6 cyl Gaskets (head)

[pasini s]

I think that Claude's words about 'British Peculiarities' are absolutely
spot-on and I plan to have them etched somewhere and framed, then hung on
the wall of my practice. If somebody does not understand the peculiarities
of classic British cars, why buy one? Go ahead and buy a classic racing
Porsche....then (as it happened to me 4 days ago) you will be asked Euro 350
for a manifold and Euro 2200 (twothousandtwohundredeuros....) to shoehorn it
into the engine bay. Does it mean that I feel that I have any rights to
complain with the best from Stuttgart? No. They are doing what they have to
do, that's it.

Cheers from a very rainy Italy,
Stefano

[GREG]

[quote=pasini s;3936]I think that Claude's words about 'British Peculiarities' are absolutely
spot-on (/QUOTE]


And I don't think any of us English people would apologise for that, and why should we ? It's probably why Bristol exist and have kept going :- )

Maybe we are all been mistreated and treated unfairly ! - but do we care ?

Or are the cool machines we drive around worth it ? I know a lot of makes of car that make so much more sense as a classic but ..................... don't want one.

Although my London Cab is cool also :-)

[Geoff Kingston]

In the early 80's I worked in London with a Solicitor who said that he generally preferred cats to people, reading some of the comments on this forum I understand exactly what he meant.
Depending on your point of view its getting almost as good/bad as disco web a site where owners of the product of Landrover such as myself can go for sympathy and abuse in equal measure,
Meow!!

[Eric Brumenil]

Originally Posted by pasini s

as it happened to me 4 days ago) you will be asked Euro 350 for a manifold and Euro 2200 (twothousandtwohundredeuros....) to shoehorn it into the engine bay.
Does it mean that I feel that I have any rights to
complain with the best from Stuttgart? No. They are doing what they have to do, that's it.
Stefano

Stefano ,
if your quoted expensive Porsche manifold didn’t have the correct number of holes !!!
Would you accept it as it ?

[Hydroglen]

Eric,
You are making too much about this gasket. It works... and so it is not
defective.
As I said before, maybe a 10% difference in cooling. The other poster with
the seatbelt cover is more serious. It is basically a cosmetic piece that is
obviously not for that car and so useless.
We have established that BCL is struggling in coming up with parts for older
cars, and their advertising is a bit misleading.
Re Stefano... why he has to pay euro 2200 to shoehorn a manifold in? Maybe
it has the wrong number of holes and is the wrong one and hence the
expensive labour to fit it LOL.
Look on the bright side!
Dorien

[bristolblue]

Hi,
I have a sailing yacht and when I bought it luckily the hull had no hole.
Life is so different.
In Germany we have the # Pfennigfuchser #
in Great Britain we have the # bean counter #
in the Netherlands we have the # mieren neuker # and one grade higher
in Belgium we have the #amoeben neuker#
You dont go to court if You are using these words to a police officer.
I have enough of these one sided stories. Lets hear the other side?
No lets stop here. Hole or no hole.
Thanks

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[peterg]

Greg,
How suitable do you think your taxi tyres would be on a 403? Cross plies are
getting low and I need to make a desision.

I want to get the wheels powder coated silver at the same time (along with
the radiator grill) so if any one knows of a good coater. preferably
convenient to South West London/ Sussex.
Regards, Peter

[pasini s]

Hello Dorien,

well, that Porsche manifold must have had lots of wrong holes in it....
:-)))) but the awesome cost of replacing it is due to the fact that, being
my 911 a Turbo, you have to pull down the whole engine/transmission assembly
to get some access in that zone. Do you think that I did ever imagined to
check if porsche put the right number of layers of copper/aluminum/bronze in
this manifold? noooooo.....

On a brighter note I'm experimenting Audi/VW 16"x6,5 steel wheels as
replacement for the 409 16" Dunlops, and I have found a set that might be
very, very similar (and straight, something my Dunlops are not anymore).
I'll keep you posted about it.

Ciao
Stefano

[Claude]

Originally Posted by pasini s

On a brighter note I'm experimenting Audi/VW 16"x6,5 steel wheels as replacement for the 409 16" Dunlops, and I have found a set that might be very, very similar (and straight, something my Dunlops are not anymore).

Stefano

Stefano, is there a reason you are not looking at the steel or alloy wheels offered by Bristol Cars:

"Wide Steel Wheels:
Allow you to take full advantage of modern radial tyres. Enhances adhesion, handling precision and tyre life. Maintains original style but give a subtly more modern and sporting appearance.

Classic Alloy Wheels
Styled to resemble 1960's alloy wheels so that they compliment older style Bristols. Wider rims suit modern radial tyres for enhanced performance and tyre life."

I ask because I hope to hear from someone who has actually bought them and can give a report on their appearance and performance.

Claude

[GREG]

Originally Posted by peterg

Greg,
How suitable do you think your taxi tyres would be on a 403? Cross plies are
getting low and I need to make a desision.

I want to get the wheels powder coated silver at the same time (along with
the radiator grill) so if any one knows of a good coater. preferably
convenient to South West London/ Sussex.
Regards, Peter

I think they are fine. Lots of people use them without a problem and I have them on a 401.