Description
For sale a 1955 Aston Martin DB2/ 4 MK11
Originally sold by Brooklands of Bond Street, first registered 19/ 08/ 1955
With a deep carriage green exterior and beige (Connolly Vaumol) leather interior trim.
The car has 2 previous owners and is currently being sold by the wife of the deceased owner.
A Heritage Certificate was issued in March 2024 and is included in the history pack.
Also included are MOT certificates dating back to 1979 to confirm mileage.
The last MOT was carried out in 2022 and the car will have a 12 months MOT before sold.
It comes with an extensive service and restoration history dating back to 1955, including the original purchase invoice, various correspondence from previous owners are also included.
The gearbox was replaced in 1956.
A workshop manual and parts catalogue come with the car along with the original Instruction Book.
Personal photos have been taken of the following -
2004 - the n/ s sill repair
2014 - a new fuel tank was fitted, tank built by Pro Ally, Cambridge
2016 - paint stripped ready for repaint
2016 - car resprayed
16" silver painted wire wheels with chrome twin-eared knock-offs are fitted with period appearance Avon Turbosteel radial tyres.
The interior leather has been connolised at some point and the wood veneer dashboard has crazed and the original interior shows age related wear and tear which presents an attractive patina of age.
The chrome presents well making it an immediately useable car for this summer.
Mechanically the car is in excellent condition, engine pulling well and gearbox changing up and down effortlessly.
The Aston Martin DB2/ 4 was launched from Feltham in October 1953 and was offered as a sporting 2+2 hatchback or an open Drophead Coupé. Although similar to the DB2 it replaced, changes included a smaller fuel tank, rear suspension upgrade, wraparound windscreen, larger bumpers, and repositioned headlights. A number of special bodied cars were also produced by Italian coachbuilders Carrozzeria Allemano, Bertone, and Vignale who were commissioned at special request by private clients. David Brown had purchased the Lagonda company a few years earlier, primarily to obtain the W. O. Bentley designed, double overhead camshaft straight six, which he wanted as a replacement for the ageing Claude Hill four cylinder unit. He knew success in motor sport would benefit sales, and used the 2. 6-litre, six-cylinder unit to power the works DB2s which were campaigned at Le Mans and across Europe throughout the early 1950s.
The DB2/ 4 engine (VB6J) was initially tuned to 125bhp, propelling the car to 120mph and 0-60mph in 11. 2 seconds. However, in the summer of 1954, the capacity was increased from 2, 580cc to 2, 992cc, which raised power to 140bhp at 5, 000rpm and reduced the 0-60mph time to 10 seconds dead. The Autocar described the DB2/ 4 in October 1953 as: "an expensive car designed to cater for the connoisseur of sports cars who is not limited by financial considerations.... a car of rare quality, unusual performance, exceptional road worthiness and unrivalled versatility." - a description that, I suspect, Aston Martin would be proud to have applied to any of their current modelsFinished in its correct Deep Carriage Green, this Aston Martin DB2/ 4 is a fantastic sporting grand tourer.
Latest service was carried out in September 2024 by AJ Lee Classics Ltd, work included an engine oil and filter change, a full lubrication service, fluid level checks, removal of wheels to inspect and clean drums and adjust brakes, clean and gap spark plugs, check fan belt and carburettor oil and adjust handbrake.
