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01-02-18, 10:34 PM
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Bristol 400 in Austria
I recently found this photo on the internet of an unrestored RHD 400
The registered number is FRI 06185 which I understand is from Freistadt/Austria . Would anyone be able to advise the best way to try to contact the owner of the car. As BOC 400 Registrar I'm particularly interested in receiving confirmation of the Chassis Number & Engine number to help complete the Register About 30 Bristol 400's were sold new to Switzerland from 1947 to 1950 and very few are known to survive . My guess is that some were on sold to neighbouring countries. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Geoff Dowdle Sydney/Australia 
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02-02-18, 05:00 AM
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Dear Geoff,
the register nummer is not from Austria, but from Germany. The red number 06 is used by car traders in order to move a not registered car from one place to another. FRI is "Landkreis Friesland" in the very north of our country. The Opel on the other side has "OL" for "Oldenburg", a town situated in the same aeria. Hope that will help. Best regards Heinrich
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02-02-18, 09:21 AM
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Heinrich,
Many thanks for your advice . Is there anyway of tracing the car traders name/location through the number "FRI-06185" Regards Geoff
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02-02-18, 06:04 PM
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Geoff,
I don't think there is any way to trace the trader through the number, data protection and all that. Do you have any more information on the site where you found the photo? Regards Richard
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03-02-18, 02:37 AM
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Richard ,
I found the photo on Flickr in an Albumn of "Opron" who I gather is a professional photographer . It was present at a classic car display on 14/5/15 I'm not experienced using Flickr and could not find a way to contact "Opron" Any advice/help will be appreciated Tks Geoff
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03-02-18, 12:04 PM
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Geoff
The photo was taken at a Classic Car Market in Bockhorn in the area of Friesland in June 2015. Bockhorn is similar to the Beaulieu Autojumble and one of the biggest in Germany. One can surmise that the owner of the 400 was trying to sell it there. Opron himself is based in Duesseldorf and has hundreds of car photos on his Flickr site including several ones of Bristols taken at Classic Days in Schloss Dyck. He describes himself as a car fanatic! I couldn't see a way of contacting him either but I don't think he could help much. Richard
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