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Originally Posted by GREG
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 ?
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Everyone. Just to make everything clear. I'm a member of the AC Owners' Club, not any of the Bristol associations and had no previous knowledge or interest of how I could access specific information regarding Bristols. Infact my AC Ace doesn't have a Bristol engine in it (unfortunately) and hence I was totally unaware that any replica cylinder head spanners were already in the market place. The replica cylinder head spanners that I am managing the production of look identical to the original & it would appear identical to those replicas that have been previously post on this website. Unfortunately I don't have any photos currently as all batch 1s have been posted and batch 2s are in the final stages of machining; but as I said they look and perform the same.
When I use the word perform the first prototypes were offered up to a Bristol engine to prove accessability to the cylinder bolt heads and tested to 45LBf in a rig off the engine. Lets not swoop any negativity here please - thanks. Tony B