Barn find | 1971 Aston Martin DBSV8 - Episode 1

When someone just talks like this I switch off but you come across as so ‘ normal’ and I love Astons so I’ve subscribed and look forward to seeing the progress.

I like the swedish plane hanging from the roof 🤘🇸🇪

The things we do to get the things we really want!!! - story is very entertaining, especially the matter of fact way you tell it!!!

weak and your head stuck in the video makes this a stupid video !

Many years ago I bought an Aston Martin DBS, it was stripped, with no interior and no engine Ln silver. The thing is it was smashed in the nearside front wing! I fitted an American engine, but a chewy 327
This looks so much like it, I wonder if it's the same one, registration started ANK.
ALEC

Under all the bondo it turns out he has a jensen interceptor😂😂😂….just kidding…thats gonna be a cool aston when its done….a supercharged LS would wake that thing up

Great to find you. Really looking forward to see how it all comes together.
Very nice video and I'm on board for the journey...

😅if you can, stick with the Aston project. Doesn't matter if it takes months and years. British automotive history is in your capable hands.

New subscriber here wishing you good luck and I'm looking forward to seeing the build, can you still get a list of previous keepers due to gdpr 😊

Maybe consider painting something over the red spot on the leather seat?

Excellent review of your project.... my favorite quote you might ask?.... "it was brilliantly done, even though it was completely idiotic and disgusting"!

What an interesting new channel.

I am a big Aston Martin fan my favourite is the DB6 series 2 so I am looking forward to seeing you do this great car best of luck can’t wait for more videos 😊

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Great vid, good luck mate! You had 5he guts to go ahead with that dodgy purchase! Love your barn. Looking forward to the next episode.

Looks to me like a plasterer was brought in for the filler on you're DBS dude!

Brave and sensible young man💪 I will follow with interest.

Just got yourself a new subscriber, just love everything about Aston Martins. Looking forward to seeing more of your build.
Good luck with it.

Congratulations on taking on such a project. I did an E-type with the same intentions and ended up with a concourse winner and scared to drive it in the end.
Looking forward to seeing your progress

As a guy who hunts down barn finds and neglected gems, I could see the beauty in her from the very first image you provided. And once you removed the filler to reveal more angular curvature‘s, I became smitten by how gorgeous she is. Can’t wait to see all your future work and to getting her where she needs to be. It’s nice to know she finally is in capable and caring hands, and to know from here on out it’s going to get better.

I have been doing some classic repairs for people and have found so much filler and bodgery, it is just breath taking, I have nver understood how all the filling and sanding can be easier or cheaper than just doing a proper repair. I am 66 and have dreamed of having an Aston Martin for most of my life so you are now living my dream, good luck with it, I shall watch with interest.

Don't know where you are but there is a brilliant leather shop in Sheffield - Bielawskis - Sheffield Trimming Company. The local Range Rover dealers use them for trim and leather repairs. I'm sure they could sort out your seats.

Great video must have been a nightmare buying good luck 👍

Good luck mate.🇬🇧

Good luck, what a fantastic project. How often will you be posting videos?

I look forward to following this build.

Best of luck, I'm looking forward to seeing progress. I've always loved these cars,

Nice! Liked & subbed ☮🦘🦘🦘

Suspension, QA1 or something , totally transform it into a modern distance cruiser, Holley EFI or equivalent would make it much less thirsty, 4 speed overdrive hydraulic not computer transmission, just suggestions, great project

Liked and subscribed.. congrats on this mate wow what a find! Your Aston lay there waiting for you ! …
Could maybe try acetone on the red mark on the seat?

Great to see someone with a deep and abiding passion for a specific marque. Well done!

Working through these videos backwards. I didn't realise this had a Mopar motor in it. I won't go so far as to say that makes it even better, but it certainly opens up your options for big power on the cheap and also stops you having to worry about being a stickler for originality. Bristol used these motors iirc. I'd do a manual six speed and a stand alone efi and personally, I love that original Aegean blue.

That was a really bizarre start to an enormous task.
If you are going to keep the "wrong" engine, you might as well install electric propulsion. And have more fun doing it, I reckon.
Just be careful with your choice of battery. You don't want one which spontaneously explodes. I think a sodium chemistry would be safest.

Hats off to you! what an awesome build and well done for following your dreams.

are you sure they were " your trusted mechanic friends" and not potential buyers? geezer number 1 avoiding auction commission

stay calm, google will pay for it, and you'll always have a piece of motoring history, NO REGRETS

stroker kit for da 383 gives 500 hp approx job done and those lagonda v8s r shite anyway da 383s beta i recon they bullit proof ! da lagonda v8s r fkn gas gusslin shit an slow as fuk lol only 250 hp da standard 383 is 300+ hp approx lol 8mpg if your a lively driver fuk dat shit lol

Back when this car was new my mates dad was a chauffeur, and would drive an Arab around in a variety of nice cars. We lived on council estate and when he brought these cars home they stood out like a sore thumb. One of the cars was an Aston Martin DBS. It was dark blue and looked amazing. We got to sit in it and he drove us to the local shops. It had an 8 track sound system which was quite hi tech back then. Elvis I think was one of the big cassettes he played.We would have been about 11 or 12 back then. Great car and we were thrilled to sit in for a drive.

I would have run a mile from this.

resto mod it !

looking forward to watching further videos !

the DBSV8 front is better thena the later v8 with the twin healights , but it does need a flip tail spolier

i saw the ad as well,

the B S 1 numberplate on bret sinclairs DBSV8 aston martin belonged to billy smart the circus guy

I wish this guy all the best with this restoration, it will be great to see how it comes along.

good luck with this, a friend of mine has a ford capri based kit car of one of these..

What’s the original colour would a v12 out of a jag or db7 fit and be a acceptable replacement.
Personally if that car was original as poss to look at and pop the bonnet and there’s a v12 Aston motor with a manual box how can you not admire that ???
My first time here and enjoyed the introduction so liked and subbed 👍

hey you have a good one there are some really rot boxes about. good luck with yours

I love thease cars it just goes to show good things come to those who wait!