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Originally Posted by Ashley James
My son runs a business rebuilding these cars, Clyde may have seen him at Alpine Eagle when he was over there
trimming the Maharajah of Jodhpur's PI R-R.
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Is that this one (see attached photo)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashley James
BCL are currently selling rebuilt V8s to customer's specifications, typically the bill is over £100K, but I understand that they can buy a Chrysler engine and gearbox for £5K, so surely the V8s are a relatively simple car and a more straightforward rebuild not only than the R Types but also their contemporaries, certainly than a Silver
Shadow although Ferraris, Maseratis etc tend to be quite simple except
for the engines.
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That's my view as well, that the V8 Bristols are really quite simple by comparison and have a low cost power train. Rebuilding those Italian V12 engines is a costly exercise, among other things, they have so many damn carburettors!