Will this ASTON MARTIN rise from its 34 YEAR grave?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ม.ค. 2024
- In this video we will be sharing our first impressions of this beautiful 1972 Aston Martin V8 Series II and a little bit about its history and how it came to be.
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Looks like an amazing project! Looking forward to following it!!
Thank you, we'll try our best..
What a project... Looking forward to watching this adventure develop!
It certainly looks that way, thanks for watching and commenting..
Looking forward to this
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Looking good. Liked Subscribed & shared !
Many thanks for your support..
Just thought id say.
Thanks so much to Claire & Shaun from ASR Motor Body Engineering! They were a massive help in determining the size of the crank nut socket! And more recently for letting us see their amazing workshop. If you are looking for help or parts from an AM expert Shaun and Claire will find or make the part for you. www.asrmotorbodyengineering.co.uk/
Engine doesn't look too bad (I hope I haven't jinxed it). The body work, hm, a smidge of work required, there. Looking forward to following your project. Thanks for sharing.
I think the engine is fine, we have started it and it sounds great.. I'll let you know if you jinxed it, you'll hear me scream from all over the UK.. ;-) Thanks for your comments and for watching..
great find
We think so..
@@AstonTorslanda are you going to restore to concourse ? resto mod ?
@@londonman8688 It won't be a resto mod, as close to concourse as we can is the aim..
I will be watching, I hope you have the grit to see it through because there isn't much you won't be rebuilding or replacing just to make it a 10 footer
Thanks Carl. It's a big challenge..
Good luck fellas. I'm in. Are you AMOC?
Yes we are AMOC. and thanks for the good wishes..
Nice
Not most peoples first reaction :-) but thanks for that and for watching.
Iv'e been to Gothenberg several times. It has some wonderful canals and buildings. They seem to like old american cars in Sweden.
Yes I've heard that. There was, maybe still is a big American car racing scene. Sadly looks like lots of GTO's, Chargers, Challengers, Trans-ams and Cuda's etc etc met their fate in Sweden..
RHD too! What a beautiful car!
Thanks David, and thanks for watching..
I love rust but you have definitely beaten me on any rusty car I own
Yep. We did a 350SL three years ago, it was worse in many areas and much harder to get to the rust because of the construction. I hear you though, it's big job..
Onwards!!!
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Lars , were you in Manston ,Kent , during approx 1998 .
@ianperry9914 I will ask Lars, he's not on this channel. Any more details for him? I will ask him for you.
@ianperry9914 Sorry, Lars says no. Must be someone else.
@@AstonTorslanda Thank you , I don't think this is the same Lars now . I was on a Nav course at Manston in 98 . Out of interest I found a DB 5 when about your age and restored it over a 4 year period at home , I drove it for 20 summers approx 60000 miles . Like your project ,I am sure it will be great and much fun to get there ...
@ianperry9914 that would be a great car to own now. So happy to be an Aston owner after many years of envy..
Great entertainment
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did you negotiate price before or after drinking ?!
:-)
This could cost you more than its worth
You will find out, we will reveal the total cost when it's finished. But you are correct, it's always the way with classic cars. Main thing for me is, it will drive again and there aren't many 1972's left. Given the state of this one, I now know why. It's our time, the major parts are sheet metal, plus it's not going to a garage so that makes it a little more viable.
You looking at $300-400k restoration job
Luckily we're doing it, not paying someone else. So the labour cost is our time. The panels are all available from ASR in the UK and at reasonable prices. But it's going to be a task, you're right there. Thanks for watching..
Aha..that's why...Torslanda...Gothenburg..close to the sea!
Home of the Volvo.. :-)
it was amaizng the owner let you do so much investigations begore buying it. surely it was sold as seen
He was great and happy for us to take a proper look.
good luck
Cheers..
disconnecting heater matrix is normal as they leak and are very hard almost impossible to repair, plus removing AC is normal this is a pig to fix when it gets old and the AC rad blocks the air to the normal rad.
We have all that to come. Thanks for your input. We've restored many cars between us but never an Aston, so all the help we can get will be much appreciated.
I'd be more concerned where the real money is needed in the metal work
Most panels are available from a chap at ASR Motor Body Works, he hand makes them and was an apprentice at Aston working on these very cars in the 70's. His spares are surprisingly good value. The rest I will fabricate. I think as someone else suggested, things like windscreens and even screen seals are eye waveringly expensive and those odd little parts you never thought could ever be as expensive as they prove to be Thanks for watching..
tell us the price !
It was a great price.. I'll say that, otherwise it would not have been worth taking on such a mammoth task..
@@AstonTorslanda This is going to be a very long job. Best of luck but no doubt there will be unpleasant surprises along the way.
@@philhawley1219 we have already had a few..
These Aston's are fantastic but also bloody terrible. Give me a Ferrari 400 GT or 356 or even a 400i any day. Why? we all know Italian cars were built of rubbish steel. However. The body structure of the Ferrari is steel. If there is rust you will find it. There are lots of places to look. I owned one. But the Aston is a fraud. It has an outer shell of alloy sitting on top of structural steel that corrodes horribly everywhere. You need to be a very competent restorer to consider a poor Aston. Frankly I couldn't restore one. Simply too risky both in time and money. There are plenty of good Ferrari around. There is no such thing as an affordable Aston. I wish you well and admire your courage. All the best.
Thanks for your kind words. It's a major job, I'll give you that.. I've been fixing old bangers (in my youth) and restoring classics on and off for 40 years. This is by far the rustiest car but only a close second to a 350SL Merc we tackled three years back. I don't know too much about Ferrari's as I could never afford one. The fact that the body comes off the DBS is a bonus to me. At least we can get to the rust easily once the body is off. No welding upside down with sparks going down your neck.. ;-) Thanks for watching, much appreciated..
$200K to put Humpty back together again :/
Not planning on that much doing it ourselves but if we gave it to a garage, easily that..
Throw £100k at it and it'll be fine. Personally I'd walk away unless it's VERY cheap.
Not planning to go anywhere near that. I have every new panel for the car and will make the rest. Happy to tell you what I think the cost will be if you DM me. I've built many classics. If the engine was a mess, I would agree with you..
Pistons are not your problem ! Put the camera away and start welding !😂
Very true.. welding starting very soon.
@@AstonTorslanda succes guys !
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Truly one of the worst Astons ever made. It was designed for the American marketplace and therefore was cheaply made with little to no class.
I think the Lagonda that looks like a long flat Austin Princess holds that prize. Each to their own I guess. I would love an earlier or later DB but for the price.. Apologies to any Lagonda owners, I'm sure if I had one I wouldn't complain... 🙂
Boys you got bigger balls than I have I wouldn't touch that thing with 10 ft pool the rest alone it's going to be a lot of work and that engine is probably the only semi good thing on the car
Lol. it's the worst I have tackled. As I said elsewhere, we restored a '71 R107 350SL a few years back. Very early one with a mix of pagoda and R107 parts. That was almost as bad. It's now running around but we had to replace virtually every thin plate on that car. The sills were not as bad but we still had to brace it everywhere to stop it folding. The bulkhead on the SL was gone, as was the boot, the floors, inner wings.. so we love a challenge.. You are right, the engine looks good. We will see once it's out how good it is.. Thanks for watching..