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£46,000
1968 Aston Martin DBS Vantage Sports Saloon
United Kingdom • 15 Dec 2023
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AI Listing Summary
This 1968 Aston Martin DBS Vantage Sports Saloon, offered from long-term static display since 2009, requires recommissioning before use. Formerly part of a private collection, it was restored before 2009, but much of the documentation has since been lost. Originally Azzuro Blue with red trim and later repainted Silver, it has been returned to Blue. It will be subject to Import VAT at the reduced rate of 5% on the hammer price if it is to remain in the UK.
Condition
3
The car has been on static display since 2009 and requires recommissioning, indicating it's not in running condition. It has an older restoration, and while initially well-documented, much of that documentation has been lost. Cosmetic condition is unknown, but the need for recommissioning suggests mechanical rather than cosmetic issues.
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Transmission:
Manual
Chassis No:
DBS/5036/R
Odometer:
89,055 miles
Reg Number:
[Reg Number]
RHD/LHD:
[RHD/LHD]
• An older restoration • Manual transmission • Present ownership since 2009 • On static display since acquisition • Requires recommissioning Although always intended to house the new Tadek Marek-designed V8 engine, the Aston Martin DBS first appeared with the 4.0-litre 'six' of the concurrently produced DB6.
Styled in-house by Bill Towns, the beautiful DBS caused quite a stir, Autocar magazine observing that: "Without the aid of an Italian stylist the Newport Pagnell team came up with something as modern, handsome and Italianate as anything from the Turin coachbuilders at that time." Although less well known as such than the earlier 'DB' series, the DBS is yet another 'James Bond' Aston Martin, having featured in the 1969 motion picture, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, starring George Lazenby as the eponymous secret agent.
Beneath its shapely exterior the DBS employed a platform-type chassis with wishbone and coil-spring independent suspension at the front, De Dion with Watts linkag...
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£23,320
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£69,088
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£171,521
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