I will be fascinated to hear. You should be able to buy a used transmission in the USA for between $500 and $1000. Easy to spend another $2000 on rebuild of torque converter and transmission. About another $1000 to crate, send within the USA and get it back to the UK. Add 20% import duty and you could be about $5000 in with loads of phone calls and emails to set it up. That should be a good starting point to assess the value of the option from Cabmasters that I think was advertised as rebuilt.
Alternatively, get a used transmission and ship back to run as is and you might get away with about $1500 but costs to rebuild will probably be higher in the UK. It will also be more difficult to find someone who knows what is required for the rebuild.
It's worth considering the stall speed of the torque converter. Many second hand units are likely to have been rebuilt by now and a good few people are likely to have gone for a higher stall speed to go behind a tuned engine. This may not be what you want in a Bristol. It's a fair chunk of cash to sort out so worth factoring in to the total.
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