Coys Auction - Spring Classics
Royal Horticultural Halls
Elverton St
Westminster
London SW1
Tuesday 8 March 2011
Estimate: £80,000 - £90,000
Registration Number: SLC 611
Chassis Number: LML 933
Fine car though the Aston Martin DB2 was, its sales had been affected by the limitations of two seats and minimal luggage space. Aston Martin therefore undertook a major redesign: the rear of the car was altered to enable two occasional rear seats to be installed, at the same time raising the roof line slightly to increase headroom and fitting a larger rear window in an opening lid. In this form the Aston, appropriately renamed the DB2/4, was certainly among the world’s first hatchbacks. The windscreen also became a one-piece moulding, the quarterlight windows were reshaped, headlights repositioned higher in the bonnet and the overall length increased by six inches. Beneath the aluminium body the rigid steel chassis retained its independent trailing link/coil spring front suspension, with transv