A Youtuber recently stumbled upon an abandoned convertible Aston Martin DB7 Vantage Volante with a long-dead V12 engine under its long hood that will most certainly never find its way back on the road.
Obviously, this Aston isn’t what we’d classify as a barn find. That’s because the typical barn find is exactly as it sounds, somewhat shielded and protected from the elements. They’re often parked by a loving or at least responsible owner and for whatever reason, lost to history. When found, they’re typically a type of time capsule requiring restoration but this Vantage would need quite a bit more.
See, it’s parked outside, in a random field, with exactly zero protection from the elements. New cars or even cars that are only a few years old probably wouldn’t have much trouble with that. Most of us leave our cars out in the weather all the time, right? Well, this British sports car has been sitting there since at least 2013. Not only does it have brambles literally growing through the windshield wipers, but it’s also covered in mold.
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This is what the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage Volante looked like when new back in the 2000s
The two men in the video even get a chance to look inside where they find one door panel ripped off and lots more condensation and mold. It’s a rough sight, to say the least. The DB7 V12 Vantage Volante that was built from 1999 to 2003 (2000MY-2003MY) used to make 420-horsepower and 400 lb-ft of torque before it was left to rot. Paired to the automatic transmission we see in the short clip, it could rocket from 0-62 (0-100 km/h) in just 5.2 seconds with the automatic transmission and 5.1 sec with the stick shift.
Could any of these parts be salvaged? Possibly. We obviously don’t know the true state of the engine or any other drivetrain components. That might be the place to start though as they’ve had the most protection over the years. Mechanical parts aside, the interior and exterior look pretty much shot. Here’s the downside of exploring old abandoned fields and barns: sometimes what you find is just sad.