During the long, inevitable death throes of the late lamented Bristol Cars Ltd, the Heritage Trust assembled a crack team, and bid for as many Bristol related artefacts as we could handle. When we turned up at the defunct Windlesham HQ to collect our treasures, the sad remains of sundry products and projects littered the… Continue reading The Bristol Fighter wind tunnel model
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Tony Crook talks about his life and times
Tony Crook on fine form describing his exploits from the 1950s to a well-oiled audience, as if through a fog of cigar smoke and burgundy fumes. The recording originated from an ERA Club Dinner at the Dormy House Hotel, Broadway on 20th November 2010. Source: Adam Ferrington We would like to apologise for the fact… Continue reading Tony Crook talks about his life and times
Behind the scenes of the last days at Bristol Cars
https://www.instagram.com/p/CG1zIraFMhN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Here are just 3 of the 36 photos which you can see from the link below. Following a sale of the firm’s goods and assets, groups of volunteers from the Bristol Owners’ Heritage Trust and the Bristol Owners’ Club rescued original body bucks, parts and body panels from the company’s former headquarters in Windlesham.… Continue reading Behind the scenes of the last days at Bristol Cars
Today in the Brab Hangar
A selection of photos taken on 27 October 2020 of the items bought by the BOHT from the sale of the Bristol Cars goods & assets which are now stored in the Brabazon hangar in Filton.
The Design and Development of the Bristol Fighter. A lecture by Toby Silverton
Now on the BOHT YouTube channel! https://youtu.be/ZlutaU4vGEc This lecture was given on 1 November 2009 at the Gaydon Heritage Motor Centre Museum by Toby Silverton, Chairman Bristol Cars. This is a description of the ideas and reasoning leading up to the design and development of the Bristol Fighter. It gives a fascinating insight into the… Continue reading The Design and Development of the Bristol Fighter. A lecture by Toby Silverton
Period documents relating to the Bristol 400 Farina
We would like to thank Adrian Berry who owns Bristol 400 Farina chassis 181, for allowing us to publish these photos and the text from his website. Official publicity shot #468 An official publicity photograph for Carrozzeria Pinin Farina S.p.A. Rather confusingly, this photograph and the following photograph both carry the same reference number - 468… Continue reading Period documents relating to the Bristol 400 Farina
Short video showing some of the car bucks from Bristol Cars
Here is a short video showing some of the car bucks acquired by BOHT from the former Bristol Cars at their premises in Windlesham.The video was taken and commented by Stefan Cembrowiecz https://videopress.com/v/2APX489l?preloadContent=metadata “The views, information, and opinions expressed during these recordings are those of the individuals involved”.
“BACK ON THE ROAD – Michael Ware visits a recently restored 1953 Bristol 403”
There is a nice report in the September issue of The Automobile on the restoration of Andy Gibbs' 403. It is well worth reading!
The Music of Bristols
Here is an audio file of the engine of a Bristol 401 being started and running An audio file of a Bristol 405 being started and running in traffic with stops and starts at lights Please do send us recordings of your Bristol be it 2 litre, V8, V10 or other and we will add… Continue reading The Music of Bristols
The Bristol that never was
There is an interesting article in the June 2020 edition of The Automobile. To quote: Long before the first Bristol production car was constructed, the Filton aviation company considered plans to build the Alfa Romeo 6C under licence in the UK. Ultimately, this fascinating project came to nothing, as Sir George White explains.
