Forum: For Sale - Cars, Parts & Automobilia (Bristol related only)
25-06-24, 02:18 PM
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Replies: 4
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For sale- 1966 Bristol 409
FOR SALE: 1966 Bristol 409-7355 (second series, the first 409 originally equipped with PAS), RR Dark metallic blue/silver with original red leather interior, perfect condition, 98.000 miles. Pictures...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
16-08-23, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,512
Hello all,
thanks for your suggestions, all of...
Hello all,
thanks for your suggestions, all of them very helpful, but I'd like to point out that after I did fit a new set of electric fans behind the newly recored radiator and an electronically...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
13-08-23, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,512
Nice anecdote, Stefan😁 but nowadays we face a...
Nice anecdote, Stefan😁 but nowadays we face a hotter climate and denser traffic in long immobile queues in the scorching sun, that's where my 409 showed that problem.
The late Martin Barnes once...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
13-08-23, 08:29 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,512
Hello, I don't think that It would help, as we...
Hello, I don't think that It would help, as we have the large 'cavities' on both sides of the engine compartment and they are ducting fresh air into the cockpit, so engine fumes would get inside. I...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
13-08-23, 07:46 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,512
Looking for a 409 engine bonnet-compatibility?
Hello all,
I have put my 1966 409 back on the Road after the disastrous flood that hit my country in May and my Cars, too. She works passably well but now Im looking for bonnet to modify to create...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
22-12-20, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 981
Hello Peter,
you are right, my 409 is chassis...
Hello Peter,
you are right, my 409 is chassis #7355 and was actually the first to be issued with power steering as a series equipment. I bought it sight unseen via phone also for this peculiarity as...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
17-12-20, 08:02 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 981
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
30-10-20, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,387
Hello,
maybe you'd like to take a look at some...
Hello,
maybe you'd like to take a look at some pages of my 403 blog...
My Favourite Cars-Bristol 403 (http://www.stefanopasini.it/Cars-Index_Bristol_403.htm)
I sold my 403 since last September to...
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
11-08-20, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,684
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
20-03-17, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,665
Hello,
congratulations for your 403 (which...
Hello,
congratulations for your 403 (which chassis no.?) while I am still wrestling with many gremlins during the restoration of my own 403, as good friend and expert Bristolian Geoff Kingston knows...
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
22-02-17, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,520
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
22-02-17, 08:54 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,520
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
22-02-17, 07:19 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,726
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
22-02-17, 07:17 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,726
Hello,
I did put two additional rear lamps at...
Hello,
I did put two additional rear lamps at last, making the necessary holes in the blades of the bumpers, as I really hated the idea of making holes in the aluminum panels of the body. They are...
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
30-01-17, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,726
Hello Bobby,
may I ask you to see how did you...
Hello Bobby,
may I ask you to see how did you fit the centre rear brake light in the rear window of your 401, and what light did you chose to avoid interfering with the rear rolling blind? It would...
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
29-01-17, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,726
Hello Geoff,
I have the same problem, as you...
Hello Geoff,
I have the same problem, as you know well, with my 403. The rear lights, though extremely elegant and slippery, aerodynamic-wise, are simply too small and angled to offer a good...
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
18-11-16, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,401
Hello,
would you swap your 3 Webers with my 3...
Hello,
would you swap your 3 Webers with my 3 recently-overhauled Solex 32BI? I have them on my 403 but, being in Bologna, I'm sure that Webers will be better on my car and Solexes maybe better on...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
11-05-16, 07:00 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,034
Hello,
I don't know if the exhaust manifold of...
Hello,
I don't know if the exhaust manifold of the 407 is the same as the 409, or anyway if a 409's 318 ci manifold can be fitted to the 407's 313 ci engine, but if it is, I have some spares.
I...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
10-04-16, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,094
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
27-02-16, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,871
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Forum: Bristol News & Other Bristol Discussion
06-01-16, 08:37 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,520
Hello Scott,
I had the same idea (buying a V8...
Hello Scott,
I had the same idea (buying a V8 Bristol) for years and never had any chance to drive one, but at the end I bought a 1966 409 (#7355) over the phone at an auction in UK and had been...
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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars
20-10-15, 07:09 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,960
Hello Geoff,
I can't say how radial tyres...
Hello Geoff,
I can't say how radial tyres perform on a 2-litre as the 403 that you so kindly sold me in 2013 is still being restored (I am entering the contest for the longest laziest restoration...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
07-07-15, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,127
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
21-02-15, 08:37 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,627
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