Campbell and the Brsitol
thanks for the response.
The problem I have is the Rudd car actually has the original AC engine fitted to VPL 441. So did Ken Rudd fit the Bristol motor to VPL.
No emotional ties between Campbell and the car as its not registered to him and remained the property of AC cars for some 2 years after it was built.
The AC appeared at various motor shows from 1954 to 56 when it was sold to an Ipswich Farmer.
My interest remains around the Bristol engine fitment and the date in which these were first used.
Bristol had after all supplied the Orpheus engine to power K7 and it makes sense that if Campbell had the option, it would have been good publicity for Bristol.
Campbell would have been working on development of K7 at Norris bros not far form Ken Rudds works. Nothing at the archive though.
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