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Aston Martin DBS 6 cylinder Manual Saloon - £SOLD

Chassis Number: DBS/5136/R

Engine Number: 400/3695/S

UK Registration Number: RAX 120 F

Date of first reg: 2nd October 1968

Exterior colour: Dark Blue

Hood:

Interior colour: Natural Leather

Current Odometer reading: 84,500

Mileage Warranty:

Steering: Right

Transmission: Manual

Options: Chrome wire wheels, Limited Slip Differential


Background

Background:

First shown in September 1967, the DBS was styled by William Towns who had joined the company a year earlier. A development of the DB6, the DBS was initially conceived as a limited production fast two seater and prepared to accommodate the new V8 engine designed by Tadek Marek which had been raced in experimental form in The Lola Aston Martin. To accommodate the width of a V8 engine the steel platform chassis of the DB6 was increased in width by 4 1/2" and the wheel base lengthened by 1” to allow the engine to be lowered behind the front cross member. Although wider than a DB6 by 6” it is both lower by 1 ¼” and Shorter by 1 ½”, which gives the car a powerful compact appearance.

The standard engine produced 282 b.h.p. whilst 325 b.h.p. was claimed for the Vantage. A de Dion rear axle was fitted with a limited slip differential. The model was in production from October 1967 to May 1972, during which time 787 cars were produced.

Almost all manufacturers take their models through a process of development and improvement and the DBS is no exception. As a result, there was a continuous process of development and change throughout the production of the DBS, the most noticeable changes being the deeper spoilers fitted to the later cars and improved ventilation.

Summary:

The ‘four headlight’ DBS has become highly valued and evocative of the seventies. A manual car such as is one of the most sought-after versions, appreciated as both collectible and eminently useable on an everyday basis. With its predecessors, the DB4, DB5, and DB6, still commanding huge premiums on the current value of a DBS for cars of similar condition, this represents an excellent opportunity to acquire a six-cylinder Aston Martin from the hand-built era of the marque.

She is a great car hoping for an owner who will use her for the purpose she was built – to be driven and enjoyed.

Vehicle History

This is a car with a quite extraordinary history – it appears to have spent over half its life in various forms of storage.

The AML Build sheet indicates it was a factory demonstrator from 2nd October 1968 until December that year when a letter dated just before Christmas from Normand Garage Ltd., and a transfer of warranty letter sent 30th December 1968, to the second owner, a Mr M.S. Vickers, Plantation House, Mincing Lane, London EC5. Following we have little record of its early life, the first we know of the car was when it was acquired in 1992 when it had been standing in a barn for 10 years, with the engine head off, awaiting attention. It was not bought for the Aston Martin heritage but the rather more prosaic reason of a fine registration number. .

The car a very early car it has certain unique features lost in later production such as the wood panel dash and the 'three flutes' behind the rear windows, both of which make the car more attractive than the later cars. It was sent to a restorer in Hailsham in East Sussex where the car was dismantled but they never got round to the job of re-assembly although the engine appeared to be in one piece.

>p>It was fully eight years later that, at the owner’s request, Aston Martin Specialists, Newlands Motors, collected the car from Hailsham in late 2000 and set about restoring the car. They fully expected to have to work on the engine, but running it up after re-assembly, the pressures and all functions were 100%.

There was a brief couple of years of intermittent usage before the car was returned to storage for another 4 years until the current owner asked Newlands Motors to recommission the car which resulted in an invoice value of nearly £8,500.

It was in 2010 that Byron International were asked to market the car on behalf of the owner and she found a new home with an Aston enthusiast in France. And there she has remained for the past 10 years, enjoyed and used very sparingly.

MOT History

MOT Date   Odometer

09.03.10    83,226
13.01.11    83,913
16.07.20    84,384

Service and Maintenance Record

21.12.00- Mileage: n/a.- Service Agent: Newlands Motors

Remove/refit pads, replace washer pump, fit fan cowling, attend to instruments / wiring, replace starter motor, general preparation work and present for MOT

24.01.01- Mileage: 80,907- Service Agent: Newlands Motors

Strip doors, fit seals and chrome strips, replace shock absorbers, attend to broken choke cable and remove / replace cylinder head

04.07.01- Mileage: 80,909- Service Agent: Newlands Motors

Finish off dash, bypass heater, clean down engine, remove front engine cover & oil pump, machine oil pump casing and refit, remove and repair water pump, remove rear springs and bump stops, fit 1” spacers, refit and road test

20.12.01- Mileage: 81,768- Service Agent: Newlands Motors

Remove rev counter & speedo cable & send off for repair/replacement. Remove clutch/flywheel, adjust passenger door, rewire fuel pump, fit boot springs, refit rev counter & speedo cable, rewire rear lamps, refit clutch, flywheel and gearbox, refit interior and re-colour leather as necessary

08.08.02- Mileage: 82,233- Service Agent: Newlands Motors

Strip passenger door lock assembly, repair and refit, tighten battery terminals, replace wiper motor, replace gearbox mounting and 4 road springs.

28.04.10- Mileage: 83,220- Service Agent: Newlands Motors

Remove centre console, replace de Dion tube, pre-MOT check, rectify lights and washers, repair fuse box. Fit starter and solenoid, clean underside and underseal. Fit bumpers, spot lamps, steam clean engine bay and paint inner wings.

20.10.10- Mileage: 83,226- Service Agent: Newlands Motors

Road Test & Report for prospective purchaser

20.12.10- Mileage: 83,280- Service Agent: Newlands Motors

Work as per inspection report – ignition lock and barrel, repairs/paintwork to front wing, shock absorber link, alternator, 2 x door mirrors, wiper motor, headlamps, rotor arm, fuse box, transmitter, belts battery, heater valve and thermostat

06.01.11- Mileage: n/a.- Service Agent: Newlands Motors

Parts only: Wheel nut hammer and jack.

07.01.11- Mileage: n/a.- Service Agent: Newlands Motors

Replace interior light switch

10.01.11- Mileage: n/a.- Service Agent: Aston Workshop

Parts only: Cover & calendar

10.10.11- Mileage: n/a.- Service Agent: Newlands Motors

Parts only: Switch, gaskets

10.04.12- Mileage: n/a.- Service Agent: D.P.A.N Sarl

Parts only 15mm x 1 metre hose

06.06.12- Mileage: n/a.- Service Agent: Sieges Andre Kuster et Fils

Refurbishment of two leather seats

31.10.12- Mileage: n/a.- Service Agent: Newlands Motors

Parts and post to France: Bonnet switch, door lamps, switches, repaired wiper motor

04.01.13- Mileage: n/a,- Service Agent: Conrad

Parts only: bulbs

28.04.13- Mileage: n/a.- Service Agent: Classic Auto Radio

Parts only: universal speaker with mounting plate

18.08.15- Mileage: n/a.- Service Agent: RS Williams

Parts only: Interior lamp door post switch

30.11.15- Mileage: n/a.- Service Agent: Ed Bilz

Installation and fixing of circuit breaker, repair and service of handbrake warning light and brake fluid level, fix electric aerial, replace switch, change oil & filter, modify fan

06.11.17- Mileage: n/a.- Service Agent: Aston Workshop

Parts only: Oil filter element, air filter element.

12.12.19- Mileage: n/a.- Service Agent: Pilesbatteries.com

Parts only: new battery

15.01.20- Mileage: n/a.- Service Agent: Sieges Andre Kuster et Fils

Repair of both front seats using leather Sofic Melbourne express col: 006221

01.07.20- Mileage: n/a.- Service Agent: RS Williams

Parts only: Horn/lamp relay

26.08.20- Mileage: n/a.- Service Agent: Holden Vintage & Classic

Parts only: Screw type bulbs, 2.2 W bulbs, Voltage regulator for Lucas alternator, Lucas relay, flasher unit

15.09.20- Mileage: n/a.- Service Agent: AES

Parts only bulbs

21.09.20- Mileage: n/a.- Service Agent: AES

Parts only: Warning lamp control relay

05.02.21- Mileage: 84,500- Service Agent: Vantage Engineering

Preparation for display incl. 2 x tyres, attention to hubs and handbrake and pad

11.10.21- Mileage: 84,691- Service Agent: Vantage Engineering

Raise vehicle on ramp, Tighten front wheel bearings lnvestigate vibration from rear of vehicle Tighten loose propshaft bolts. Replace rear wheel bearings, gritshields, flingers and oil seals Remove old rear exhaust silencers. Repair damaged exhaust bracket. Fit new exhaust silencers with new stainless clamps. lnvestigate front roll bar rubbing on tyre Remove non-original roll bar. Replace roll bar with VE specification bar, drop links, washers and bushes Carry out camber adjustment. lnvestigate seized handbrake. Remove handbrake pads Clean and grease handbrake mechanism Fit new handbrake pads and adjust mechanism Remove, clean, and refit rear brake pads Adjust engine height Recondition headlining. Paint rectification to both door edges and front wings. Treatment of the corrosion and re-painting the area around the corner of the front windscreen. Machine polish vehicle and arrange detailing of vehicle in preparation for photography. Door card repair


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