this is the aston martin bulldog. the only one, it was built in 1979. mission to become the first production card to receive a top speed of 200 miles an hour. moore was supposed to be built, but it was too costly and was shelved before the car reached its milestone speed. it ended up in storage. more than 40 years later, it finally achieved what it was built to do. our scotland correspondent joins us from the track. >> the only one of its kind ever built, the aston martin bulldog a testament to british design, innovation, and engineering. the challenge, hitting 200 miles an hour. >> i've got three straw bills to use, some reference points of where i can think about it. i don't want to be impartial. up into the fields down there. >> today he was about realizing the promise made 40 years ago come true. >> this is very exciting to me. i'm nervous, i have butterflies, but hopefully i brought a big enough net. today is about making dreams come true. >> after decades, the waiting was over. the angular superstar -- supercar restored to its glory, powering down

this is the aston martin bulldog. it is the only one, in fact. it was built in 1979.upposed to be built but the project was too costly and was shelved before the supercar could reach its milestone speed. the car was sold and ended up in storage. but today, more than a0 years later, it finally achieved what it was built to do. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon was there watching. shejoins us from she joins us from the track now. this really is a unique car and it really has been lovingly restored. the reason why this run took place on this very remote scottish airfield is because of this vast stretch of unused taxiway. it is so remote the driver of the car was warned in the safety briefing to look out for rabbits and deer. there have been some minor modifications. it has a rollbar to protect anyone inside and that is because today was all about speed. this was designed to be the fastest car on the road when it was originally built. it never reached its long hoped—for 200 mph potential until today that is. it was the only one of its kind ever built. the concept as

the aston martin bulldog was launched in 1979 to a fanfare of publicity.nstead, it nearly went bankrupt. you just press the button... and you are released into the outer world. only one was ever built and after disappearing for years... ..they tracked it down and brought it to be restored here in shropshire. it was a wreck. this is how it looked when i first saw it in 2020. it has some of the original pieces, like this classic 70s dashboard but they also had to completely remake a lot of the parts from scratch. it looks absolutely fantastic, doesn't it? it's taken nearly three years to get to the stage, but it's nearly complete and this is an absolutely unique car. it's been roadworthy for about 18 months, but in between shows it's been continually modified. they've even had to make a new suspension system to allow the car to drive over speed bumps, which didn't exist in 1979. the man who's spent most of the past three years rebuilding it is brett eggar. cool, very cool. very nice, there's only one, so what's to complain about? will you miss it? yeah, i en

a restored and rare aston martin bulldog achieved a top speed of 205.4 mph on its attempt to break 200the fastest—ever production car on the road. it achieved its top speed on two of its four runs at a former nato airbase in argyll. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. the pause button is held firmly down on our weather across the uk at the moment. many of us have seen no significant rain so far this month and before the end of the week there�*s none to come. why is it so dry? the area of high pressure being held down across the uk currently. you can see it wobbles about a little bit in the next few days. that affects the wind direction somewhat and potentially where we�*ll see some of the thickest cloud, but it�*s not until we start to see this low, that�*s close to portugal at the moment, coming up from the south—west that we�*re likely to see any rain, and that is late on on friday. some big differences in the temperature, though, across the uk, despite us all being under that big area of high pressure. that�*s because of where we have the sun towards t

the concept aston martin bulldog, a testament to british design, innovation and engineering.enge hitting 200 miles an hour and also breaking. i've got three straw bales on this direction to use. so i've got some reference points of where i can start to think about braking. is it slowing down this? yeah, yeah, yeah. for me. yeah. so i don't want to be whistling past you guys down this end of the runway and off into the fields down there. emergency exit. today was about realising a promise made 40 years ago come true. this is very exciting to me. i'm nervous. i'm excited. do i have butterflies? yes. dol? but hopefully i've brought a big enough net. and i think today is about making dreams come true. after decades, the waiting was over. the angular supercar restored to its former glory. powering down the track. taking moments to reach and exceed its goal. i don't know. i have no idea. i'll go check. yeah. richard gauntlett oversaw the restoration. his father ran aston martin when on cost grounds plans to put the car into production were cancelled. a lot of people talk about thei

the aston martin bulldog was launched in 1979 to a fanfare of publicity.a 875 mile drive from john o'groats to lands end in a combine harvester — with the added complication of having to avoid motorways. let's have a look. we are atjohn o'groats, the combine is ready to go, we've just got to fold the auger in, shut the bins, escort vehicles ready, the rest of the team are there, next up, hopefully, is perth. that is 230 miles, nearly. we are going to see if we can get there by this evening. # i've got a brand—new combine harvester- # and i'll give you the key #. we just hope everything goes according to plan. we are setting off this early to avoid any traffic. we are full of fuel, renewable fuel, so off we go. # now, i've got a brand—new combine harvester— # and i'll give you the key #. she made i laugh ha—ha! well, you wouldn't want to be stuck behind them, would you? the group have already started. we can catch up with olly and james now. what progress have you made so far? say that again please.— say that again please. forgive me if it curious question,