According to the AMOC, this Aston Martin V8 Series 3 is the only remaining car of a production of just six such V8's, still finished in its period 'Mandarin Yellow' livery. Secondly, it appears to be a rather rare crossover car; one of the very last S3's prior to the introduction of the Oscar India.

Chassis 11802 thus left the factory with the full walnut dashboard and upgraded dash instrumentation of the later cars whilst retaining the cleaner look of the original William Town's design tail, without the bolt on spoiler.

This V8 had also been the subject of much expenditure and various upgrades over the years to full Vantage 580X spec, which included fitting a Vantage spec front spoiler - all of these upgrades were carried out by Aston Engineering in Derby, who have often been leaders in such work.

Every Aston aficionado who had driven the car claimed it to be one of the fastest and nicest V8's they've ever driven. The power delivery from the Dave Jacks engine is fabulous.

The car had undergone extensive pampering, including rather expensive full glass out, bare metal repaint by marque specialists.  The full black leather interior has been restored too, but the cabin retains a lovely patina.

Latterly, Davron, the Aston specialists in Wiltshire, had been responsible for looking after the car. As well as routine maintenance including recently overhauling the power steering, and braking systems they also completely upgraded the air conditioning system which now works superbly, somewhat of a rarity where V8's are concerned!

In short, this car is genuinely unrepeatable. A rare example in the old car world of an uber cool 70's supercar in a unique colour that really does drive as well as it looks.