£249.7k
1956 Arnolt-Bristol Deluxe Roadster by Bertone
RM Sotheby's • US • 24 Oct 2020
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Highest 30% of Past Sales
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£249,682
1956 Arnolt-Bristol Deluxe Roadster by Bertone
US • 24 Oct 2020
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AI Listing Summary
This 1956 Arnolt-Bristol Deluxe Roadster is a high-quality restored example, retaining its original engine and presented in striking colors. It's a model famous for its SCCA competition history, making it ideal for showing, driving, and vintage rallies.
Condition
8
The car is described as beautifully restored and well-preserved with deep silver paint and a dark grey leather interior. It retains its original MKII engine, numbering plates, and serial-number plate. The car has been maintained for road use and has a clear bra fitted over the nose.
/ 10
5,843 miles
LHD
United States
404/X/3084
1956
Auction
£249.7k
1956 Arnolt-Bristol Deluxe Roadster by Bertone
RM Sotheby's • US • 24 Oct 2020
Market Position:
Highest 30% of Past Sales
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Description
Chicago-based foreign car importer S.
H.
“Wacky” Arnolt found a ready market for the “Arnolt-MGs” custom-bodied for him by Italian coachbuilder Bertone in the early 1950s.
Inspired by that success, he approached Bristol, which had begun diversifying from aircraft to limited-production, high-performance grand touring cars.
The Bristol, Arnolt felt, was a perfect basis for a sports car, as its engine was the pre-war BMW 328 design, highly proven and well-known within racing circles.
Arnolt struck an arrangement to marry a box-section chassis with the two-liter, Hemi-head Bristol BS1 MKII 130 bhp engine, transverse-leaf front suspension, and live rear axle with curvaceous Bertone coachwork.
The car weighed only 1,800 pounds and returned excellent performance: 0–60 mph in 8.7 seconds and a top speed of 110 mph, as well as near perfect weight distribution for decent road manners for both road and track.
It proved its mettle in the SCCA Modified Championship in 1954, 1955, and 1956, a...
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£112,339
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£285,247
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