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One of the fastest production cars of its time • Owned and extensively upgraded by Pierre Lamy • Converted from right- to left-hand drive • Fast Road or Rally Car The need to widen the appeal of the already-successful DB2 resulted in the launch in October 1953 of the 2+2 DB2/4.

Extensive revisions to the car's rear end arrangements made room for two occasional seats and more luggage, the latter being accessed via a hatchback rear door, one of this now-common feature's earliest applications.

In addition, a raised roofline, one-piece windscreen, larger bumpers and other detail styling changes differentiated the newcomer from its predecessor.

Otherwise, the DB2/4 remained much the same as the DB2, employing the latter's rectangular-tube chassis, trailing arm independent front suspension and well-located live rear axle.

The W O Bentley-era, 2.6-litre, six-cylinder, twin-cam power unit came in tuned (125bhp) Vantage specification as standard for the 2/4.

Despite this, the redesign's...