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Nov 24, 2011 18:29:02 GMT
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while out and about at work this week i was told about a special car that was lurking at the bottom of the workshop i was at, so of i went to have a peak.......... and this is what i found.  yes it's an Aston 177 so nothing you havent seen before, but this one has had some money spent on it, not on the engine or suspension but on the inside,  take a look at the picture of the inside, see the silver metal around the vent's, centre console, door pulls ? There was some more here and there but not much, well it's not silver it's made of Iridium (look it up on google) and it will set you back a very cool £70,000 pounds ! if you wanted to be a cheap skate you can have it in Gold at £50,000 pounds, some other prices that got thrown up were....... the headlight £6000 each without fitting ! the Door with no paint etc just the door £25,000 each the crystal key £1000 the road Tax £1000 but when you buy on of these cars at £1,250,000 you get an Aston cygnet for free ;D the car is a very nice car though if a bit batmobil, rusty  |
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VIP
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Nov 24, 2011 18:32:32 GMT
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Cool modified cars we do.
Brand new, not Retro influenced cars we don't.
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Copey
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Nov 24, 2011 18:38:27 GMT
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Aston Martin normally make nice looking cars...what went wrong? looks like a bottom feeding fish
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1990 Ford Sierra Sapphire GLSi with 2.0 Zetec
1985 Ford Capri 3.0 (was a 2.0 Laser originally)
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stealthstylz
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Nov 24, 2011 18:45:45 GMT
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 Love 'em, crazy looking things. |
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Nov 24, 2011 19:07:45 GMT
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wow them front wings are amazing design, love it!!!
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Nov 24, 2011 20:12:37 GMT
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It's so OTT I love it, and that's saying somehing cos I don't do moderns. Even astons...
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Nov 24, 2011 20:22:58 GMT
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I hope that last pic was the development mule, 'cos the panel fit is shocking. First pic looks OK.
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Nov 24, 2011 20:26:34 GMT
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I love the One-77, not just for the looks and performance, but for what it represents: complex, handbuilt craftsmanship - uncompromising, and with no easy options. We may well not see its like again either.
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Nov 24, 2011 20:56:04 GMT
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I like.
On the subject of expensive options... I used to have an FD Victor and the rear screen had that same "invisible" wire for the heating element used in moderns for front screens. It added about 10% to the cost of the car to have it fitted! I've only ever seen two of them.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Nov 24, 2011 22:39:29 GMT
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why is the road tax 1k?
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Nov 24, 2011 22:43:38 GMT
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Because its a "gas guzzler". The punitive road tax for high pollution new cars is like a grand. I think that's only in the first year and then it drops to like £600 a year after that.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Copey
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Nov 24, 2011 23:36:44 GMT
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i think the new Focus RS is summert daft like £500 a year...for a Ford...
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1990 Ford Sierra Sapphire GLSi with 2.0 Zetec
1985 Ford Capri 3.0 (was a 2.0 Laser originally)
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yes it's a modern but all the cars we have were once moderns too, but on with the show as they say, got some more pictures for you all to look at, i took pic's of the bit's you would not see if it was on the road etc, enjoy  one of the rear suspension through the back window.  one from under the bonnet showing the 7.3 litre lump and F1 style suspension.  this one reminds me of an Ohlins shock .  inside the door, the car is made of rather alot of Carbon fibre.  rear defuser and exhaust.  under tray's again made of Carbon fibre  the road tax starts at £1000 for the first year then drops to £450 after that, hope you like, rusty |
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Ray Singh
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Thanks for sharing. Its how the 'other half' live.
I like the Aston - but spending that much money on a car when half the world cannot afford to eat is questionable.
I'm sure that, that car will never see a track and mainly be used to ferry the owner between Knightsbridge and Kensington.
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Nov 25, 2011 10:38:06 GMT
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i have worked on Aston's for about 23 year's now and the early one's build quality was horendus, not Dd4's Db5's etc but the db7's upwards you know the one that has the ford keys, baby v8's don't work as the tec's tel me, but this car was something special, the build quality is beautiful, the owner of this has a brother who has another one of these and has just had a new set of wheels and tyres fitted to his because they look abit shabby after all the track days he has done in it, the wheels on the car above cost £12,000 without tyres, don't know the cost of the tyres but some of the other Aston's tyres cost £500 a corner, i agree on the coment of how the other half live, i still love Retro's more than i do moderns, just thought it would be cool to show you this as i has the wow factor, rusty |
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RA40tony
Europe
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Nov 25, 2011 10:49:45 GMT
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Thank you for posting that. It may be modern but as a show of craftmanship, engineering and design it is has to be included on this forum  Is it me, or is there a valve inside the right exhaust tailpipe? (noise reduction?) |
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1979 Toyota Celica GT. Currently Gone.
1975 Toyota Celica ST. 13x7 Allycats, "the stick" applied. 100kW 4AGE... Sold
1963 Karmann Ghia - Lo & Slo, Sold.
1965 VW Fastback - cruising
1953 Oval Ragtop, work in progress...
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Nov 25, 2011 10:54:33 GMT
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I'd be reluctant to rule this one out on age alone. I wouldn't want to see RR full of predictable supercars, but the occasional example like this can certainly inspire us.
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Nov 25, 2011 11:25:38 GMT
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Rmad piont noted, i don't normaly put up moderns but i felt i had to show what i had seen, thanks rusty |
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qwerty
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Nov 25, 2011 11:32:19 GMT
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The suspension on that is awesome. Its funny how beautiful a purely functional thing can be made to look.
However at £1.25 million I would be terrified to trackday it.
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Seth
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Nov 25, 2011 13:21:19 GMT
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yes it's an Aston 177 so nothing you havent seen before, I'll just go and climb back into my cave.  |
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