My girlfriends Dad came across this last week. Sadly the owner past away recently and it has been garaged for 25 years. Needs a lot of work but worth top money once done...

Any guesses?

 

ill guess a saab

 

old jag

 

I'll guess a car.

 

saab gets my vote

 

Daimler

 

id say old jag...but with them grills im thinking maybe an early BMW???

 

Has a BMW engine......

 

Bristol 401
What do i win lol

 

Looks like a jag badge on the front,proper gangters i can imagine some tommy guns sticking out

 

early bmw of some sorts or maybe a jowett

 

A Bristol!

 

well done on the bristol 401... looks like the going rate is about 12 grand mate.... and only made between 1948 and 1953 so guessing they are rare as foook!!!

 

but just see one for 24000!! the 12 granders aint that clean looking either!!

 

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C258422

 

Holy fuckin shit! 75k

 

My guess at value would be 8-12k.
The restoration costs are astronomical on something like a bristol.

 

Its actually a 403 which makes it even rarer apparently. Well done on the Bristol guesses though! No prize sadly.

 

fucking hell thats worth abit of dosh :O

 

A Great old car, nippy in 1953 with 100bhp 0-60 13.4 secs & 104mph harry flaters. Worth a lot today in good nick.

 

still adequate for todays roads, about the same speed as a 1.2 fiesta

wouldnt wanna do 100mph in it though

 

if your going to restore it i would call these guys.

bob thredder
020 8688 0004

they dont have a website as they are far too old and old school for that. plus they dont need one lol. they are known worldwide as the top in the game at restoring classics.
they do all the chelsea cars and always have rare stuff flown in from all over the world to work on.

they are in south london

 

Thanks all for the information. It will be a cracking car once finished, but it's too much work for us.

 

Bristol 405 IIRC
edit: i've actually read the thread so it's a 403

 

The rebuild costs would way outway the value once done. It's one of those cars that you restore because you want to, not to make a profit.

There's one around my way that an old boy owns. The paint is ropey as fuck, but it's mechanically mint. The guy drives it hard to, I'm always seeing it being chucked around the lanes!

EDIT\; Just found this. If this is Ł6k worth 'your' one has to be nearer 10k surely?

 

It's a Bristol.Not sure of the age but probably late 1940' or early 1950. They were a hand made car,made by a company who built aircraft.The bodies were alluminium,on a steel chasis.Production ended a few years ago.