Replacement engines for Bristol 6
Dorien
I agree with you and attempt, not always successfully, to do the same,
however many collectors do not. They can't do it themselves, they
have to pay someone else to so that they can get as near to a new cars
possible and then use them for competition, concours or rallying. This
is what pushes the value up and it hasn't happened to Bristol. It
wouldn't matter if there were more people like you and I to do
restorations, but there aren't and the cars are suffering terribly as
a result.
The 406 engines have been nicked, but they are not the valuable ones,
Sub 2L and 100D2s are what the FN, Cooper, AC etc people want.
Ash
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