FEATURED AUCTION - 1960 ASTON MARTIN DB4 4.5L LIGHTWEIGHT COMPETITION SALOON
THE ASTON MARTIN DB4 EMPHATICALLY DEMONSTRATED THAT A BRITISH MANUFACTURER COULD BETTER THE ITALIANS AT THEIR OWN GAME, THE PERFECT GRAN TURISMO CAR.
Estimate: £220,000 - 260,000.
*Built by ADA Engineering in the 1980s
*Successfully campaigned by Bill Goodall
*Rebuilt by Alan Smith Motors in 2004
*AMOC and Intermarque Championship class winner in 2008
The DB4’s specification included a completely new steel platform chassis with disc brakes all round, and a freshly developed twin-cam six-cylinder engine, all clothed in a perfectly proportioned aluminium body designed by Touring of Milan. Overall, the DB4 was state-of-the-art for its time, a masterpiece of robust British engineering combined with exquisite Italian styling.
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