1980 Aston Martin V8 Vantage

This Vantage was originally ordered in left-hand drive configuration with rare sunroof option on 14th March 1980 and first registered as ‘JBM 112V’ on 4th July that same year to His Highness Sheikh Salem Al Ali Al Sabah of Kuwait. It seems that, although invoiced, the car was never exported and returned shortly thereafter to Aston Martin with zero miles recorded. It was converted to right-hand-drive at the factory and on 31st December 1980 was sold to Sir George Pigot, Bt of Berkshire. The car was reregistered as ‘GHP 637’.

From January 1985 the Vantage was stored at Aston Martin Lagonda Limited, Newport Pagnell where in May 1989 the engine was rebuilt to ‘X-pack’ specification at a cost of £8,000+VAT. In September 1993 the car was purchased by Ray Northway of Berkshire and reregistered as ‘SWL 660’, and in March 1995 was repainted in Rolls-Royce Royal Blue metallic by Silchester Garage. Its next owner, Adrian Gosden of London, acquired the Aston in September 1996. In March 2000 it was sold to Keith Williams of Dunbartonshire and on 23rd March 2006 was reregistered as ‘LJH 439W’

The Vantage benefitted from more than £30,000 spent on it by the previous owner between 2006-2014, works carried out include an engine top-end rebuild, new sills, a bare-metal repaint, suspension upgrades and interior refurbishment. Acquired by the vendor at the Aston Martin Works Auction in May 2015, the car was then sent to marque specialists Aston Engineering Ltd for complete chassis and mechanical restoration which included a full engine rebuild to 5.7L with handing upgrades resulting in one of the best driving and most potent V8 Vantage models we have driven

Offered with comprehensive historical records and extensive marque specialist service history from new and MoTs on file dating back to 1987 and aforementioned Aston Engineering restoration invoices