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Originally Posted by Ronald G. Stephenson
My first and only consideration was the fact that they chose Chrysler vee-eight power and automatic transmission. That is what caught my eye when I saw my first 409. The Facel Vega had the same idea on engines.
As to styling, well, it is rather bland. One would walk right by a Bristol and not know what it was. My Aston DB6 was thought to be a customized Mustang. The 'experts' that were examining the car decided since it had two petrol fillers that it could not be a Mustang. I told them it was an Aston-Martin and got blank stares in return.
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One would walk right by a Bristol and not know what it was. To me, that's no problem. But, if one does walk right by a Bristol, without recognizing what make it is, and is bothered by one's lack of knowledge, all one has to do is read the name on the badge, right?
My Aston DB6 was thought to be a customized Mustang. But, that's the delicious irony of A-M ownership, isn't it? That the ignorant would have no idea what make it is? I would think you would be pleased by this.