Introducing the Aston Blog
I’m Malcolm, the guy responsible for the Aston Martin Restoration on these pages. I’m hoping to write about the last stages of the restoration – the “just need to do this great list of little things and it’ll be finished” stage.
Progress on the restoration has been slow for a while – it’s not that the car has taken longer than I thought, just I have less time to spend on it than planned. I made the mistake of treating the car as a weekend project. Now I’m going to reorganise my workload a little and treat it as a week day project.
The project has been a good experience. The Aston V8 is a lovely car. I’ve learned a lot (particularly about aluminium welding). Apart from the aluminium, and the sheer extent of rust, there isn’t much on the V8 that couldn’t be done by DIY restorers. That’s why this website went together – to provide a source of information for other restorers.
The website has been good. I’ve started to become a little involved in the Aston scene, and there are now 3 Aston V8s at the farm. More on the other ones later…