So what have you done with your Aston today?

[IanV12VR]

Ed50 said:

Nice to see things moving in the right direction Ian,the car looks epic.

Dig the plate,Eleanor and I were wondering what you would come up with on that front.

On a side note could you pm me with a contact address for Andrew ? who rocked up in the Teal Blue Roadster,
if you have it yet as he was after an AML Plate……….and my mate is now letting his go.

Enjoy your motoring……...

Ed, YHM

[IanV12VR]

CSK1 said:

Very nice car Ian. Is your AMOC badge blue instead of red to match the colour of your car? Nice touch. I guess it is more difficult to attach to the mesh grille.

Partly in our thinking but it is an Aston Martin Hetigage Trust badge rather than an AMOC badge and the blue goes well with the rest of the car. It was pretty difficult to fit and I am really pleased that Zaff fitted it for me. Let's just say that the fitting screws are better suited to a conventional grill rather than the mesh grill on ours.

[IanV12VR]

Aston Traveller said:

Looks gorgeous Looking forward to seeing it the flesh (or metal!)

I would not know how to choose which to drive. What a dilemma to have

Enjoy Fay

Hi Fay. A great position to be in but with everything we have lined up this year both will get a good run out. It is really amazing how different they are to drive and how they sound. If you are at the Bonhams auction or the concours she will be there . Let's hope the sun shines!

[Ballistic Banana]

Had my wheels refurbed and put on, awaiting the Center caps and haven't had time to even have a real good look as picked car up and drove it home and been out working ever since :-(





BB

[Neil1300r]

In preparation for Goodwood tomorrow morning, went to check tyre pressures etc which required getting car out of the garage. Got the "Battery Disconnect Switch" message up on the dash. Not starting
OK, where's the battery disconnect switch - lets RTFM it- glovebox disabled

[CSK1]

IanV12VR said:

It is really amazing how different they are to drive and how they sound.

Eagerly awaiting your feedback on your opinion and experience of the differences between the two cars. I hope you don't mind, I think it is quite unique to own both cars so who better than you can tell us how different they are. I'd like to buy a V12 Roadster and there are two LHD manuals available for sale, more choice with the V12VSR but I've driven a 4.7L V8V with Sportshift on a track day and didn't really like the gearbox (maybe due to my lack of experience with Sportshift). I'm guessing the V12VR has a more analogue feel because of the manual gearbox and fixed dampers. There's a rumour AML will make the manual available soon on the V12VS so that may be worth waiting for.

[L0TT0]

Was accessed through a small hole in the trim panel at floor level behind drivers seat in my V8V if I remember correctly Spesch

[Neil1300r]

L0TT0 said:

Was accessed through a small hole in the trim panel at floor level behind drivers seat in my V8V if I remember correctly Spesch

Thanks mate. Have already Googled it and reset - everything good. Didn't even need to reset windows. Fully expect to get up at 5:30 tomorrow to find it won't start. Still on its original battery - 9 years old

[Gettoff]

Neil1300r said:

Thanks mate. Have already Googled it and reset - everything good. Didn't even need to reset windows. Fully expect to get up at 5:30 tomorrow to find it won't start. Still on its original battery - 9 years old

You mean it's not in the FAQ? What have you been up to? Tosspot.

[silverspeed]

Picked up my classic Aston post engine work from Aston Engineering

[theaxe]

Stunning. What did you have done?

[steveatesh]

Beautiful car that.

My day was more utility - I changed out the rear brake pads for new ones. Ho hum.

[V8 Animal]

We went to the pub

[IanV12VR]

silverspeed said:

Picked up my classic Aston post engine work from Aston Engineering

Graham, just fabulous and look forward to seeing her next weekend

[silverspeed]

theaxe said:

Stunning. What did you have done?

Car was originally built to Vantage spec and during the petrol crisis the Webers were taken off and replaced with SU carbs .
It was always my intention to put it back to production specification . As the car was nearly 50 years old and with the specialists , decided to have the bottom end re built at the same time Fortunately the block was sound and the work went as planned with no nasty surprises!

[silverspeed]

IanV12VR said:

silverspeed said:

Picked up my classic Aston post engine work from Aston Engineering

Graham, just fabulous and look forward to seeing her next weekend

Thanks Ian . Was going to take her for a long drive today but it's horrible bank holiday weather !!! Let's see what tomorrow brings. Might take her to Historics at Donington if the weather improves.

[V8 Animal]

Perfect tomorrow

[Y100]

silverspeed said:

Picked up my classic Aston post engine work from Aston Engineering

It could not be in better hands,,,congratulations Graham ,,,may you live a long and happy life together.

[steveatesh]

V8 Animal said:

We went to the pub

North South Divide

[tonyhall38]

Went to Eastbourne in the wet....brakes are fine....got wet , got dry...got wet again then had high winds to dry...turned out nice in the end.....nice little car show with area 16....