RE: PH Heroes: Aston Martin V8 Vantage

RE: PH Heroes: Aston Martin V8 Vantage

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williamp

19,217 posts

272 months

Wednesday 21st January 2009
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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

21,535 posts

241 months

Wednesday 21st January 2009
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Probably my all time favourite car. Insanely jealous.

chazzer

383 posts

194 months

Wednesday 21st January 2009
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That car is cloud9 one of my all time favorites

LuS1fer

41,086 posts

244 months

Wednesday 21st January 2009
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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. wink It would be wrong not to conform to stereotypes. rofl

GTO Scott

3,816 posts

223 months

Wednesday 21st January 2009
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Beautiful car - one of the very best cloud9

rev-erend

21,404 posts

283 months

Wednesday 21st January 2009
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Always liked those.. it did look a bit American though..
in some kind of way.

dwilkie

2,222 posts

185 months

Wednesday 21st January 2009
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To me it's one of the most beautiful cars Aston ever made. sperm

Fastra

4,277 posts

208 months

Wednesday 21st January 2009
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6th Gear said:
Brilliant!

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

Fastra

4,277 posts

208 months

jhoneyball

1,764 posts

275 months

Wednesday 21st January 2009
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Fastra said:
6th Gear said:
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

1,139 posts

233 months

Wednesday 21st January 2009
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Fetchez la vache said:


Something about that view makes me go all wobbly...
Same here. Stunning. 'Iron fist in a velvet glove'.

jhoneyball

1,764 posts

275 months

Wednesday 21st January 2009
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mine -- the one in the youtube video being "driven like ya stole it..."


mdavison

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6,627 posts

213 months

Wednesday 21st January 2009
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^^ Just looking at that picture leaves me speechless. It is just so awesome it's unreal.

6th Gear

3,561 posts

193 months

paddy27

1,742 posts

233 months

Wednesday 21st January 2009
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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 cloud9

JimexPL

1,445 posts

211 months

Wednesday 21st January 2009
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Forget the x pack.

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

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

gary_tholl

1,013 posts

269 months

Wednesday 21st January 2009
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article said:
481DA carburettors
48 IDA carbs.

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

Gary

Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Wednesday 21st January 2009
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Sex on wheels.. Almost as good as the TVR Chimaera.

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

Ecurie Ecosse

4,812 posts

217 months

Wednesday 21st January 2009
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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

703 posts

222 months

Wednesday 21st January 2009
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Can't really add any more superlatives to those already here smile

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 biggrin