Introducing myself and my Aston
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Hi Everybody! My name is Andrew. I've been learning a lot from you in the last 10 months, and I'm overdue to introduce myself and start contributing.
I live in Melbourne Australia, and I'm part of the AMOC here. As you would have guessed from my handle, my car is a V8 Vantage in Quantum Silver! I really love the colour because it can show a lot of variation depending on the light - though that's probably true for many Aston colours. Its a 2010 model, and it has the sports pack and the lightweight seats.
It was not in great shape when I got it, so I've used your help to make some repairs. One of the larger jobs was removing and re-gluing the leather dash panels. So thankyou for your help
I've also had the paint corrected, installed discreet hd dash cams, and done a few other things.
But most of my spare time has gone into designing and buiding an alternative ECU key for the car. I'd like to share what I've done with that, so I might start a new thread on that topic soon and show everybody.
Here's my car!
And both my cars together
Cheers
Andrew aka QuantumV8
I live in Melbourne Australia, and I'm part of the AMOC here. As you would have guessed from my handle, my car is a V8 Vantage in Quantum Silver! I really love the colour because it can show a lot of variation depending on the light - though that's probably true for many Aston colours. Its a 2010 model, and it has the sports pack and the lightweight seats.
It was not in great shape when I got it, so I've used your help to make some repairs. One of the larger jobs was removing and re-gluing the leather dash panels. So thankyou for your help
I've also had the paint corrected, installed discreet hd dash cams, and done a few other things.But most of my spare time has gone into designing and buiding an alternative ECU key for the car. I'd like to share what I've done with that, so I might start a new thread on that topic soon and show everybody.
Here's my car!
And both my cars together
Cheers
Andrew aka QuantumV8
Thanks for making me feel so welcome!
Jon yes the Cortina is mine, it almost gets more comments and head turns than the Aston does. It's a '75 TD, my grandad Arthur bought it new from the dealer back then, and gave it to me in 2010 when he stopped driving. It was my daily drive for several years.
Arthur brought the family to Aus from the UK in about 1960, and so the story goes that several generations of our family worked for Ford in the UK, and they recommended that he buy the Cortina here. It needs some work but its only done about 105,000 kms.
I'll write up on the ECU key soon! I'm just making a new case for it...
Jon yes the Cortina is mine, it almost gets more comments and head turns than the Aston does. It's a '75 TD, my grandad Arthur bought it new from the dealer back then, and gave it to me in 2010 when he stopped driving. It was my daily drive for several years.
Arthur brought the family to Aus from the UK in about 1960, and so the story goes that several generations of our family worked for Ford in the UK, and they recommended that he buy the Cortina here. It needs some work but its only done about 105,000 kms.
I'll write up on the ECU key soon! I'm just making a new case for it...
QuantumV8 said:
Jon yes the Cortina is mine, it almost gets more comments and head turns than the Aston does. It's a '75 TD, my grandad Arthur bought it new from the dealer back then, and gave it to me in 2010 when he stopped driving. It was my daily drive for several years.
Arthur brought the family to Aus from the UK in about 1960, and so the story goes that several generations of our family worked for Ford in the UK, and they recommended that he buy the Cortina here. It needs some work but its only done about 105,000 kms.
Arthur brought the family to Aus from the UK in about 1960, and so the story goes that several generations of our family worked for Ford in the UK, and they recommended that he buy the Cortina here. It needs some work but its only done about 105,000 kms.
I recognised the Cortina because I had a 1973 GXL 2 litre. Also a family gift, but it eventually suffered from chassis rust. However, an enthusiast wanted it, so perhaps it has survived. Not taxed since 1994 though, so probably not.
In case your grandfather does not already know, he might be pleased if you tell him about the involvement of Ford with Aston Martin.
Aston Martin has had very many wonderful saviours during its long history. Ford have been one of the greatest, certainly in terms of the amount of money spent, very little of which they ever saw again, which itself has been a repeated theme.
Ford paid the development and production costs of the DB7, the DB9 and the Vantage. They also paid for the wonderful Gaydon factory. The production numbers increased enormously during the Ford ownership period, and the peak has yet to be exceeded. For several years in succession, Aston Martin were able to report profits.
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