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Nestling beneath the North York mosque is the village of Thornton the Dale and for over 30  years it’s been the home of the mathewsons a dynasty of dealers with a love of Classics they  just have a personality there’s just something about them in all shapes and sizes well it is the Â
Best job ever really isn’t it a passion that can be turned into brass they auction over 4  000 rare Vehicles every year start me on it we’re gonna be with it most people will go to  a cell with something in mind but Come Away with something different some things either Â
Got it or it hasn’t it’s what they fall in love with on that day there’s head of the family Derek  will a runner smoother silk this car trusted lieutenants Sons Paul working with your family Â
As it’s ups and its Downs or blimey and Dave I bet you’re a pound it doesn’t start the fun is  the chase you just don’t know what’s on the end of the phone what you’re gonna find when Â
You open them doors spots on that’s the find of the century it’s the real deal just never really  two days exactly the same this is a family’s love affair with motors that have lived a life  there’s a story behind every car in this building testing testing most people will buy a car because Â
They can relate to it maybe a car that Dad had we’re selling dreams right here we go [Music] foreign [Music] this week 1967 Aston Martin db6  you do feel great when you’re driving well you put like a millionaire you think you’re Â
James Bond I think it’s worth 220 000 quid of anyone’s money Joe you’re a 69e type  it’s a slice of Britain isn’t it it is in the 60s if I’d been able to afford one it would have Â
Been the card and my dreams right Mandy we are cracking little lost in j40 speed owner clock oil  gauge lovely condition Isn’t it nice motor all right this is a beauty these if you break down [Music] here
At the garage Derek likes to think he leads from the front if you’ve got tea and chocolate biscuits  I’ll be there for a little while he claims to work the longest hours direct bright and early  I’ve been here since 10 past five endure the worst weather Monsoon I’ll tell you it’s not Â
Raining it’s Monsoon out there and do the most driving I mean I just went further last week to  Aberdeen didn’t I mile wise none of the above have been confirmed by Dave Paul and Jack the Â
One thing’s for sure nobody here would mind any of it for the chance to sell one of the  world’s finest classic cars today Paul will be doing a 12-hour round trip to Somerset  very early and it looks dark out there we’re going to pick up an Aston Martin db6 nice looking cow on Â
The face of it it’s gonna be a couple of hundred I thought 200 220 somewhere there 230 somewhere  there yeah a lot of money out there it could become the highest value sale they’ve ever had  here yes it’s a valuable thing but you know I’ve driven away with with people’s cars you Â
Know to the tuna 1500 or 2 000 pound before now when they’ve been in tears uh and um you  know we look after a 2 000 pound car the same as I should look after those 200 000 pound car um you Â
Know they all mean the same really uh they’re just an extra digit or two aren’t they [Music] Ken Wilson has worked hard over the years [Music]  armed with his City and guilt certificate he set up a building company [Music] Â
It’s my little work he did well and paid himself in accidents I’ve had Aston Martin since I was 19.  at one time I had three Aston Martin’s I’ve had dbs6 font each other DBS V8 one of the first Â
Ones that come out Ken bought this one in 2001. I keep her in the air because it saves the tires uh it was a bit of a basket case at the time it was all in bits when I got it like in need Â
Of total renovation I was right down the bare metal I actually finished it about  five years ago I think it took me a very long time to put it back together again [Applause] there you’ve got stainless steel exhaust all the way through even though it has only done about 25 Â
000 miles it’s uh it was in a pretty poor State because it was left in a little lock up for a  very long time it’s a lot better than it was Ken’s estimate of the value of this car is Â
Similar to paused around 200 000 pounds perfect examples can sell for over a hundred grand more  somebody wants one that they’re gonna drive not worry too much about it’s an ideal vehicle it’s  just a lovely beautiful car if you want one there’s not many around basically [Music] Â
Uh here’s your engine it’s in power plant it’s a four liter straight six with triple su’s on  it the head’s been totally done by a engineering company so that it now runs on unleaded without  any problems it’s been a work of Love really I suppose unfortunately I haven’t been able to Â
Drive it much so that’s why I’m now selling it and hope somebody else will put some more work into it  to me as long as it runs well and it dries well that’s all it really needs astons are also in Paul’s blood
Children here and Dave used to ride in the back of Derek’s db6 which he still owns  it’s wet down here in it are you here Ken yeah he’s here hello all right all right yeah pleased to meet you good man I’ll Â
Take me out off yes there is a yep that’s the old girl yeah looks a nice car Ken yeah  yeah nice car five speed yeah it’s a proper ZF yeah being a manual they obviously worth  more because that’s all romantic boxes yeah fans is auto yeah that’s that’s what threw me Â
There to be fair yeah tell him to leave that box in there wouldn’t you yeah he’s got a Zs  box I know we’ve got one don’t worry he always did plan on converting it yeah oh yeah no he’s Â
Got a gearbox like he got one back in 1978 or whatever you know you try and buy one now yeah  I know I know yeah you’ll be talking like 20 grand are they as dear as that are they as soon as you Â
Sort of like uh say it’s an estimating the zeros go on there’s another thing I must show you as  well see that if people open the boot need that stuff that’s not going to stick it back yet right Â
There’s the original air filter and some leather I left it in there because it’s part of it it’s  part of it if somebody wants to put it back on be original they can that’s right yeah I say there’s Â
Original carpet I did put more sound proofing in there yes which you’ve got a noisy diff no no  absolutely quite as amazing soundproofed over there to try and hide the diff I don’t know I’ve Â
Done all that I stripped it right down did you nothing wrong with it but I had it right down good  job you’ll back out I’ll shoot them Gates Again yeah lovely I’m gonna try and screws get in here boots stuck yeah no don’t be doing that all right [Music] she’s a wife
They just love the cars you know they’re hand built you just can’t get anything like  them [Music] I do you Ken there are currently about 160 Aston sixes driving around the UK  most owners don’t go off-roading in them now I’ve got to miss the puddles Â
Yeah yeah yeah ah don’t worry we’ll get it pumped up when we get back [Music]  you do feel great when driving while on the road  I feel like a millionaire if you think you’re James Bond I’d like to see it driven I mean even if they’re going to completely redo it Â
Some stays take it out and drive it enjoy it don’t just sit in the garage [Music]  right okay yep as you are I don’t see why we can’t achieve you know the sort of money you want yeah Â
Yeah it can it’s a db6 Aston Martin so very special car so fingers crossed through let’s  hope so ideal you’ll get some looks on the road on the way back yeah [Music] anything else you need Paul no that’s it from you Ken Â
Yeah [Music] nice to meet you okay yeah all right I hope to hear from you soon good Joe thank you  how you feeling all right thanks a bit sad but that’s the way it goes isn’t it yeah Paul [Music] shamely [Music] say let’s see what happens not come back yet [Music]
In Fontana Dale Derek’s preparing himself to collect his own clutch of Classics from the  1960s well today we’re hoping to get what we will get a Vespa scooter and a Vespa Scooter  combination in other words Vesper scooter and a sidecar but that’s not all there’s a Jaguar Â
E-Type too but the details are sketchy thanks to Derek’s unique admin methods I don’t know  what model I think it’s a roadster a series one Roadster but we wait we get there it’d be a series  three fixed it but when it comes to e-types there ain’t no wrong model any type will do
Ross Calcutt from Bones they runs a successful shipping firm but his  other passion has been collected so over his all-time motoring heroes in the past 60 years the first to be deroged a series 2 E-Type Jag 4.2 why they eat out for you because in the Â
60s the E-Type was the car to have if I’d been able to afford one it would have been the car  and my dreams [Music] it’s a slice of Britain isn’t it it is you had people who put their  love and everything into manufacturing and doing it and making sure everything was okay Â
You look at them and you think God they’re like 50 60 years old and they’re still running today  Russ wants to do more traveling hence the sale of the E-Type  but also in his collection a two rare 1960s vespers renovated to order in Vietnam one of them Â
Has a surprising attachment describe the appeal of riding in a sidecar to me confused of things  it’s like being on the fairground in a Dodge on car someone with a a young kid ideal ideal yeah Â
Super you know put them in there a young lady be over the moon he might be over something when Russ rode around on bikes like these in his 20s he was making a statement  it was everything to own a scooter and be a mod if you like in those days Â
It’s all parts are growing up I think I’ve still got a Parker yeah pair of Doc Martens Derek’s tipped up they’ve met before when Russ was having a nose around the garage it’s a while since I saw you yeah Â
Vespers both 150s Yep this one’s a 1962 and that’s a 1960 value’s in what’s he got to do somewhere  between five and six about that one and that one probably somewhere around about three six yeah
And not only had this this one about 13 years but I’ve tried and kept it as original as  possible yeah it’s nice inside yeah she’s tidy inside aren’t she it’s an attractive  old car I’d like to get at least 44 which I think won’t do it yeah I’ll be wasting your Â
Time yeah I think it could get 35. yeah but if you can live with that then I mean I’ll ever go got it that’s it oh yeah it’s okay that’s it yeah that’s it yeah yeah you’re right Â
Russ has taken Derek’s valuation of the E-Type on the chin but there’s still a bit of wiggle room  it looks a very straight old car to be fair so tell you what it just might really surprise you Â
Up you come yeah come on mate yep yep I’m hoping that whoever does get it will have as much joy as  I found out of this in the last 13 years I’ve only done 4 000 miles but every one of those miles is Â
Being enjoyable well done still an icon it it’s still sought after and you still get the looks  to me that’s everything in a car good [Music] back at Thornton the Dale there’s been a rare tidy up  and Prime showroom spot number one has been cleared something very special is arriving
Rachel there’s a there’s a space in the front of the garage and you’ve got a smile on your  face yeah why the master Martin db6 come in I’ve got all the paperwork but no car  are you excited about the car a little bit yeah why because it’s like worth a lot of Â
Money driver’s girder they’re more expensive Rachel seems a little bit excited about a db6  yeah she is but she’s not actually even watched for James Bond film I think it’s a little fillet it’s a beauty that  so how much is your house on there for the market for probably about the same price
Yeah I’ll just ring the estate agent now get it on lovely love the color I love the color that is the color for Aston Martin full  stop that is you could not get a better color absolutely bang on [Music] a car Â
Like this won’t be rushed through the auction after the bus Derek needs time to do a PR job [Music] the number of people who can afford 200 grand for a classic Aston will be small but amongst them there’s likely to be fierce competition [Applause]  yeah there’s some old car out there really
Very special very special old car in it yeah it drives nice that is exactly the car that  should be bought by a guy who wants to buy an Aston mine forget the three and a half 500 000 Â
Pound ass and you can’t use them can you no that is just beautiful it’s just perfect for the job  use it as much as you can fantastic  I’m so privileged to have driven stuff like that aren’t I really am what better job can Â
You have then yeah nice sunny day in Yorkshire Thornton down and driving an Aston Martin db6  what more do you want that’s it in it I’ve cracked it Happy Days can’t ask for anymore [Music] it’s auction day there are over 400 high quality Lots [Music] as is the way at the moment they’ll Â
Be sold through online and phone bidding only some prospective buyers have pre-booked a viewing  when I was a teenager I used to wash cars on the weekend and I had a customer who had a TR6 I just Â
Fell in love with the car and I thought one day I’ll have one of those for me owning a classic car  is just recapturing a bit of my youth others have traveled just to pay homage at the mathewson’s  temple I’m from Lancaster but I’m an absolute Heaven it’s absolutely beautiful I’ve worked Â
Here for nothing fresh out of Barnsley the pair of renovated 1960s Vespers that came in with the  E-Type are about to go under the hammer but the one with the sidecar comes with a note of caution Â
Everyone I’ve been on and and I’ve got myself you know when you get to that speed you just get a bit  of that and then you’ve got enough bottle you just keep going and it levels out a bit I like that Â
Light on the front that’s good you look alright on it yeah I’ll sit on a combo world don’t I I know I  thought that myself I’ll see you and Sue bobbing down the shops in that I’m not so sure she’d want Â
To get in it you know really I’m not sure she could get in it now with her leg but uh which  could leave a leg here I suppose I don’t think it’s really one for me I don’t think so no it’s Â
Um it’s a toy I think to be honest you put it that way I think it’s a toy but I’m very pleased to  have it I I regard things like this as a feather in our cap because not everyone has got one
Miyagio 150 scooter there we are look at that you can’t miss that in a crowd  can you there look at that little bunny looking thing where are we going to be  at two thousand two thousand pounds two thousand two two fifty two thousand two Â
Fifty two five two 750 on the web at two seven fifty three thousand jump fresh bid there at  three thousand three thousand pounds three thousand we will at three thousand pound we  will on the internet at three thousand three thousand pound are we all done three thousand
500 pounds short but it’s sold to an enthusiastic Norfolk next up the more valuable and more unorthodox 1960 Vesper complete with side camera every motorcycle collection should have something like this start me on that where we’re going to Â
Be where four four two four six four six four thousand six hundred looking for seven bought  a rare bit of Kit 4006 is the seven four seven four thousand seven four thousand  seven hundred provisional four seven brilliant fun after a bit of negotiation the so-called Â
Combination goes for five grand to a vital member of the community Helen is our local  District nurse who has decided she’s gonna do her rounds in scooter and sidecar how far around  that’s quite far oh really yeah it really is Pickering covers a real wide area quite Â
Far out yeah yeah and it’s like over the malls and stuff so it could be it  Bleak and chilly at times couldn’t it but yeah I could just see you doing it yeah foreign [Music]  the Dale another desirable vehicle has arrived not the brown Datsun but the thing meticulously Â
Packaged in front of it so I had this uh this car right I won’t tell you what it is because it’s top  secret until we undo it right about something like 20 odd years or something and and it restored some Â
Years ago yeah for his grandchildren and of course they are now like you outgrown it slightly uh all  I haven’t said that you might fall in love with it when you see it never know oh look at her last Â
Night and she’s a lovely eh well it’s a j-40 pedal car that term they were sold through uh dealer  showrooms for a promotional things yeah got a handbrake look and uh it’s got you have a battery Â
Is it all right flat you can get every nut and bolt you can get all this new you know  so you can actually restore one really really easy well what they were um a nice one will do Â
Three and a half Grand oh really yeah they’re all numbered in there would that be 1950 then I wonder  might be able to find out a lot more about it won’t we uh there’s  a little pull in there Jack oh hold on what we got here
I can’t see what it goes there we go we’re away there you go look at that  fantastic isn’t it and uh there you can plug the old batteries on look I won’t do it now I  don’t know which one goes but that beautiful look set of plugs in there and everything
That’s it all back there you are how about that then love it pint-sized Austin’s engine has just  enough power for some faint headlights and a small horn the dashboard speed owner clock oil gauge  petrol gauge temperature guide details wonderful I think it’s absolutely great I do honestly Â
The metal work is from offcuts at the Long Bridge Factory and they have their own  race series at the Goodwood Festival lovely condition Isn’t it nice motor  all right this is a beaut it needs to be breakdown come here inside two full-sized and very explosive cars also Â
Await Derek’s assessment the 1969 Series 2 E-Type and the 1967 Aston  Martin db6 back in the day these were the epitome of British automotive glamor [Music]  launched in 1961 the E-Type was described by Enzo Ferrari as the most beautiful car ever made
But it was the Aston DB5 that was picked out for bond in Goldfinger  both the db6 and the jaggered approximately four liter engines both did around 150 miles an hour  celebrities bought both because they couldn’t decide which one they preferred but the biggest Â
Differences were price and production runs 13 000 e-types sold for a couple of grand whereas only  about 3 000 DB fives and sixes were made with a whopping 5 000 pound price tag [Music] too it’s about really our knee type should be Â
The problem with e-types and this type of car that I’ve found on on condition and  presentation is that most of them are very second rate you know they they honestly are they you know  they’re very very I mean it’s lovely interior look nice interior you know it’s been done at Â
Some stage but it’s nice nice straight car panels are pretty level it’s obviously had a big paint  job glass out by the looks of it so a very older restoration which I don’t mind of course because Â
Now what you see is what you get so I think it’s a nice car I like I like the nice bright  paintwork and I think most people buying an E-Type or certainly their first E-Type would be Â
Quite happy with this color guys that are a bit more into e-types and Jags and stuff and sports  cars would probably not be all that Keen on it really it’s a little bit of an old man’s color Â
Uh Joe you’re a 69e type sold a good few jigs just lately as you know they’re doing okay get  one now start me on it where we’re gonna be we’re 30 30 we’re off 30 30 31 32 32 33 33 33 looking Â
For 33.5 33 000 can’t do it thirty three thousand need a little bit more I can’t do that one sorry  you’ll have to come and never work with this 33. more post auction chatting results in phone better Â
David Hopkins from Cambridgeshire upping his offer to 35 000. exactly what Derek said it was worth  table and his wife now intend to take the E-Type on a tour of the Yorkshire Dales [Music]  let’s go top the E-Type as the main event but there’s no denying that’s Â
What the sale of the 1967 Aston Martin db6 has become today your cup of tea  yeah I like it you should do 200 shouldn’t it I think it’ll do 216 just to be precise  you could buy some distance be the most expensive vehicle matthewson’s have ever sold Â
The stocks and shares Aston mines they really are stocks and shares but I think the db6 is worth 220  000 quid of anyone’s money it’s very much the established shape of uh Aston Martin led by the  James Bond connection really four fives and six DBS are they are really iconic they really are Â
Um there is something very special about Derek is the proud owner of this baby beauties for Paul it wasn’t an entirely comfortable experience  traveling in them to just sit there like that in the back like naughty kids really well and this Â
Was last week this was last year actually yeah it was a special car yeah so and let’s be fair they  are a special car aren’t they I hope it’s going to be bought by someone who’s always wanted one Â
Doesn’t want to win a concourse show but wants to get out and use one and that’s his car that’s  a driver’s car that’s not a joker it’s a driver’s car uh and and I hope it goes to that man [Music] Â
Yeah we go then Lot number 200 1967 Aston Martin db6 absolutely superb it’s a well-sorted car it’s  lovely and straight it sounds nice it feels nice it pulls nice I couldn’t knock the car very very Â
Impressed with it we’ll submit the best bid today I’ve got 150 150 150 a bit 160 170 180  190. put it up 190. we all know what they’re worth come on 190. we under we all know that Â
They make 200.95 190 190 I’ve got 195. 195. 200 200 200. 200 000 200 000 2005 205 000 I’ve got  I know it’s worth more anyway I’m not going to influence anybody 205 for the first submitting Â
For the second third and last time we’re going to submit 205 000. there we go well done bill  the very lucky buyer is Bill kitchen from Devon in the world of Aston Martin’s 205 Â
000 for a db6 like this is considered a bargain he clearly knew what it was and he knew what the car  was worth he seemed really calm on the phone and every time his bid was outbidded it was straight Â
On the phone yep yep yep I’ve done a quick check with the vendor there’s a confirmation of the  sale price hello is that Bill Hi it’s Jill here from Matthew Sims yeah he’s accepted it yeah yeah  the record-breaking deal is done
Derek’s getting ready for Bill to pick the car up another opportunity to hear  the pearl of the db6 engine as it Glides effortlessly out of the showroom foreign I told you that everyone would know how to start a car wouldn’t they I’ll give  you a little tip if you haven’t got a Tickler put one on hang on a minute what’s a tickler you know what cars have a tickler benders
Bend this if they sell a flying B on the Bonnet would have a tickling what a mechanic what would you do without a mechanic like me eh new owner Bill runs a successful business selling and recycling tires I think we’re lined up let’s Â
Come this way a bit he hasn’t come empty-handed a bit more that way he’s brought along a very nice  mg media from 1968 that he wants to put through the auction so you’re getting rid of an mg yeah Â
Growing up in the world well yeah I could put it that way couldn’t you Phil what are you looking  to get out of that as much as possible 200 000 . it’d be nice wouldn’t it straight swap but Â
Hey what if we can get for it five grand I suppose something like that hopefully you’ll have an idea  today though is really all about the Aston this make you smile didn’t it this is the first time Â
You’ve seen it it is yeah you say you should never buy a car blind well depends isn’t it like  I think you’ve got to take a chance now again no I don’t think so Derek give me the once over on it
First DB saint he had one in 1973 for two weeks but then swapped it  for 1200 quid in the Mark II Cortina [Music] it’s been re-trimmed now that’s I’d rather have the old interior in there than the new stuff Â
Myself with a few cracks in it but uh that’ll do I’m not complaining I’m not complaining  let’s have a sit in it oh it’s a long time since I’ve sat on one beautiful  absolutely lovely what’s it like being back in it though just the smell of it isn’t it hey Â
You know I don’t even know if it’s got power steering no and the sound of it beautiful in there bill you like a kid in a swan expensive candy store I’m sorry I’m sorry hey bring on the Â
Electric cars eh so he admits that he’s bought it unseen yeah but he’s very happy I bet he is  as well he’s over the moon I would think he’s got himself a very good car a very good buy  and he knows it it is a lot of money yeah for sure Â
But you’re not spending it are you you just recycling because you can always turn it back  into money can’t you but you’ve not done it for that no I want to keep that and enjoy it that’s Â
The main event in it to enjoy it Bill gonna be doing this weekend then well I’ve got a greenhouse  to paint but I think that could be put to one side and I’m going to do a bit of driving eh thank you The auction Dales and national parks in 1954. with nearly a thousand square miles of unspoiled  Countryside after buying the beautiful 1969 etype at the auction David and Jane Hopkins decided that  this would be the perfect destination for their first holiday in the Jag [Music] it Â
Didn’t quite work out how they wanted welcome to Yorkshire welcome completely nice to be here you  could have done with a little bit better weather definitely we’re come up here for a short break  with some fellow classic car enthusiasts doing a short four-day tour around the Yorkshire Dales Â
Everybody’s doing fine at the moment hopefully we won’t get lost no no technical equipment no  sat navs anything like that so hopefully I’ve gone back 50 years yes definitely yes definitely on this exclusive package tour the E-Type is a popular choice they are quite a good car that Â
You can you know tour in there is a reasonable amount of room and we’ve got a dog and all our  luggage so you do need quite a lot of space um and you definitely wouldn’t want an open top car Â
Um like this in Yorkshire in May or we might need the boat that’s in background but the e-types do  leak a bit ours has actually not been too bad has it I had a small puddle under my Â
Feet yesterday but the cars next door to us yeah they’re bailing out literally with a mug [Music]  but looking on the bright side off we go they’re still having some sort of  holiday in one of the world’s greatest classic cars on to the next destination Â
A robbery Kettle Bridge today sees David and Jen embarking on a 100 mile drive to Helmsley this is the first two plus two series two they’ve owned but they do have two other e-types in the  garage at home it’s got more space in it because it’s two plus two slightly more Â
Headroom not because I’m that tall um because it does give you a little bit more space for  the wife’s luggage and shopping and the dog even though it’s only a very small dog [Music]  it is one of the prettiest cars out there they’re fairly straightforward mechanically so you don’t Â
Have to be a lab technician to operate there’s no gizmos in them I don’t intend bringing it to A1  condition I bought the car to use um this last two or three days touring around the  Yorkshire Dales in the horrendous wet weather we’ve had and would proved that it still keeps Â
Going hopefully for what we paid for it it will hold its value and not cost us a fortune to run thank you as for the 1960 Vesper and sidecar it’s not strayed far from home new owner Helen Miller Â
He’s known to just about everyone in a 30-mile radius of the garage so I’m an advanced nurse  practitioner at Pickering Medical Practice see patients diagnose send for tests it’s a  rural practice so you can be out in the sticks trying to find some house that’s nowhere Helen Â
Bought the Vesper to do her rounds on her palm and Neil was not impressed thought it was a bad idea  right didn’t think it looks safe no um scooters and tank as adult thing mix no but it is a lovely Â
Little thing my dad was always into Vespers and once a month she’d take me to Maxie’s for Black  Forest gateau and Cake he passed away sadly three years ago and it’s just one of those memories I’ve Â
Always had we always had our time together and he used to make that for me and only me yeah yeah  just reminds me of him [Music] there is one small fly in the ointment though so I can’t ride a bike Â
I’m sorry so I can’t ride a bike but I will do I mean this will happen this year I’ll pass my  test and I’ll pass my theory and then um I’ll go do my visits in my blue bell bell for short Â
Might cheer up for patients how are you getting around in it at the moment though my partner  Neil Parker Parker yeah Thunderbirds yeah so lady Penelope’s chauffeur was called Parker  and you are Parker up to now I am yes so you’re hoping that’s your buffer test pretty soon um Â
Immediately I’ll have the bag in the side car I’m up driving it what have they said at work strange  odd but yeah they’re all for it they’re fine you know everybody’s been working really really hard Â
Especially with the pandemic and if it brings a bit of joy and a bit of fun then crack on [Music]  and finally the record-breaking 205 000 pound Aston db6 has been getting used to  his new surroundings in Devon owner bill has been enjoying the complete sensory experience
Music like a concerto Beautiful Noise lovely smell [Music] I’ve got it all on it  one would hope for the price but on this test run there was a small problem uh well the brakes will start to stick on a little bit so we had to just release Â
The pressure a little bit on the servo that’s the problem there’s any Servo problems no big  deal it’s got twin servos on this so you only need front brakes anyway don’t you you know after the unwelcoming tune glamor was soon reinstated Bill’s thoughts turned to expensive modifications say if anything ever Â
Happened to the engine would take it up to a 4.2 to the 390s now to Advantage back  uh but I’d probably send that away to a specialist and get it done Bill loves the  Aston but being a man who’s made his money out of tires and something else that’s been bugging him Â
Uh well at the moment it’s got cross ply tires on it which is a little bit emotional I think that’s  the world we can use emotional so the time we get some radial tires on it and maybe it could do with Â
Some power steering on it as well because I can’t uh see my wife being able to drive it if she wants  to have a go in it you’re not letting around it just yet not just yet I’m sure I’m going around Â
Tesco’s in there let’s put it that way what’s the long term plan then what do you see yourself doing  with it over the next two three five years let’s ask my bank manager that I suppose Â
No no really uh realistically it’s a keeper in it you know something I want it’s something I want  to keep simple as that and maybe uh my grandkids or my kids are maybe enjoy it or maybe they’ll Â
Sell it and pocket it who knows that that’s the idea you know we want to drive it I want to go  out in it enjoy it yeah sure that’s the plan [Music] that said when you own a car like this Â
Doesn’t even have to be moving to appreciate it when you’re charming It Off  the curves and the shape of it you can feel it all it’s just absolutely makes you smile [Music]
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Yet another superb episode and a truly ecclectric range of vehicles.
What absolute great cars these Aston Martin’s and e type’s. I like the fact that they want to use them instead of an investment. Nice people also.