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It needs a full service and work on the throttle setting as it doesn't hold second at the moment.
Despite that yes it does shift. It's actually quite difficult not be doing 50 everywhere as that seems to be the pace it wants to idle along at. A ph member, vjj, drove it up to Cheshire for me and he was enthusiastic about its pace on the motorway.
Seems to handle ok as it has had recent work on the suspension, but I haven't got full confidence in it yet.
Despite that yes it does shift. It's actually quite difficult not be doing 50 everywhere as that seems to be the pace it wants to idle along at. A ph member, vjj, drove it up to Cheshire for me and he was enthusiastic about its pace on the motorway.
Seems to handle ok as it has had recent work on the suspension, but I haven't got full confidence in it yet.
Riley Blue said:
Get rid of the stripes and it'll be perfect - lovely car, my congratulations on your purchase!
They did that themselves for the 411.Ideally I would, but the paint is so good I don't fancy messing about with it.
It's not in the history file but someone has spent good money on a high quality glass out respray relatively recently.
I do assume you're being mildly sarcastic? They're chrome strips 
Bodo said:
That's a nice car. Can you please post five pictures of quirky details? I bet there are dozens!
I'll take some pics of the compartments behind the front wheels that house the spare wheel and the electrics.but in all honesty that is about the only "quirky" thing about it, other than the styling.
the interior is very 60s with its lines of switches, but Bristols of this era are very sensible cars. Very practical.
roscobbc said:
That was the one from Justin Banks? - first Bristol I've seen in a long while that actually looks perfect - later cars look wrong with 4 large headlamps - yours look just right with the 1/4 bumpers - balances the car just right!
it is yes. I think the way they have done the bumpers is great.Ahahaha! OP what have you done?
I hope that you're a good christian because the second that you try to diagnose an electrical fault, you'll realise that you've invited the devil's own wiring system onto your drive. =)
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I battled with limited success for 6 months with a '66 409's amazing array of blackened fabric wires, aided by the Bristol factory's "Well, back then there wasn't really a wiring diagram as such, each builder would do it their own way" hints that maybe, just maybe there could be an inline fuse behind the dash somewhere - but not always. Sometimes it's in the wheelarch. Sometimes the engine bay. Occasionally, there isn't one." Needless to say, I never did quite get every bit working simultaneously.
I hope that you're a good christian because the second that you try to diagnose an electrical fault, you'll realise that you've invited the devil's own wiring system onto your drive. =)
[footnote]
I battled with limited success for 6 months with a '66 409's amazing array of blackened fabric wires, aided by the Bristol factory's "Well, back then there wasn't really a wiring diagram as such, each builder would do it their own way" hints that maybe, just maybe there could be an inline fuse behind the dash somewhere - but not always. Sometimes it's in the wheelarch. Sometimes the engine bay. Occasionally, there isn't one." Needless to say, I never did quite get every bit working simultaneously.
It looks like a lot of things were covered in an undocumented restoration by American Car Car Centre
I just have one invoice for *Plenty* that is for engine work and another for a respray
The electrics look tidy and I found out last night it has overdrive on the gearbox. One of the switches on the dash has been altered to activate it and I have been driving round with it on permanently, meaning as soon as the box got into 3rd it was going into overdrive, then dropping to second quickly if I was just pootling along.
Makes a change to find nice things you didn't know you had rather than horrors.
I just have one invoice for *Plenty* that is for engine work and another for a respray
The electrics look tidy and I found out last night it has overdrive on the gearbox. One of the switches on the dash has been altered to activate it and I have been driving round with it on permanently, meaning as soon as the box got into 3rd it was going into overdrive, then dropping to second quickly if I was just pootling along.
Makes a change to find nice things you didn't know you had rather than horrors.
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