RE: Bristol Bullet revealed: reborn company fires its
Discussion
desolate said:
As a serial buyer of Bristols old and new, even I am not interested.
I love Bristols, but cant quite get this. The older ones always seemed to be proud to be old, that was aprt of their charm. This has too many new features.Desolate, can you tell us about buying them new? Are the rumoirs true? What was the process like?
williamp said:
I love Bristols, but cant quite get this. The older ones always seemed to be proud to be old, that was aprt of their charm. This has too many new features.
Desolate, can you tell us about buying them new? Are the rumoirs true? What was the process like?
By the time I was able to buy a new/newish car from them Tony Crook was no longer in charge.Desolate, can you tell us about buying them new? Are the rumoirs true? What was the process like?
I had dealt with him/the company in the past and I would say the "myth" was most definitely based on the truth as he was a one off.
I got interested in Bristols as when I was a student I used to live up the road from the showroom and when I got off the bus I would walk past the showroom and have a look in. On a couple of occasions when I went in they would be very nice and talk to me and make a cup of tea etc even though it was obvious I was not a customer.
When I bought a Fighter Crook was long gone and I dealt with Toby Silverton and it was a pleasure. But in no way your traditional "premium" experience.
One particular memory is that when I had an issue with the first car it had to go back to the factory. I lived in Cheshire and the factory was in Bristol (obviously) They delivered the car back to me and the had put the steering wheel on upside down. I wasnt happy and had the hump so they sent the production manager up in a van with a set of allen keys to fix it (10 mins max). he had a cup of tea, apologised about 500 times then drove back.
Anyway, I have always tried to support British industry and loved the concept of blokes in brown coats in workshops making things.
But in the end it would have been cheaper to buy a Porsche.
However I currently drive a 1968 410 with 440bhp engine and I really like it!
Here is what it should have looked like..and I tried to make it happen but- short story-
When Bristol went into receivership I noticed the significant similarity between the Bristol Fighter and the concept car in Picture 1.
I contracted the designers of the first car below to see if they were interest in teaming up..they were totally arrogant and because of the huge interest wouldn't even entertain a discussion..If they had, I could certainly have put a consortium together for funding what would have been a very low risk project. A well known brand with a fully engineered car and production facilities and a great design with 50 pre order book on the other hand...and now we are left with a crap Bristol and no sight of the stunning Concept in the first picture
When Bristol went into receivership I noticed the significant similarity between the Bristol Fighter and the concept car in Picture 1.
I contracted the designers of the first car below to see if they were interest in teaming up..they were totally arrogant and because of the huge interest wouldn't even entertain a discussion..If they had, I could certainly have put a consortium together for funding what would have been a very low risk project. A well known brand with a fully engineered car and production facilities and a great design with 50 pre order book on the other hand...and now we are left with a crap Bristol and no sight of the stunning Concept in the first picture
Edited by Paracetamol on Saturday 30th July 08:37
I quite like this but for me a few details make the overall design look a bit awkward. Namely the shortened windscreen, the wing mirrors, and the biggest thing imho is the wheels. Those things together are too modern on what is clearly a retro style car and it just doesn't gel. Otherwise some great style touches, for these eyes anyway!
This is an ideosyncratic design which does have a slight whiff of a vanity marketing project. We all remember what was done to the TVR name.
I can't help thinking of the look of the wonderful 1952/3 Allard J2s, and this Bullet is a lot better looking than the Bristol Beaufighter.
Let's hope the revival doesn't descend into parody.
It really cries out for souped-up engines of the off-shoots by Alpina or Schnitzer.
I can't help thinking of the look of the wonderful 1952/3 Allard J2s, and this Bullet is a lot better looking than the Bristol Beaufighter.
Let's hope the revival doesn't descend into parody.
It really cries out for souped-up engines of the off-shoots by Alpina or Schnitzer.
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