pete_mac Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Indeed. A beautiful vehicle and a great story to match! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolster Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I want one of these: http://www.youtube.com/embed/-1w48qPF5hc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaky Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Thanks guys. Not my car of course but my Dad deserves all the credit, in his perseverance on first buying it in '69, and in the rebuild. As I said, I grew up with this car, in fact he's had it longer than he's had me, but there were also other cars of note too. One in particular, a Prince Skyline GT. 2ltr 6cyl with triple webers as standard, pushing 130bhp in the early mid 60's. Not bad. Prince was eventually bought by Nissan where they got the Skyline name from and quite possible the styling cues for the Datsun 1600. http://www.earlydatsun.com/prince.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hensa Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Shaky, that is just a stunning set of wheels! Love it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fez Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Thanks guys. Not my car of course but my Dad deserves all the credit, in his perseverance on first buying it in '69, and in the rebuild. As I said, I grew up with this car, in fact he's had it longer than he's had me, but there were also other cars of note too. One in particular, a Prince Skyline GT. 2ltr 6cyl with triple webers as standard, pushing 130bhp in the early mid 60's. Not bad. Prince was eventually bought by Nissan where they got the Skyline name from and quite possible the styling cues for the Datsun 1600. http://www.earlydatsun.com/prince.html I've owned one of those too. The X19. I had a lovely bronze metallic series1. Unfortunately you have got the Aston in most of the pics. Seriously -- a superb motor vehicle the DB4. Real sports car / grand tourer. Do you know how much it cost new? If it was an early 60's model be towards the end of the production I think... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brumby Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 (edited) I grew up with a DB4 as the family transport. It's still in the family now!! See below: I never got to drive one, but a neighbour of ours "borrowed" a DB4 from a mate of his for a week back in the early 1960s. I got wedged in the back when he and my old man went out to "test' it. My old man was a pretty good driver but the other bloke was superb. I still remember that car. Absolutely beautiful. One of the great cars of the last "heydey" of British manufacture. I'm pretty sure that 1963 or '64 was the last year of manufacture. Sean Connery drove a DB5 in Goldfinger, I think. Edited April 8, 2013 by brumby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaky Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Fez, its a '59 Series 2 DB4. Dad bought it secondhand from a dealer somewhere. I think I have this straight, he sold a car for money to add to the extra money he already had plus traded a car in to get the AM. In its day it wouldn't have been cheap, possibly multiple '000s of dollars, similar in pricing to a small house at the time. It is definitely his most cherished material possession, of incomprehensible value. He has told me if he was offered $1 mill for it he wouldn't sell. And he's not one to make flippant statements like that. Brumby, i used to sit on a cushion on what was known by myself and the siblings as 'the hump', the moulding in the flooorpan (and therefore seat) over the diff. So yeah, the back seat doesn't bring back very comfortable memories! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob181 Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Brumby, i used to sit on a cushion on what was known by myself and the siblings as 'the hump', the moulding in the flooorpan (and therefore seat) over the diff. So yeah, the back seat doesn't bring back very comfortable memories! At least I got to sit on a small mattress in the back of an Austin A30 van...more comfortable...lesser car...significantly lesser car...Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 Toyota 2000 GT Oh yeah baby... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fez Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 ....Very nice...One sexy automobile......that "playboy" shot needs to be in the Vintage HiFi thread... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 the little lotus has always caught my eye, cant beleive this one will have a v6 ! http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/video-lotus-exige-roadster-revealed-2013-05-01 though yeah probably never get here, or lutus will go belly up before it does ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted May 2, 2013 Author Share Posted May 2, 2013 Some found it rather uncomfortable, but still, an endearing advertisement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fez Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Nice one Jake. Great looking vehicle. Very successful car for Ford the Lincoln, and the Continental, looking for a Europea type influence. Hence the name...Luxury brand for Ford. Love those 50-60's car adverts. To offer double the warranty at the time was very exciting and no doubt won a lot of sales... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Triode Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 the little lotus has always caught my eye, cant beleive this one will have a v6 ! http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/video-lotus-exige-roadster-revealed-2013-05-01 though yeah probably never get here, or lutus will go belly up before it does ! They are in trouble again?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 aston martin speedster concept 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fez Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 is that a mockup - or did they really build that thing? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 is that a mockup - or did they really build that thing? its a living breathing thing apparently http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/aston-martin-cc100-speedster-concept-2013-05-28 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fez Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 aston martin speedster concept Wouldn't you love to work on a project like this!! wow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mello yello Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 (edited) its a living breathing thing apparently http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/aston-martin-cc100-speedster-concept-2013-05-28 thats a Marchettino clip im impressed this is Valentino Balboni, (retired) test driver for Lamborghini (Monza) Edited June 3, 2013 by mello yello II 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fez Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Those 911 Turbos are really SLOW -- Get outta the way! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mello yello Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Those 911 Turbos are really SLOW -- Get outta the way! like they were standing still ... thats just awesome to see Balboni grab a Lamborghini by the scruff of the neck and show it who's boss especially @ 0.14 sec 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 Worth watching at least the first 20 seconds for the headers alone! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norpus Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1084781_chris-harris-drives-the-2014-porsche-911-gt3-video Yum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomAus Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Rimac Concept One. One very nice looking electric car. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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