• One of only 166 Mark IIs built • Extensive listing in the AMOC Register • Owned by Tony Armstrong from 1968 to 2022 • Totally rebuilt in 1994 • Resprayed in 2023/2024 "Big-car enthusiasts are apt to think that effortless, fast touring is a quality exclusive to vehicles of high horsepower rating, but their views will be considerably altered after they have taken the Aston Martin over a 300 mile journey." – Motor Sport magazine on the Aston Martin Mark II.

Partners Robert Bamford and Lionel Martin registered the first Aston Martin in March 1915, the name's first part deriving from success gained by the duo's earlier cars at the Aston Clinton hill climb, near Tring.

Resuming its activities at the end of WWI, the firm devoted most of its time to racing, with very little energy being expended on building cars for sale to the public.

Financial crisis was the inevitable result, and in November 1925 the company was in the hands of the Official Receiver, having sold fewer than 60 cars.

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