Well, while I was supposed to be getting on with something else, my attention as usual wandered and I came across this page in the Bristol Review, vol 3, number 8. The Bristol Review was the Works Journal of the mighty Bristol Aeroplane Company in its heyday. It contained news, information and updates on various… Continue reading A Gem from the Bristol Review from Spring 1955
Author: Bristol Owners Heritage Trust
In 2007 the Bristol Owners Heritage Trust was established as a registered charity in order to document, preserve and conserve the history of the Bristol Car. Our principle aim is to create the primary repository of Bristol Cars related material in the World, accessible to as wide an audience as possible, by:
- Collecting advertising material, factory and other workshop manuals, books, publicity material, all other printed and photographic material.
- Filming video interviews with people directly connected to the design, manufacture, sales and racing of the cars.
- Providing a safe haven for all time.
- Covering all periods of operations.
- Cataloguing the existing archive.
- Making the Catalogue Index accessible via website.
- Providing an Archivist with time, capability and interest to support the collection.
- Providing free access to BOC/BODA/BOHT members on request.
- Acquiring trophies, works of art, engineering items and other artefacts.
- Securing museum space to display key artefacts.
Organisation Chart Map of National Type Approval for Bristol Cars Ltd 1981
Whilst trawling (trolling?) through the archives, the following yellowing, rather crumpled organisational map came to light. This was back in the day when Bristol Cars Ltd was still at the Filton site. But times were changing, and no longer would the BAC barrier glide upwards and a uniformed commissionaire salute smartly when I swept up… Continue reading Organisation Chart Map of National Type Approval for Bristol Cars Ltd 1981
Treasures from the Archives (2)
We're still sorting through the HT archives and our acquisitions subcommittee is adding to them with new purchases. This job will become a lot easier when we develop and improve the database so that we, and our subscribers, can have a quick visual reference to existing material. One item I was looking at the other… Continue reading Treasures from the Archives (2)
Article in The Automobile on the BOHT
In the March 2019 issue of The Automobile magazine there is a nice article by Simon Charlesworth about the work of the BOHT. Worth reading if you can find a copy!
Publication Achievement!
The Bristol Aeroplane Company Car Division by Bristol Owners Heritage Trust A treasure-trove of breathtaking archive photographs, the vast majority never seen before, The Bristol Aeroplane Company Car Division makes a major contribution to the history of the first Bristol cars, those with the firm’s own BMW-derived engine. From its inception in 1947, Bristol’s car operation fastidiously… Continue reading Publication Achievement!
Press Coverage from Syd Lovesy’s Funeral
Western Daily Press coverage of Syd Lovesy Funeral, May 5, 18 Bristol Post coverage of Syd Lovesy Funeral, May 7, 18 Cortege of Bristol Cars gather to pay fitting tribute at funeral of much-loved engineer who helped design every one ever made (Bristol Live, 4 May 2018)
Procession of weird and wacky vehicles produced by ‘Britain’s quirkiest car manufacturer’
Link here for the Procession of weird and wacky vehicles produced by ‘Britain’s quirkiest car manufacturer’: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5692107/Procession-weird-wacky-vehicles-produced-Britains-quirkiest-car-manufacturer.html
Another Gorgeous Gem from the Archive
Check out this 405 Drop Head. What a beautiful photograph! Just one of many photographs in our archive.
Obituary of Sid Lovesy
Sid Lovesy, former Factory Manager of Bristol Cars Ltd, was born on Armistice Day 1919 and died on the 11th of April 2018 at the age of 98. After a promising career as a cricketer for Gloucestershire county, and war service in the REME, Syd was employed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company at the postwar… Continue reading Obituary of Sid Lovesy
Treasures from the archives
Among Tony Crook's papers very kindly donated to the Heritage Trust by his executors I came across this yellowing contemporary advertising feature reprinted from the Motor, 25 September 1963 (yes, Bristol Cars did advertise at one time, as they have indeed resumed doing lately) As you can see it compares performance figures for several high… Continue reading Treasures from the archives
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