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bramz7 Rank: Lancia Gamma

bramz7

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It's not like bidding blind on blue cars has ever come back to haunt me.

 

Damn this thread.

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lesapandre Rank: Talbot Tagora

lesapandre

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The article does a poor job to paint Mr Crook the character he really was.

If he spotted someone he didn't like heading for the showroom, he dashed to the door and flipped the sign to closed.

He did that on Michael Winner and anyone with long hair, tattoos, or wearing those there Denims.

He maintained that the door hinges of a Bristol, a penny article in other car makes, cost over 60 quid to make, thus last forever.

Under his ownership you could get a full service of your Bristol at the Kensington premises for 75 quid.

He paid some homeless people, for whom he always had an open wallet, to hang around at the Rolls Royce stand at a car show.

The story of him attending a motor show dressed as a sheikh goes like this: he went to the Frazer Nash stand and pretended to

buy every car they had for sale.

He considered advertising vulgar and pointless.

He had a total dislike for motoring journalists and refused give them cars to evaluate. If they got their hands on one despite

and published anything bad about them, he sent them letters turning those bad points around in a very humorous way.

He wrote with a fountain pen filled with green ink.

He ran the company for half a century. After selling his stakes, it took a mere four years for it to go into receivership.

His achievements as a racing driver are vastly underrated.

Anybody who writes with a fountain pen is ok by me!

rml2345 Rank: Renault 16

rml2345

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Presumably so that the driver feels closer to God. Whenever I drove mine in heavy traffic I felt much closer to God than was comfortable.

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HillmanImp Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

HillmanImp

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Sorry I'm a bit late to the party but I love Bristols but agree the arse end of these is pretty grim.

 

I reckon it could be made approx. 1 million times better but simply getting rid of the boot lights.

 

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Okay, you'd have to feck around with it to ensure you had a full compliment of legally required lights but I reckon it looks okay like that.

 

Not that I'd buy one anyhow even if I had the cash. I'd be getting myself an earlier 603 before they messed it all up.

 

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https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C978736

 

PHOOOAR!! Look at that.

Hertz Rank: Lancia Gamma

Hertz

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I would have loved to be a fly on the wall if Liam had gone in to buy a brand spanker from Tony.

 

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HillmanImp Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

HillmanImp

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I would have loved to be a fly on the wall if Liam had gone in to buy a brand spanker from Tony.

 

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Didn't his Brother get told to do one when he wanted one. He ended up buying a Rolls Royce instead.

Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Junkman

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Should I ever own one of them, I'll have the lights removed.

A gentleman, especially of the Bristol owning ilk, doesn't drive by night.

bramz7 Rank: Lancia Gamma

bramz7

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Looks like Crawley are having shite weather compared to the rest of the UK.

 

 

Can we not tempt Bramz7 with another 164....

 

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alpha-Romeo-164-2-0-Silver-petrol-Rare-No-Reserve/153115499509?hash=item23a6651bf5%3Ag%3ANz8AAOSwvmxbWj~v&_sacat=9800&_nkw=rare&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=m570.l1313

 
 

 

 

 

It be fucked.

 

Date tested21 May 2011 FAIL
Mileage121,443 miles
MOT test number4686 3164 1140
Test location View test location
Reason(s) for failure
  • Nearside Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
  • Offside Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
  • Offside Front Steering rack gaiter split (2.2.D.2d)
  • Rear Brake load sensing valve linkage seized (3.6.E.3)
  • Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)
  • Offside Front Tyre(s) incorrect because different size tyres are fitted on the same axle. (4.1.A.1a)
  • Offside Front Tyre not fitted in accordance with side wall instructions (4.1.D.1f)
  • Nearside Rear Tyre has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (4.1.D.1b)
  • Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive (7.3.D.4)
  • Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive (7.3.D.3)
  • Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle excessive (7.3.D.3)
  • Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (7.3.D.3)
dozeydustman Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

dozeydustman

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Sorry I'm a bit late to the party but I love Bristols but agree the arse end of these is pretty grim.

 

 

What was the Bristol that used rear light from a Bedford CF2?

anonymous user Rank: Isuzu Florian

anonymous user

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I've not driven one but they are probably a bit of fun...

I have, they are. My biggest regret is not buying one when I could afford one.

NorfolkNWeigh Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

NorfolkNWeigh

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Where's 95quidPeugeot when you need his expert input?

 

With regard to Tony Crook, ,I was once loitering outside the showroom, with my nose pressed against the window in about 1987. The great man was sitting at a desk on the phone, as soon as he put the phone down he came over to the door and spoke to me. I thought he was going to tell me to piss off, but he invited me in to have a proper look at the cars inside ( barely enough room for 3, tops) .

When I made some comment about not being able to afford one , he said something like " I should hope not at your age, but remember us when you've made your first million" well I was 23 then , no sign of that million , he's gone and I don't think I'll be buying one of those pastiche TVRalike things that sitting in the showroom now anyway- although a nice 410 or411 rebuilt by the factory is another matter.

Shame to see the gaudy Red neon BRISTOL sign over the showroom has been replaced with a tasteful* heritage type script in brown.

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