*One of only 70 DB4 convertibles made *Restored by Desmond J Smail *Vantage-specification engine *Air conditioning and other upgrades 'The Aston Martin DB4 was perhaps the finest compromise which the David Brown-owned company ever achieved between exceptionally high-quality, exceptionally high-performance, exceptionally lavish finishing and yet properly contained overall size and weight – a great British product, benefiting from the styling input of Touring of Milan...' – Motors , 1965.

Classically proportioned and instantly recognisable from the moment of its introduction in 1958, the Touring-styled Aston Martin DB4 established a look that would survive, with only minor revisions, until 1970.

Moreover, it was the first Aston Martin to carry Carrozzeria Touring's ' Superleggera ' bodywork, in which light alloy panels were fixed to a framework of light-gauge steel tubes welded to a platform chassis.

Although styled by Touring, the DB4's gorgeous fastback coachwork was built under lic...