Claude: Thank you so much for the extensive reply. All of this is helpful, and I am a fairly good car hunter already. The trouble with Bristols is that so few exist, let alone find one for sale. You are right in that they do come up for sale, even on Ebay of all places. I bought one of my Astons, the DB6, behind a farmer's corn crib up in Indiana. He had it shipped from Great Brittan and over to the Great Lakes where he picked it up and drove it home. When I got it, I noticed the choke cables to the triple SU's were missing, and the farmer complained that the car would not start in cold weather and just parked it! It sat outside, and his tractors and wagons got the under-roof space. I am embarrassed to admit that he demanded $3,000 in cash for the car, and I felt immediately obligated to give him what he asked. Now, is that good hunting, or what?
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