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Featured: Here Is Why The Aston Martin V8 Needs A Worthy Companion

Here Is Why The Aston Martin V8 Needs A Worthy Companion

By Michael Banovsky
October 16, 2015
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Photography by Michael Schaap

It’s funny how things work out sometimes, in this case, the pursuit of a 1974 Aston Martin V8. In the span of a few weeks, I’d been introduced to photographer Michael Schaap and video game producer Martine Spaans, who not only drives a great Aston Martin and lives a short distance from Michael.

You know what’s cool? This car was first owned by the manager of Roxy Music.

Martine has had the car since 2008, saying it’s been a running project ever since. The first three years of ownership were spent getting it back into roadworthy shape, then two years of on-road use left Martine with a list of things to improve.

Since, it’s been at a friend’s garage and is “nearly done”, except for its cracking 41-year-old paint.

For this shoot, Michael had the idea to present both Martine and her car like you would if you encountered the pair on the road. You’d say, “Is that a…?” and swing your car around. Without further adieu, here is Martine and her 1974 V8.

Special thanks to Martine and Michael for arranging this shoot and living through a spot of overheating!

Tags Aston Martin/ British/ V8 Vantage
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Ian Miles
Ian Miles
7 years ago

Well Gun Slinger is well up the hyperbole curve as ever.
“the Mustangs influence on the design of the V8 are beyond blatant”. The DB6 had a very traditonal rounded aero design. The DBS debuted in 67. It was much squarer than the DB6 in line with car design, lead by the Italians, at that time. Given the length of Aston’s design process, the debut of the Mustang in 65, it seems unlikely. You could argue the V8 has some similarities to the Boss 302 but it was on the market much earlier and the simialrities are vague. The AMV8 does however look like a very logical extension of the DBS. It carries many of the same design cues over.
“thats a pretty obtuse claim to be making without a specific name when it comes to the provenance of a car in light of the complexities of the situation”
Logically it is relatively simple – David Einthoven, his partner at EG left in 71. He even has a Dutch name. Unlikely an underling would have been managing Roxy Music. But hey perhaps they will tell us.
“Why i hate them is because the things spend more time in garages being repaired than they ever do on the road and have done since new”
Move to the UK, go to the Festival of Speed.
Hard work as ever GS, wading through the……

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Brett Cambern
Brett Cambern
7 years ago

Lovely car and lovely story. I have to confess, though, that when I saw the first shot I was wondering if that was morning mist or an overheating radiator. 🙂

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JB21
JB21
7 years ago
Reply to  Brett Cambern

I thought the same, and thought, “how appropriate!”

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Iain Wilson
Iain Wilson
7 years ago

What aboot yon bonny lad Paul that bashed the drums like, I can see him doon the toon on a Saturday neet with his Aston…

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Guitar Slinger
Guitar Slinger
7 years ago

By far the most bad***ed , ill behaved , rude/crude and vicious to drive production Astons they’ve ever built . The Shelby Mustang of Aston Martin if you will [ the Mustangs influence on the design of the V8 are beyond blatant ] Which is when alls said and done why I love em . Why i hate them is because the things spend more time in garages being repaired than they ever do on the road and have done since new . But god knows .. I love em anyway . Wouldn’t own one to save my life . But brother I sure do love them

But err .. not to be insulting or anything … but ahhh …in light of the fact that Roxy was managed by the EG Management ‘ team’ .. errr which ‘ manager might that of been that formerly owned this Aston ? The owner Blackwell ? … One of his underlings ? One of the many later mangers in the long and strained history of Roxy Music ? .. Ehh … thats a pretty obtuse claim to be making without a specific name when it comes to the provenance of a car in light of the complexities of the situation .. not to mention being kind of trivial as well . Now if it’d of been owned by say … Eno , Manzanera , Jobson or Ferry … now that at least would count for a little something

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Rik
Rik
7 years ago
Reply to  Guitar Slinger

As always… utter nonsense.

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Iain Wilson
Iain Wilson
7 years ago

Too many times beautiful
Too many times sad
Too many times wonderful

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