I have an even better tale about a vantage. About 10 years ago over here in a small town in the tri State area they were selling one of these at the local mechanic shop. It was a rare burgundy color with black seats. At the time older exotic cars were slightly out of trend due to the newer tech coming out in the market. I almost bought it but ended up buying a classic Mopar instead, they wanted around 30k for it in great shape. Well about 6 months later down the road I was heading home and saw it sitting in the gravel driveway of a small country home. Looked like a older man bought it for a collector car. I think he had another exotic sitting out there as well but I don't remember what the other car was. Well over time I would drive by this guy's house to work every day. The Aston sat outside for a good year never moving other than here and there. Then after about two years the guy parked in the driveway and covered both cars with a tarp. That Aston sat there under a the tarp for almost 5 years never moving. Then about 4 years ago I saw that he took the wheels off both cars and put them on cinder blocks still in his driveway under a tarp. This guy must know what kind of rare exotic he has on his hands but for whatever reason, he no longer cares or is oblivious to what he's doing to these vehicles. They are still out there to this day, under a tarp next to the road. I was going to go there and see about buying the vantage or something, but I can tell by his actions something isnt right with the guy. Total waste of a rare classic.

Great tale IMO. I wouldn't let anyone come in my home and show them my 964 and let them sit in. That was really a special moment and it's nice that these things happen, I'm glad for you. To the other guy, your story is unfinished so try to do something about it. Maybe that's your opportunity.

My uncle has one as well. Parked next to a pantera de tomaso with a Cleveland in it. Both are weird ass cars. Beautiful though.

@@rabajdajr3001 That was not better! :-(

@@rabajdajr3001 cool story but I fail to see the better.

Intresting, who was manufacturing Scratch which was used for the wiring looms, is it still available,, as a lots of items, seem to have been built from it, just curious..

​@MrOrtmeier You're probably thinking of the V8 Zagato. Either that or the V600 Le Mans.

@@MrOrtmeier As mentioned below, I think you probably mean the Vantage Le Mans same shape as the vantage but with a blanked off grill with two large air intakes in it and also two large air vents in the front of the bonnet (Hood if you are American) it also had different shape side vents in the front wings and Magnesium 5 spoke Dymag wheels, It was fuel injected not carburettor. The V8 Zagato mentioned below was a much earlier car and looked a lot more like a Lancia Beta than an Aston Martin

I’ve worked on the 90s Virage recently. The mechanics I was teamed with to fix the car almost killed it by getting water into the combustion chamber from a flooded fuel tank

@@daveevans2389 It comes from Snatch in two forms. One being useful and the other a waste product, hence the term 'Useless Cunt'.

I was thinking the same thing, pretty sure it's the same one I had in my 93 Bronco

Straight outta the Ford parts bin

Yup, at least they replaced the blue oval on the airbag cover. Literally, it's the least they couldve done.

That steering wheel was in every Ford and some point in time. Aston repaid the favor by putting its nose on the Fusion. 😂

My Taurus SHO had that wheel.

I was about to comment something very similar. absolutely the best looking car from this era in my eyes, old school brutish looks and sounds, all while remaining very classically tasteful.

So what year is this car?

@@christopherwalker6056 1996

What a beautiful machine! ❤

It was featured on Clarkson’s unleashed on cars where an “apparently” stock Cerbera smashed everything in the qtr including the then current 911 Turbo

I want to buy it from you. How much do you want for it?

holy....

silver spoon

​@quentonmillstid850 how do you know?

​@@rebeltvr6046 They are worth $150,000-$350,000 depending on spec and condition.

The steering wheel looks like it came out of a foxbody Mustang.

@@stanger427 you are correct

Don't forget the front indicators which although I've never figured out the source, seem to feature on many of Peter Stevens' cars such as Elan M100 and Maclaren F1 (albeit in a different colour combination) and Jaguar XJR15. Then we move inside to the Ford Escort and possibly Granada switchgear and vents. As someone once said (Ulrich Bez?) - thankfully many of our customers have never even been in a Ford so it's not an issue

@@energymc22 I think they were actually bespoke produced for the Elan M100, unusual for Lotus not to buy in but maybe they envisaged a high production run so developed their own, they were also used on the MVS Venturi Atlantique

@@ingvarhallstrom2306 Yes the DB7 rear lights are off the Mazda 323F, the front indicators on the Vantage 550 aren't Mazda

Wtffffff

@Landon-si5xc spamming doesn't theologically count as dawah dude

​@@lasskinn474Great

Massey Ferguson is British too.

@@wayland7150 pretty cool that Ferguson invented the same 3 point hitch used still to this day, on virtually every brand of tractor the consumer buys. A tractor without a 3 point hitch is nearly useless on any type of farm that breaks ground as a chore.

The entire body was hand formed, not just the front end, I worked in the room above the engine shop producing the wiring for these cars for 10 years

@@Landon-si5xc Thank you for your kind invitation, however I prefer to follow my own path without outside influences or doctrine.

@@user-nx7io1ns7p Thank you for your kind invitation, however I prefer to follow my own path without outside influences or doctrine.

@@Landon-si5xc Allah is a figment of muhammad's imagination it's obvious because both are as disturbed as each other The koran was supposedly the word of god but it's full of I have read that book and it's full of violence, hatred, barbarism, immorality, intolerance and oppression I can't understand how anyone could take such vile teachings to be the word of god and as for the person the words were given to well he is as vile and reprehensible a human that could be found. The world would be a happier, better and more peaceful place if that book had never existed.The following are errors about science in the koran. Geocentrism,Setting and rising place of the sun, Earth and heavens created in six days, Earth created before stars, Earth and heavens torn apart, Heaven made from smoke, Seven Earths, Seven heavens, Implied similar size and distance of the sun and moon,Moon split in two, Nature of the moon's light, Meteors as stars fired at devils, The entire heaven has a night and day, The sky/heaven as a ceiling,The sky/heaven as a guarded ceiling, The sky/heaven as something that can fall, Heavens to be rolled up, Stars as something that fall, The cause of shadows changing length. Biology errors, Evolution, First humans created from clay, Adam and Eve, Embryology, Semen originating between the backbone and ribs, Embryo formed from semen, Humans created from a clot of blood, Bones formed before flesh,All organisms created in pairs, Fetus in three layers of darkness, Functions of the heart, Source and purity of Milk Geology and meteorology errors include, Flat Earth, Permanent barrier between "the two seas" of fresh and salt water, Mountains as pegs which prevent the earth from shifting, Mountains cast upon Earth, Disregard of evaporation in water cycle, Mountains of hail in the sky, Allah smites with thunderbolts Zoology errors in the koran, Ants converse and recognize humans, Bird flight as a miracle So if the koran was the word of god then he doesn't know anything about the rules of physics, chemistry, geology and biology. That's so many mistakes from a supposedly "all knowing" god, the idea is just laughable yet it's sad that so many people believe it and it's the reason why education isn't encouraged in most muslim majority countries.

​@Landon-si5xc my pastor says if you're not a Christian you're going to Hell. Yikes

The reason for that is that the cars really ain’t that good but the panache that goes along with one somehow is.

@@Landon-si5xc Stop trying to push your extremist beliefs on people, Allah is a figment of muhammad's imagination it's obvious because both are as disturbed as each other The koran was supposedly the word of god but it's full of I have read that book and it's full of violence, hatred, barbarism, immorality, intolerance and oppression I can't understand how anyone could take such vile teachings to be the word of god and as for the person the words were given to well he is as vile and reprehensible a human that could be found. The world would be a happier, better and more peaceful place if that book had never existed. The following are errors about science in the koran. Geocentrism,Setting and rising place of the sun, Earth and heavens created in six days, Earth created before stars, Earth and heavens torn apart, Heaven made from smoke, Seven Earths, Seven heavens, Implied similar size and distance of the sun and moon,Moon split in two, Nature of the moon's light, Meteors as stars fired at devils, The entire heaven has a night and day, The sky/heaven as a ceiling,The sky/heaven as a guarded ceiling, The sky/heaven as something that can fall, Heavens to be rolled up, Stars as something that fall, The cause of shadows changing length. Biology errors in the koran, Evolution, First humans created from clay, Adam and Eve, Embryology, Semen originating between the backbone and ribs, Embryo formed from semen, Humans created from a clot of blood, Bones formed before flesh,All organisms created in pairs, Fetus in three layers of darkness, Functions of the heart, Source and purity of Milk Geology and meteorology errors include, Flat Earth, Permanent barrier between "the two seas" of fresh and salt water, Mountains as pegs which prevent the earth from shifting, Mountains cast upon Earth, Disregard of evaporation in water cycle, Mountains of hail in the sky, Allah smites with thunderbolts Zoology errors in the koran, Ants converse and recognize humans, Bird flight as a miracle So if the koran was the word of god then he doesn't know anything about the rules of physics, chemistry, geology and biology. That's so many mistakes from a supposedly "all knowing" god, the idea is just laughable yet it's sad that so many people believe it and it's the reason why education isn't encouraged in most muslim majority countries.

@@gottliebdee263 Aston Martins aren't thar good? Of course you are german, you guys love to despise non german things and vehicles.

That's nonsense.

I completely forgot about Shamal, and when I googled it, it hit me with feels so hard, it brought me to tears. Along with V550 these two were among my biggest idol cars in the 90s. That childhood vibe man... it just hits right to the core. Thank you for bringing this Maserati up, reminding me of yet another stunning car I fell in love with all these years ago.

@@user-nx7io1ns7p Stop trying to push your extremist beliefs on people, Allah is a figment of muhammad's imagination it's obvious because both are as disturbed as each other The koran was supposedly the word of god but it's full of I have read that book and it's full of violence, hatred, barbarism, immorality, intolerance and oppression I can't understand how anyone could take such vile teachings to be the word of god and as for the person the words were given to well he is as vile and reprehensible a human that could be found. The world would be a happier, better and more peaceful place if that book had never existed. The following are errors about science in the koran. Geocentrism,Setting and rising place of the sun, Earth and heavens created in six days, Earth created before stars, Earth and heavens torn apart, Heaven made from smoke, Seven Earths, Seven heavens, Implied similar size and distance of the sun and moon,Moon split in two, Nature of the moon's light, Meteors as stars fired at devils, The entire heaven has a night and day, The sky/heaven as a ceiling,The sky/heaven as a guarded ceiling, The sky/heaven as something that can fall, Heavens to be rolled up, Stars as something that fall, The cause of shadows changing length. Biology errors in the koran, Evolution, First humans created from clay, Adam and Eve, Embryology, Semen originating between the backbone and ribs, Embryo formed from semen, Humans created from a clot of blood, Bones formed before flesh,All organisms created in pairs, Fetus in three layers of darkness, Functions of the heart, Source and purity of Milk Geology and meteorology errors include, Flat Earth, Permanent barrier between "the two seas" of fresh and salt water, Mountains as pegs which prevent the earth from shifting, Mountains cast upon Earth, Disregard of evaporation in water cycle, Mountains of hail in the sky, Allah smites with thunderbolts Zoology errors in the koran, Ants converse and recognize humans, Bird flight as a miracle So if the koran was the word of god then he doesn't know anything about the rules of physics, chemistry, geology and biology. That's so many mistakes from a supposedly "all knowing" god, the idea is just laughable yet it's sad that so many people believe it and it's the reason why education isn't encouraged in most muslim majority countries.

@Landon-si5xc we don't give a damn fuck

@Landon-si5xc Your invitations aren't being taken up are they? Stop trying to push your extremist beliefs on people, Allah is a figment of muhammad's imagination it's obvious because both are as disturbed as each other The koran was supposedly the word of god but it's full of I have read that book and it's full of violence, hatred, barbarism, immorality, intolerance and oppression I can't understand how anyone could take such vile teachings to be the word of god and as for the person the words were given to well he is as vile and reprehensible a human that could be found. The world would be a happier, better and more peaceful place if that book had never existed. The following are errors about science in the koran. Geocentrism,Setting and rising place of the sun, Earth and heavens created in six days, Earth created before stars, Earth and heavens torn apart, Heaven made from smoke, Seven Earths, Seven heavens, Implied similar size and distance of the sun and moon,Moon split in two, Nature of the moon's light, Meteors as stars fired at devils, The entire heaven has a night and day, The sky/heaven as a ceiling,The sky/heaven as a guarded ceiling, The sky/heaven as something that can fall, Heavens to be rolled up, Stars as something that fall, The cause of shadows changing length. Biology errors in the koran, Evolution, First humans created from clay, Adam and Eve, Embryology, Semen originating between the backbone and ribs, Embryo formed from semen, Humans created from a clot of blood, Bones formed before flesh,All organisms created in pairs, Fetus in three layers of darkness, Functions of the heart, Source and purity of Milk Geology and meteorology errors include, Flat Earth, Permanent barrier between "the two seas" of fresh and salt water, Mountains as pegs which prevent the earth from shifting, Mountains cast upon Earth, Disregard of evaporation in water cycle, Mountains of hail in the sky, Allah smites with thunderbolts Zoology errors in the koran, Ants converse and recognize humans, Bird flight as a miracle So if the koran was the word of god then he doesn't know anything about the rules of physics, chemistry, geology and biology. That's so many mistakes from a supposedly "all knowing" god, the idea is just laughable yet it's sad that so many people believe it and it's the reason why education isn't encouraged in most muslim majority countries.

A Rolls Royce.... (pause)... With attitude!

@@Landon-si5xc you have been reported to UKposts...

@@user-nx7io1ns7p Stop trying to push your extremist beliefs on people, Allah is a figment of muhammad's imagination it's obvious because both are as disturbed as each other The koran was supposedly the word of god but it's full of I have read that book and it's full of violence, hatred, barbarism, immorality, intolerance and oppression I can't understand how anyone could take such vile teachings to be the word of god and as for the person the words were given to well he is as vile and reprehensible a human that could be found. The world would be a happier, better and more peaceful place if that book had never existed. The following are errors about science in the koran. Geocentrism,Setting and rising place of the sun, Earth and heavens created in six days, Earth created before stars, Earth and heavens torn apart, Heaven made from smoke, Seven Earths, Seven heavens, Implied similar size and distance of the sun and moon,Moon split in two, Nature of the moon's light, Meteors as stars fired at devils, The entire heaven has a night and day, The sky/heaven as a ceiling,The sky/heaven as a guarded ceiling, The sky/heaven as something that can fall, Heavens to be rolled up, Stars as something that fall, The cause of shadows changing length. Biology errors in the koran, Evolution, First humans created from clay, Adam and Eve, Embryology, Semen originating between the backbone and ribs, Embryo formed from semen, Humans created from a clot of blood, Bones formed before flesh,All organisms created in pairs, Fetus in three layers of darkness, Functions of the heart, Source and purity of Milk Geology and meteorology errors include, Flat Earth, Permanent barrier between "the two seas" of fresh and salt water, Mountains as pegs which prevent the earth from shifting, Mountains cast upon Earth, Disregard of evaporation in water cycle, Mountains of hail in the sky, Allah smites with thunderbolts Zoology errors in the koran, Ants converse and recognize humans, Bird flight as a miracle So if the koran was the word of god then he doesn't know anything about the rules of physics, chemistry, geology and biology. That's so many mistakes from a supposedly "all knowing" god, the idea is just laughable yet it's sad that so many people believe it and it's the reason why education isn't encouraged in most muslim majority countries.

@@paulelverstone8677 Well done religious trolls are the most annoying of trolls specially if the religion is based on extremist beliefs.

Allah??? Who is that?? False demigod??

Sounds like the most boring car to drive on any public roads, unfortunately.

These cars are few and far between. Talk about uniqueness. The fact that parts are shared, also means you can source replacements years from now.

@Landon-si5xc What did you say? Would you mind repeating yourself because I didn't notice the first twenty times you said it. Stop trying to push your extremist beliefs on people, Allah is a figment of muhammad's imagination it's obvious because both are as disturbed as each other The koran was supposedly the word of god but it's full of I have read that book and it's full of violence, hatred, barbarism, immorality, intolerance and oppression I can't understand how anyone could take such vile teachings to be the word of god and as for the person the words were given to well he is as vile and reprehensible a human that could be found. The world would be a happier, better and more peaceful place if that book had never existed. The following are errors about science in the koran. Geocentrism,Setting and rising place of the sun, Earth and heavens created in six days, Earth created before stars, Earth and heavens torn apart, Heaven made from smoke, Seven Earths, Seven heavens, Implied similar size and distance of the sun and moon,Moon split in two, Nature of the moon's light, Meteors as stars fired at devils, The entire heaven has a night and day, The sky/heaven as a ceiling,The sky/heaven as a guarded ceiling, The sky/heaven as something that can fall, Heavens to be rolled up, Stars as something that fall, The cause of shadows changing length. Biology errors in the koran, Evolution, First humans created from clay, Adam and Eve, Embryology, Semen originating between the backbone and ribs, Embryo formed from semen, Humans created from a clot of blood, Bones formed before flesh,All organisms created in pairs, Fetus in three layers of darkness, Functions of the heart, Source and purity of Milk Geology and meteorology errors include, Flat Earth, Permanent barrier between "the two seas" of fresh and salt water, Mountains as pegs which prevent the earth from shifting, Mountains cast upon Earth, Disregard of evaporation in water cycle, Mountains of hail in the sky, Allah smites with thunderbolts Zoology errors in the koran, Ants converse and recognize humans, Bird flight as a miracle So if the koran was the word of god then he doesn't know anything about the rules of physics, chemistry, geology and biology. That's so many mistakes from a supposedly "all knowing" god, the idea is just laughable yet it's sad that so many people believe it and it's the reason why education isn't encouraged in most muslim majority countries.

@@chesswizard31 Yeah.. Fastest car in its day.. see what you mean. 😁

@@Landon-si5xc Stop trying to push your extremist beliefs on people, Allah is a figment of muhammad's imagination it's obvious because both are as disturbed as each other The koran was supposedly the word of god but it's full of I have read that book and it's full of violence, hatred, barbarism, immorality, intolerance and oppression I can't understand how anyone could take such vile teachings to be the word of god and as for the person the words were given to well he is as vile and reprehensible a human that could be found. The world would be a happier, better and more peaceful place if that book had never existed. The following are errors about science in the koran. Geocentrism,Setting and rising place of the sun, Earth and heavens created in six days, Earth created before stars, Earth and heavens torn apart, Heaven made from smoke, Seven Earths, Seven heavens, Implied similar size and distance of the sun and moon,Moon split in two, Nature of the moon's light, Meteors as stars fired at devils, The entire heaven has a night and day, The sky/heaven as a ceiling,The sky/heaven as a guarded ceiling, The sky/heaven as something that can fall, Heavens to be rolled up, Stars as something that fall, The cause of shadows changing length. Biology errors in the koran, Evolution, First humans created from clay, Adam and Eve, Embryology, Semen originating between the backbone and ribs, Embryo formed from semen, Humans created from a clot of blood, Bones formed before flesh,All organisms created in pairs, Fetus in three layers of darkness, Functions of the heart, Source and purity of Milk Geology and meteorology errors include, Flat Earth, Permanent barrier between "the two seas" of fresh and salt water, Mountains as pegs which prevent the earth from shifting, Mountains cast upon Earth, Disregard of evaporation in water cycle, Mountains of hail in the sky, Allah smites with thunderbolts Zoology errors in the koran, Ants converse and recognize humans, Bird flight as a miracle So if the koran was the word of god then he doesn't know anything about the rules of physics, chemistry, geology and biology. That's so many mistakes from a supposedly "all knowing" god, the idea is just laughable yet it's sad that so many people believe it and it's the reason why education isn't encouraged in most muslim majority countries.

I was familiar with the Vantage...but this and the v600 I was not!

The V600 and Le Mans are actually very slightly different cars, although I guess you could call the latter the "V600 Le Mans" if that's what you meant 🙂

Indeed, the ability to bring first-hand accounts from the period are what have always made these videos so good. I think he missed the mark with the Rimac episode by not comparing to his experience when he first test-drove the Electrobat at launch.

Legend has it Hyphen educated Shelby about his own vehicle.

@@Landon-si5xc Stop trying to push your extremist beliefs on people, Allah is a figment of muhammad's imagination it's obvious because both are as disturbed as each other The koran was supposedly the word of god but it's full of I have read that book and it's full of violence, hatred, barbarism, immorality, intolerance and oppression I can't understand how anyone could take such vile teachings to be the word of god and as for the person the words were given to well he is as vile and reprehensible a human that could be found. The world would be a happier, better and more peaceful place if that book had never existed. The following are errors about science in the koran. Geocentrism,Setting and rising place of the sun, Earth and heavens created in six days, Earth created before stars, Earth and heavens torn apart, Heaven made from smoke, Seven Earths, Seven heavens, Implied similar size and distance of the sun and moon,Moon split in two, Nature of the moon's light, Meteors as stars fired at devils, The entire heaven has a night and day, The sky/heaven as a ceiling,The sky/heaven as a guarded ceiling, The sky/heaven as something that can fall, Heavens to be rolled up, Stars as something that fall, The cause of shadows changing length. Biology errors in the koran, Evolution, First humans created from clay, Adam and Eve, Embryology, Semen originating between the backbone and ribs, Embryo formed from semen, Humans created from a clot of blood, Bones formed before flesh,All organisms created in pairs, Fetus in three layers of darkness, Functions of the heart, Source and purity of Milk Geology and meteorology errors include, Flat Earth, Permanent barrier between "the two seas" of fresh and salt water, Mountains as pegs which prevent the earth from shifting, Mountains cast upon Earth, Disregard of evaporation in water cycle, Mountains of hail in the sky, Allah smites with thunderbolts Zoology errors in the koran, Ants converse and recognize humans, Bird flight as a miracle So if the koran was the word of god then he doesn't know anything about the rules of physics, chemistry, geology and biology. That's so many mistakes from a supposedly "all knowing" god, the idea is just laughable yet it's sad that so many people believe it and it's the reason why education isn't encouraged in most muslim majority countries.

Me too - I assume originally special order for someone important. Probably used the GM box as found on Bentleys of the time, not much was out there that could handle 550lb ft