What's new
?
11/11/2015 : A FANTASTIC period
photo plus current photos of
LML/50/22. Also discover how this car
inspired me many years ago for my "astonuts"
nickname !
10/11/2015 : Two large photos of LML/50/21 at Sebring.
09/11/2015 : Back ! At long last ...
News about LML/50/17.
Two new photos of the fabulous LML/50/26
restored to original glory.
News about LML/50/35.
AM300/1296, a 2 tones DB2/4 MkII.
One of my favourite Astons ...
23/10/2013 : LML/50/35
to be sold in December.
LML/50/36 now painted.
10/08/2013 : AMC/48/3
page.
AMC/49/6
page.
AMC/50/12
page
09/08/2013 : New AMC/48/2
photo.
07/08/2013 : New AMC/48/2
photos.
New AMC/49/5
photos.
New AMC/49/7
photo.
04/08/2013 : AMC/49/5
(a.k.a. the Le Mans 1949 DB1) page, including a short current video.
Works DB2 LML/50/9 Ramsgate photo
identified thanks to Rupert.
31/07/2013 : Photos of AMC/50/13.
AMC/48/1 page.
AMC/48/4 page.
25 November 1949 Autocar
cover featuring AMC/48/2.
The unidentified DB1s page
with several photos.
30/07/2013 : New colour photos of AMC/48/2.
29/07/2013 : New colour photos of SPA/48/8.
28/07/2013 : Lauch of the DB1
REGISTER ! At long last ... Not all pages active ; will be updated.
23/07/2013 : Website is back after some months of standby.
Let's start with four photos of
LML/50/51.
25/11/2012 : Chassis number of car equiped with
DP/101/14
corrected in the DP/101 registrer.
Some history added thanks to owner.
Some more photos and an article about LML/50/70.
LML/50/36 being restored and for
sale.
21/02/2012 : A photo of LML/50/13
and LML/50/15 under the snow.
17/02/2012 : Website still alive. After some personal
problems, I am happy to wish you lately a Happy 2012 !
Some updates soon ...
23/08/2011 : A period photo of LML/50/29
found.
19/06/2011 : LML/50/64 also has a
nice booty with rear number
plate enclosed ... plus a special light for racing numbers !
07/05/2011 : Some news ... at long last !
LML/50/17 has been sold and will
run Mille Miglia.
LML/50/30, has been
for sale for quite some months.
01/02/2011 : I'm back ... I will keep on updating the
Washboard Register.
There is a major update about LML/50/19
or LML/50/21 as the first Vantage ; I re-wrote it all!
30/12/2010 : Getting up-to-date information and writing news
pages of
the same quality than before takes me too much time.
That's why I prefer stop the Astonuts website. I hope you have enjoyed
it and maybe keep on taking some pages as reference !
Website will
stay as is and you can still contact me.
23/12/2010 : LML/50/21
was 2nd and not 3rd at Sebring plus
articles about her.
21/12/2010 : 10 more
wallpapers.
27/11/2010 : 119 wallpapers!
Just to begin with ...
102 other wallpapers
from Bonhams auctions site.
One more DB MkIII barnfind: AM300/3/1392.
26/11/2010 : One more barnfind soon to be sold
at auction
(on 7 December 2010, by Barons): AM300/3/1510.
One new photo of LML/50/21 plus
articles about her.
Five new photos of LML/50/30.
25/11/2010 : One more barnfind soon to be sold at auction
(on 7 December 2010, by Coys): DB6/2778/R.
21/11/2010 : Two photos of LML/50/47.
That's one more "washboard" with photos!
A zoom on two badges of yesterday DB2 may help identify her. Please see here.
20/11/2010 : A new period DB2 photo on the "sidetrim page".
17/10/2010 : Barnfind DB2 LML/50/235
to be sold.
Barnfind DB2/4 LML/659
recently sold.
Barnfind DB2/4 LML/737
recently sold.
Barnfind DB2/4 MkII AM300/1200
sold some years ago.
Unknown barnfind DBS #6 spotted once
more on eBay.
One other barnfind DBS spotted on eBay.
A barnfind V8 spotted on eBay.
A barnfind 1952 Lagonda
spotted on eBay.
A barnfind 1955 DHC Lagonda
for sale.
28/09/2010 : A link to MYT
625 site. This is LML/50/181,
a famous racing Aston Martin DB2.
22/09/2010 : Unindentified
washboard #7 is
LML/50/42.
Both LML/50/31 and
LML/50/42 colours are now known
thanks to JLB.
18/09/2010 : Fellow Astonhill
wrote you a fantastic page about the
tools to be found with a DB2/4.
15/09/2010 : AM300/3/1490
and DB4/331/R have
both been sold for quite hefty prices... Barnfind Astons are all the
rage!
03/09/2010 : Still unrestored LML/50/114
to be sold again by
Bonhams, soon. Twice in "Ze Barn" !
LML/50/237: a DHC in "Ze Barn".
LAG/50/482: a 1953 DHC Lagonda in "Ze
Barn".
DB4/331/R: a DB4 in "Ze Barn", to be sold
soon.
DB6/3599/LAC: a DB6 in "Ze Barn".
THOSE CARS ARE THE FIRST TO BRING HUGE PHOTOS OF WALLPAPER QUALITY.
Such a section will soon be added...
30/08/2010 : Colour or delivery date for LML/50/13, LML/50/15,
LML/50/16, LML/50/20 and LML/50/22.
A "new 1989" unknown ad
featuring a washbord DB2 (#3 ?).
The unknown washboard
DB2 #8 might be LML/50/14...
An 1989 letter about sale of LML/50/12.
One more photo of DB3S/119 sent by Dom.
Four more photos of LML/49/4 sent
by Dom.
29/08/2010 : A links page.
27/08/2010 : Was
LML/50/19 a bood
buy? See a point of view ...
An article about LML/50/34
rebody.
A French DB2/4 that needed restoration (a very long time ago...).
Unknown number 14 in "Ze Barn" page.
AM300/3/1490: a DHC DB MkIII
restoration project ex Mrs David
Brown to be sold
soon.
An unknown DB6 in "Ze Barn".
Three DBSs in "Ze Barn".
An 1950 DHC Lagonda in "Ze
Barn".
26/08/2010 : Period article with photos featuring 1951
Sebring cars i.e. the three following DB2s: LML/50/13, LML/50/19 and LML/50/21.
Same thing for Giant's Despair Hillclimb featuring both
LML/50/19 and LML/50/21.
1955 reprint of Tom McCahill's LML/50/21 test in Mechanics Illustrated.
12/08/2010 : A photo of LML/50/10
(yes, VMF 37!) in
derelict condition ! Hence also put in "Ze
Barn DB2s".
A fabulous DHC DB MkIII in "Zebarn": AM300/3/1713.
36 large (1296
× 864) photos featuring AM300/3/1778.
Remember my GREEN
ARROWS? We now know what they show on the works DB2 bodies...
11/08/2010 : One DB2/4 in "Zebarn".
A new photo of DB3/6 in chassis form.
Five DB MkIIIs added in "Zebarn".
One Australian DB4 Vantage in "Zebarn".
10/08/2010 : The "Zebarn DB4s"
as announced on 28 July are now online. Sorry for the error...
09/08/2010 : LML/50/21 is the
first DB2 Vantage delivered. Before LML/50/19.
More information here.
28/07/2010 : About "Zebarn DB4s":
one more photo of the unknown DB4 #8,
two red barnfind DB4s,
unknown DB4 #9 identified as DB4/594/R by Rick.
27/07/2010 : Infos about LML/50/25. At long last a photo found by
luck among old mag cuttings I kept for years !
LML/50/78 in "Zebarn".
A back shot of DB3/1.
A back shot of DB3/6.
A back shot of AM300/1107.
26/07/2010 : A fantastic 1952 colour shot of LML/50/11.
17/07/2010 : A barnfind series 2 DB4 put
up for sale.
A Vantage Zagato Volante project
put
up for sale !!!
10/07/2010 : Five photos of LML/50/13.
22/06/2010 : Two superb shots of an
unknown derelict DB4 (since restored).
LML/778 : a
derelict DB2/4.
H8/791/LT : a superb
unrestored prewar Aston.
21/06/2010 : About the fabulous
DBC engine available for the DB MkIII. A fantastic
find!
07/06/2010 : Three extraordinary
photos of the unknown DB MkIII #5 (in
"Ze Barn").
27/05/2010 : LML/50/21's
1951 test by Tom McCahill. Thanks Marc.
FHC on DB3 chassis : two more photos
(DB3/5 and DB3/6 early body evolution rewritten once more!). Thanks Alex.
LML/1052 (DHC)
added in "Ze Barn".
DB4/986/R
added in "Ze Barn".
DB6/3195/R
added in "Ze Barn".
22/05/2010 : Many superb photos of LML/49/4
taken at the Villa d'Este. With two/three mistakes corrected (including
first restoration date).
Both
LML/50/9 and LML/50/12 sold (by Bonhams).
Two new DB2/4s in "Ze Barn": LML/522 and ??? #12.
18/05/2010 : One new photo of LML/544.
Invoices for both ex-Dovaz LML/50/85
and LML/50/177.
10/05/2010 : Some news about LML/50/9.
Four new photos of LML/50/18.
Some news about LML/50/12.
LML/50/19 sold
for a hefty € 291,200.
LML/50/26 is being
restored with a great accuracy as a goal.
LML/50/30 : some new
facts.
04/05/2010 : LML/50/8, shot in
the street, in third body style.
LML/50/8 at Silverstone
in 1964, in fourth
body style.
SUPERB photo ! (merci DB2Hawaii)
Angela
BROWN's LML/558:
a new period photo clearly showing side strips and openings.
David
BROWN (and
family) own cars:
"Spa Replica" (thanks Alex).
27/04/2010 : Barnfind DB5/1768/L
to be auctioned on 30 April.
1992 photos of LML/49/4.
24/04/2010 : One more photo starring LML/50/39.
One other period advert with LML/50/5
(VMG 606).
Two more photos of DP 193 a.k.a. AM300/3/1300.
Three more photos of AM300/3A/1301.
Catalogue extract of 1989 sale of DB3S/119.
20/04/2010 : NLV 242, the
Davron DB2 racer. This was a barnfind.
And the same day, identified
as LML/50/247 by a very quick Astonhill
!
19/04/2010 : David
BROWN (and
family) own cars:
a photo of AMC/48/7 and DB3S/120 added.
A new photo of LML/50/12.
Almost identical to the one uploaded on 25 March.
One more photo of AM300/3A/1317.
18/04/2010 : A photo of LML/49/3
at Silverstone in 1952.
16/04/2010 : AM300/3A/1301 used by David
BROWN.
14/04/2010 : News about David
BROWN (and
family) own cars:
DP114/2 photos and both AMC48/7 and LMA/49/2 added.
13/04/2010 : Some recent photos of LML/50/10.
LML/50/12 to be sold by Bonhams
along with LML/50/9!
10/04/2010 : I had the idea of this page for quite a long time:
David
BROWN (and
family) own cars
You are welcome to make it more complete.
06/04/2010 : Swedish news thanks to the fabulous little book
of Bengt MÖRNER and Magnus NEERGAARD (see bibliography):
LML/50/26: two fabulous
early photos.
LML/50/30: one more photo and
some more history.
LML/50/33: one more
photo and some more history.
LML/50/41: some more
history.
LML/50/43: some more
history.
LML/50/44: two more
photos and some more history.
LML/50/46:
some more history.
AM300/3/1778 in Ze Barn.
DB4/276/L: Just any car
can be repaired...
30/03/2010 : This page is "upside down"! In reverse order if
you prefer... Quicker to read for you.
One more early photo of DB3/6.
28/03/2010 : A new period photo of Françoise
Sagan's DB2/4 (LML/796).
Two more period photos of AM300/3A/1317,
a competition DB MkIII.
25/03/2010 : A new photo of LML/50/19.
A new photo of LML/50/12.
A "washboard" seeking id.
24/03/2010 : RM
Auctions catalogue now features text about LML/50/19.
Some new photos of LML/49/4.
Some modifications to the "washboard" pages in order to include
LML/50/51.
20/03/2010 : One unidentified 1954
photo of a washboard DB2 DHC. Well, almost : it's either
LML/50/31 or LML/50/42.
Unindentified washboard #5 is
LML/50/39. Also four more photos
of
this car showing some peculiarities.
28 photos of LML/50/19 from the RM
Auctions catalogue.
05/03/2010 : Some photos and an article about LML/49/4 a.k.a. UMC 272.
LML/50/19 soon to be sold by RM
Auctions.
New early photo of DB3/6.
16/02/2010 : LML/571 added
on the "Ze Barn" DB2/4
page.
An 1934 MkII Saloon in "Ze Barn".
An 'Old
Speckled Hen' style DB6...
A very nice photo of LML/50/13 at
Sebring (thanks to Dom).
LML/50/51: a fantastic
second-hand car!
13/02/2010 : After a computer crash and much work some news
...
Andy sent me history and photos of LML/50/11.
LML/50/9 a.k.a. VMF 65 soon to be
sold by Bonhams.
30/12/2009 : An Italian DB2 added in "Ze Barn".
Photos and text of Christie's LML/49/4 1989 sale
(thanks Dom).
28/12/2009 : LML/50/148: a DB2
from Cuba.
Unknown Washboard #6 is in fact LML/50/148
thus not a washboard !!!
27/12/2009 : LML/50/51
is also a washboard DB2 but I know absolutly nothing about her!
26/12/2009 : A new book, a necessary
one: The
History of th DB2's sold in Sweden as new cars. See bibliography.
27/11/2009 : Thanks to friend Dom, one new photo of LMA/49/1, two
of LMA/49/2, one of LML/49/4 and one of LML/50/8.
26/11/2009 : Two new photos of DB4/396/L.
16/11/2009 : Some updates... In "Ze Barn", LML/549 was previously listed
as ??? #6.
Two photos and some more information about LML/50/13.
LML/50/37: now with photos and some
history.
Unknown Washboard #2 is in fact LML/50/37.
03/11/2009 : Early history of DB3S/113
now clear ; the photos of SXD 9 pictured it in its first form.
02/11/2009 : DB3S/113
modified in open form. I just can't see the point!
01/11/2009 : Already some updates on the FHC DB3S page as there was
something incorrect about RRA Special engine and
also because Alex sent me an article about those cars! Furthermore, I
found some photos of a FHC DB3S with SXD 9
registration but that's not DB3S/113! You may help...
30/10/2009 : A page that took much time for me to compile : FHC bodies seen on DB3S chassis. You'll
find DB3S/6, DB3S/7, DB3S/113,
DB3S/119, DB3S/120 but also DB3S/105.
As a bonus, DP155, RRA Special and 131-DB135.
Do you know them all ?
29/10/2009 : LML/50/8
(a.k.a. VMF 64) was
sold yesterday.
28/10/2009 : A photo of LML/50/6.
A photo of LML/50/49.
17/10/2009 : Many new current photos of LML/50/8 (a.k.a. VMF 64).
07/10/2009 : The identity of the
ex Dovaz / Sleeping Beauties
/ Sarlat DB2s (in Ze Barn)
had been swapped. Now correct.
04/10/2009 : Two new DB2/4s in "Ze Barn": LML/664 and LML/707.
03/10/2009 : LML/49/3
: intérior photo turned the right way and one other added.
LML/50/30 : four new photos
In "Ze Barn", new photos of DB MkIII #3
and one new DB MkIII.
Also one new DB2 (LML/50/80)
and one new DB2/4 (LML/696).
10/08/2009 : In the Washboard Register: the page
of LML/50/8.
In the Washboard Register: four new photos of LMA/49/1 from a French guide.
Three more photos of DB3/5
at Hyeres in 1954 and 1955.
Full article about DB3/7.
"Donald Duck" in Ze Barn!
04/08/2009 : The
four different DB2 body styles
24/09/2009 : Two nice
vintage colour photos of LML/50/46.
23/09/2009 : More about Swedish Washboard DB2s: LML/50/41, LML/50/43 and LML/50/46.
There is new history of LML/50/41 and many fantastic
photos of those three cars.
Also one more photo of LML/50/18.
LML/50/41 added in "Ze Barn" as it's
also a barnfind!!!
19/09/2009 : New facts about two Swedish
beauties... LML/50/43 and LML/50/46.
Three more photos of LML/50/13
seen racing at Lime Rock in 2009.
18/09/2009 : Two ads from 1990 featuring LML/50/26.
Two photos of LML/50/13
seen racing at Lime Rock in 2009.
13/09/2009 : In the Washboard Register: the page
of LML/50/9.
09/09/2009 : Two new photos of DB3/6
including one when it was a DB3/DB3S/DBR2 special !
27/08/2009 : In the Washboard Register: the
page
of LML/50/7.
More new photos of LML/50/8.
24/08/2009 : LAG/49/22 in
Ze
Barn.
Two more photos of 0205EL wearing
DB3/3's italian suit...
20/08/2009 : LAG/48/04
and an unknown 3 litre DHC in Ze
Barn.
19/08/2009 : Photo of LML/50/33.
Colour photo of the DB6 hard top.
A weird looking DB2 in Cuba.
18/08/2009 : Two new photos of 0196A with DB3/3's clothes...
16/08/2009 : FANTASTIC
news of DB3/3!!!
One quote about DB3/6 chassis.
A photo and an article about DB3/5.
15/08/2009 : FABULOUS
photos of DB3/3!
FABULOUS
photo of LML/50/26!
13/08/2009 : The Roy Salvadori biography in the bibliography.
In the Washboard Register: the page
of LMA/49/2.
03/08/2009 : New LML/50/34
photos in the Washbord Register
New AMC/49/9 photos in Ze Barn.
New DB1 in Ze Barn: AMC/50/14. It has a
fascinating history!
31/07/2009 : Colour photos and history of LML/50/28.
30/07/2009 : One unknown
washboard
DB2 identified as LML/50/13.
27/07/2009 : In the Washboard Register: the page
of LML/50/5.
24/07/2009 : In Ze Barn, new photos of DB6Mk2/4250/R
(put for sale again on a
site).
Some new information about LML/50/221,
the DB2/4 prototype.
23/07/2009 : In the Washboard Register: the page
of LML/50/10.
In Ze Barn, ??? #2 at long last
identified: it's DB4/396/L .
One very important photo of XMC 77 found in the book Aston
Martin en compétition.
The story of the "low" and "high"
headlamps continue!
22/07/2009 : Updates now have to link to "jump" straight away to the
relevant page.
21/07/2009 : Two new cars in the DB2 barnfinds: LMA/49/2 and LML/50/285.
18/07/2009 : LML/50/40 and LML/50/45 could well be the 1951
Turin show
cars.
A page about DB2 sidetrim (also
featuring LML/50/66, Phil Hill's own
DB2).
16/07/2009 : Some delivery dates, colours in pages from LML/49/3 to
LML/50/19.
DBR box meaning in the relevant page
of Washboard Register.
Two new photos for LML/50/46.
In the Washboard Register: the page of LML/50/48.
A question about LML/50/6 bonnet:
did it have an air scoop?
In the DP193 page: thanks to Chris
from England, registration corrected
63 KMY and not XMY.
14/07/2009 : Some new photos of LML/935
and ??? #10 DB2/4s in Ze Barn.
Competition engines DP/101 register.
In the Washboard Register: photos of LML/50/16.
In the Washboard Register: a photo
for LML/50/46.
12/07/2009 : In the Washboard Register: the page
for LML/50/6.
09/07/2009 : In the Washboard Register: the page
for LMA/49/1 and the one for
LML/49/3
Also one more photo for LML/50/17
and for LML/50/19.
08/07/2009 : Discussion about the series of the
unknown metallic blue
DB4 ("Ze Barn"):
may well be a series 2 with Vantage headlamps.
DB4/1143/R added on that same page.
LML/659 added on the "Ze Barn" DB2/4
page.
Colour photos of LML/50/18.
Some more information about LML/49/4.
07/07/2009 : In the Washboard Register: the page for
LML/50/11.
An 1993 ad for an unidentified car.
See relevant section of Washboard
Register.
New photos in the " Fully accessorised
DB MkIIIs " page.
02/07/2009 : Many news in Ze Barn...
Thanks to Astonhill from Britanny for the
Canadian DB2, the Belgian
DB2/4, the American DB4 Vantage,
the DBS from the USA and both the Lagondas 2.6l and 3l
And, I also put photos of LML/50/17 prior
restoration, one American DB
MkIII, DBS/5337/R
and one burnt Aston Martin Lagonda...
27/06/2009 : Photo of LML/50/13
and of LML/50/35.
LML/50/43 colour
photo source found again.
DB2 engine designer corrected.
Two more books in bibliography.
26/06/2009 : In the Washboard Register: the page for
LML/50/32, a DHC with hard-top.
25/06/2009 : In the Washboard Register: the page for
LML/50/26.
21/06/2009 : In the Washboard Register: the page for
LML/50/17 and the one for LML/50/21.
19/06/2009 : In the Washboard Register: the page for
LML/50/19, which is the first
Aston Martin Vantage...
and one of the most beautiful ever!
17/06/2009 : Many little news in "Ze Barn". Identification
of DB2/4 #9, DB MkIII #2 and DB6 #1.
Wrong number for the DB1. DB2 #5 is in
fact DB2/4 #10.
New photos for DB4 #2 (Spotter's Guide
used by the way!).
Also one more DB MkIII.
16/06/2009 : A major addition (considering the amount of work
needed at last...):
da WASHBORD
REGISTER,
which means a pictorial review of the 49 first DB2s
with three pieces grille...
14/06/2009 : A book added in the
Bibliography:
British Cars at Le Mans
08/06/2009 : DB5 and DB4 series 5
bodies:
they are different !
08/06/2009 : DB5 and DB4 series 5
bodies:
they are different !
03/06/2009 : Learn which is which: the Aston Martin DB4
spotter's guide.
25/05/2009 : At long last ! The
ex Dovaz / Sleeping Beauties
/ Sarlat DB2s are identified. See DB2 page of The Aston Barn Project
Also LML/50/125 : a DHC DB2 ripe for
restoration.
21/02/2009 : The site is not dead ! Some new barnfinds :
D4/420/L, a French DB2/4 MkIII (i.e. an early DB
MkIII) and a DBS in
parts...
14/09/2008 : Two new DB2/4
barnfinds but with unknown
chassis numbers.
29/08/2008 : Three new DB2/4 barnfinds :
LML/835 (a DHC with a Corvette engine...)
and two unknown (a Saloon and
a DHC)
28/08/2008 : New barndinds : DB4/533/R, DB4/641/R and DB5/2226/R.
11/07/2008 : 5 new photos of DB3/6.
LML/50/70, LML/50/121 and LML/50/161 added in
DB2 barnfinds.
NEWS ABOUT HEADLAMPS HEIGHT OF VMFs AND
XMCs.
08/07/2008 : THE
ASTON MARTIN BARN PROJECT: barnfinds and survivors...
3 pre war, 1 DB1, 14 DB2, 1 DB3, 15 DB2/4, 3 DB2/4 MkII,
1
DB MkIII, 9 DB4, 3 DB5, 5 DB6, 1 DBS, 3 Lagondas...
03/07/2008 : DB2: nice booty !
02/07/2008
: Aston Martin as art...
31/06/2008 : Hard top for DB4,
DB5 ... and DB6 !
30/06/2008 : DP193 : The
DB2/4
MkIII prototype
29/06/2008 : Fully accessorised DB
MkIIIs
27/06/2008 : New
photo of a MkII Saloon two tones of
green
Three new photos of DB6
shooting brake
A new little book in the
bibliography
26/06/2008 : New DB3/7 photos
DB2/4 MkIII, DB MkIII A, DB MkIII B:
is it
really clear for you ?
A
chrome strip as a start of an historical point of view of the DB MkIII
25/06/2008 : New DB3 FHC photos
30/05/2008 : Two tones
Astons
07/05/2008 : DB6 shooting brakes
02/05/2008 : FHC bodies on the DB3
chassis
21/04/2008 : DB4GT/0176/R:
some photos
18/04/2008 : Belgian DB2
bumpers
Postcript on the DBS page
17/04/2008 : Some puzzling
detail about the headlamps on several
DB2s...
A strange DB2/4 ?
12/04/2008 : DBS : too wide.
11/04/2008 : Bibliography expanded. A source
code is added in order to
track documents in forecoming pages.
27/03/2008 : The site comes either in French or English and I put
a
background photo...
22/03/2008 : Site upload. Computer crash that same
evening ...