Not Sold | 1964 Bristol 408

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Not Sold (Est: £20,000 - £25,000)

1964 Bristol 408

United Kingdom • 25 Feb 2023 • Lot 149

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This Bristol 408, manufactured between 1963 and 1966, features a Chrysler V8 engine and automatic transmission. It has a rectangular grille with horizontal bars and wide, rectangular turn indicator lamps. The car has been owned by the vendor for the last 29 years and has seen very little use in recent years, covering only 474 miles in the last 19 years. However, it has received a gearbox rebuild in 2019 and a repaint in 2020.

Condition

7

The car presents well in a classic color combination. It has benefitted from considerable recent expenditure with a gearbox rebuild in 2019 and a repaint in 2020. In excess of £15,000 has been spent on the car since 2018.

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Transmission:

Automatic

Chassis No:

4087010

Odometer:

3,025 miles

Reg Number:

EYY 159B

RHD/LHD:

RHD

The Bristol 408 was made between 1963 and 1966.

Mechanically, the Bristol 408 was identical to its predecessor the 407, which had been a major departure for Bristol with its use of a Chrysler V8 engine and automatic transmission.

However, outwardly there were some major changes.

The frontal styling of the 407 which had been a carry-over from the six-cylinder 406 and 405 was discarded and in its place was a rectangular grille with pronounced horizontal bars.

Another major change was the turn indicator lamps, which on the 408 were wide and rectangular in contrast to the 407's round lamps.

Due to safety concerns, the push-button layout of the automatic transmission was modified through the use of a safety lever to prevent an unwary person moving the car out of ‘park’.

There were also rectangular instead of circular push-buttons for the gear selector in this version of the car.

The transmission itself was now of cast alloy and was over 30 kilograms lighter than that of previous eigh...