I believe Bristol Plastics also made wound glass filament piping for gas/liquids and aircraft fuel and drop tanks amongst other things. Bulletin 134 page 25 states that "850 or so" Lotus Elite bodies were made.
Looking again at the DB4 photo roughly 6 bodies are visible and they would seem to be located in a fenced off annex of the vast Brabazon hangar which is just visible in the background (also confirmed in Bulletin 134 which states that "75 or so" bodies were made). This would lend weight to my suggestion that they were made by Bristol Aircraft and not Bristol Cars.
Richard
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