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Jun 25, 2009 21:31:46 GMT
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on the way home tonight I passed an unknown supercar - it's reg was either 12MA or 12AM RAC check shows 12MA belongs to a beemer 320 12AM belongs to a 1996 Aston Marton Virage Volante The vehicle details for 12 AM are: Date of Liability 01 08 2009 Date of First Registration 05 08 1996 Year of Manufacture 1996 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 5340CC CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Licence Not Due Vehicle Colour MAROON Vehicle Type Approval null this car was neither of the above (although it was maroon) it looked more like this  only flatter and squarer anyone know if they are such things as kit cars using aston martin components and chassis? or was all a dream |
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Last Edit: Jun 25, 2009 21:32:22 GMT by Autofive
Someone just shot the elephant in the room. |
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dclane
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Jun 25, 2009 21:49:39 GMT
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Last Edit: Jun 25, 2009 21:50:00 GMT by dclane
Current vehicle collection:
2006 Saab 9-3 Aero convertible - in mid-life crisis yellow
No new retro as yet ... all attempts to sneak one onto the drive have failed.
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Jun 25, 2009 22:01:32 GMT
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quite similar to this Auto Speciali Veleno ( which is 5-series based)  but still pointer and squarer its a mystery |
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Last Edit: Jun 25, 2009 22:03:49 GMT by Autofive
Someone just shot the elephant in the room. |
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Jun 26, 2009 12:31:25 GMT
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The Aston Martin Bulldog is a similar shape - www.astonmartins.com/v8/bulldog.htmbut I've never heard of a kit version of it - and the Virage shape would not be an easy one to modify. |
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1974 Aston Martin V8 (in bits)
1974 VDP 1300 (in bits)
1997 Ford Escort Cabrio (should be in bits)
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Jun 26, 2009 13:33:43 GMT
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And the Bulldog is a 5.3 like on the reg check for the mystery car.
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Jun 26, 2009 15:05:34 GMT
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AM lagonda perhaps, certainly flatter and squarer  ;D |
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Jun 26, 2009 15:17:56 GMT
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It's showing up as a convertible via a vehicle lookup ake = ASTON MARTIN Model = VIRAGE VOLANTE AUTO BodyPlan = CONVERTIBLE EngineSize = 05340 It's also showing as 0 previous keepers so it's one owner car.  www.parkers.co.uk/cars/equipment/Detail.aspx?deriv=5739it wasn't a Zagato one was it?  |
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Jun 26, 2009 19:24:16 GMT
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thats it  the aston martin bulldog  ive never seen one before - may have been on the way to Macdonalds at Lanchester ( as i saw it in Lanchester) i cant explain the reg though - unless it number has just been switched to the bulldog, and not yet logged on dvla computers |
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room. |
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Jun 26, 2009 19:37:03 GMT
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that is quite a spot , you don't see them everyday , i stood next to one at the bleddy 1980 [or thereabouts ] motor show!!!
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yes ,it started badly ,petered off in the middle and the least said about the end the better!!!
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mk14dr
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aston martin kitcars?mk14dr
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Jun 26, 2009 20:52:14 GMT
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I was under the inpression that the bulldog was a concept car and nothing more, I didn't think they'd actually producted and delivered an example of two.
Either that or someone has chopped up a Virage to build the car they always wanted...
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Jun 26, 2009 22:06:14 GMT
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yes very rare - thats why i didnt know what it was had a photo hunt around the wibblywobblyweb and found only a few, and none of the actual car i saw most are of the concept   ![]() www.iceposter.com/thumbs/A11858_b.jpg[/img]  V8 5341 cc according to this site mcarsweb.com/astonmartin/bulldog.htmwiki says, there was one, a concept, but, the car i saw, (which I'm 99.8% sure was a bulldog), was right hand drive, had a black or dark grey interior not as paul tanner's original: tan interior and LHD  |
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room. |
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Jun 26, 2009 22:35:50 GMT
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one of the best looking cars ever penned imo
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Jun 26, 2009 22:55:21 GMT
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thats it the aston martin bulldog ive never seen one before - may have been on the way to Macdonalds at Lanchester ( as I saw it in Lanchester) I cant explain the reg though - unless it number has just been switched to the bulldog, and not yet logged on dvla computers Never seen one? You've never seen IT. I think there's only one (might be two). That's one hell of a spot, and I envy you! |
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