A date for your TV diary

[Jon39]

Monday 27th April 2020, 9pm to 10pm, channel More4.
Edition 2 of the series, How to Build British: Aston Martin.

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Thanks for the heads up on that
Kevin

[AJB88]

Guessing it will show some of the history? I live about 600m from Aston Martin Heritage

[ds666]

Watched the one on Bentley last night and it was quite good .

[anonymous-user]

Thanks jon.

[ds666]

AJB88 said:

Guessing it will show some of the history? I live about 600m from Aston Martin Heritage

Doubt it - it is just about the production I think

[Jon39]

ds666 said:

Doubt it - it is just about the production I think

Yes, judging by the Bentley GT programme yesterday, they follow a specific car through the production process.
Shortly after the start, I thought I would have to switch off. They were doing a sequence of millisecond scenes, where you cannot see anything and that drives me nuts. Anyway, it got better and was quite an enjoyable episode. Love the 3 choice rotating section of the dashboard (one having beautiful old fashioned dials).

Next week appears to be following the build of a DBSS.

[AJB88]

Will give it a watch, was lucky enough to go on Bentley factory tour last year.

[ds666]

Jon39 said:

ds666 said:

Doubt it - it is just about the production I think

Yes, judging by the Bentley GT programme yesterday, they follow a specific car through the production process.
Shortly after the start, I thought I would have to switch off. They were doing a sequence of millisecond scenes, where you cannot see anything and that drives me nuts. Anyway, it got better and was quite an enjoyable episode. Love the 3 choice rotating section of the dashboard (one having beautiful old fashioned dials).

Next week appears to be following the build of a DBSS.

I thought it was a good program and there is some real craftsmanship in the build . Did make me laugh that when they were showing the seat build and the fans/ massage elements , they were covered in VW stickers ...

I had a tour of Gaydon before lock down and it is very similar ( abide much smaller and no wood ) - all the skill is in the leather . Aston do make their own chassis , although we didn't get to see much of that in the tour and it was the part I was most looking forward to .