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Car Model and Type:

​Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante

Project Dates:
Febuary 2011 - July 2011​​

Aston Martin AMV8 restoration
When this V8 Vantage Volante arrived with us the bodywork had already had it's Windsor Red paint that had adorned her removed and was back to bare metal with most of the panel work having already been done too including larger wheel arch flares.

The panel fit though good enough for some wasn't nearly good enough for the 5mm panel to panel we set as our bench mark.

The panels were realigned with all gaps made mm perfect, some panels needing added material to the edges thus needing Tig welding whilst others needed filing to get 5mm we needed.

​The small dents we could access were hammer and dollied into shape then we ran a bodyfile over the complete exterior. It was the sanded with P80 grit on a da sander before we lightly skimmed the exterior with body filler to leave a flawless unbroken shape once painted, it was then primed and prepared prior to the top coat of Rolls Royce Balmoral Green being sprayed.

​The car was then wet flatted with P1500 grade wet flatting paper. The process was then repeated with a grade P3000 wet flatting paper. The project finished with the vehicle being buffed to a high gloss.

It was recently spotted at the 2018  AMOC Spring Concours held at Englefield House in the car park on the Saturday looking striking in the sun.
Aston Martin V8 Restoration -
in bare metal
Aston Martin V8 Restoration -
bonnet starting to gap up nicely
Aston Martin V8 Restoration -
right hand fuel flap and boot line fitting improvements
Aston Martin V8 Restoration -
left hand fuel flap and boot line fitting improvement
Aston Martin V8 Restoration -
boot lid fitting lovely
Aston Martin V8 Restoration -
loose parts ready to set up for primer
Aston Martin V8 Restoration -
more loose parts for primer
Aston Martin V8 Restoration -
front levelled and masked ready for spray polyester
Aston Martin V8 Restoration -
rear levelled and masked ready for spray polyester
Aston Martin V8 Restoration -
front masked ready for topcoat
Aston Martin V8 Restoration -
rear masked ready for topcoat
Aston Martin V8 Restoration -
loose parts set up for topcoat
Aston Martin V8 Restoration -
Rear end in Balmoral Green
Aston Martin V8 Restoration -
Balmoral Green
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Deanland Road, Golden Cross
East Sussex BN27 3RP


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