OMG OMG OMG

[Lincsbodger]

Some guy has found a 1965 Aston Martin DB5 left hand drive in a garage, its been there more than 20 years and it only has 61k on the clock. Its a bit rough and will need a restore job, but considering its one of only 983 ever made, it'll easy fetch £200k

I demand the posters on this board chip together and buy it for me.

 

[ColJack]

I would.......



but I don't like you...

 

[ladylola]

I've got half a tin of primer you can have.

 

[Mw Roofline]

Awesome find!

 

[dextrous]

Who cares?

 

[Lincsbodger]

Who cares?

Well the guy who own it, for a start, and for seconds almost anyone who watches Top Gear.

 

[Steve]

I dont get it.

Nobody in their right mind would purposefully let a car get into that state and then abandon it forever (for someone to find). So how come someones pulled it out of a garage in that state? Do cars just fall apart and rust if nobody drives them?

 

[Lincsbodger]

I dont get it.

Nobody in their right mind would purposefully let a car get into that state and then abandon it forever (for someone to find). So how come someones pulled it out of a garage in that state? Do cars just fall apart and rust if nobody drives them?

No - cars get left in garages by old people and forgotten, usually, and its only when they die and the heirs are investigating the estate they find these things. Or nobody knows the car is there, the garage gets overgrown and its only years later the new owners of the land find the garage and its contents. Same happens with houses occasionally and safety deposit boxes and bank accounts.

Cars rust depending on how there stored. Stuff siezes up, tyres go flat, stuff stops working. if its not damp or wet, and the car is tarped over, it could survive fairly well.

 

[Guvnor247]

And some people just wont let anyone else have it, I have seen some great cars going to rust and offered the owners £££ for it but they never will let it go coz it would kill em to see someone enjoy it.

Miserable old bastards

 

[EdwardCurrent]

Hello.
What I would lke to know is, how fast will it go when it has been restored ?? (roughly) Please.

Ed





I have a feeling that I am not going to be impressed .
Sorry but to me a car is way of getting from A to B only.

 

[Lincsbodger]

Standard coupe

* Engine: 3,995 cc (243.8 cu in) Inline-6
* Power: 282 bhp (210 kW) at 5500 rpm
* Torque: 288 lb·ft (390 N·m) at 3850 rpm
* Weight: 1,502 kg (3,310 lb)
* Top Speed: 145 mph (233 km/h)
* 0–60 mph (97 km/h) Acceleration: 7.1 s

At the time, this was spectacular performance. But you dont buy a classic car for performance, unless its a muscle car.

 

[Donkmeister]

Standard coupe

* Engine: 3,995 cc (243.8 cu in) Inline-6
* Power: 282 bhp (210 kW) at 5500 rpm
* Torque: 288 lb·ft (390 N·m) at 3850 rpm
* Weight: 1,502 kg (3,310 lb)
* Top Speed: 145 mph (233 km/h)
* 0–60 mph (97 km/h) Acceleration: 7.1 s

At the time, this was spectacular performance. But you dont buy a classic car for performance, unless its a muscle car.

Seeing as a base-model 1965 Ford Cortina topped out at 78mph, 145 is certainly nothing to be sniffed at!

I'll only chip in if it's silver and has the built-in champagne chiller and bullet-proof shield...

 

[EdwardCurrent]

Ok Ok, 145mph is impressive.
Not that I would fancy being 'in' the car at speeds above 80mph.

Regards
Ed.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

I knew I'd left it somewhere, last time I drink absinthe

 

[lifesagasman]

I knew I'd left it somewhere, last time I drink absinthe

well, then, you won't mind paying the parking fine from 1965.

absinthe makes the pain last longer