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The Arnolt-Bristol was built in Filton as a powered chassis; the body was fitted by Bertone in Italy, and only final assembly, fitting of options, prep work and (occasionally) paint and upholstery changes were done in Warsaw, Indiana.
S.H. Arnolt’s largely hand-built, race-winning car was called the Arnolt-Bristol. It had a proven British chassis and exotic-looking Italian body from the Bertone auto design outfit’s new designer/aerodynamicist Franco Scaglione, who became famous for designing Alfa Romeo’s wildly futuristic B.A.T. concept cars.
16 lut 2018 · The Arnolt-Bristol is an unusual car that owes its existence jointly to the Brits, Italians, and Americans. The post-WWII era was a golden age for cross-Atlantic automotive collaborations and the mighty little Arnolt-Bristol is (arguably) one of the prettiest of these collaboration cars.
Arnolt ordered 140 chassis from Bristol, and bodyshells from Bertone, with the aim of selling the finished cars for $4500 through his dealership. Bertone had been given free rein to come up with a design that marked the Arnolt-Bristol out from the crowd – and boy did it deliver.
5 paź 2023 · The Arnolt-Bristol: an all-American sports car, via Bristol and Bertone. 1951-1960, Arnolt, England, I-6, Italy / October 5, 2023 by jmatras / 2 Comments. History/driving impressions originally published in AutoWeek, on May 23, 1988; republished by the author. There probably never was in Arnolt-Bristol like Dave Hans’s back in the ‘50s.
Created in 1954, the Arnolt-Bristol was Stanley Harold ‘Wacky’ Arnolt’s ideal sports racer. It used British engine and chassis with a unique Italian body by Bertone. The design was successful enough to take a class victory at the 1955 Sebring 12 Hours.
31 paź 2020 · Rare gems like the Arnolt-Bristol. Did you hear the one about the wacky American entrepreneur who bought a load of poor selling British car chassis, added his own magic, and cranked out race-winning light-weight sports cars from a shop in middle-of-nowhere USA?
