We've Saved ANOTHER Grand Tour Car - Sand Job Edition!
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2024
- Another Grand Tour car has entered the DriveTribe garage, and if you've watched the latest special - Sand Job - you probably know what it is! Mike Fernie delves into the details of Richard's V12 GT from the special.
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00:00 Which Grand Tour car have we saved?
00:25 Introducing Richard's DB9 Volante
01:02 The damage the car has sustained
03:12 How bad is the interior?
05:01 The V12 engine
09:02 Will it start?
10:28 What will the car be like underneath?
11:26 What should we do with this Aston Martin? - Авто та транспорт
All 3 cars from the next special must be preserved. End of an era
It maybe the end of the show.
@@reaperoflostsouls4323 it is, sand job is 2nd last tgt ever
Absolutely agree their
send it to the moon if they wanna EV dat thing
@@reaperoflostsouls4323 It is, they've said so. The next one is the final one.
Option 3 please! please keep it as it is, it really is a piece of history for the show
These cars are truly amazing. I would buy this year of one if I could afford one
i 100% agree
I agree keep it cosmetically the same but internally give it a full overhaul so it actually you know works as a car
Not just the DB9 all of the cars need option 3
YES THIS SO MUCH SO! the end of an era
I would like option 3. Fix what everything that needs fixed, clean the inside, and make it a fun pop to the shops rig with a side of wintertime fun.
PLEASE do Option 3! keep it as it was, clean it up, fix it up to be safe again and enjoy it as is! maybe even take it to small offroad events and use it as it was! but absolutely preserve it as richard had it!
Option 3! Fix all the mechanical/reliability issues so it’s a solid driver and lacquer the patina on the outside. A fill detail inside will make it liveable and enjoyable as a Grand Tour relic!
Give it the same treatment that the winning cars of big endurance races get.
Please do option 3. The subaru was made nice and clean, but this has even more character and should be kept as it is. Just fix the issues it's got. Jobs a goodon
A cursed car lives
Agreed fix the faults leave the mods. it definitely needs some clear coat to keep the dust on the panels too.
Agreed, can we put the tent back on it too?
@@BlakeBergywith the tent and all the necessary work done, we can finally see the metro cab
Martin they did more than just make it clean and nice, they went further with improving its power and internals. This Aston, looked awesome when it was clean and nice with those mods... all the sand and damage ruins it. Clean it up, to where it was pre-damage and wear. Thats what they should do. Save the exact preserve as it is for the car Richard drives in the final Grand Tour.
Option 3! Love the idea of preserving the dirt!
Option 3, preserving the car. Thanks for the video!
Option 3, please. We have one more special, but that car has the end of a legacy in it. The love from all the guys are in every single one of those cars they drive in those trips this one deserves to be preserved
Fix it, but don’t change it, Please 😢
SkyNet lives on!!
Just don’t let it connect to the internet.. the end times will be upon us
Tis alive
@@anusername8350 Too late. When Richard connected it to the laptop to clear the faults, it jumped to the internet. This is why the car started working again.
Get Out! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂
The final show must have every car saved.
You definitely should repair the mechanical issues (to make it run and all), but preserve how it's modified and/or preserve the dirt nad scuffes (if possible). You guys should honestly track down TGT special cars and make a museum out of them or something to like display them. These cars have such a history
Option 3! Will be a 1of1 in the world and marks a special era from Hammond, Clarkson and May 😊 this should stand alone in a motor museum in all its glory with its story! 🙏👍
Option 3 with lacquer. 100% this car deserves preserving in this state!!! Its history!
Option 3 for sure. It is unique as is and would not require any additional mods, infact would request to try and find the Aston Hotel and recommission it as well. Definitely a part of history!!!
Option 3 but cleaned up and reinstall the tent! That was my favorite part of this car!
Have to go option 3. Keep it Grand Tour spec. I liked the Aston Martin Hotel look. Would be a shame not to be able to have the roof down to fully hear the V12, but the look of the car when it arrived off the train looked gorgeous. Looked like an off-road shooting brake.
Option 3 with the lacquer is a really good idea, I do think the interior could do with a clean though just for practicality sake, it would be great to see this thing functioning as intended, if there was to be any modifications, maybe just do add ons that Richard didn’t have time to do or didn’t make up his mind on etc to truly emphasise on the current design and character to bring it to its full potential! I’d love to see the other 2 cars from that special particularly the F-Type and I’d be very interested to see the damage on the Maserati.
Number 2 plus lacker idea is brilliant
Option #3, no question! What an awesome addition it would be to have at a Drive Tribe live show! ^_^
option 3!! Get back to how it was at the start of the episode! Loved it, and like Hammond said. It is an inprovment
Option 3 please! Legendary car must be preserved.
Option 3 but I'd go one step further TBH. Keep this one as is as much as possible, don't even replace that rear window (may need to work out some kind of cover to keep it weatherproof), but then see about getting another one of these cars and doing it up like that one was at the start of the special, so you can have the before and after versions.
Option 3 is the only way to go. Thanks Mike!
3rd option gets my vote preserve it in it's current setup and make it road legal. Plus fix the cooling and electrical issues
The laquer idea actually sounds really cool. Keep all the dirt and dents on to really preserve it
No way!!! Dirt and sand just doesn’t sound like a good thing to have… I thought laquer too for the giggles 🤭
But best is Stay with the MadMax specs
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Gotta fix all the mechanical issues for sure
@@coleeto2 Oh yeah ofc, get T-800 out first. But keep any aesthetic damage or mud. Looks amazing on le mans cars
Please Do some laquer in any area that make sense, where it enhence / highlight the history of the car
Preserved them! Historic moment. The end of the TG/GT era. Thanks for the ride!
well TG is in Hiatus, so it could return.. but yes, end of the GT era
Option 3, with the lacker you mentioned. thanks for making great content. =)
I say a mix of 2 and 3
Fix all the electrical problems that cropped up during filming, clean what *needs* to be cleaned to get it running reliably, but keep the external as unmodified from what it is now as possible. Maybe lacquer it to preserve its current appearance.
Then let's hope you can get May and Clarkson's cars and do the same for those!! Three massive pieces of motoring journalism history!!
That's just number 3. See 12:32
Combination of option 1 and 3. Restore it to its new "Safari Spec" but with new Genuine Aston Martin parts, fresh paint, trim, and a well sorted mid travel suspension.
option 4... Fly this brilliant woman over and get her to clean it!
Yes!
Boys listen to Sarah ☺️
@@Mr_Judge_Benny_Hinn hear-hear!!!!!
...and get a new Aston Martin Hotel to put on top.
Preserved! Always loved the DB9 along with the same generation Vantage V8. Those cars money no object I would love to drive for a week.
Keep it grand tour spec! Helps with the epic story it tells! ❤
Love the lacker idea with fixing it to drive able
Lacquer.
Lacquer
Lacquer on body panels. The engine bay needs a proper cleaning and all the mechanical and electrical faults need fixing too.
Repaired and lacquered or vice versa.
This is the only way
2/3 combo! Fix all mechanicals/gremlins and do what needs to be done to prevent further damage/detoriation, but keep the look and feel as much as possible.
exactly what should be done
Some combo of the last 2 options would be great.
Option 3 - but take it back to how it was at the start of the grand tour - with the roof tent thing. I thought it made it look like a shooting brake. It looked excellent! Bring that back please.
Please share with Richard (and James and Jeremy, if you can) that this was probably the best Grand Tour special in quite some time. It very much evoked the past but also reflected how far the show and the team have come. Please also thank them for me.
I make your words, mine.
You are so right, the most spectacular, amasing,dangerous and beautiful Grand Tour journey, and Mr Jeremy, Mr James and Mr Richard gave us, ever! Another and perhaps the real Africa´s side, Thank You Grand Tour and his "singular" Team !
I loved hearing the A-Team music again, it was worth what it cost them.
It was an excellent episode. please don't stop 👏
My take: Option 3, but unlike others here I'd like to see a restoration to the bodywork, and a full clean/detail.
Superb car, and if AM ever wanted to do a Paris/Dakar they could learn a lot from this.
They could also learn from Jaguar since Jaguar did actually tried to make a rally F-Type
Same!
yes. same! They already did a full restore, and improvement to Martin, and i think they should save the full preserve as it is post-special with dirt and damage, for what ever car Richard drives in the last and very final Grand Tour. This Aston looked awesome with the mods it had before all the sand and damage. Just fix it up, clean it up, restore it to as it was start of special with the mods.
Option 3 - especially the idea of lacquer over the sand etc - but make it useable and 'reliable' so go over the cooling system etc and fix all the warning lights and gearbox issues!!
I know a lot of people want to keep it the same, but I would persevere love to see Richard and you off-road upgrade the heck out of it. The upgrade segments are always my favourite parts of grand tour shows.
I loved the Aston but the Jaaag was definitely the best
I think Jeremey Clarkson even bought a F type when they got back
@@lathikamihirangayeah he did, he also brought the Mauritania one back to the farm and kept it
@@TJW04 cant wait to see that. Loved it with the stratos style lights (even though I'm not sure they were used)
Another one saved! They need to be in a museum. :)
The Grand Tour cars aren't, but a lot of the Top Gear cars are now in Bealieu and they let you sit in one or two, like the TGV12. They've also re-constructed the reliant rocket and turned the Panda into a really long bench.
Id love seeing it preserved. Fix the broken bits and her fully running properly and keep her grand tour special.
Full interior valet, engine service and clean up, then fix the rear window, then preserve the scratches, damage, dirt
I've worked in the factory that produced the head and tail lamps for this car for over thirty years. I work in the moulding shop and have installed and ran the moulds for the lenses and housings as well as the power wash cover. It's so cool to think my fingerprints may be on the lamps on this car.
I like stuff like this, as does one of my sons. I have a picture of both my sons in the remains of Richards VW Camper bug out thing, from the episode (might have still been Top Gear) where they were on Salisbury Plains. My son still has one of the baked bean cans he had in it, its still on his shelf today with the bullet holes in it. We came across it out off roading, it was left abandoned outside a training area. I had the thread from Richards jumper hanging from my rear view mirror for several years!
That is so cool, this was in Canada? Would like to get hold of the new head lamp lenses for my DB9!
While Option 3 makes the most sense in theory, we also live in the UK, where we don't exactly have sand dunes, so I think Option 2 make more sense, as one thing we don't have a shortage of is rainy muddy days, and the DB9 would look epid off-road, and as a side, with where Richard lives, he could also make it a daily driver, doing chores around the land he has.
Gotta preserve it.. excellent idea and a great keeper
Option 3. Keep it grand tour spec it’s a piece of history and memory of the grand tour
Mad max it further - Then clear laquer the dirt!!
This channel feels closer to top gear daily! Please make them all at least 30 mins - to 1 hr long!
How much time you have in a day to watch 30 mins - 1h videos daily mate 😂
I said this too
Agreed!!
Option 3 definitely
A well deserved clean inside and outside and restore it how it looked before the Sand Job episode.
Option 3 easy. I wish you could get the roofrack thingy he lost in Mauritania, it looked awesome.
Get it working and back out on another adventure. Our Vantage drove from Tokyo to London in 2007. It’s now taking my son and I around the world. We drove more than 8,000 miles across 8 countries last year. Astons yearn to explore! Phil, Vantage World Tour.
My db7 vantage has water damage 💔 i wish it was as reliable as yours
Very sorry to hear that. We had an evening in Costa Rica with flooding and we were very worried about it getting into the engine. Does anyone know who did the mod the move the air intakes up on Richard’s car?
Option 3. No contest. There are many Aston Martin DB9 Volante, there is only one Sand Job Edition. Preserve the outside and inside, fix all mechanical and electric issues. Drive it, love it.
option 3 inc. preservation of the all the dirt - it is what makes the car special
I'd say preserve it, but also fix any immediately worn or broken components to make it driveable, But I love the idea of preserving the history on it
Keep it exactly as it is, warts and all.
One day it will be sitting proudly in a museum with all the other Top Gear and TGT cars. And we all will be walking around them, fondly reminiscing on a golden era of motoring television.
It really is the end of an era.
#3!!!
BTW- The fact that you had in back already in enough time to film/produce and post this video the day after it aired? Confirms for me how long ago it was filmed….that and the fact that JC talked about Lightfoot dying that day (May 2023). Took a long while to get this one to us….think it was worth it!
The special for me was interesting however ( that is my opinion) it is not on the level on the previous ones. However it was nice to see a little bit like an homage to two of the grand tour specials: This being the Nike one ( with the rafts) and a small bit of the Vietnam one ( with the modifications of the back wheels and a rudder for stiridge).Also it is kind of poetic that the special had gone full circle. They started with the Botswana one when they were unable to enter Zimbabwe due to the BBC not being allowed, and now they will finish in Zimbabwe.
Option 3, but put the tent back on! Thought that was the coolest thing…
Fix all the faults, make it run properly. But DT, never change this car, keep it as it is. It is the symbol of the end of an important era of the motoring world that started in 2002...
The sand tour is just awesome!!!! Loved it. You should preserve all 3 cars how they are and put them into a TG museum
Grand Tour Museum
The sand tour? Don't think that was the name they gave it 😅
@@webb2800The Sand Job wasnt it?
yah thats what they said TG tour grande..its french because Mauritania@@squishygothdude
does anybody know what ended up happening to the other two cars? i think jeremy mentioned that he would keep the jaguar, but i’m not sure about the maserati. james doesn’t seem to be someone who buys his car after the episodes so i’ll be interested to see where that blue grancabrio goes
Bring it back to how it was at the start of the special, with the roof tent. It looked badass like that.
Agreed!
Option 3, fully repair mechanicals so it can used on other trips.
I actually liked it with tent box modification.
Def clear lacquer over it to keep the sand job adventure on show.
Option 3 please! Preserve in Grand Tour spec, be great to see it roadworthy and useable in its tv guise especially if the roof tent/shooting brake look can be refitted
Option 4: Service it and fully convert it into a fully capable Sterrato killer on a decent budget. One of the things missing from the Sand Job special was the process and level at which this car was prepared for the journey. It just seemed like it showed up with stuff on it- a couple of air filters and bigger tires. Was there even any suspension work? Certainly nothing was done to secure key systems for the trip- skid plates- wiring protection etc. Go through it make it truly impressive Rally Tour car. Aston RT
Have you seen it? Each car has a massive skid plate, otherwise it would've been a 5 minute episode. They go over the mods and as you can tell from the stance, they did suspension on them. They even go into it at the start. The point was to make these on a budget and it they were super reliable, the episode would be very, very boring.
The work is done by a shop they hire. Hadrian, Hammond's landlord for his workshop, has done many of the conversions over the year. You never get to see them for this reason, they always just show up and explain the mods. Ever time it is shown, it is all scripted of course. Mongolia was the only time they equally put the work in, along with the budget Italian sports car service in one of the later Top Gear seasons. Yes, this is Grand Tour, but the production team is 95% Top Gear crew. Same deal, different name.
The skid plate on the Aston hid the frame you can now see, which supports the farm equipment he puts on. That is a lot of work to get it to function on a unibody car.
Skynet got one indication that Hammond was in it and thought it must have been in a crash!
Just kidding, Hamster absolutely nailed the work on that car and what an absolute strange but wonderful beast
You do know hammond didn't build it right?
@@jeeves_uk no I know, just playing into the fun of it all
Yeah, I was thinking while watching that you all should preserve it so that it will always be the Austin that drove across (part of) the Sahara. Though punching up its off-road suspension and wheels to make it more desert compatible would be a weird, but interesting idea.
Has to be preserved as it is. The sand looks great and tells a story. As does the collection of scratches and damage. Would love to see it out doing a rally stage in grand tour spec
I’m torn. I would say spray clear over it and don’t touch it however, we don’t know about the cars in the last special. The final 3 cars to me need to placed in a truly special place. Automotive museum. But somewhere to remember the golden age of automotive television. The trio has a special place in my heart. I had planned for a couple of years to go to the UK and see a taping of the show and when we bought tickets to go the next month the end of what I call the OG top gear was over. As far as the Aston I’m sure we will love whatever Richard decides to do with it
KEEP IT AS IS!!!! The way that car looks now it tells a whole story just by looking at it!!
Option 3 of course! Keep it how it is now, it has its history now. She's a beauty ❤
Keep like this, tidy it up, maybe rally spec it. Ir actual looks really cool.
Fix it and preserve it. The Grand Tour spec. is wonderful.
I'd say preserve it as it is. But please give it a nice clean!
Option 3, i'd love to see this car running great again!
Option 2 would be sick, there's another vantage that gets used in rallies across the UK (been round GoodWood forest stage a few times too) and it's great to see as no-one expects it. Also, with option 3 it'd never see the road properly again and there's enough historic TG and Grand Tour cars in the archive to maintain the boys' legacy.
Definitely option 3, and I for one would love to see the tent back in place. Maybe a fuel canister or two as well?
So would we! 🙌
It's quite appropriate that the Aston DB9 was the car saved from the penultimate episode. The first ever Top Gear 'Challenge' episode (which is basically what spawned the whole challanges and specials type episodes) was the DB9 vs. Train way back in the first episode of season 4 (almost 20 years ago!).
Mad Max it, and next Grand Tour, come down under and do the full loop of Aus, would be epic.
3rd option, just make the improvements it was lacking in the show, and put the tent back - shooting brake look was golden
Great video. Love it, thank you. Option 3 would be the best choice in my oplinion, both for the (history of this) car as well as the memory to this episode of The Grand Tour.
Off road machine! The special was amazing and well worth the wait. All the best. Cheers!🍻
Keep the looks as they are!
Honestly the end really sums up the bitter sweet ending of this trio. You can just see the genuine amazement they still have for their adventures... But the world is genuinely changing, and I can only imagine how hard it is now to mobilize that kind of crew.
Carry on with the project that has been started, make it more off road and a bit crazy - but crazy in a subtle, Bond, sort of way.
Great timing on this video, I literally just finished watching the GT Sand Job, 8-10 minutes ago 😊
I think it would be sad if it just sat around in some museum or garage. I would like to see it mended into what it was at the beginning of the journey (tent included) and used on the channel to make trips in other challenging environments. Having the sand and scuffs preserved would be a nice touch too.
Definitely preserve "Skynet" as it is.
For a future project, find a wrecked Aston, and make that a Mad Maxton Martin
Quite surprised to see the Aston will be kept, after watched the special and all the problems it have.
From my side, I would like to see the option number 2, because I liked to see the Subaru getting a new life after the Scandi Flick and would be nice to see the same for the Aston.
A suggestion of future content is a video with this car with Clarkson's Bentley from Madagascar's special.
Option 3 is the best variant for it. Fix all the technical faults and maybe scratches and leave all modifications as is.
This car should live its unique live and have its unique shape.
Option 3, lacquer over the dirt and keep it in Grand Tour spec!
Grand Tour Spec would be my vote, so its recognisable while your all out driving it, as it will bring more joy to those who see it
Please, preserve it as it is. Respect the history and the journey.
It was in a car tv show, hardly historic 😂
No
I am glad Richard is holding onto the last 3 vehicles from the specials say what you will in years the value on them will go up very smart investment.
I would restore the internals to ensure that it will run reliably, but preserve the exterior/interior as it is. As Richard said, it is now more than it was and that is through it's story. That story is what must be preserved.
I have to go with the 3rd option - keep it as it is!
Preserve it definately, maybe in a massive resin block and then put it in a museum dedicated to the epic journey! :)
It was an amazing episode and good job presenting the car to us afterwards. Going with a Le Mans finish and making it mechanically sound would make it a great memorabilia for when the trio retires, which hopefully won't be soon (but having Clarkson playing those Chicago tunes makes me think it's near).
I think option 3/preserving the car as is visually while repairing it mechanically would be the best option.
Option 1.... nothing like a perfect Aston.. absolute masterpiece