It's quite simple really.........
The reason I'm looking for an engineless and gearbox less car is quite simple really. The cost of complete cars.
I did own a lovely Bristol 401, KDF749. Bought for £8000.00, sold for £11,000.00. Thought I'd done well. Similar cars now upwards of £30,000.00. If I was a richer man than I am, I'd have another 401/403 in good fettle. But I'm not.
There are folks out there who can afford to buy a derelict car and match them with a Bristol engine and gearbox. But if they can afford to do that, I'd imagine that they would buy a sorted car in the first place.
The very real sadness is that time after time, owners having what I consider to be almost art, in the Aerodyne's, have thought it right to rip the drive trains out to put into other cars. It is they that have vandalised the cars, not the likes of me trying to keep at least a remnant on the road.
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