[Kevin H]

As I collate all my Bristol archives I am still finding more front suspension things to be aware of.

The photos below show stress fractures in the spring seat pan. Unfortunately you can't see these unless the spring has been removed.

NB: As previously mentioned, someone had installed longer and probably stronger springs in my car (presumably to compensate for the missing distance piece on top of the original spring). We didn't realise this until we had reassembled the front suspension with the new distance pieces in place. This may have caused these stress fractures, but unfortunately I have no way of knowing.

The spring seat pans are available from Bristol Cars Services. They were £210 each when I bought mine in 2004.