1984 Bristol Britannia

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The photograph on this page of 1984 Bristol Britannia by Kenneth Allen as part of the Geograph project.

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1984 Bristol Britannia

Image: © Kenneth Allen Taken: 29 Jul 2008

This 5.9 litre V8 car is for sale in the show-room, but due to the fact that it was originally owned by HRH King Hussein of Jordan, the price may be slightly excessive for the average purchaser. He died at the relatively young age of 63 due to cancer. One of his hobbies was ham radio and an additional antenna mount can be seen on the car so he would have operated mobile in this vehicle. He held the call-sign JY1 http://www.hamradio-online.com/1999/feb/jy1.html More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Britannia_(car)

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