Re: Bristol 2 Litre - Photos

[Andy Dingley]

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:32:50 +0100, ":::Jerry::::" <me@privacy.net>
wrote:

>The body has a steel tube frame which is skinned in (rather soft) Aluminium,

Anyone know what the alloy was ? Was it really aluminium, or was it
(like Landies) Birmabright ? Just a few percent of magnesium makes
it much stiffer and dent-resistant, but doesn't start the sort of
corrosion problems that bedevilled the Elektron parts used in Lotuses.

There used to be a good Bristol restorer in Warminster (late '90s) -
Is he still there ?

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[Stan Barr]

On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 19:42:01 +0100, Andy Dingley <dingbat@codesmiths.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:32:50 +0100, ":::Jerry::::" <me@privacy.net>
>wrote:
>
>>The body has a steel tube frame which is skinned in (rather soft) Aluminium,
>
>Anyone know what the alloy was ? Was it really aluminium, or was it
>(like Landies) Birmabright ? Just a few percent of magnesium makes
>it much stiffer and dent-resistant, but doesn't start the sort of
>corrosion problems that bedevilled the Elektron parts used in Lotuses.
>
>There used to be a good Bristol restorer in Warminster (late '90s) -
>Is he still there ?

There was a nice Bristol 403(?) on tv last night - in the BBC2 program
"The Prince the Showgirl and Me".

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[Stan Barr]

On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 19:42:01 +0100, Andy Dingley <dingbat@codesmiths.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:32:50 +0100, ":::Jerry::::" <me@privacy.net>
>wrote:
>
>>The body has a steel tube frame which is skinned in (rather soft) Aluminium,
>
>Anyone know what the alloy was ? Was it really aluminium, or was it
>(like Landies) Birmabright ? Just a few percent of magnesium makes
>it much stiffer and dent-resistant, but doesn't start the sort of
>corrosion problems that bedevilled the Elektron parts used in Lotuses.
>
>There used to be a good Bristol restorer in Warminster (late '90s) -
>Is he still there ?

There was a nice Bristol 403(?) on tv last night - in the BBC2 program
"The Prince the Showgirl and Me".

--
Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb .at. dial .dot. pipex .dot. com
(Remove any digits from the addresses when mailing me.)

The future was never like this!