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35 minutes ago, martc said:

Avon Safety Wheels. I've never seen a Bristol with them before.

[High Jetter]

I don't think I've ever seen a Bristol with an Eastbourne reg before. Never had a dealer round here, and the plates don't look quite right?

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9 hours ago, High Jetter said:

I don't think I've ever seen a Bristol with an Eastbourne reg before. Never had a dealer round here, and the plates don't look quite right?

JK from 1980 were issued by Brighton for the Hastings area. JK were issued in Eastbourne until 1974.

Plate looks like it has the post 2001 font.

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[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

JK from 1980 were issued by Brighton for the Hastings area. JK were issued in Eastbourne until 1974.

Plate looks like it has the post 2001 font.

Do you have the source for those issue dates? I can't recall there being a Bristol dealer in Hastings either.

[martc]

As far as I know there was only one Bristol dealer - on Kennsington High Road in that there London.

I would be prepared to bet that the plates on the car above are cheap personalised ones @LightBulbFun may be able to confirm, the original number being issued in London.

I've had a quick look in a couple of Observers Books of Cars from 1978 and 1982, the 412's in them had Avon safety wheels. This is the same picture as shown in the 1978 edition -

A publicity shot; all official pics of Bristols show them wearing either 100MPH or MPH100.

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17 hours ago, High Jetter said:

I don't think I've ever seen a Bristol with an Eastbourne reg before. Never had a dealer round here, and the plates don't look quite right?

16 minutes ago, martc said:

I would be prepared to bet that the plates on the car above are cheap personalised ones @LightBulbFun may be able to confirm, the original number being issued in London.

registration mark looks to be genuine period issue to that car, not a private plate, someone has declared manufactured it 1980, I guess for historic vehicle tax reasons

but may imply if it really is from 1980, that it sat around for a fair while before being registered in August 1981? maybe it did a bit of a tour for one reason or another before being registered hence the out of normal location registration mark?