1961 Aston Martin DB4 Series II Coupé

DB4/521/LroadUnited Kingdom

Engine: 3.67L inline-six
Colour: Goodwood Green (repainted)

Chassis DB4/521 is a 1961 Aston Martin DB4 Series II, delivered new in Goodwood Green to Herbert Turner Matson, a Canadian newspaper publisher already known as an Aston Martin devotee. Supplied through Plimley Motors of Vancouver with a high-ratio axle, chrome wheels, whitewall tyres, and Marchal fog lamps, the car later spent time in Kuwait, during which it received a repaint and retrim. It now requires recommissioning after a period of static display.

Ownership

—Auction sale
Sold €230,000 (≈ $253K)
RM Sotheby's catalogue lot →
1961-03-01 → 1969Factory delivery
Herbert Turner Matson
partial documentation
Newspaper publisher based in Victoria, Canada, who had previously owned an Aston Martin DB2 drophead. The car was delivered through a Vancouver dealership to his specification. He died in 1969 and little provenance survives from this period onward.
Date unknown
Kuwait-based owner
none documentation
At some stage the car was resprayed and the interior retrimmed in black leather during this period of Middle Eastern ownership. The vehicle was kept in static display for an extended time, leaving it in need of recommissioning.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

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Bodywork
The car was repainted and the interior retrimmed in black leather at an unknown point during its time in Kuwait.

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