£264.5k
1954 Arnolt-Bristol Bolide Roadster Carrozzeria Bertone
Bonhams • UK • 1 Dec 2018
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Highest 30% of Past Sales
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£264,500
1954 Arnolt-Bristol Bolide Roadster Carrozzeria Bertone
UK • 1 Dec 2018
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1954 Arnolt-Bristol Bolide Roadster, chassis number '3065', is one of only 130 ever made. It was professionally restored between 2015 and 2017 to concours standard and featured in Octane magazine in 2018, making it Mille Miglia eligible.
Condition
9
The car was professionally restored to concours standard between 2015 and 2017, with body repairs, new paint, and interior re-trimming. The engine and gearbox were rebuilt for racing, and the car has been featured in Octane magazine.
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Manual
931 XVB
1954
Auction
404/X/3065
RHD
United Kingdom
£264.5k
1954 Arnolt-Bristol Bolide Roadster Carrozzeria Bertone
Bonhams • UK • 1 Dec 2018
Market Position:
Highest 30% of Past Sales
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Description
Registration No.
931 XVB
Chassis No.
404/X/3065 *One of only 130 made *Delivered new to the USA *Professionally restored to concours standard between 2015 and 2017 *Featured in Octane magazine 2018 *Mille Miglia eligible Having made his fortune during WW2, Chicago-based industrialist Stanley Harold 'Wacky' Arnolt II was able to indulge his lifelong love of automobiles, and by 1952 was a regional BMC distributor and US distributor for Bristol cars.
In 1952, a visit to Carrozzeria Bertone led to Arnolt buying a stake in the Italian company and arranging manufacture of Bertone-bodied Arnolt MGs.
Bertone's elegant coupé and cabriolet on the MG TD chassis had been first exhibited at the 1951 Geneva Salon.
These cars were enthusiastically received by Arnolt, who saw the Bertone-bodied TD as meeting the US market's requirement for a luxury MG; a car possessing that all-important octagon badge yet blessed with something above the Spartan level of equipment usually associated with the Abi...
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£128,865
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£155,844
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£269,512
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