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Forum: For Sale - Cars, Parts & Automobilia (Bristol related only) 05-10-24, 10:00 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,189
Posted By Xseries
4.5 hours without a windscreen….try 4.5 days and...

4.5 hours without a windscreen….try 4.5 days and 2500 miles!
I was with my parents on holiday in Southern Turkey back in 1974 when the windscreen smashed. We tried the main Chrysler dealer in...
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 27-09-24, 12:51 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,563
Posted By Xseries
603 Convertible

A more modern Mopar unit with fuel injection. As with all projects, time slips result of complications and so the car might be ready for 2025.
As an example, the doors had been modified to take a...
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 11-09-24, 06:19 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 708
Posted By Xseries
Parts sold now. Does anyone know the details...

Parts sold now. Does anyone know the details about the car that was lost ?
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 21-08-24, 08:44 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,188
Posted By Xseries
I need to check, but I had a few headlight...

I need to check, but I had a few headlight switches made a couple of years ago, one of which I passed on to Graeme at CBCPC. I will see if I have some more....
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 21-08-24, 08:41 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 776
Posted By Xseries
Using super unleaded is the best way currently to...

Using super unleaded is the best way currently to avoid too much ethanol. I have not done enough miles in my Bristol to establish consistent mpg, but in two other cars I found I obtained about 5%...
Forum: For Sale - Cars, Parts & Automobilia (Bristol related only) 18-04-24, 09:12 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,234
Posted By Xseries
411 S3

The car was originally on plate TYY533L but given a private plate JIW 363.
This splendid looking car was an LPG conversion and I wonder if that led to the fire. Alternatively E10 can perish fuel...
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 29-02-24, 09:39 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 3,275
Posted By Xseries
411 S4

7700386 was despatched on 11 March 1974 so will be celebrating a half century in less than a fortnight. I make the car to be the 21st Series 4 in terms of chassis number (with another 47 odd cars...
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 29-02-24, 09:27 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,524
Posted By Xseries
Samples Arrived

Further to my recent post, here is an image of the first production samples. The pedal rubbers will be available in a couple of weeks - contact CBCPC and Graeme for your order.
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 16-01-24, 06:15 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,524
Posted By Xseries
411, 412 and 603 (Brig, Brit, Blen) Auto Pedal Rubbers

For those owners not on Instagram, CBCPC are looking to remake the automatic pedal rubber with the BRISTOL letters down the centre if there is enough interest.
The attached photo shows how they...
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 02-04-22, 09:38 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,633
Posted By Xseries
Graeme Payne at CBCPC, but as soon as they are...

Graeme Payne at CBCPC, but as soon as they are available everyone will know!
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 31-03-22, 10:29 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,633
Posted By Xseries
The badges are almost ready. They have been...

The badges are almost ready. They have been remade from the original tooling by gladman and Norman in Birmingham.
Brian
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 02-01-22, 12:12 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,563
Posted By Xseries
Hopefully the car will be on the road later this...

Hopefully the car will be on the road later this year. Sourcing the parts has been made much easier with CBCPC Ltd having much of what is needed.
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 20-08-21, 11:14 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,645
Posted By Xseries
Data

From that chassis number the car would be a Series 4 probably started in late 1974 and finished in early 1975.
Forum: Bristol News & Other Bristol Discussion 31-05-21, 04:04 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,281
Posted By Xseries
Bristol Cars CEO

Tony Crook, for both he and Bristol Cars will have been brought back from the dead (and sadly both are equally unlikely).
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 24-05-21, 07:15 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,308
Posted By Xseries
Key

I ordered a key for my 603 based on the code NHxxxx and received a key from the following:
https://www.key2code.co.uk/store/c4/CLASSIC_CAR_KEYS.html#/
Tested and works in the ignition.
Another Brian.
Forum: For Sale - Cars, Parts & Automobilia (Bristol related only) 20-05-21, 12:50 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,725
Posted By Xseries
Sold for £36,000

Sold for £36,000
Forum: For Sale - Cars, Parts & Automobilia (Bristol related only) 20-05-21, 07:19 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,725
Posted By Xseries
411 S4 Auction

The first Series 4 is up for auction in Dorset to-day. This car was MPH100L and was used for the Avon Tyre blow out test by Tony Crook. That fact means that part of the text about the car is...
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 25-04-21, 05:36 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 7,355
Posted By Xseries
£495,000 plus VAT is in fact £594,000

£495,000 plus VAT is in fact £594,000
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 22-04-21, 01:13 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 770
Posted By Xseries
Pegasus Badge

Thank you for your reply - I have been in further communication with the makers, and one reason for the high price is that these are made individually by hand.
The tooling (punch) has probably only...
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 18-04-21, 09:16 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 770
Posted By Xseries
Pegasus Badges

New Pegasus Badge

If anyone is interested in one or more of these Pegasus badges made by the original supplier to Bristol Cars, based in the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter, using the original tooling...
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 18-04-21, 04:01 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,007
Posted By Xseries
Servo

I need a couple of servos and am looking to obtain them from CBCPC Ltd, who have many items it stock - and are re-ordering parts from their old manufacturers and suppliers.
Now they are no longer...
Forum: Restoration and Repair - non specific 18-03-21, 09:59 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 11,767
Posted By Xseries
The colour in the image Bristol 048 (18 Sept 10)...

The colour in the image Bristol 048 (18 Sept 10) is a Range Rover colour Bonatti Grey. That is the 411 photographed from above in a courtyard.
Brian
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 19-02-21, 12:30 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,410
Posted By Xseries
Fuse Layout

I cannot recall where I found this now or the car it is for (will be a 411 or later), but it might help

1. Headlamp L.H. High Beam.
2. Headlamp L.H. Dipped Beam.
3. Headlamp R.H. High Beam.
4....
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 02-02-21, 03:28 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,406
Posted By Xseries
Brass Plate

I have another size - and given my car was supplied from Kensington this century, not Hersham in the 20th, I am happy to sell it!

Size is 2.5" by 1.25"

Brian
Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars 29-01-21, 04:48 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,006
Posted By Xseries
CAI

I do not think you need take off the steering wheel, though it might make access easier. I would be tempted to update to a voltmeter.

For information - Caerbont Automotive Instruments Ltd (CAI) is...
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