• Sold new in 1961 to Castrol Limited • Matching numbers • Present ownership since 2014 • Restored by marque specialists Trinity Engineering • Over £300,000 spent (extensive restoration records available) "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..." – Mike Twite, Motors , 1967.

Classically proportioned and instantly recognisable from the moment of its introduction, the Touring-styled Aston Martin DB4 established a look that would survive, with only minor revisions, until 1970.

At its launch in October 1958, the DB4 marked a major turning point for Aston Martin as it was the first car of the David Brown era which neither used a chassis derived from the experimental Atom of 1939 nor an engine designed at Lagonda under the auspices of W O Bentley.

Moreover, it was the first Aston Martin to carry Carrozzeria Tou...