1954 Bristol 403
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Bristol as it arrived on
a flat bed tow truck
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Rear view of this all alloy bristol 403 | There has been some poor workmanship performed on this car,with plenty of small patches everywhere on the front end, along with welds that are not upto our standard |
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| Front view showing how similar the 403 is to the 401 |
Front end off the car to
begin construction
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The underbody of the rear steel section was sent away to get bead blasted |
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Epoxy primered the rear
section of the underbody
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Underbody sandblasted | The extent of the rust on the steel panels as it is a double panel, so it is more likely to cause and develop rust |
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| Welding fabricated front grille panel in place with the TIG |
Fabricated front grille
panel welded in place
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Fabricated panel welded in place on right front guard |
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| View of the front end with the bonnet on | Another view of the left front guard |
Fabricated right front
guard trial fitting before welding in place
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| Fabricated and welded in place left front guard panel | Another view of the right front guard welded in place |
front guard file finished
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| inside compartment painted prior to putting front end on | trial fitting front end in place quiet a few times |
permanent fitment of
front end
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| working on bonnet gaps, as they were previously very poor | trial fitting bonnet with hinges is always a must | trial fitting of panels including boot lid, spare wheel cover and spare wheel cover panel pivots where fabricated |
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ns door skin needed to be
made up
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all the damaged panels associated with the ns door | fabricated door skin and file finished and now trial fitting in place |
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fabricated panel around
fuel lid opening welded in place
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close up view of the file finished area with the fuel lid trial fitted in place | fabricated complete bottom section of fuel tank in aluminium as per original |
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trial fitting of the
front bumper bar
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front end prepared on its own in hi fill primer | roof file finished |
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bootlid file finished
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fuel tank painted, as per original bottom part in stoneguard the rest painted | rear wheel spats under bumper bars freshly painted |
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| bumper painted | another view of the body painted straight off the gun, now to fit the doors on and flow coat the whole car for that perfect finish | body painted |
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shot of the roof
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boot lid, fuel tank and spare wheel lid panel on | doors on |
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bonnet fitted
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car finished ready for owner to assemble and fit up himself |