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Rear end reminds me of a Pegaso Z102. Also reminiscent because it's an obscure marque that leaves Ferrari in the dust! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif
 
Wow! That's an impressive machine... Now when will they start seeling Bristol's in North America? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/savewave.gif
 
I'm kinda surprised they call Bristol "obscure" in England! Are they KIDDING?!?!
 
With just 8,016 cars built in 60 years. That's still pretty obscure if your not a car nut. Plus, if celebrities have to settle for 'used' cars once in a while, thats qualifys as obscure too.
 
--- /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/iagree.gif with DRe, even more interesting is the fact that the Bristol car line does not have any dealer's anywhere and there are no authorised or independent repair facilities either. You wanna Bristol you go to Bristol. You want your Bristol fixed you go to Bristol. If you have had your Bristol worked on by anyone else and then go to Bristol. You will be told to take your silly arsed problem down the street! I do not know how they managed to survive, but I do know they build on great British car.---Keoke /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cowboy.gif
 
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Exactly. If you know, you know, if not... well, that's part of it....

Used Bristols turn up on e-bay UK fairly regularly- once a month or so, mostly from the sixties, a few earlier; a few later....

After I get the Jensen Healey sorted out, and after I get the Big Healey back on the road, maybe then I'll get a Bristol project to play with.... just to keep the wife in a state, mind....
 
Bristol is a venerable mark! It warms the heart to see they have not "lost it" . One must not forget the great contribution Bristol made to the aircraft industry during WWII and after. Cars, I think, were an interesting sideline to their aero industry, much like BMW and Saab and would explain the low auto production numbers and fine quality of their cars!
 
Nice looking car - may be the best looking Bristol ever. I like the idea of topping Ferrari with a truck engine (I know, I know... but it was). I think the rear looks like certain Alfa coupes.

I know about the WW2 Bristol planes but I think this car ("Fighter") must be named after the Bristol "Fighter" of WW1.
 
Went back and re-read the story and noticed:

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]A Bristol is a very safe car, we've only lost three owners in 60 years and one of them drove off a precipice."
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Not many companies can say they keep such close track of their products.

I'd still like one... an older one that is fully depreciated, shall we say....
 
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