Bristol Owners Club

One membership fee confers full membership and benefits to the whole family. If you wish to join, you may use our online application form.

The Club has members living all over the world and, in addition to corresponding through the various publications, members maintain a high level of personal contact. Overseas Members are particularly invited to get in touch when visiting the UK and meet owners in this country. Details of our sister clubs and overseas contacts may be found on the overseas page.

Summary of membership benefits

• Advice on buying: if you are thinking of buying a Bristol car, join now!. As well as maintaining an up-to-date list of cars for sale (available to members only), we provide guidance on reliable sources of cars. Before buying from online auction and “classified” advertisers, you are strongly advised to consult our online information services before parting with any money!
• Spares: Assistance is provided to locate and/or swap spares. Specialist services are available. The Club is now collaborating with the manufacturer to source and maintain the supply of essential parts, now not always "in stock" items, for the older cars. Contact our Spares Coordinator for further information.
• Our online services include the following exceptional benefits for members:
  • The Club has an online discussion forum: see the Forum Page. Some areas are available only to Club members.
  • If you're looking to buy a Bristol car, we maintain a constantly-updated list of cars for sale complete with photographs, car and contact details where available.
  • A knowledge base (wiki) containing technical information and details of spares and service providers;
  • a growing collection of technical and Bulletin Articles in our online library;
  • We also hold an archive of scanned images of all Bulletin back issues to Issue 120 — where not already converted to HTML;
  • comprehensive and up to date listings of car and member contact data;
  • RSS feeds to alert members about recent additions.
• RAC discounted Membership rates: see how you can recoup your annual Club Membership fee with the savings available.
• Discounted Car Insurance is available from AON Risk Services Ltd.
• Club Regalia: online form makes ordering easy.
• Reprint Service: the Catalogue is online.

Activities

These range from the purely social – arranged specialist seminars, tests of driving skill, team events and competitive class licensed rallying – through the annual Concours d'Élégance, to relatively serious regional pub lunches and the celebrated annual overseas tours, which have been known to involve a certain degree of quite exhaustive gastronomic and oenological research.