Lister-Bristols
#1
Posted 07 September 2011 - 03:53
Pictures??
Thx
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#2
Posted 07 September 2011 - 09:15
All were slightly different; one or two were written off and the chassis numbers were recycled. The most famous of these was BHL3, registered VPP 9 which morphed into the Lister-Jaguar in which Archie Scott Brown crashed at Spa.
So it's all a bit confusing. All the Lucas cars were originally Lister-Bristols which used the three-port version of the BS4 six cylinder engine with top-end modifications by the late great Don Moore.
My scanner is buggered, but there are several pictures in 'Archie & the Listers' - I'm sure someone can post a few up...
#3
Posted 07 September 2011 - 10:16
If you're happy for me to do this, Robert:My scanner is buggered, but there are several pictures in 'Archie & the Listers' - I'm sure someone can post a few up...
Alan Moore, slightly out of line in Ormsby Issard-Davies's Lister-Bristol in 1955
Photos strictly copyright - posted with permission.
#4
Posted 07 September 2011 - 11:01
#5
Posted 07 September 2011 - 12:39
I should add, for those who don't know, that 'Archie & the Listers' is a book wot I rote. The pictures were bought and paid for.
Edited by RobertE, 07 September 2011 - 12:45.
#6
Posted 07 September 2011 - 12:57
There you go; I cannot, for some reason, access Bauble's pictures. And, Tim, you are most welcome. They are pretty things...
I should add, for those who don't know, that 'Archie & the Listers' is a book wot I rote. The pictures were bought and paid for.
Have you tried www.picasaweb.google.co.uk/rbmapics ? Revival Albums
Edited by Bauble, 07 September 2011 - 12:57.
#7
Posted 07 September 2011 - 13:35
Robert, just a thought, have you tried copy-and-pasting the individual photo URLs into your browser? This sometimes produces results.
And a jolly fine book it is, too.I should add, for those who don't know, that 'Archie & the Listers' is a book wot I rote. The pictures were bought and paid for.
#8
Posted 07 September 2011 - 14:17
By the way, 4 CNO is the car which probably made Jack Sears consider his career options. Bless him, he pressed on.
Thank you also for the kind comments, by the way...
#9
Posted 07 September 2011 - 16:04
#10
Posted 07 September 2011 - 16:37
bauble.
PS; I did not have time to take a snap.
#11
Posted 07 September 2011 - 20:10
When Jack Sears vaulted over the 'safety bank' at Silverstone in 1954 (?) it was young Eric Dunsdon and myself who stared death in the face, as the Lister stopped a couple of feet short of where we stood. I reminded Jack of this incident and he apologised for scaring two lads in succh a fashion.
bauble.
PS; I did not have time to take a snap.
Blimey; posts like this make me realise why it was so good and clever of me to join this forum...
#12
Posted 07 September 2011 - 20:22
'Archie & The Lister's is one of 'my most favourite' books (to quote a well known street trader) and I have quite a few from which to choose.
Mine too. My copy is now a bit tatty. I have loaned it to umpteen friends with the instruction that it HAS to be read.
Edited by David Beard, 07 September 2011 - 20:23.
#13
Posted 07 September 2011 - 20:41
Edited by RobertE, 07 September 2011 - 20:43.
#14
Posted 11 September 2011 - 14:51
#15
Posted 11 September 2011 - 20:31
When Jack Sears vaulted over the 'safety bank' at Silverstone in 1954 (?) it was young Eric Dunsdon and myself who stared death in the face, as the Lister stopped a couple of feet short of where we stood. I reminded Jack of this incident and he apologised for scaring two lads in succh a fashion.
bauble.
PS; I did not have time to take a snap.
A drawing of Jack Sears rolling that Lister is the the first thing I ever had published, in 'Motor Racing' magazine, at the start of 1964.
DCN
Edited by Doug Nye, 11 September 2011 - 20:32.