Description Rare six-cylinder Vantage with 5-speed manual gearbox and triple Weber carbs; one of only 70 made in RHD; recent £88k recommissioning by RS Williams; new sills; low mileage; few owners; paintwork needs attention; fabulous opportunity to acquire an ultra-rare 'matching numbers' Aston at a sensible guide price Launched in September 1967, the Aston Martin DBS was the successor to the DB6 and had sharp, Italianate styling by William Towns.

Aluminium-bodied, it had independent suspension all round: wishbones and coil springs at the front, De Dion axle with Watts linkage at the rear.

Autocar judged it superior to the DB6 in many respects, offering four full-sized seats in addition to improved handling and roadholding courtesy of the new suspension and standardised power steering.

Originally designed to accept an all-new V8 engine, this wasn't ready in time so the DBS was initially fitted with the 4.0 straight-six from the DB6.

This was available in Standard or Vantage tune, t...