Wyles Hardy & Co. Limited will be auctioning off 900 assets associated with the liquidation of Bristol Cars Limited & Bristol Cars Services Limited. For more information, you can see the the lots for the timed auction here at Wyleshardy.com. The time for viewing the lots has already expired but the online auction is open until September 9, 2020.
The auction includes 682 classic cars, plus factory equipment, tools, auto parts and furniture. Some of the unique cars and projects being sold include:
1949 Bristol 400
1964 Bristol Bullet Speedster (the original Bullet)
Bristol 405 Restoration Project
Bristol 406 Restoration Project
4 x Bristol 411 Restoration Projects
Bristol 603 Convertible Restoration Project
Bristol Brigand for Restoration
Bristol Fighter Prototype (Car Number 000) Restoration Project
Bristol Cars is a 75 year old manufacturer of sports cars located in Bristol, England. The car company is an off shoot of the Bristol Aeroplane Company that built the famous Bristol Beau Fighter in World War II. The company was taken over in 2011 and has been primarily focused on restoring and selling Bristol cars. In 2018, Bristol announced that it would begin production of a new two seat roadster called the Bullet. However, in March 2020, Bristol announced that it had ceased operations and was complying with a court ordered liquidation.
The primary contact for the auction is David Fletcher and all lots will be sold exclusive of the Value Added Tax (VAT). The auction will accept payment via debit cards but not credit cards. Shipping is the responsibility of the buyer.
This appears to be their compound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkxfiJJSiik&t=194s
I appears to me the auction ended on the second of September.
That catalog is a slog to get through. Me thinks many dumpsters will be needed when the auction ends. Cool cars, maybe someone will step up and buy the whole mess.
Appears this is the compound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkxfiJJSiik&t=513s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-23PF5QmE8
Whole lotta nothin’. Everything is already closed out, and no prices are being revealed for what sold. The bucks are cool… some of those would make interesting tables.
What a sad, unsung ending for a once grand make – one of Britains best. This is terrible.
The British don’t want to manufacture anything except off-shore tax havens. All other businesses can eat cake.
Going the way of Lucas instrumentation and electronic waste bin of history.
Much of what the British made is junk. And Limeys are wimps too.
Don’t forget that James Bond 007 always had to ask Q how the car worked too, eh.
Poor Q.
Bob
The link says it all ended September 2nd. Perhaps we mixed up the UK date system?
Anyway, this is all terribly sad. Bristol was a terrific little manufacturer. I hope a wealthy band of enthusiasts snapped all this up.
the ‘lines’ (swooping, body-like, sexual) are great ! 50s/60s italian/Brit, usa mid/late 30’s – very early 50s…’classics’ in MY nomenclature…
How can these places (this is not the only 1) sit for all these yrs? Is it in a wealthy estate so the ‘city’ does not raid for back taxes? Have the owners been dead decades? What is a typical history? here in usa, in europe? is every one totally different – not common story?
I’m surprised that either another car company didn’t buy it all for the name/brand rights or that a wealthy Bristol enthusiasts didn’t buy the entire company and start over.
Given the response to things like Jaguar and Aston Martin doing limited production replicas of their famous cars (Light weight E-Type and DB4GT), you’d think a run of 25 Bristol 400/401/405 drop head or the 411 would have sold out in no time.
Bloody shame as Bristol’s were always interesting cars and heaven knows we need more of those.
Yes, it’s sad to see Bristol fade into oblivion, but it’s better than if some Chinese company bought the name and tried to keep things going with the “Bristol Budgetfighter “… :-( :-( l
Well, that was sad to see.I was surprised to learn, a couple years ago, that Bristol was still in business. Barely.
It always comes down to getting rid of stuff, it seems. Yet all that stuff added together isn’t a viable, dynamic company. It’s just heaps of stuff.
Some pretty neat stuff though. I’d like to have some of those tools. And neckties if you need some. And a very fancy credenza that I wish I had a place for.