THE ASTON BARN PROJECT : DB1

Note :  all photos are clickable to see them in a much larger size.
           all photos have a 'source' given. Please have a look at my bibliography to decode.

In this page, we'll try to gather a wealth of unrestored, survivor or wrecked Aston Martins...
PLEASE SEND IF YOU FIND SOMETHING THAT'S NOT HERE !

AMC/49/9 (was previouslsy listed as AMC/50/15)

source : Aston Workshop

PDF : (1,1 M)

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Update: 50 photos (including those above). I have zipped them here:   (5,35 M).

New PDF :

   

Quite rare: a postwar 4 cylinder Aston engine...
  

Of course mated to a Davi Brown gearbox!

  


AMC/50/14

Found in bits... Thanks Alex for the info.
     
      
Full history:

I found in the article the answer to something that has been puzzling for quite a long time.
Indeed, here are the three last DB1 chassis numbers and registration numbers:
AMC/50/13         OPD 51
AMC/50/14         OPD 52
AMC/50/15         OPD 53

In 1950, Lord Chesham, chairman of the RAC wanted to order one 2 litre Sports. He was answered production had ceased but that if he ordered three, the works would do an exception! He only found two friends and that was it...


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