Here is a nice film about the late, great Brian May. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAGQMIAJUIE
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Bristol Owners Club Annual Concours 2024
The usual suspects gathered on the first Sunday of September in a quiet backfield of the enormous, neo-brutalist Celtic Manor hotel, overlooking the verdant, golfer-riddled Welsh countryside. Ignoring deceptive signs to the Concourse, I steered instead for the Concours and parked my 400 in the back row, as the judges were not yet ready for my… Continue reading Bristol Owners Club Annual Concours 2024
BOHT Lecture Day at the Atwell Wilson Motor Museum. 19 April 2024
A very enjoyable and instructive day was had by all participants. We also planned to provide a live YouTube transmission for those not able to attend. Unfortunately this was not entirely successful and we lost the connection for part of the day. However we had a belt and braces solution available and also made videos… Continue reading BOHT Lecture Day at the Atwell Wilson Motor Museum. 19 April 2024
BOHT Lecture Day
The Bristol Owners Heritage Trust will be holding its next lecture day on Friday, the 19th of April, at the Atwell Wilson Motor Museum in Calne, Wiltshire. SN11 0NF. We will be hearing from: >Oliver Nuthall of INracing about their newly developed - and improved - Bristol engines, >Stefan Cembrowicz will present a series of workforce portraits… Continue reading BOHT Lecture Day
Bristol Sports Engine Line Builder
Today I turned up Ray Williams’ own record of the engines he built personally on the sports engine line at Filton 1953 onwards. Incidentally he was told “ if Tony Crook comes in and you speak to him you are fired". Presumably TADC was seen as a rival on the hunt for hot tuning tips…… Continue reading Bristol Sports Engine Line Builder
BRISTOL BEACH – Recollections of a Brief Affair with Chassis 319
Bristol 400 Chassis 319 circa 1966 Perhaps it was the morning I had spent on Bondi Beach that made me particularly aware of curvaceous bodies that fateful day. I was only eighteen after all in March 1965. Perhaps it was a sudden access of good taste that led me to screech to halt in my… Continue reading BRISTOL BEACH – Recollections of a Brief Affair with Chassis 319
Concorde – First To Last – The Complete Film History
Concorde – First To Last tells the complete history of the supersonic airliner as the UK prepares to mark the 20th anniversary of the last flight on November 26. The 2.5 hour film, containing rare archive footage, has been sponsored by ten members of the Bristol Aero Collection Trust, the charity behind the Aerospace Bristol… Continue reading Concorde – First To Last – The Complete Film History
Bristol 400 and Zagato 406 at the Brabazon hangar
Here is a nice video with Stefan Cembrowicz and Andrew Blow having fun in front of the Brab hangar back in November 2016. https://youtu.be/tRSmXOEUijI
Arnolt-Bristols and Bill Watkins
Bob Schmitt regrets to inform us that Bill Watkins, who owned & raced four Arnolt-Bristols, passed away on April 21. He also started the Arnolt-Bristol register years ago. Bill was a mechanical engineer, a pilot, and the designer of rides for Disney and other similar parks. He shared his racing experiences with this: http://frazernash-usa.com/Bristol/RacingArnoltBristols.htm Bob's… Continue reading Arnolt-Bristols and Bill Watkins
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
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