Bristol Cars

[Funkstar De Luxe]

I'm too easily drawn in ☺

Anyway, these Bristols...

[MintSprint]

Funkstar De Luxe said:

No, no you can't.

Yes, yes I can!

Do you know, I'd forgotten it was pantomine season?

He's behind you!!

Funkstar De Luxe said:

Really? You think someone would take a Fiesta in for an engine or chassis upgrade?

You don't need an engine upgrade to reap the benefits of most of the engine efficiency improvements that are possible with modern technology. You'd be changing the fuel and ignition system.

Similarly, basic chassis technology hasn't advanced that far, either, so you'd get 90% of the benefit from more modern tyres and dampers.

In terms of embodied energy, planned obsolescence is irrational and wasteful. It's better to accept a few percent lower efficiency in operation, than to expend massive amounts of energy in creating a replacement that's designed for an equally short lifespan.

This was the philosophy behind Charles Ware's 'long life cars', but it's even more applicable to a high-value product like Bristol - which was the point of my deliberately provocative comparison between the Fester and the fighter jet, though I used the Fester mainly because you yourself raised it as an example.

[Funkstar De Luxe]

Does anyone know of, or have a link to a review or some footage of a Fighter? I would love to see it in action.

It looks a little bit like a Zagato design... That rear end

[williamp]

Funkstar De Luxe said:

Does anyone know of, or have a link to a review or some footage of a Fighter? I would love to see it in action.

It looks a little bit like a Zagato design... That rear end

A couple on youtube. No doubt the Bristol owners club have some footage on a betamax cassette they could lend you!!

[Funkstar De Luxe]

Best one I could find. Sounds nice at least

2004 Bristol Fighter HD video: http://youtu.be/haBXcHBk06M

[DrDeAtH]

How lovely... Bedford cf lights and what appears to be a mk3 cortina boot lid and stretched mk1 Granada front wings
Dreadful looking car...

I like the external look of the 411 model though.

Edited by DrDeAtH on Saturday 13th December 20:28

[williamp]

DrDeAtH said:

How lovely... Bedford cf lights and what appears to be a mk3 cortina boot lid and stretched mk1 Granada front wings
Dreadful looking car...

I like the external look of the 411 model though.

Edited by DrDeAtH on Saturday 13th December 20:28

Hillman imp rear lights, karmann ghia numberplate light, triumph door handles.. Worthless mongrel of a car...

Using parts from mainstream manufacturers was very common. Less so these days,but still takes place. At least aston got better. My dbs v8 shared its brake callipers with the lambo muira. Made parts very cheap and easy to source...

[saaby93]

Funkstar De Luxe said:

Best one I could find. Sounds nice at least

2004 Bristol Fighter HD video: http://youtu.be/haBXcHBk06M

whys the suspension so choppy - Could it do with front rear interconnect?

[Funkstar De Luxe]

williamp said:

Hillman imp rear lights, karmann ghia numberplate light, triumph door handles.. Worthless mongrel of a car...

Using parts from mainstream manufacturers was very common. Less so these days,but still takes place. At least aston got better. My dbs v8 shared its brake callipers with the lambo muira. Made parts very cheap and easy to source...

Some cars are greater than the sum of their parts. Others are not. Generally it's to do with homologation, sometimes it's just to cut costs

[DrDeAtH]

williamp said:

Hillman imp rear lights, karmann ghia numberplate light, triumph door handles.. Worthless mongrel of a car...

Using parts from mainstream manufacturers was very common. Less so these days,but still takes place. At least aston got better. My dbs v8 shared its brake callipers with the lambo muira. Made parts very cheap and easy to source...

But the design works and actually looks nice...

[Funkstar De Luxe]

Holy crap, this has just appeared on YouTube! Can't wait to see it!

Bristol Fighter: The Coolest Car You've Never Heard Of - XCAR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py8tjm6AqkE

[MattHall91]

ess said:

The 'old money' motoring equivalent of Coutts.

Money talks but wealth whispers.

Funny you should say that. A friend of a friend banks with Coutts. He's a very quiet individual and guess what his large car collection includes? A Bristol.

[RobinBanks]

I'd really like to get a proper look all over one in person and maybe a ride but I don't know anyone who has one. I don't imagine they'd be the most up to date car out there but they interest me.

[Funkstar De Luxe]

Those are FIAT Barchetta wing mirrors 😁. Also that maybe a FIAT colour the car is painted

[GrumpyV8]

saaby93 said:

It takes great skill to make standard tail lamps line up like that
Someone tell the guy you can get 'GB added to the number plate' so you dont have to screw into your back bumper
Too late

Thread resurrection and all that but are they Vauxhall Senator rear light clusters?

[RichB]

Here's a nice picture of a pair posted on a thread elsewhere on Pistonheads, they're not both Bristols though.

[Jim AK]

GrumpyV8 said:

Thread resurrection and all that but are they Vauxhall Senator rear light clusters?

Yep!!

[Dr JonboyG]

MattHall91 said:

Funny you should say that. A friend of a friend banks with Coutts. He's a very quiet individual and guess what his large car collection includes? A Bristol.

Pretty sure most of the old money at Coutts went somewhere else once they did away with humans and made everyone use internet banking.

[Disastrous]

Dr JonboyG said:

MattHall91 said:

Funny you should say that. A friend of a friend banks with Coutts. He's a very quiet individual and guess what his large car collection includes? A Bristol.

Pretty sure most of the old money at Coutts went somewhere else once they did away with humans and made everyone use internet banking.

And I suppose being old money they wouldn't shout about it to the complaints department, just whisper.