Classic V8 Vantage 1977 - Stunning

[JiggyJaggy]

I had the pleasure of driving a client's car yesterday that they are placing for sale. Simply stunning and I will let the pretty poor photos do the talking. It is a 5.2L and I think from memory the colour was Atlantic blue?







The noise this thing makes is stunning! What I loved about it was the stereo was a retro stereo with bluetooth, usb and aux ability. Brilliant! Im guessing these are pretty rare now aren't they?

Edited by JiggyJaggy on Friday 20th November 13:01

[Quarterly]

Gorgeous car. I had a customer who owned one of those, other than James Bond it was the first car to really get me interested in AM. As you say the sound is truly awesome, you could hear his coming before you could see it. It was a very deep burble.

[Grumpydev]

Very nice - had a good nose around the classic car section at the dealership in Milton Keynes yesterday, some lovely looking restored cars. They also had one that was fresh in that they hadn't done any work to, paint was falling off, holes in it, looked like it had been sat in a field for years - pretty amazing they will get it back to showroom quality when they're done with it.

I took some photos of the classic stuff if anyone is interested, not sure if this is something all the dealers have or whether it's a special thing for this one.

[JiggyJaggy]

Any collectors out there have one of these to compare it to? Just wondering what kind of value they fetch and how rare they are.

[LordBretSinclair]

http://allastonmartin.com/cardetails.html?carid=91...

[williamp]

Oh dear dear dear. If that's the car in question, then its not a V8 Vantage. Thats a V8.
Its not a 5.2l. Its slightly more then 5.3l. Are you sure you know enough to...you know...sell it??

And the other person who went to the dealership in Milton Keynes. Do you mean Newport Pagnell? If so then no , they dont all have that. Newport Pagnell is the site of the previous factory, and houses amongst other things Astons restoration and spares side.

[JiggyJaggy]

Thanks for the correction. We are not selling it, we handle the chaps property affairs hence we are sourcing a specialist firm to sell it through. Have spoken to Nicholas Mee, McGurks, Bonhams and the usual suspects that would suit this specific type of car. Its stunning nonetheless!

[JS1500]

LordBretSinclair said:

http://allastonmartin.com/cardetails.html?carid=91...

I was looking at this car online the other day as my dad is in the market for a classic with a budget of around £75k.
Although it has only done a few hundred miles since 2003 I was quite surprised that it hasn't had a service or any expenditure since then.