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Originally Posted by flyinghorse1
Greg-I think you miss the point. Anthony has an original spanner & he was making them for people that could not find an original one reasonably priced on the market.
I would also dispute that there is a ready supply of spanners available at a fair price on the open market,or if there is perhaps it should be better advertised by those who supply them.
People also have posted here looking for such items and no one has suggested to contact your list of potential suppliers. I have asked 2 of the companies on the list and they both laughed at me.
The fact that Anthony has been able to fill 2 order books and is on his third suggests difficulty in finding the spanner for all those who subscribed.
I think its great that Anthony has gone to the trouble of making such spanners and what clubs and club membership is about.
Graham
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Actually Graham, I think it's you that missed the point -- I was only mentioning that the spanners were first mentioned as available ( with pictures ) back in 2009 and would have been found with a simple search on this forum and a couple of others ! The list I put together are some of the other companies / people that have had parts made for Bristol Cars.
So I guess it's great that both Anthony and I went to the trouble of having them made.
As I had never really had any interest in AC cars, I hadn't thought to offer them in that direction, however they were announced on all three Bristol forums of the time.
To be clear, I didn't advertise them as such ( only mentioned on Bristol forums ) or put them on eBay as I'm just a Bristol owner that happens to have the knowledge and the contacts to get things like this produced -- I'm certainly not concerned about any commercial reward and wish Tony all the best with his spanner sales, although as mentioned before, it seems silly to get the same thing re manufactured more than once in such a small market, and I agree the clubs should do more to make members aware of where parts are available at the best possible quality. -- for sure, people in the clubs do know !
Are there any pictures anywhere of the 5 axis water jet cut spanners ?