Some years after the two original Aston Martin DBR2 works sports-racers had retired from active competition and begun to appear occasionally on the historic racing scene, an enthusiast commissioned a well respected racing car designer to recreate one of these fabulous cars, while incorporating a number of improvements.

A multi-tubular spaceframe chassis was constructed, duplicating the original track and wheelbase dimensions but providing much greater torsional rigidity than the DBR2’s old Lagonda V12 chassis.

This was panelled around the cockpit in aluminium.

Measurements and templates were made from drawings of the original aluminium DBR2 body and used to construct moulds and subsequently a strong, rigid glassfibre body identical in form to the original.

While the recreation’s rear suspension remains true to the original DBR2, consisting of a De Dion axle located by trailing arms and Watts linkage, a simpler and more effective arrangement of unequal length wishbones and an anti-r...