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Brian

What happened to the Rocket Red car ? It seems to have disappeared ?

Was he the gentleman, whose car had featured in original road-tests, following its' launch?
If so, we had the delight of meeting him at Sherbourne a few years ago.
As for Bristol Cars; my favourite has always been the lovely 405.

I find Bristols (the cars) hard to love.... there was a 407 that Zagato got hold of that was pretty.

Oops, yes. But either would suit me!

The rear aspect of the Fighter is lovely - there's a hint of Marcos:



And so is this:



Not so keen on the front - I know it's aerodynamic, but it's a bit plain for me. The colour though is excellent!

Looks like we're winning you round Dave!

It was bought, via SGT and Julian Cutts, by a guy who lived locally to us in Bray Alistair. I last saw him at the FoS, but he had not come in it. I have not seen it being driven since then, which is unusual as I used to see it out and about on a fairly regular basis - his business is in Windsor.
Shame as it is a lovely car, even if it was not very waterproof...

Not sure about that Brian but it does look good in orange. A bit more character in the nose and it would be a great looker.

The Aero 8 lurking in the background looks much better!

I do like the look of the Bristol fighter, although I've never see one in the 'flesh' but I can't see any historic Bristol styling cues in the car at all

It does have a Marcos look maybe even a Japanese look to it but I wish it just had some design nod to the past

It certainly doesn't look like a British gentleman's steed or Bristol to me

And I think Dave's winning me round on bright bold colours too!