1957 Bristol 405
Not the greatest picture alas; it was taken through my car's windscreen whilst driving through roadworks.
I've been after a shot of this car for a long, long time. I'll see it on the road maybe once every couple of years, always heading the other way. It's the only Bristol I've seen for decades, in fact I think the only time I've seen any others was when I lived in London around 1980.
This model was in production from 1954 to 1958. It's the only four door car that Bristol ever made. There was also a convertible version. 297 saloons and 43 convertibles were produced and today 19 in total are on the road.
I'm pretty sure this one was in Cornwall when I was a boy fifty years ago, but it's been with its present owner since 2004. It had covered 39,000 miles at its last MOT in 2017 (it's now exempt) and 18,000 in 2005. I'd imagine that to be 139,000 or even 239,000.
1957 Bristol 405
Not the greatest picture alas; it was taken through my car's windscreen whilst driving through roadworks.
I've been after a shot of this car for a long, long time. I'll see it on the road maybe once every couple of years, always heading the other way. It's the only Bristol I've seen for decades, in fact I think the only time I've seen any others was when I lived in London around 1980.
This model was in production from 1954 to 1958. It's the only four door car that Bristol ever made. There was also a convertible version. 297 saloons and 43 convertibles were produced and today 19 in total are on the road.
I'm pretty sure this one was in Cornwall when I was a boy fifty years ago, but it's been with its present owner since 2004. It had covered 39,000 miles at its last MOT in 2017 (it's now exempt) and 18,000 in 2005. I'd imagine that to be 139,000 or even 239,000.