Today's Wilton Wake-Up

jeremyg · Post by **jeremyg** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 4:12 pm

Early 7am start with next door neighbour Mike to make it for the GT Touring Greats breakfast meet at the Earl of Pembroke's place. Nice little front garden.

We squeezed in next to a Ferrari California.

It was mostly modern GT's. We were pretty much the oldest car. Are these two still the best undervalued tourers?

By chance we met a DDKer flat4McCor and his Aga blue 912.

The Earl has a lovely car collection of his own on show.

His 550(?) Ferrari interior.

He seems to have several cars under restoration.

Great place for an event. Well run. Stylish. Good breakfast. Nice cars. Anyone else on here go?

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hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 4:28 pm

Some nice cars . Have a bit of a thing for 550's

Don't think you could class a vanquish as under valued though

jeremyg · Post by **jeremyg** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 4:42 pm

hot66 wrote:Some nice cars . Have a bit of a thing for 550's

Don't think you could class a vanquish as under valued though

Sorry I don't know my Aston's that well. Is that a Vanquish?

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 4:51 pm

Oops .. No it isn t ... I was looking on the phone screen . Ignore that comment

, it looks like a db7 that are well priced for the smaller engined cars

Lightweight_911 · Post by **Lightweight_911** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 6:02 pm

It's a DB7 Vantage ...

I wouldn't class it as a small engine though James - 6 litre (5935cc) V12

Currently they're typically in the £30k region.

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 6:27 pm

Was meaning the small engined v6 db7's are relatively cheap

Personally don't like their interiors, switch gear etc

I do like vanquishes though

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 6:56 pm

hot66 wrote:Was meaning the small engined v6 db7's are relatively cheap

Personally don't like their interiors, switch gear etc

I do like vanquishes though

Straight 6

derived from the period Jag 6 then altered quite a lot for no good reason!

Various bits of the DB7 have my name on... Small team delivered a pretty cool car for very little cash!

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 8:43 pm

What are they like to drive Gary ....

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 8:56 pm

An XJS

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 9:00 pm

But considerably sportier. Base chassis is the same but springs & dampers are all bespoke. Later cars are better as is often the case with this type of car. They had a nicer interior and seats than the very first 6 cyl cars.

Cabriolet is nice. That's where most of my bits (airbags/belts/bumper system/seals etc) can be found.

DustyM · Post by **DustyM** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 9:16 pm

Gary71 wrote:An XJS

So on that basis is the XK8 parked next to it a better car?

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 9:33 pm

Than a 6 cyl DB7 yes. But not the Vantage. If memory serves (and I'd left TWR by then) the Vantage moved to the XK8 back end with the ali subframe.

jeremyg · Post by **jeremyg** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 10:12 pm

DustyM wrote:
Gary71 wrote:An XJS
So on that basis is the XK8 parked next to it a better car?

Er....I think it's an XKR. Does that make it considerably better than a DB7 6 cyl?

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