ProjectTwo :: 19/03/03 :: 8:00pm :: Aston Martin V8

Mark Evans

- rebuilds a genuine supercar - a 1974 Aston Martin V8 - a huge tank of a car with a stonking engine to match.

Amanda Stretton

- meets Essex's grown up boy-racers of souped up Aston Martins - a father and son who have a rather fast and furious racing Aston each. She also meets the man who has 12 Aston Martins - one for every month of the year...and a 007 style V8.

The car restored in Dream Machine was made in 1973/1974, and was originally registered on 1 March 1974 at a time when the company was only building four or five cars every week. It is a Series 3 V8, a type produced between 1973 and 1978. When new, it cost £11,349 - which is equivalent to £58,000 in today's money - and was one of 921 Series 3 types produced in five years. Since 1974 this car has had five registered keepers.