1959 Aston Martin DB4
Works Service Project 'DP2155-
Baujahr1959
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AutomobiltypCoupé
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LenkungLenkung rechts
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ZustandGebraucht
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Markenfarbe außenAston Racing Green
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InnenfarbeSonstige
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Standort
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AußenfarbeSonstige
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GetriebeManuell
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Antrieb2wd
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KraftstoffPetrol
Beschreibung
Read the Classic Driver driving report on this car: http://www.classicdriver.com/uk/magazine/3600.asp?id=14580
Bonhams Auction of Aston Martina and Related Automobilia
Aston Martin Works Service,
Newport Pagnell
Bucks
22 May 2010
Automobilia at 10:30
Motor Cars at 14:30
Design Project 'DP2155', The Works Service developed
1959 4.7-litre Aston Martin DB4 Works Prototype
Registration no. UAW 707
Chassis no. DB4/207/R re-designated DP2155
Engine no. 370/682
Estimate: £280,000 - 320,000
Footnote:
Early in 1990 former Aston Martin chairman, Victor Gauntlett, and the General Manager for Service and Parts, Kingsley Riding-Felce, discussed the possibility of Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd purchasing a DB4 for restoration within the factory Service Department (Works Service). However, this was to be no ordinary restoration, for the project was to incorporate a number of significant developments and ideas to make a unique and interesting motor car.
In March 1990 a DB4 in poor condition, chassis number