• One of only 45 right-hand drive examples • Unique specification • Factory-fitted in period with a 4.0-litre engine • Known ownership history • Present ownership since 2004 • Professionally restored by marque specialists with no expense spared (early 2000s) "For many Aston Martin enthusiasts the DB4 was the best of the post-war cars.

Previous cars were lacking in power while the later DB5 and DB6 put on weight and were more like fast tourers than high-speed thoroughbreds – and amongst the DB4s the DB4GT was the most thorough all-round Grand Touring car of the lot..." – Mike Twite, Motors, 1967.

Launched at the London Motor Show in 1958, the Aston Martin DB4 emphatically demonstrated that a British manufacturer could better the Italians at their own game when it came to constructing the ultimate Gran Turismo.

Its specification included a completely new steel platform chassis with disc brakes all round, and a race-developed twin-cam six-cylinder engine, all clothed in a perfectly pro...