1978 Aston Martin V8 Fastback Coupe

During the Aston Martin V8's nearly 20-year lifespan, a number of rolling changes were incorporated. These were essentially hand-built luxury sports cars that were built-to-order.

Eight cars were built for the Canadian market with Vantage-type cosmetics, which added a front air dam, plugged bonnet bulge, and rear 'Fliptail' spoiler. The engines were built to European Stage 1 specification as indicated by the suffix 'S' in the engine number and the chassis number suffix LCA. Four examples were given automatic transmissions and four had manual gearboxes. These cars were called 'Canadian Vantages,' although they were not technically factory Vantages.

This example was constructed in March of 1978 and delivered new through Grand Touring Automobiles in Toronto. It was sold new to a customer in Vancouver, British Colombia. It was later acquired by another Canadian, who kept the V8 at his residence in Palm Desert, California. It was later purchased by Kean Rogers in 1999, who refinished it in a burgundy called Royal Cherry and sympathetically restored it as necessary. It received a full brake system overhaul, new clutch assembly, rebuilt water pump, plus a carburetor rebuild.

There are Fawn Connolly leather seats, Wilton carpets, and Fawn wool headliner.

The car was later sold to an Aston Martin collector on the East Coast. In 2015 the car received an engine rebuild and was converted to six-liter 'big bore' specification, being fitted with authentic Vantage components.

By Daniel Vaughan | Nov 2017