Classic Car | 1974 Aston Martin V8 | Driving.ca

[@dimik3855]

A Mustang that went to Oxford is a great description! It's a beast with refinement. Part muscle car and part je ne sais quoi. Absolutely a great machine to drive.

[@LavenderOrc]

The English answer to a muscle car

[@76Aston]

Great story. Lovely car! I totally relate to Peter's long term love affair with his Aston. Old Aston Martins like these are truly amazing cars. Once you get them 'sorted', they are an absolute pleasure to drive and own. And, surprisingly, quite reliable. Two years ago my daughter and I took my '76 Aston V8 on a 3,500-mile road trip through 4 states and 2 Canadian provinces, traversing Glacier National Park (Going-to-the-Sun Road), the Beartooth Pass, Yellowstone and the Cascades. It was an incredible drive, in a car that's 40 years old, and we had no problems at all. I hope to do another drive like that with my younger daughter in a few more years!

[@76Aston]

+Michael Lax I just returned from another road trip in the old Aston. This time we went though the Rockies and covered about 2,000 miles. The car ran beautifully. I took along a Zoom H5 audio recorder, which I occasionally mounted to the rear bumper to record the exhaust note. The results were stunning! The sound was nothing like I was expecting, and reminded me that these cars are very much derived from racing.

[@mybikemybike]

Awesome car. I had a 1959 DB4 and loved it. Drove it all over.

[@5USgRWFH]

to those commenting on the "Mustang" looks - if you get a chance to see them side-by-side (spoiler: unlikely) the Aston Martin V8 looks brutal even when standing still. Thanks for sharing!

[@RussellRobinson77]

British Muscle!

[@JohnnyWrong]

+thesantiso Moron.

[@thesantiso]

disgraceland uk Troll, not a moron... you bought it perfectly I think

[@JohnnyWrong]

+thesantiso Same thing.

[@leroyrubba392]

tru nuff

[@Kybay]

Wkwkwkwkwkk

[@watchman2263]

Beautiful sir just beautiful, the brute in a suit.

[@revokdaryl1]

There can't be too many of these in Ontario. What a beautiful car. I wish I'd bought one when they were cheaper.

[@raymfivetwelve2247]

for my GTA guys Rapid GT

[@fendergibs9098]

consider Aston Martin work service suspension upgrade. This may deal with the weight of the car better and not change any of his outward character, but improve the driving experience, especially with body roll .rollbar, stiffer suspension etc. how is service on this car, did you have to rebuild the engine yet?

[@gtrman9706]

Love it! I own a DB9 but would swap for your Aston in a heart beat.👍👍

[@anderszettergren4302]

Beautiful car.

[@davekeen1963]

Great Video Peter, lovely car, thx for sharing. Like you we've owned our 1976 AMV8 for 40 plus odd years. I had ours out yesterday for the first time in two years. What a rush, I fell in love all over again. I had been tempted to trade it in on a 2007 DBS a few years back I'm so glad I didn't? Keep in touch old friend. One of these days we'll get you out to the west coast in the car?? dk

[@192dude]

I'm watching this video in 2024: I guess mr. and mrs Schurmann still own this jewel on wheels?

[@gtrman9706]

I own a DB9.I love it but,my dream car is an Aston Martin V8 from the seventies.They were beautiful and very special.

[@tbok75]

I fell in love with this car after seeing "the living daylights" as a kid - mind you I love a Porsche 911 or 944 but at 44 years old now, I'd gladly take one if I could find one reasonable (yah good luck in California LOL)

[@xwzlkgdk]

That car will even survive EMP from the shockwave of a nuke.

[@tilerman]

Wow, he had a beer with the man who built the engine in his car. Not gonna happen with my 17 year old Citroen Picasso!.

[@michaelmottlau2072]

Great car and video, thanks.

[@paulking54]

Awesome!!! U named him too. All the vans i had were named shame they dont have V8's ;)

[@MrBEAR55100]

Her exhaust note seems somewhat akin to that of Ford's Cleveland 351-V8, powered the 2nd-generation Mustang Mach 1(1971-73). Lovely sound.

[@colinashby3775]

Beautiful

[@majidalikhan5978]

Beautiful ❤️

[@thesantiso]

Nice Iso Griffo and Stang' plagio...

[@samuelfritz2446]

I travel from Sudbury to Toronto a lot, he lives near Toronto I suppose. I recognize a lot of the farms in this clip (I know, how can anyone tell one farm from another? In Ontario you can)

[@FC-ts6fx]

Don't mind me, I just came to look for inspiration to build my Rapid GT Classic in GTA Online...

[@Nolfavrell]

Bahahaha, I got that car too xD

[@koishore3532]

ah yes,Old school british horsepower

[@JuraCharles]

Grüezi!

[@peterschurmann5259]

Gruezi au!! :)

[@benhur_9377]

Lovely 💓🔥

[@hias7568]

I hope Fred Waters did the same good job on my engine.

[@dutchyjhome]

Realistically when you look at the body shape of the Aston Martin V8, it very much appears to be based up on the looks of a 1967 Ford Mustang. Very much so. Obviously this Aston Martin is by far the more luxury version of the 1967 Ford Mustang, it's probably called the Gentleman's Ford Mustang. Please don't get me wrong here, I couldn't agree with you more about the choice you'd make to actually own one of these V8 Aston's, just as I like the 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500; a true Detroit steel workers kind of car where as the Aston is the more sophisticated Gentleman's GT. Nevertheless these both beautiful cars must be related to each other.

[@paulthomson9014]

The v8 was an evolution of the 6 cylinder dbs , which was launched in 67 was designed a couple years earlier and built to replace the db6 , so technically this style of Aston predates the the similar style of mustang

[@minutepapillon5060]

Que c'est beau..

[@pedroreis9339]

Great car!!!😆

[@eos2143]

Härzig, ä Schwyzer :-)

[@Afghanen]

Hi Aston Martin. We are called Jensen. And We just built a car called the Jensen Interceptor.

[@philipsarris5656]

Too bad about that rear window, so hideous

[@Afghanen]

@@philipsarris5656 But that rear window was the only thing Aston Marin driver would see...

[@philipsarris5656]

@@Afghanen

[@philipsarris5656]

I'm not too sure about that...AM 0-60 in 6 sec., JI 0-60 in 7.3 sec.; AM 155mph, JI 133mph. But hey, you like that rear window, it's all yours!

[@hyena131]

@@Afghanen Yes. In a parking lot.

[@bradmorgan60]

This is a sexy car. I love it

[@jockihm831]

One day

[@shubhamchaudhary6890]

Johnny English

[@closer71]

Isn’t the engine a 5.3 litre?

[@V8V88]

Mustang with Aston badge

[@peterrenn6341]

Nope. Totally different car. Aston is a variant of 'Superleggera' construction: alloy skin over tubular spaceframe on top, pressed/welded steel chassis/subframe below. Mustangs are fine cars but they are made in a much simpler way: mostly pressed steel panels spot welded together. I think a lot of this myth (apart from the looks) comes from the idea that Ford Owned Aston Martin at one time. They did, but that wasn't until many years after the DBS and V8 were launched.

[@christofkunz2854]

sehr schön, aber lieber handgeschaltet. ;-) an Ihrem Englisch habe ich sofort gehört, dass Sie Schweizer sind. ;-)

[@okeyezeilo6187]

A man's car...

[@BERTO3127]

Nice looks mustang

[@aliffummi8239]

Its looks like boss 429 mustang 1969

[@diodem9479]

Mini Mustang

[@nathanielgvb7873]

Didn’t George Lazenby drive one in on her Majestie secret service

[@Desmodude]

That’s a DBS (1969)

[@ralfburckhardt3787]

I prefere the convertible!!

[@halfwaydecentvehicles]

Anyone make a clone from ford maverick?

[@sergioalberto9952]

Is a mustang copy style UK...!!!

[@juliengomez6692]

Je préfère de loin ces Aston de cette époque à celles de maintenant. La DB 11 est moche, mal dessinée...celles-ci ont du style et un moteur.

[@zhentrixcalipso2738]

Umm that looks like a mustang

[@leroyrubba392]

huh?

[@Nolfavrell]

is it possible that you are blind and can't tell muscle cars from each other?

[@tiersofemotion222]

@@Nolfavrell no it does similar to the 1968 ford mustang fastback he's not blind after all

[@philipsarris5656]

@@tiersofemotion222 Looks like one, maybe, but gladly it's not some (another) cheap Mustang.

[@juliusgoze1380]

Its like a fake ford mustang even though its an aston martin

[@asensibleyoungman2978]

Beautiful car.