1966 Aston Martin DB6 Saloon
- Engine
- 3,995cc inline-six, triple SU carburettors, 282 bhp
- Colour
- Silver Birch
A left-hand drive 1966 Aston Martin DB6 Saloon, chassis DB6/2812/LN, finished in Silver Birch with black Connolly leather and equipped with Borg-Warner automatic transmission. Originally delivered new to British Motor Car Distributors in the United States, the car was subsequently owned in California before passing through Switzerland and Belgium. The AMOC Register records a first-place result at the 1985 Santa Barbara Concours. The car requires recommissioning having been on static display for some years.
Ownership
- 2021-11-29Auction saleSold €170,000 (≈ $187K)
- 1966 →Factory deliveryBritish Motor Car Distributors (USA)partial documentation
Original delivery recipient in the United States; accompanying guarantee form copy documents the non-standard equipment specification at time of delivery.
- → 2006-04-01Acquisition unknownClassics Gallerypartial documentation
Brussels-based dealership from which the current vendor acquired the car; purchase invoice retained on file.
- 2006-04-01 →Private saleCurrent vendorfull documentation
Purchased from Classics Gallery in Brussels; supporting documentation includes the purchase invoice, instruction book, customs papers, a letter from an earlier owner, and original Swiss registration documents.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownR A Karlsonpartial documentation
Based in Santa Barbara, California; ownership confirmed by the AMOC Register as occurring during the 1980s.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownSwiss-registered ownerpartial documentation
Car was registered in Switzerland at some point in its history; original Swiss registration documents survive in the file.
Competition
- 19851985 Santa Barbara Concours1st
Win recorded during the R A Karlson ownership period; noted in the AMOC Register.
Maintenance & restoration
- —Service
Recommissioning for road use required after an extended period of static display; no workshop has yet carried out this work.
Prose notes the car has been on static display for several years and will need recommissioning prior to road use.
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