RE: PH Heroes: Aston Martin V8 Vantage

[williamp]

LuS1fer said:

williamp said:

Just to clear another point up: a blazer or moustache is not essential. Wearing a tie is preferrable, however

Lord Brett Sinclair would beg to differ, old man.


It's all about style.

(anorak mode)

He's a 6 cylinder driver. Us V8 drivers wear ties. And have hairy chests. And dont bother with piddling little italian red types...

[Chris71]

Probably my all time favourite car. Insanely jealous.

[chazzer]

That car is one of my all time favorites

[LuS1fer]

williamp said:

(anorak mode)

He's a 6 cylinder driver. Us V8 drivers wear ties. And have hairy chests. And dont bother with piddling little italian red types...

I was waiting for that. Sean Connery wore ties in his 6 cylinder DB5. Obviously as an American V8 driver, I am forced to wear check shirts and cowboy boots, carry a banjo and date my sister. She has a hairy chest though. It would be wrong not to conform to stereotypes.

[GTO Scott]

Beautiful car - one of the very best

[rev-erend]

Always liked those.. it did look a bit American though..
in some kind of way.

[dwilkie]

To me it's one of the most beautiful cars Aston ever made.

[Fastra]

6th Gear said:

Enough said

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it6Hny77PPM

Brilliant!

It actually gets louder the further away it gets - absolutely amazing noise!

[Fastra]

£100k

http://www.allastonmartin.com/items/535?back=%2Fst...

[jhoneyball]

Fastra said:

6th Gear said:

Enough said

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it6Hny77PPM

Brilliant!

It actually gets louder the further away it gets - absolutely amazing noise!

Thanks -- I just took him out for a fast blatting round the A roads. And a handwash from the chaps at the carwash in town :-)

Edited by jhoneyball on Wednesday 21st January 16:33

[MarkoTVR]

Fetchez la vache said:

Something about that view makes me go all wobbly...

Same here. Stunning. 'Iron fist in a velvet glove'.

[jhoneyball]

mine -- the one in the youtube video being "driven like ya stole it..."

[mdavison]

^^ Just looking at that picture leaves me speechless. It is just so awesome it's unreal.

[6th Gear]

Phoarrr!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khFr8NI_qu0&fea...

[paddy27]

jhoneyball said:

mine -- the one in the youtube video being "driven like ya stole it..."

Beautiful car. Nothing more to add apartr from want one. They are just

[JimexPL]

Forget the x pack.

What you NEED is an RSW 7 litre conversion...

http://www.rswilliams.co.uk/index2.html

[gary_tholl]

article said:

481DA carburettors

48 IDA carbs.

Very impressive car - always liked them for many of the same reasons as already mentioned.

Gary

[Jasandjules]

Sex on wheels.. Almost as good as the TVR Chimaera.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/757886.htm

[Ecurie Ecosse]

Awesome awesome cars!

Some quick points as I'm about to eat:

- The Vantage cross spokes were made by Ronal not BBS as suggested in the article;

- Check out the hand brake - how cool is that?

- Check out the silver CD player - how uncool is that? Needs a period wireless;

- When making Vantages for Prince of Wales (rather than POW spec) Aston included a glass jar that was recessed into the centre arm rest, which had a lid that was covered in the same leather of the car for keeping sugar cubes in for his polo ponies. It had "HRH" embossed on the lid. Fantastic stuff, and sums up the "old" Aston Martin to me; and

- I was fortunate enough to visit Newport Pagnell a few years ago. Such a great sense of Britishness seeing the guts in brown overalls creating such beautiful cars in run down sheds.

Edited by Ecurie Ecosse on Wednesday 21st January 19:05

[tlracing]

Can't really add any more superlatives to those already here

My first memory of one was when I was eleven, visiting Robin Hamilton's Aston Martin dealership and being taken for a ride in a Vantage.

At the time Robin was developing the first version of his V8 Le Mans car - now that is the one I'd buy