The making of my Cobalt Blue V12 Vantage Roadster

[jonby]

peterr96 said:

jonby said:

yeti said:

jonby said:

Forgive my ignorance but I'm obviously missing something here, or have I had a sense of humour bypass ?

Neil has a Vanquish... the joke is that the bonnet is up in the pictures, reflecting the perceived unreliability of the Vanquish. You 'had to be there' I expect

Now that Neil has realised the gearbox isn't under the bonnet, he doesn't need to raise it any more

aha. Good job I didn't go too OTT !

Sorry to confuse you matey! It's my somewhat dubious humour poking out again.

it's pretty funny when you know what the joke is ! :-)

[AMDBSNick]

Here you go Jonby

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

[ScottBlack]

The folks at EVO took one out for a test drive. Here is the video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNVKybrkhwg

[AWV12]

Geweldig, stoer kleur ook, gefeliciteerd! Wanneer wordt ie afgeleverd? (Hilverum of Eindhoven?).

Enjoy the last wait and of course the first drive!

[Alwin]

AWV12 said:

Geweldig, stoer kleur ook, gefeliciteerd! Wanneer wordt ie afgeleverd? (Hilverum of Eindhoven?).

Enjoy the last wait and of course the first drive!

It will be delivered in Hilversum, at Kroymans. Shouldn't take too long now, couple of weeks maybe?

[Alwin]

The nice people at AML just sent me more photos of the final stages of production, including The Marriage:
http://www.aston-martin.com/2012/10/26/v12-vantage...

[Neil1300R]

This has to be one of the best threads ever!
Fantastic looking car

[silverspeed]

Alwin any news on delivery date yet?

[Beefmeister]

Love the blue, that's a proper colour. Would be my choice for a V12R alongside Madagascar Orange.

Not sure I like the red calipers with the blue, but hey it's your expensive Aston, not mine!

Congratulations, enjoy the aural symphony!

[Alwin]

silverspeed said:

Alwin any news on delivery date yet?

Just received news that it has been loaded in a truck and is now on its way to the Netherlands!

[Shmee]

Alwin, I'm coming to Amsterdam on 23rd-26th Nov in my 'new' car, any chance you're around there/then? It would be a privilege to see your V12VR in person.

[michael gould]

Alwin said:

silverspeed said:

Alwin any news on delivery date yet?

Just received news that it has been loaded in a truck and is now on its way to the Netherlands!

lucky man....we look forward to the pics when you take delivery

[Zod]

Alwin said:

A friendly engineer who was working on my drive train let me tighten some bolts, then my wife and I got to sign the drive train :-)

Well, that's your warranty voided!

[AWV12]

Alwin said:

Just received news that it has been loaded in a truck and is now on its way to the Netherlands!

Good news!

BTW, will you be present at the Skyfall black-tie event today in Zeist?

[Alwin]

AWV12 said:

Good news!

BTW, will you be present at the Skyfall black-tie event today in Zeist?

Nope. I don't do black tie :-)

[AWV12]

Alwin said:

Nope. I don't do black tie :-)

LOL, had a "smart casual" private screening of Skyfall last week, which was very good fun also, but of course 007 has to show up in black tie (and of course we come to see the beautiful ladies, not the pinguins! :-))

[AWV12]

Completely off-topic, but you missed this as a starter:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/635kq8lz2u1kgi6/2012-11-...

and this as dessert:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4qbv32rv9x4trl6/2012-11-...

:-)

Ok, back on-topic when you car will be delivered! :-)