Bristol 402 Drophead

The Bristol 402 is one of the rarest cars to leave the Filton works, with only 21 built. This drophead, chassis 402/719, was dispatched in March 1950 to Tom E. Barr Smith Snr of Glen Osmond, South Australia, and is thought to have been shown at the 1950 Earls Court Motor Show. Its first owner toured Europe in it before shipping it home to Australia, where it stayed for the rest of its life.

It passed to a second South Australian owner six years later and had several long-term keepers before Barr Smith's son bought it back in 2009. Considerable restoration followed, along with some modifications: air conditioning, an aluminium radiator and a collapsible steering column. It is finished in black and carries its original UK registration, MHY 850. No mileage is stated.