Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
28-04-11, 07:09 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 10,391
Maseratis
Well,they fell off the map over here, and I have not heard a thing about them since they were 'saved' again.
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
28-04-11, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 32
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Bristols, Maseratis, and others
To be fair, I now believe all of this is water under the bridge. If the new owners decide to put the Bristol name on an electric car, then we can all turn the page and enjoy what few old cars are...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
27-04-11, 10:07 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 10,391
Marketing and other stratagies for Bristol
You are right, and many small companies stay open and operating, and a lot of their success is dependent upon what we call 'hands-on' in the business. I have found in my own 4 business adventures...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
27-04-11, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 10,391
May we let this thread die with the marque?
Opinions vary, but there seems to be some sort of consensus reached by both sides when it comes to the future of the company (if we can call it that).
On the one hand, the 'realists' and...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
26-04-11, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 10,391
250 Gt Swb
Yes, and that proves that there are more people out there with more money than brains. At 14K, that was a reach, even back then......I watched these cars being raced, and bashed about. Ah, those...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
26-04-11, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 10,391
Ferraris and the fun involved
Yes, I think they are an adventure on wheels. My friend had a 250 California convertible (redundant), and I had the pleasure of adjusting the valves. His parents bought it for him, and he drove it...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
26-04-11, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 10,391
Fighters and bombs and Ferraris
The super-duper dream cars are plastered on the walls of 14-year-olds' bedrooms, and as to them ever achieving the means to have such a car are quite remote. We leave the outrageous to the...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
26-04-11, 03:58 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 10,391
No more Bristols, as we knew them, I guess....
Really too bad that the company failed in their efforts to go into the super-car market. What few resources that were available were gobbled up to enter a market already dominated by so many exotic...
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Forum: 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
25-04-11, 07:44 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 10,391
The 'Newer" Bristols
I have to agree with what was said above. I don't consider a Bristol a muscle car or an exotic car by any stretch of the imagination. There are people out there that hot-rod most anything, and it...
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