Bristol used this strangely shaped car with enclosed cockpit for the Le Mans in 1953 and 54, finishing 7th and 8th in 1954. Despite its ugliness, the car was apparently quite stable aerodynamically, though for the 1955 season it lost the roof and gained scalloped fender wells for brake cooling and it looks quite a bit nicer.
The earlier models were scrapped, though we can still get one, Dinky Toys introduced a diecast toy in 1956.
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