Lot details Registration No: CYW976V Chassis No: V8SOR12245 Mot Expiry: June 09
Launched at the October 1978 Birmingham Motor Show, the Fourth Series or Oscar India V8 (Oscar India being AM factory 'shorthand' for October Introduction) sported a re-profiled 'power bulge' bonnet, subtly integrated rear lip spoiler and GKN alloy wheels. Little changed beneath its aluminium skin, the model utilised the same independent coil-sprung front suspension, De Dion rear axle, four-wheel disc brakes and power assisted rack and pinion steering as its predecessors. Predominantly allied to three-speed Torqueflite automatic transmission, the Tadek Marek designed 5340cc DOHC V8 engine was fed via quad Weber carburettors. Thus equipped, Autocar magazine found the Oscar India to be capable of 146mph and 0-60mph in 7.2 seconds. Cementing its Grand Tourer credentials, the fixed-head boasted a revised interior complete with leather headlining and burr walnut dashboard / door cappings. An occasional four-seater, the Oscar India V8 remained in production for seven and half years during which time just 291 are thought to have been made.
Finished in silver with blue leather upholstery, this particular example is variously described by the vendor as being in "good" (engine, automatic transmission), "very good" (electrical equipment, interior trim, wheels / tyres) or "excellent" (chassis, bodywork, paintwork) condition. Riding on correct-style alloy wheels shod with fresh tyres, 'CYW 976V' is understood to have just emerged from an extensive bodywork restoration that saw it treated to "sundry chassis repairs, new sills and a bare metal respray etc". Reportedly performed by an Aston Martin specialist, the work is said to have cost somewhere in the region of "£15,000 - £18,000 + VAT". Further benefiting from "full service history", this smart V8 is offered for sale with "original bill of sale" and MOT certificate valid until June 2009.
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