some of the other cars before and after with the 727 gearbox and to a certain extent the other engine sizes where similar components were used. There are obviously bulletins covering issues relating to coachwork problems, mechanical issues specific to the FF but an awful lot of information relevant to some of our cars, I can see hours being spent over the coming days picking and choosing topics within the books lavish covers.
An example, bulletin 6/71/6 Subject Failure of Gearbox Kickdown Band or Clutch, only a few short paragraphs but clear and easy to understand and giving the mechanic all the pointers needed to confirm and rectify the problem, on the following page 6/71/8 covers oil pump failure, 6/71/7 Standard Torque Tightening of Bolts. So not a book if you wanted to know the history of Jensen cars but essential if you want to know how they were maintained and repaired in period including recommendations of alternative and upgraded parts.
As these cars shared a lot in common with the Bristol V8’s of this period, for anyone doing their own work or who works very closely with their mechanic this book could be a very useful addition to the motoring library. Available directly from the Author, just search the title of this topic, or from some alterative suppliers he recommends at a typical price of around £100/£120, not cheap perhaps but worth every penny in my mind for the information contained therein.
For the historically interested amongst us, there is an interesting article in June 2021 issue of The Automobile magazine. Delwyn Mallett relates the story behind the development of the BMW 328 including its remarkable engine which of course eventually went on the power the Bristol 2-litre cars. The author eventually fulfils his dream of getting to drive a 1939 example.
Well worth reading!
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