Not Sold | Offered from the collection of Bernard Fornas 1965 Aston Martin DB5 4.2-Litre Convertible

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Not Sold (Est: £982,825 - £1,196,482)

Offered from the collection of Bernard Fornas 1965 Aston Martin DB5 4.2-Litre Convertible

Belgium • 12 Oct 2025

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1965 Aston Martin DB5 is one of only 38 left-hand drive convertibles, originally delivered to the USA. It has been restored in Italy around 2009 and the engine was rebuilt to 4.2 liters in 2019, making it a rare and desirable classic.

Condition

7

The car was discovered as a 'barn find' and has been restored. Although the restoration was allegedly done by a reputable company, there is only photographic evidence of it. The engine was rebuilt and enlarged in 2019. This suggests the car is in overall solid condition with slight wear, and may require minor reconditioning.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

DB5/C/1510/L

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

[Reg Number]

RHD/LHD:

LHD

• One of only 38 left-hand drive DB5 convertibles • Delivered new to the USA • Professionally restored in Italy circa 2009 • Purchased by Bernard Fornas in 2012 • Engine completely rebuilt and enlarged to 4.2 litres in 2019 'More and more cars today reach the magical "ton" but those which can do it with the same ease and rapidity of the Aston can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

High-speed stability and safety is not cheap to engineer, and with few people to pay the price, production costs are never reduced by the quantity of the work.

The DB5 therefore fills a unique corner of the market, a corner at the top end both in the way it performs and the price one pays for the privilege.' – Autocar, 18th September 1964.

Introduced in 1963, the DB5 was a development of the preceding DB4 that had represented such a giant step forward in Aston Martin's post-war evolution on its arrival in 1958.

Classically proportioned, the Touring-designed body established an instantly recognisable l...