The saga continues........I did a web search for the phone number listed and bingo! The address of House of Sports Cars(Pty)LTD, Aston Martin Lagonda Distributors Tel (011) 788-5218/9 is in South Africa and is still in business today. Not sure where the cold weather option comes in to play but interesting that the car spent its first 7 years in South Africa.

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Eric Boyles
1980 450SL