Bristol Owners Club : GALLERY GUIDE

GALLERY GUIDE

A selection of pages with pictures of Bristol Car types and brief notes.
To access 6 cylinder page displays from 8 cylinder page displays, and vice versa,
please use the Gallery or tour arrow link provided in the header/footer information.

page revised 3rd December 1998

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The 6 cylinder Cars - Fitted with Bristol Aeroplane Co. engine and manual gearbox
Manufactured by Bristol Aeroplane Company (Car Division) Ltd.

Type 400 (1946-1950) - 2 door Saloon
- Type included two Prototype Dropheads by Bristol
- Drophead bodies styled by Farina
- Saloon bodies styled by Touring
- Saloon bodies styled by Zagato
- Special one off designs by others
  including a timber framed and panelled 4 door Estate Car by Hyde
Type 401 (1948-1953) - 2 door Saloon
- This Type included two Saloon bodies styled by Beutler
- A Prototype Drophead bodystyle by Beutler
- A number of Drophead bodies by Farina,
- A number of Saloon bodies by Touring
Type 402 (1949-1950) - 2 door Drophead Coupé
Type 403 (1953-1955) - 2 door Saloon
Type 404 (1953-1955) - 2 door Fixed head Coupé
- Type included a Drophead body styled by Abbott
Arnolt Bristol (1954-1958) - Roadster bodied by Bertone
- These cars were Type coded 404/X by Bristol, and were bodied to three Arnolt specifications by Bertone
  Finished vehicles were then shipped, mostly to the USA.
  Specification names are Bolide, DeLuxe and DeLuxe Coupé
Type 405 (1954-1958) - 4 door Saloon
Type 405 D (1954-1958) - 2 door Drophead Coupé
- Driven chassis were bodied by Abbott to order only
Type 406 (1958-1961) - 2 door Saloon
- Type included a Saloon car bodied by Beutler
- A number of chassis were bodied by Zagato
- A number of Prototype variants by the Factory
Miscellaneous 6 cyl. engined cars
- Marques which fitted Bristol 6 cylinder engines,
  e.g. AC, Cooper, Frazer Nash, Kieft, Lister, Lotus, Tojeiro, and others,
  this page also includes the Bristol Type 450 Company team race cars

The 8 cylinder Cars - Fitted with Chrysler engine and Torqueflite automatic gearbox
Manufactured by Bristol Cars Ltd.

Type 407 (1961-1963) - 2 door Saloon
- There were a number of Factory experimental variants.
- Type included a Drophead styling exercise by Viotti
- A fixed Head Coupé Body design by Zagato
Type 408 (1963-1966) - 2 door Saloon
- Type included a version uniquely (for Bristol) named Type 408 Mk2
Type 409 (1965-1967) - 2 door Saloon
Type 410 (1967-1969) - 2 door Saloon
Type 411 (1968-1976) - 2 door Saloon
- Type 411 s2
- Type 411 s3 introduced a new bodystyle
- Type 411 s4
- Type 411 s5
Type 412 (1975-1994) - 2 door Convertible Saloon body styled by Zagato
- Type 412 s2
- Type 412 USA
- Type 412 s3 or Bristol Beaufighter
- The Bristol Beaufort styled by Bristol as a Drophead fitted with an Electric Hood
Type 603 (1976-to date) - 2 door Saloon
- Type 603 S and Type 603 E
- Type 603 s2,
  then Type Numbers were dropped from descriptions
  though not from the Chassis numbers,
  thus there followed,
- The Bristol Britannia
- The Bristol Brigand
- The Bristol Blenheim
  and in current production,
- The Bristol Blenheim 2

If you can supply any additional Bristol car pictures, history, or other information, to add to the club archive, this will be gratefully received. However it would be a good idea and a benefit to both parties to avoid unnecessary duplication, if you would please be kind enough to first contact the BOC General Registrar

, to advise what material / data you may have available.

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