Whatever happened to the Bulldog?

[Twin Turbo]

Not the greatest looking Aston, but striking all the same.

Whatever happened to it? Do Aston still own it or is it in private hands? Lets hope it didn't go to the great kennel in the sky

[williamp]

I saw it a few years ago at Silverstone during the St. John Horsfall, complete with gold plated interior and white leather. I'll post a few pictures if I can find a scanner.

I believe its now part of Roger Bennington's stable, although not sure!

[Twin Turbo]

Glad to hear it may still be around.

[v12Aston]

Definitely at Roger Benningtons' - saw it the other week.

[v12Aston]

Definitely at Roger Benningtons' - saw it the other week.

[shadytree]

I collect 1:43 scale models of Aston's. Currently have 79 different models from the early Ulster's right upto the DB9.
The Bulldog is my holy grail !!
A small French model firm called Alezan only made 100 copies worldwide of the Bulldog.

If anyone ever sees or hears of one please contact me.

[Twin Turbo]

You've got 78 more than me then

I've only got a DB9 so far. I'm still hunting for one of the V8 Vantage concept car. Tell you what, if I spot a Bulldog model I'll snap it up for you if you do the same with a V8 Vantage for me

What's with DB3S models though? I regularly search E-bay for Aston stuff and these old Dinky models seem as common as JB DB5's! There's a certain appeal to a beaten up Dinky model

[shadytree]

I recon the model Bulldog will be around £500 , is that ok ?
Most of my models are the kit kind like Provance Moulage, Little Smashers or SMTS.
The AMV8 isn't out yet, but I'm sure it will be when it gets offically released.

[Twin Turbo]

£500? No probs. I should be able to sell for a profit - or a 10% finders fee

[shadytree]

Twin Turbo said:

10% finders fee

if you can find one then

[Octavarium]

This popped up on my Facebook today ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afZY9YSPcmA

Tony Bastable. Remember him ? He says he can't really fault the car. Where shall we start Tony ?

[TR-Spider]

Maybe shortens the process when we state what we like instead.

I really like the noise the doors make. Sounds like in a 50's Science Fiction movie...

[Jon39]

Thank you for posting.

Always interesting to learn more about AML history.
First time that I have seen William Towns, who to most of us, is probably associated with the Lagonda Rapide.

[oilit]

indeed - thanks for posting !

Having been very privileged to see the Bulldog in the last year or two it's fascinating to see this review.

[westhumbler]

Thanks for posting that - very interesting

[Puddenchucker]

The one-off Aston Martin Bulldog has been 'rescued' and is being restored in the UK:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-shropshir...

https://www.classic-motor-cars.co.uk/aston-martin-...

I've always like the Bulldog and hope to see it running again rather than being neglected & forgoten in a warehouse somewhere.

[bristolracer]

I e got a picture of that from the motor show somewhere.

I remember it being heralded as a supercar at the time.

[DonkeyApple]

A weird and wonderful thing. Will be great to see it back out in the open.

[Civpilot]

JPvanRossem said:

Fantastic. There was an article in one of the classic car mags a little while ago about the Ferrari Modulo, which had been bought and restored by an American collector. This period really was peak wedge.

The owner of the Modulo is (used to be?) a member on here. Jim Glickenhaus, who also commissioned the Ferrari P4/5.

He now runs his own car/racing car company

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/big-reads/take-lo...

[ettore]

Ah, the Bulldog. I had a passenger ride in this when I was 7, driven by Stirling Moss no less. All went well until I got trapped by the door!