What car did I see today? Looked bit like a 5 door E-type

[rallycross]

I passed something rare on the A3 today, very unusual looking, like a 5 door version of the 3 door E-type.

Like a 60's version of todays Porsche Panamerica.
Was not a Jag but had similar looks.

Had 2 large round / oval headlamps, and a large central oval shaped grille.
Was 4 doors, long, low, quite narrow like an E-type and might have been a lift back or hatch back was not a conventional saloon.

Any ideas?
Nice to see something being used that is a bit unusual!

[16VJay]

Jensen 541?

[Doofus]

Bristol 405

[Steffan]

Doofus said:

Bristol 405

Sounds about right to me. If it was 5 door it must be bigger than the E type. Oval grille suggests Bristol.

[rallycross]

Steffan said:

Sounds about right to me. If it was 5 door it must be bigger than the E type. Oval grille suggests Bristol.

thanks thats it!
Surprised to see these were made in the 50's looked more like from the 60's, must have been amazing looking in its time.

Here's one the same colour as I saw on the A3;

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://uploa...

[jimbob82]

FYI bristol only stopped making cars a year or 2 ago, and they hardly changed the styling