1954 Arnolt Bristol Roadster

Arnolt negotiated with Bristol Cars Ltd in the United Kingdom to purchase 200 of their 404 series chassis and the 130 1971 hp six-cylinder engines from the earlier 403 model. Arnolt had to find a new source of chassis to meet his obligation to Bertone, in whom he had invested heavily, after MG proved unable to fulfill the original order of 200 cars. The chassis Bristol supplied was sent to Carrozzeria Bertone where they received a highly aerodynamic body with a flowing design that allowed the minimum bonnet height to clear the car's three Solex 32 single barrel carburettors. The bodies were designed by Bertone's new designer/aerodynamicist, Franco Scaglione (soon to be famous as the designer of the Alfa Romeo BAT concept cars). The very high Bristol engine caused problems when designing a sleek-looking sports car. Franco Scaglione has handled this particularly brilliantly: first by incorporating a hood scoop to lower the surrounding sheet metal, and then by incorporating sharply folded fender lines over the wheels to distract from the unusually high hood scoop.

Mileage 28.443 km odometer reading

Year of construction 1954

Color green

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