What Aston related oddities of treasure do you have.

[Ed50]

I was sitting in our Summer House today looking over my collection of Car related Photo's that adorn the walls and got round to thinking
about what strange bits of Aston related treasure we as caring owners have collected over the years and either have on display or just
squirrelled away in a cupboard somewhere.

The thought came to me as I was looking at my [one for yeti this]5 million year old Welsh Slate engraved plaque that bares the name of
my hut......sorry Summer House,

The Aston Pavilion.

Naff maybe but it does look smart set amongst all the pictures,now I'll be claiming the oldest bit of tat or treasure or call it what you will,

But what have you lot got hiding away or boldly on display.

[GTDB7]

Loads of books and promotional material, mainly for the DB7, Vantage and specifically the GT models.

Sales brochures and DVD's.

My rather expensive DB5 model 1/8th Scale and a DB7 1/16th scale, plus two 1/32 scale DB7's.

The DB5 weighs in at 10Kg and once when I took it to a car meet, it attracted lots of interest and had photos taken on the tarmac, at a glance it looked like the real thing :-)

[paddy328]

I've got all of you guys and some of you are very odd........

[Ed50]

How very dare you,mind you I can see your point theres not many normal Guys like me around.

[RichB]

Come on then, who's going to own up to owning a brick?

[yeti]

Ed50 said:

The thought came to me as I was looking at my [one for yeti this]5 million year old Welsh Slate engraved

Pliocene / Pleistocene slate?? In Wales??? I don't think so

The slate in Wales is Cambrian or Ordovician in age, more like 500 million years, me old fruit

[Ed50]

yeti said:

Ed50 said:

The thought came to me as I was looking at my [one for yeti this]5 million year old Welsh Slate engraved

Pliocene / Pleistocene slate?? In Wales??? I don't think so

The slate in Wales is Cambrian or Ordovician in age, more like 500 million years, me old fruit

Thats spot on I've just checked the little sticker and indeed it does claim to be 500 million years old,just my memory slipping
I'm afraid, at least I got the 5 bit right.

I couldn't tell you whether its Cambrian or Ordovician or not but I can tell you it was bloody expensive.

But thanks for the educational lesson Yeti I thought Cambrian was a type of cheese............

[RichB]

Ed50 said:

I thought Cambrian was a type of cheese............

And I thought Plasticene was a kind of putty I used to play with as a kid.

[williamp]

RichB said:

Come on then, who's going to own up to owning a brick?

yes but mine was from the demolition site given to me by one of the builders, so it doesn't have its own presentation case. It does have several shades of green paint, so I am confident it one from the gents toilets. Just imagine the eye of the craftsman as he takes his aim, etc etc. And AND!!! From my factory tour in 1991, I have a bit of genuine Aston martin varnished walnut from a Virage door. When they cut out the hole for the door handle, they usually throw that bit away, but they let me keep one. So its very rare and exclusive. Very rare...

As well as the usual catalogues, brochures, t-shirts etc I also have two racing jakcets ( an ecurie ecosse AMR1 jacket from 1989 and a Bovis Nimrod jacket from the early 80s). Both in 100% genuine British Nylon.

And I have the genuine aston martin shell suit from the 1992 catalogue. Still got the packaging, too!

[Ed50]

williamp said:

RichB said:

Come on then, who's going to own up to owning a brick?

yes but mine was from the demolition site given to me by one of the builders, so it doesn't have its own presentation case. It does have several shades of green paint, so I am confident it one from the gents toilets. Just imagine the eye of the craftsman as he takes his aim, etc etc. And AND!!! From my factory tour in 1991, I have a bit of genuine Aston martin varnished walnut from a Virage door. When they cut out the hole for the door handle, they usually throw that bit away, but they let me keep one. So its very rare and exclusive. Very rare...

As well as the usual catalogues, brochures, t-shirts etc I also have two racing jakcets ( an ecurie ecosse AMR1 jacket from 1989 and a Bovis Nimrod jacket from the early 80s). Both in 100% genuine British Nylon.

And I have the genuine aston martin shell suit from the 1992 catalogue. Still got the packaging, too!

I'm very impressed by the brick and I'm sure the heritage and from were it was located are authentic and you should be rightly proud to have it in your possession.

Now the Shell Suit is hard to swallow............maybe a photo of you actually wearing it is called for as proof of the said artefact.

[williamp]

picture here:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Also shows the two jackets as well.

Oh, does anybody have an...er... genuine Aston Martin cone???

Oh, I also have a works service fluorescent jacket. Got it at the auction

I'm sure if I sold all of these exclusive and desirable items I could afford another Aston. But then, what heirlooms would my children have???

[Jockman]

Apart from the old magazines, I've kept the personalised sill plaques and plastic key from my old DB9

[woolders]

Jockman said:

Apart from the old magazines, I've kept the personalised sill plaques and plastic key from my old DB9

Would those be the old copies of Mayfair from the 70s? I know that you treasure them dearly.

[Jockman]

woolders said:

Would those be the old copies of Mayfair from the 70s? I know that you treasure them dearly.

You know me too well Woolders

[yeti]

Ed50 said:

I couldn't tell you whether its Cambrian or Ordovician or not but I can tell you it was bloody expensive.

But thanks for the educational lesson Yeti I thought Cambrian was a type of cheese............

Cambria was the roman name for Wales and the Ordovici were a tribe living therabouts (as were the Siluri, which gives it's name to the Silurian period).

I'll be here all week

[Ed50]

yeti said:

Ed50 said:

I couldn't tell you whether its Cambrian or Ordovician or not but I can tell you it was bloody expensive.

But thanks for the educational lesson Yeti I thought Cambrian was a type of cheese............

Cambria was the roman name for Wales and the Ordovici were a tribe living therabouts (as were the Siluri, which gives it's name to the Silurian period).

I'll be here all week

Lewis a fine educational lesson and one you'd expect to have to pay heavily for in lifes university,

I'd be happy to pay to learn such fine wisdom but I'm a bit short at the minute so I would have
to put it on the Slate.

Sorry thats the best I can do this time of morning,still getting ready for Sunday Service,was hoping to see your there.

[Bincenzo]

^^^^

[J12MOC]

paddy328 said:

I've got all of you guys and some of you are very odd........

^^^^ ...And very old

[MollyGTi]

RichB said:

Come on then, who's going to own up to owning a brick?

Is that a Father Ted reference?

Father Jack: 'I love my brick'

Father Jack, sometime later: 'aah, fec*king brick'

He was a complex character

[williamp]

The brick...


http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/15663/lot/257/