Bristol Motors

Bristol Motors is located on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia,

Canada

. It was established by Jim Walters in 1976 after five years in the employ of others. We are now in our thirty ninth year of operation and specialize in Rolls-Royce and Bentley service as well as restoration to the highest standards on both English and American cars. We have an extensive in-house machine shop including four lathes, an ORN milling machine, a Kwik Way cylinder boring bar, a Super Surfacer surface grinder, and a Van Norman crankshaft grinder. We are able to handle everything from boring out a Packard Twelve block for new pistons to sleeving corroded Silver Cloud brake master cylinders back to standard dimensions. Our restoration shop has many metal fabricating machines such as: Eight & three foot shears, 10 foot 10 gauge brake, 4 foot box & pan brake, Pullmax for forming and louvering, powered bead roller, English wheel, various shrinkers & stretchers, Inverter TIG welder, etc. In our wood shop for body framing we have 3 bandsaws, 2 jointers, a shaper, planer, table saw as well as a 2 foot X 4 foot CNC router table. We offer mobile service anywhere in the world and have traveled as far as

Finland

to service client’s automobiles. By appointment only. Contact us at jim@bristolmotors.com

Coachbuilt Tickford body # 20225. One of approximately 80 LHD Tickford Dropheads made out of a total 302 TA21 Dropheads. Total TA21 production of all body types was 1316. This example came to us from the estate of a local gentleman, he bought the car in 1958 and owned it until his passing last year. This beautiful car drives very well, nice and tight with no rattles or squeaks. The engine is quiet and pulls strongly with no evidence of oil burning from the exhaust. Brakes are excellent and quiet, no juddering or pulling. Synchros in the transmission work as they should, very smooth shifting. Alvis enthusiasts will know that 2nd, 3rd, & 4th gears in the transmission are Herringbone cut, and as such are extremely quiet running. The straight cut first gear in this car is also very quiet indicating it's good condition. The transmission along with the engine were completely rebuilt in 2001. New .020 pistons were installed, the crankshaft was turned .020 & .020. The engine block is original, numbers matching, however a later TC21 cylinder head with hardened valve seats was installed. Invoices from Red Triangle for the parts are with the car as well as a detailed description of the work performed. All receipts for parts and work done over the last 55 years are with the car, the majority from Red Triangle. The previous owner used the car very seldom after the engine and transmission work, I am told by his family that he put less than 1000 miles on it from the rebuild in 2001 until his passing last year. He purchased it in 1958 in California, and it was his pride and joy for 55 years. His children have wonderful memories of growing up with Sunday drives in the car. He unfortunately passed away last year and so his family has reluctantly put the car up for sale. There are invoices to prove his ownership for the past 55 years, and the condition certainly speaks to the fact this gentleman kept extremely good care of this fabulous car. As one can plainly see from the pictures, this Alvis is in exceptional condition. Paint and chrome are perfect, the leather interior is extremely good with only minor wear showing on the driver's seat back. The finish on the interior woodwork is also in remarkably good condition. The doors both close easily and have no sag in them whatsoever. This is a very desirable automobile and one in such exceptional condition with only two owners from new rarely comes on the market. There is no mascot with the car. Asking 50,000. Open to offers. Click HERE for numerous detailed pictures.
Contact Jim at jim@bristolmotors.com for more information or an appointment to view.