1954 Warrior Bristol at the 2011 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

5B: 1947-55 Sports Racing and GT

6A : Ferrari GTO

6B : 1981-89 FIA Mfg.

7A: 1963-66 GT Cars over 2500CC

7B : 1961-66 GT under 2500cc

8A : 1964-76 FIA Mfg. Champ

8B : 1967-74 Can-AM

9A : 1966-71 Trans-Am

5B: 1947-55 Sports Racing and GT Vehicles

1949 Baldwin Mercury Special

1949 Jaguar Parkinson Special

1949 MG TC

1952 Frazer Nash LeMans

1952 Schaghticoke Manning Special

1952 Siata Daina

1953 Siata 208 S

1954 Huffaker Marston Healey Special

1954 Jaguar XK-120

1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL

1954 Warrior Bristol

1955 Elva MKI

1955 Ford Thunderbird

1955 Hagemann GMC Special

1955 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL

1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing

1959 Deutsch-Bonnet Le Mans Racer

Information on the 1954 Warrior Bristol

More photographs of the 1954 Warrior Bristol

The Warrior-Bristol was designed by Bernard Roger, an engineer who's resume included work at the Alta Car and Engineering Company. In the early 1950s he worked as chief mechanic for Mike Hawthorn and Ecurie Richmond. He designed and built a Cooper-Bristol sports car in 1953 and much of his work during these early 1950 years were with Cooper Mark I and II formula 2 cars.

Rod Nuckey was a racing driver whose family owned the Warrior Tap & Die Company in Hertfordshire. In 1953, he raced a Cooper-Bristol F2 car which he had some success with before it was involved in a crash. The chassis was destroyed, but the engine and transmission were salvaged.

Nuckey went searching for an indivdual to create a sports car racer using the salvaged components. He turned to Bernie Roger to create the 'Warrior-Bristol.' The car was given a tube chassis with a DeDion suspension setup in the rear. In the front were transverse leaf springs which were soon changed to torsion bars. The body was done by Williams and Pritchard.

The car raced during the 1954 and 1955 season at such venues as Crystal Palace and Silverstone, among others. It was piloted by Nuckey, Roger Biss, and J.D. Lomas.

In 1955 the car was sold to Bernie Arnold who had it shipped to Malaysia. It raced in the Macao Grand Prix in 1956, 1957, and 1958.

The car would pass through several owners before coming into the possession of Ian Boughton of Western Australia in 1980, who would give the car an extensive restoration. At the time, the car was powered by a 2.4-liter Jaguar engine.

The car would pass through several more owners over the years, before coming to the United States in 1999.

It is seen here at the 2009 Monterey Historics.

Also photographed at :

Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion >> 5B : 1947-55 Sports Racing and GT Cars

Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion >> 2B: 1947-55 GT and Sports Racing under 2500cc

Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion >> 1948-1955 Sports Racing & GT Cars Under 1500cc

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