Restore 403 or sacrifice for parts?

[Kevin H]

I received an email today referring to this 403 on ebay which is currently at £500. The comment was made "Yes the Poms ravaged another restorable Bristol."

But restorable at what cost? It sounds like a bit of a basket case, and the restoration cost would surely be far in excess of what it could be worth in the foreseeable future, even with it's engine and gearbox.

I wonder what it would have cost with the engine and gearbox, maybe £5k? That's a pretty cheap way to get an engine and gearbox for your AC, that would be worth many times more than the Bristol.

At £500 it's certainly doomed now, because the parts value must be several times that.

The only way to stop this happening is raise the profile of the Bristol marque and ultimately raise the value of the old cars.