­The Arnolt-Bristol was an fascinating amalgam of contemporary Bristol chassis engineering and Bertone styling and body building. The 96-inch-wheelbase chassis was basically the 404 platform, a sturdy box-section affair with transverse entrance leaf spring and a carefully located live rear axle. However, the Arnolt-Bristol packed more power than the 404, carrying a tuned version of Bristol’s Type BS1 sports-racing engine, a six-cylinder unit that harked again to the prewar BMW 328. Output was 130 horsepower (Bristol touring-car engines have been normally rated at 105 bhp on this interval). Gearbox and brakes came from Bristol’s earlier 403 coupe-sedan. To use the modern vernacular, the Arnolt-Bristol was a real "parts bin" job. Completed cars have been then shipped to Chicago. The fastback would prove very uncommon (it's thought that solely two had been constructed). The open model was supplied in two types. The stark $3994 Bolide, with minimize-down windshield and no gentle top, was essentially a ready-made "club racer." An extra $750 bought a Deluxe mannequin with more complete trim.

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The lengthened mannequin roster again included sedans, coupes, phaetons, convertibles, and roadsters, plus Series ninety seven-seat sedan and Prime Boosts Pills limousine. The 50, which included a "second-sequence" group introduced in early '31, rode the 114-inch wheelbase utilized to the 1930 Marquette, Buick's quick-lived junior make