<VV> Re: Aston Martin - The Royal Wedding

[Mike McGowan]

That Aston was a nice car before Prince Charles messed with it.  The post 
below says "it has been modified lately."  It now runs on old wine (which 
they call "bioethanol").  No joke.  Apparently that's what passes for 
environmentalism among royal twits.

--Mike McGowan


> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 09:48:39 +0100
> From: "David B. Neale" <david.neale3 at ntlworld.com>
> Subject: <VV> Aston Martin - The Royal Wedding
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> Following  JR's cue, I found some information regarding the Aston Martin 
> Volante that Katherine and William drove away in; it was a 1969 model car. 
> I am no authority on Aston Martins, but it would have been , I think, one 
> of the earlier V8-engined cars, earlier Vantage cars having a six-cylinder 
> engine.
>
> You may wish to click on the link below for more information, but here is 
> a small extract from it;
>
> "Priceless, this car was actually the 21st birthday gift of Queen 
> Elizabeth to her son, Charles, prince of Wales, and while it has been 
> modified lately, it is still essentially the same convertible that the 
> future king of England accepted more than 40 years ago in 1969.
>
> Charles' DB6 Volante (was far more standard as it) was a two-door 
> convertible, powered by a 243-cubic inch V-8 that cranked out 282 
> horsepower and 286 pounds feet of torque at 5,500 rpm (meaning it had a 
> very long power curve so that it could certainly get out of the way of any 
> bad guys quickly).
>
> In its standard trim in 1969, Prince Charles' Volante was no slouch. It 
> had a top end of 140 mph and could do 0 to 60 in 7 seconds with a quarter 
> mile exit in 15 seconds, meaning it could do the quarter mile at about 87 
> mph. It was and still is a serious vehicle."
>
> http://www.auto-types.com/autonews/william-kate-leave-on-honeymoon-in-prince-charles-aston-7404.html
>
> Not a great deal of Corvair content, I am afraid.
>
> David Neale
> Leicestershire, England