Competition

Arnolt-Bristol DeLuxe Competition Roadster

First registered in December 1957

Very rare model

Matching numbers

Fully restored – frame-off

Swiss road registration Veteran

Arnolt-Bristol – Rarer than a Ferrari. More characterful than any modern sports car.
A beautiful, exotic outsider from the 1950s, which enjoys an almost mythical reputation due to its rarity and history, combining British engineering, Italian elegance, and the American dream.

Only 142 Arnolt-Bristols were built, 12 of which were destroyed in a fire at Arnolt’s warehouse in Chicago before they were delivered to customers. Today, approximately 80-85 examples are known to exist worldwide, most of which are listed in the Arnolt-Bristol Register.
The car offered here is a DeLuxe Roadster with chassis no. 404 X 3134, which was delivered to its first owner in the USA in the late 1950s. After two changes of ownership, Lee Raskin bought this Arnolt-Bristol in 1983 and successfully raced it for 20 years in over 200 races, including Summit Point, Lime Rock, Pocono, Pittsburgh GP, Philadelphia GP, Sebring, Bridgehampton, Watkins Glen, and many more. At Lime Rock, the famous French GP winner and Bugatti works driver René Dreyfus even did a lap in Lee Raskin’s DeLuxe Competition. In 2005, the car was exported to the United Kingdom and finally found its way to a Swiss collector in 2012, where it underwent a frame-off restoration to the highest standard between 2013 and 2018.

This rare and beautiful Arnolt-Bristol DeLuxe “Competition” Roadster with a complete history, well-known previous owners, and an intense US racing history is matching numbers and is in perfectly restored and well-maintained collector’s condition. Several folders full of documents, reports, and many photos, including those of the restoration, are also available, as are an operating manual and spare parts list, the V5, and the US title in the name of Lee Raskin.

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