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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.
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.
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.
5 paź 2023 · The Arnolt-Bristol chassis, engine and running gear came from Bristol’s Filton, England, plant and were shipped to Turin to be bodied by Bertone.
Though demand was never high, the Arnolt-Bristol was a remarkably long-lived specialty sports car. Light weight and ample power gave it good acceleration, and this coupled with excellent balance and fine manners made it a racing natural.
1954 Arnolt Bristol Bolide Spectacular Restoration with few miles since. Stanley H. "Wacky" Arnolt was a Chicago industrialist, who began importing foreign cars in the 1950s to the United States.
