Great story. When you are comparing these Astons to American V8s you have to remember that Aston Martins back in 1977 were handmade - like Saville Row suits. The engines were assembled by one man who put his name on a brass plate on the engine. The bodywork was formed by men with hammers banging aluminum over wooden bucks. The leather for the seats was cut and stitched by hand. No wonder they are unreliable but are any cars made like this nowadays? Very special indeed!
+Paul Richer Only as unreliable as the poor electrics make them, otherwise superbly engineered, strong - nothing breaks. Same as the Jaguars around the same time. Relatively cheap to buy because of all the horror stories and the poor reputation, but the common faults are all well documented and not hard or expensive to rectify. Result is a superb reliable vehicle for very little money.
+Paul Richer Just because something is handmade, certainly does not mean it has poor quality. Mercedes-Benz MOST reliable and robust cars were handmade. Only once the assembly became autonomous that they started to have problems... that and they grew more complex. The problem were the hands that were making it.
+Matt Close You are quite right. I have owned a 77 V8 since the mid 1980s. It is quite reliable. Biggest problem has been the rear brake calipers failing.
The seals failed on both calipers. They are no longer available, so I sent them back to Aston to be rebuilt. As they are inboard it was quite a job getting them off. When Aston returned them, they failed again within a week. Aston had them rebuilt again and very fairly paid the labour charge for the second dissembly and reassembly.
Manuel Enrique Araujo Mogollón You seem to misunderstand your car history. The mustang shape that the V8 vantage evokes predates it by 2+ decades. in the mid 1960s, for instance... astons looked like this = srv2.betterparts.org/images/aston-martin-db6-05.jpg ... and mustangs looked like this = image.adam.automotive.com/f/27516278/mump-1005-01-o+1966-ford-mustang-fastback+front-view.jpg In the mid 1970s, Astons looked like this = momentcar.com/images/aston-martin-v8-1976-3.jpg ...and mustangs looked like this = www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/CC-35-107-800.jpg Its pretty obvious that by the mid 1980s, Astons had moved farther away from their original design and had adopted more and more of a 'muscle car' stance and profile. This 1985 V8 Aston here looks far more like a 1960s Mustang than a 1960s Aston Db6 c1.staticflickr.com/9/8180/7996865375_9cf00b7284_b.jpg Sadly... that (in my opinion, their best shape) ended, and they started making the Lagonda abominations. The Aston designs of the last 10-15 years, the modern Db9s and Vanquish cars, seem to me a far more clear return to their orginal design roots, with smooth, swooping lines and a very elegant profile... less muscle-y, more stylish
Why on earth am I just seeing this car? I'm 48 years old, a car lover, and this is the very first time laying eyes on this beauty. And what a beauty she is. WOW! P.S. THANK YOU, PETROLICIOUS FOR INTRODUCING ME TO A CAR I'D NEVER SEEN
My Dad died when I was 4... Finally in the process of getting his old Cobra back on the road (Aurora GRX). Watching this kills me because I know he'd be losing his mind over channels like this and especially the cars we have nowadays.
I have the exact same car ('77 series 3, five speed). Thanks for doing this video. I describe this car as a refined beast. It's every bit as exotic as a Ferrari, but for a lot less money. I believe only two or three entered Canada in '77. New Astons don't have the same cache like these older models.
What a wonderful video of father & son bonding. I can relate as my son looks to be about Paul's age and I've passed on my love of German cars, especially Porsches.
Ric Rac these astons were dirt cheap a few years back, aston was struggling, hence the DB7 design borrowed/taken from jaguar..not until the DB9 did they go big time again
Just wanted to thank you Petrolicious for doing these videos. Each one is a unique and vivid experience not only from the owners perspective but the life of the vehicle.
I grew up in a 1974 Aston Martin V8. I've been dying to drive it around but my father won't let me. haha, I guess that my little Honda CRX will have to do for a couple more years.
Always been a fan of the V8's, that car seems to straddle a line between English and American style, as well as performance. Jay Leno might say "Its like a Chevelle that went to college in Europe".
This was a great video. It strikes 'close to home', since if it hadn't have been for my father, I'd never have been able to buy my car. After he died almost 20 years ago, I sat on the inheritance money for a few years, trying to figure out how best to use it. I've loved Aston Martins since I was a kid, and always dreamed of someday owning one. My dad was English, he loved old cars, so I rationalized spending the money he had left me by purchasing a late-1976 Aston V8, probably only a few months older than the one in the video. I consider this his car; as I never intend to sell it, it's the connection we'll always have. I've read all the comments here, and just have to say what a load of rubbish most of them are. For those that think these old Astons are unreliable (pieces of 'cr*p', as some have said), they have no idea how mistaken they are. Two years ago my daughter and I took the car on a 4000 mile road trip through five states and two Canadian provinces...with no issues at all. This car is an absolute dream to drive: it's comfortable and luxurious, yet its power can leave my grinning face on the back seat every time. I'm very fortunate to have bought it when I did, for good, well-sorted examples are fetching crazy prices today...
This has always been my dream car since I visited the Aston factory back in 1980 and watched an engine being built by hand, but I could never afford one. Settled for a Jaguar XJS '94 model instead. Still, there's always FM7.
I agree, this is truly a beautiful car. Original DB7 was also fantastic design by Ian Callum, but nothing really replaced the original Aston Martin V8.
@Bruningable Standard rear valance, This car was originally designed with an inline 6 cylinder engine and the rear-end design was smoother and cleaner, but when the V8 engine was added, the dual rear exhaust needed to be covered up as hanging dual mufflers out the back looked ungainly to the designers. Most AM V8s have this area painted black(to distract the eyes away from the area).
Wonderful car. Mouthwatering. When I finished secondary school, my father told me to buy a reasonable used car (which meant to be somethig like a GOLF GTI or BMW Series 3 in those days) and nearly got a heart attack, when I returned with a 13year old Fiat Spider - which was a very keen car then. But an Aston? How cool is that?
Lovely video. I myself also had parents that steered me in the right direction when it came to purchasing a car. On a sidenote, petrolicious used to have a minute (sometimes even longer) long footage of the car just being driven, no music or voice-over. With cars that own a soundtrack like this one, I'd really love to see that make a comeback.
When i first saw this car I was like "ew this doesn't look like a real Aston Martin, it's ugly" but it has really grown on me since. It's like Britain's answer to the Mustang.
I wish I'll be able to afford an old Aston like that one day. I love Astons but the new ones just don't have it... I don't what they don't have but they just don't.
Love it! If I could only get my hands on that '72 Camaro in my town - that I've been eyeing for some time now - it will make me the happiest gentleman for years to come! #ClassicsRule
X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X lol sorry to burst your bubble, but going to university wont make you rich. Most people that come out of university and "become" rich, had rich families to begin with. All the luck to you thought
X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X that's actually pretty good to hear! cause you know most people don't like or have an idea why they're studying for said thing! fact if you love what work and perfect it and you will always ALWAYS make it in your life!
X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X Do not listen to the people that say going to a university won't make you rich....work hard, get involved, make people remember your name and it will all pay off. Promise.
At it's bottom you could get a 78 Esprit for 20k that was beat, but driveable, but the same could not be said for this. Maybe 28k for something really beat down , and that means lifetime ownership cost, factoring in restoration, would far exceed the cost of buying a nice low mileage one for $48k in the 90s. How many dads would recommend a first car that spends more time on a tow truck? I have yet to meet one.
In the US, a teenager could scrape the money together to buy a beat down Jaguar XJS. He could afford to keep it running if the engine was swapped to Chevy power. Engine swaps like that didn't happen with AM. Despite crappy Jaguar-like reliability, people prized their AMs, keeping them original and garaged. This story could only be possible if, all along, it was really dad's car.
To be fair you couldn't have given away these Astons back in the 90s. It's only when really nice ones started hitting the market in recent years that the price has risen greatly. Same with Maserati's, a 1972 Ghibli was about $25k in 1995, now they're $100k plus. Expensive-to-run unfashionable toys in the 90s... now expensive-to-buy collectible investments. Kitchen Sr is a trial lawyer by profession within a large San Francisco firm.
dcanmore i actually priced one of these in the 1990s and it was in the 40s-50s, still, which is what a new Beemer 7series cost. Maybe in England they were bottoming out, but they were still so rare in the states that they were considered investment-grade. even with the shitty reliability reputation.
ceounicom yeah they probably had more rarity value in the US. Big V8 grand tourers from the 60/70s were hard sell in the UK. Just thinking though, the last run out models from the late 80s, especially the Volante, always held their value. I remember the industry guide price of the early 70s Lagonda version with the four doors, only a handful made, was $25k 'of rarity value only': now they command $300k plus!
+dcanmore Cars are never investments, they cost too much to run, maintain and are unpredictable in collector value. Some old ass car suddenly becomes fashionable because of a movie, others fall out because they appeared in a tv show with nazis driving in.. who knows. You also run the risk of politicians putting high-ass taxes on older, non-eco friendly cars. Anyway, this old car trend is only happening because of the then youngsters, that couldn't afford the cars back when they were brand new, now holding some money to make a nostalgic hobby out of it. Not many people dream to drive a ford-t because that is a car buried deep in the past (no 'teenager back then' lives today), aston v8s will also be just some unkown car someday, same for the muscle car trend, ricer trend, etc.
ceounicom it's only a trend, you can see it works with many other types of insurances which are not related to the "classic car" deal at all, it's because of the sudden rise in popularity. As soon as this hobby loses its momentum they'll stop providing insurance for the common folk, leaving it only for veryyy rich collectors/museum
Cool car, but would have been more cost effective to go with the Chevelle...The 70 Chevelle was a legend in its day, especially the 454SS. Plus, the parts are bountiful and it has a great heritage.
The story's cool. Probably won't happen today. Vantage V8, a proper British muscle with big lazy V8 burbling along. Many consider it the first English "supercar".
I'm starting to find it really hard to appreciate these "stories" because they're all just rich people with tons of money to spend on whatever they want.
+linglingjr In the video the statement is made that things were done as the finances would allow. Clearly a cheap car to buy at the time, and limited amounts of money to put into it. The money that the father put into it was not over a short time. Next time try listening and thinking before you comment again rather than showing how weak and jealous you are. You are as free as anyone else to do well financially.
***** Posting a baseless and false personal insult behind a pseudonym is easy. It says nothing about me but plenty about you. Using your real name and responding to points that people make would show some strength of character, perhaps even a small amount of intellect. Waiting ... But then personal insults can be fun, you miserable, weak, stupid, jealous, irrational moronic loser.
linglingjr You seem not to understand that the best way to earn the respect of other readers is to respond to points made, rather than make easy shallow personal insults under a pseudonym. Doing the opposite makes a statement about yourself, not about your target. Best of luck with your attempts to start thinking for the first time. Much luck.
thats something my dad never said to me 'don't buy a chevelle son, get an aston martin'
Ozzstar Yea it was something like "don't buy a honda, buy a toyota..."
Ozzstar well his dad was British it makes sense
+Ozzstar Something my dad never said to me: oh, that Aston in the barn? Let's grab it and I"ll split the cost with you! "WHO ARE THOSE GUYS?"
+Ozzstar me too, i guess he was not rich enough
+Lavaman3682 Loving father with an interest in Astons and mechanical engineering and his son. Did Daddy not love you?
Great story. When you are comparing these Astons to American V8s you have to remember that Aston Martins back in 1977 were handmade - like Saville Row suits. The engines were assembled by one man who put his name on a brass plate on the engine. The bodywork was formed by men with hammers banging aluminum over wooden bucks. The leather for the seats was cut and stitched by hand. No wonder they are unreliable but are any cars made like this nowadays? Very special indeed!
+Paul Richer Only as unreliable as the poor electrics make them, otherwise superbly engineered, strong - nothing breaks. Same as the Jaguars around the same time. Relatively cheap to buy because of all the horror stories and the poor reputation, but the common faults are all well documented and not hard or expensive to rectify. Result is a superb reliable vehicle for very little money.
+Paul Richer Just because something is handmade, certainly does not mean it has poor quality. Mercedes-Benz MOST reliable and robust cars were handmade. Only once the assembly became autonomous that they started to have problems... that and they grew more complex. The problem were the hands that were making it.
+Matt Close You are quite right. I have owned a 77 V8 since the mid 1980s. It is quite reliable. Biggest problem has been the rear brake calipers failing.
Paul Richer Do you mean just overheating ruining seals and boiling fluid?
Or breaking?
How did you resolve the problem?
The seals failed on both calipers. They are no longer available, so I sent them back to Aston to be rebuilt. As they are inboard it was quite a job getting them off. When Aston returned them, they failed again within a week. Aston had them rebuilt again and very fairly paid the labour charge for the second dissembly and reassembly.
I love the fact that they never gave up on the car, but instead father and son worked to see it through.
I want to buy a '70 Chevelle. No son your going to buy an Aston and your going to like it! XD
+VolkswagenGamer He could have also suggested a Jensen Interceptor. Similar concept to the Aston. I presume they were available in the US.
absurdly expensive and rare
And now he LOVES it !!
What a beautiful thing, a father and his son sharing their love of cars.
This is like a mustang with an Ivy league education.
a Mustang in a Saville Row suit!
Yanni mouzakis "Ivy league", bro. As in the plant "ivy", which climbs the walls of old buildings.
oh fuck...you're right.
ERROR: Mustangs are the "low class cheap and crapy" copy of Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Manuel Enrique Araujo Mogollón
You seem to misunderstand your car history.
The mustang shape that the V8 vantage evokes predates it by 2+ decades.
in the mid 1960s, for instance... astons looked like this =
srv2.betterparts.org/images/aston-martin-db6-05.jpg
... and mustangs looked like this =
image.adam.automotive.com/f/27516278/mump-1005-01-o+1966-ford-mustang-fastback+front-view.jpg
In the mid 1970s, Astons looked like this =
momentcar.com/images/aston-martin-v8-1976-3.jpg
...and mustangs looked like this =
www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/CC-35-107-800.jpg
Its pretty obvious that by the mid 1980s, Astons had moved farther away from their original design and had adopted more and more of a 'muscle car' stance and profile.
This 1985 V8 Aston here looks far more like a 1960s Mustang than a 1960s Aston Db6
c1.staticflickr.com/9/8180/7996865375_9cf00b7284_b.jpg
Sadly... that (in my opinion, their best shape) ended, and they started making the Lagonda abominations.
The Aston designs of the last 10-15 years, the modern Db9s and Vanquish cars, seem to me a far more clear return to their orginal design roots, with smooth, swooping lines and a very elegant profile... less muscle-y, more stylish
There's just something about Aston Martin's.... Utterly gorgeous cars.
Why on earth am I just seeing this car? I'm 48 years old, a car lover, and this is the very first time laying eyes on this beauty. And what a beauty she is. WOW!
P.S. THANK YOU, PETROLICIOUS FOR INTRODUCING ME TO A CAR I'D NEVER SEEN
It happens some times Sir .
Great car -- love the quote from Paul. You know it when you've found the right "forever" car.
That’s a car and a story with real soul. Thank you for sharing it. Beautiful and heart warming
My Dad died when I was 4... Finally in the process of getting his old Cobra back on the road (Aurora GRX). Watching this kills me because I know he'd be losing his mind over channels like this and especially the cars we have nowadays.
Chris Parmentier make a video of ir
A beautiful car and a beautiful father and son
relationship. These Petrolicious videos are the best of all car videos !
I have the exact same car ('77 series 3, five speed). Thanks for doing this video. I describe this car as a refined beast. It's every bit as exotic as a Ferrari, but for a lot less money. I believe only two or three entered Canada in '77. New Astons don't have the same cache like these older models.
my favorite Aston. I don't know why, maybe because it's got a lot of muscle car vibes, but I absolutely love it
The best memories of my childhood happened under the hood of a car with my dad.
What a wonderful video of father & son bonding. I can relate as my son looks to be about Paul's age and I've passed on my love of German cars, especially Porsches.
These might be the most feel-good videos on TH-cam. Great car, great story!
Damn rich kids, yes I'm jealous.
More like upper middle class kids...
pbfloyd13
If you have an 80k aston, and a garage full of cars, you are rich.
Ric Rac Or, just a regular American. Seems like everybody there has a garage full of cars, new or old.
Ric Rac these astons were dirt cheap a few years back, aston was struggling, hence the DB7 design borrowed/taken from jaguar..not until the DB9 did they go big time again
pbfloyd13 Implying upper middle class people aren't rich.
Seriously best video so far. It's great knowing that a normal guy like that can find himself a fixer upper and turn it into beauty. Love it.
absolutely gorgeous car, its not even my car but i feel in love as soon as i saw the thumbnail for this video. Definitely a double thumbs for me
"The finest British V8 engineering." Lights on fire... lol
Yeh, I saw a jenson interceptor the other day and it's blinkers immediately broke when he turned them on but we make good cars now
The new British cars are awesome, but the 60s 70s 80s and 90s weren't so much. Engineering wise only. I still love the look of classic British cars.
XLPCX awesome because indians, russians and bavarians make them... ;)
MotoMUSEUM lol, truth. But they design them! If that counts... Lol
@@LuxLazar most of the british cars now are mostly german underneath, so that's mostly why they now work properly 😂
Wonderful story, beautiful car! The ultimate British muscle car of the 70's.
I love the old school supercars and this Aston Martin have a special essence
Great story, lovingly told.
That parting shot into the morning haze @ 0:32 is simply superb.
Just wanted to thank you Petrolicious for doing these videos. Each one is a unique and vivid experience not only from the owners perspective but the life of the vehicle.
100%
That engine sounds fantastic!
Awesome car! A beautiful car, the ultimate old school British grand touring car, problems and all.
lol if I had that car, or just a car like that, I wouldn't need nor want another one either... lovely piece of art
I grew up in a 1974 Aston Martin V8. I've been dying to drive it around but my father won't let me. haha, I guess that my little Honda CRX will have to do for a couple more years.
What a wonderful story. Hope to to one day too share a passion of cars with my boys. Thanks Petrolicious.
This is best car ever my father had one, sadly I've never achieved that but I have beautiful memories of it. Thanks for video
Always been a fan of the V8's, that car seems to straddle a line between English and American style, as well as performance. Jay Leno might say "Its like a Chevelle that went to college in Europe".
I wish had dad lik this who shares the passion about cars
Reminds me of my own experiences with my first truck & my father. It ain't no Aston Martin but it has been the same situation :)
Jesus Garcia what truck was it
I wish I had a bond like that with my father it probably won’t ever happen great video and story
Nice to have a father who suport you with this!Enjoy.
DBS, absolutely lovely, grey with red interior, V8 and mag wheels.....
I would swap my DB9 for this car in a heart beat.MAGNIFICENT !
This was a great video. It strikes 'close to home', since if it hadn't have been for my father, I'd never have been able to buy my car. After he died almost 20 years ago, I sat on the inheritance money for a few years, trying to figure out how best to use it. I've loved Aston Martins since I was a kid, and always dreamed of someday owning one. My dad was English, he loved old cars, so I rationalized spending the money he had left me by purchasing a late-1976 Aston V8, probably only a few months older than the one in the video. I consider this his car; as I never intend to sell it, it's the connection we'll always have.
I've read all the comments here, and just have to say what a load of rubbish most of them are. For those that think these old Astons are unreliable (pieces of 'cr*p', as some have said), they have no idea how mistaken they are. Two years ago my daughter and I took the car on a 4000 mile road trip through five states and two Canadian provinces...with no issues at all. This car is an absolute dream to drive: it's comfortable and luxurious, yet its power can leave my grinning face on the back seat every time. I'm very fortunate to have bought it when I did, for good, well-sorted examples are fetching crazy prices today...
Michael Lax make a video of it
Beautyful car and a beautiful story
I can only say one word:
Amazing!!
Awesome car, I feel the same way about my Land Rovers! Love the stories man! And yup, I have about 2 Fire Extinguishers in each of my Rovers.
This has always been my dream car since I visited the Aston factory back in 1980 and watched an engine being built by hand, but I could never afford one. Settled for a Jaguar XJS '94 model instead.
Still, there's always FM7.
Finally! Yeeees, my favorite; William Towns was a GENIUS!
Car pornography. Absolutely gorgeous.
I’ve grow to love this car
Thanks for sharing this with us!
If only we could ride like our fathers rode...
I own a DB9. I am envious.Living the dream. 👍👍👍
I agree, this is truly a beautiful car. Original DB7 was also fantastic design by Ian Callum, but nothing really replaced the original Aston Martin V8.
@Bruningable Standard rear valance, This car was originally designed with an inline 6 cylinder engine and the rear-end design was smoother and cleaner, but when the V8 engine was added, the dual rear exhaust needed to be covered up as hanging dual mufflers out the back looked ungainly to the designers. Most AM V8s have this area painted black(to distract the eyes away from the area).
The most beautiful Aston Martin.
Beautiful story...(and film)
Amazing video, love those astons, my favorite Bond cars, Dalton made them look damn good.
Spectacular and beautifull. I've never seen it before... I think that I've follen in love!!!
What an amazing car. Beautiful
Wonderful car. Mouthwatering. When I finished secondary school, my father told me to buy a reasonable used car (which meant to be somethig like a GOLF GTI or BMW Series 3 in those days) and nearly got a heart attack, when I returned with a 13year old Fiat Spider - which was a very keen car then.
But an Aston? How cool is that?
Thanks beautiful video! You two are nice gentlemen.
Lovely video. I myself also had parents that steered me in the right direction when it came to purchasing a car.
On a sidenote, petrolicious used to have a minute (sometimes even longer) long footage of the car just being driven, no music or voice-over. With cars that own a soundtrack like this one, I'd really love to see that make a comeback.
You sure that is steering you on the right direction or you living out their beliefs and passions.
AHHHHH AAAHHHHH AAAAHHHH AHHHH .....THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS!
Great story and wonderful car :)
When i first saw this car I was like "ew this doesn't look like a real Aston Martin, it's ugly" but it has really grown on me since. It's like Britain's answer to the Mustang.
Fantastic story.
what an amazing sounding block!
Amazing video. Thanks for sharing!
I wish I'll be able to afford an old Aston like that one day. I love Astons but the new ones just don't have it... I don't what they don't have but they just don't.
I agree. I have a 2013 V8 Vantage in 6 speed manual. In my opinion, the last good Vantage.
Love it! If I could only get my hands on that '72 Camaro in my town - that I've been eyeing for some time now - it will make me the happiest gentleman for years to come! #ClassicsRule
Daryl Samuel I know some cheap classics you'd love
Beautifull, Looked like Eleanor and 007 db4 made this baby.
Great Dad and Son...
now i want one :(
This my favorite car color. Why dont astons come in this beautiful siver anymore.
It has been 12 hours of university for me today, but I know it's worth it: One day - money can buy happiness...
X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X lol sorry to burst your bubble, but going to university wont make you rich. Most people that come out of university and "become" rich, had rich families to begin with. All the luck to you thought
Oni Mori
I study what I am interested in, and what will give me a secure, well-paid job. Starting conditions aren't bad =)
X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X that's actually pretty good to hear! cause you know most people don't like or have an idea why they're studying for said thing! fact if you love what work and perfect it and you will always ALWAYS make it in your life!
David MuscleGuy
Thank you. Hope the same goes for you!
X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X Do not listen to the people that say going to a university won't make you rich....work hard, get involved, make people remember your name and it will all pay off. Promise.
Awesome car
Lucas Electronics: The Prince of Darkness
At it's bottom you could get a 78 Esprit for 20k that was beat, but driveable, but the same could not be said for this. Maybe 28k for something really beat down , and that means lifetime ownership cost, factoring in restoration, would far exceed the cost of buying a nice low mileage one for $48k in the 90s. How many dads would recommend a first car that spends more time on a tow truck? I have yet to meet one.
It beats the living daylights out of the new one, in terms of style.
In the US, a teenager could scrape the money together to buy a beat down Jaguar XJS. He could afford to keep it running if the engine was swapped to Chevy power. Engine swaps like that didn't happen with AM. Despite crappy Jaguar-like reliability, people prized their AMs, keeping them original and garaged. This story could only be possible if, all along, it was really dad's car.
You don't need money to be happy in a car. Austin minis, 240z, BMW 2002 etc.. are all affordable cars and are life changing fun.
i love aston martin. its more then a car its artin motion!
"I don't know a lot about Chevelles, so I told him to buy an Aston". What alternate universe is this?
That was amazing.
To be fair you couldn't have given away these Astons back in the 90s. It's only when really nice ones started hitting the market in recent years that the price has risen greatly. Same with Maserati's, a 1972 Ghibli was about $25k in 1995, now they're $100k plus. Expensive-to-run unfashionable toys in the 90s... now expensive-to-buy collectible investments. Kitchen Sr is a trial lawyer by profession within a large San Francisco firm.
dcanmore i actually priced one of these in the 1990s and it was in the 40s-50s, still, which is what a new Beemer 7series cost. Maybe in England they were bottoming out, but they were still so rare in the states that they were considered investment-grade. even with the shitty reliability reputation.
ceounicom yeah they probably had more rarity value in the US. Big V8 grand tourers from the 60/70s were hard sell in the UK. Just thinking though, the last run out models from the late 80s, especially the Volante, always held their value. I remember the industry guide price of the early 70s Lagonda version with the four doors, only a handful made, was $25k 'of rarity value only': now they command $300k plus!
+dcanmore Cars are never investments, they cost too much to run, maintain and are unpredictable in collector value. Some old ass car suddenly becomes fashionable because of a movie, others fall out because they appeared in a tv show with nazis driving in.. who knows. You also run the risk of politicians putting high-ass taxes on older, non-eco friendly cars.
Anyway, this old car trend is only happening because of the then youngsters, that couldn't afford the cars back when they were brand new, now holding some money to make a nostalgic hobby out of it. Not many people dream to drive a ford-t because that is a car buried deep in the past (no 'teenager back then' lives today), aston v8s will also be just some unkown car someday, same for the muscle car trend, ricer trend, etc.
kabzebrowski
Perhaps you should explain this to Hagerty's
ceounicom it's only a trend, you can see it works with many other types of insurances which are not related to the "classic car" deal at all, it's because of the sudden rise in popularity. As soon as this hobby loses its momentum they'll stop providing insurance for the common folk, leaving it only for veryyy rich collectors/museum
I feel like this kid sees it as his father cars more than his own.
Lovely car..lovely story.....and 100 times better than a Chevelle....
That Aston is nice but if I were him I would have got the el camino lol
Excellent
is that Oregon?
stuning car
Great car. Classic. Needs to be lowered at least an inch, however.
What's the song that starts around 52 seconds? Anyone know? Please and thanks..
Cool car, but would have been more cost effective to go with the Chevelle...The 70 Chevelle was a legend in its day, especially the 454SS. Plus, the parts are bountiful and it has a great heritage.
The story's cool. Probably won't happen today. Vantage V8, a proper British muscle with big lazy V8 burbling along. Many consider it the first English "supercar".
does anyone know the location of this shoot?
Snobs...My pop had a '65 Stingray! As a kid helping him work on that was epic, so suck it! Faster and a damn sight more reliable!
UK STYLE MUSTANG ? BUT, MORE BIGGER , MORE LUXURY, MORE STYLISH, MORE ELEGANT, BECAUSE IT'S JAMES BOND RIDE !
I'm starting to find it really hard to appreciate these "stories" because they're all just rich people with tons of money to spend on whatever they want.
+linglingjr In the video the statement is made that things were done as the finances would allow. Clearly a cheap car to buy at the time, and limited amounts of money to put into it. The money that the father put into it was not over a short time. Next time try listening and thinking before you comment again rather than showing how weak and jealous you are. You are as free as anyone else to do well financially.
***** Posting a baseless and false personal insult behind a pseudonym is easy. It says nothing about me but plenty about you.
Using your real name and responding to points that people make would show some strength of character, perhaps even a small amount of intellect.
Waiting ...
But then personal insults can be fun, you miserable, weak, stupid, jealous, irrational moronic loser.
LaurieWilliams5066 You're a troll, go away.
linglingjr You seem not to understand that the best way to earn the respect of other readers is to respond to points made, rather than make easy shallow personal insults under a pseudonym. Doing the opposite makes a statement about yourself, not about your target. Best of luck with your attempts to start thinking for the first time. Much luck.
***** Same advice to you as to the other recent commenter here.
great car, sounds amazing in this video as well as Forza Motorsport
What about the two cars behind, one of which appears to be a Vantage !!
TH-cam needs a