1960 Aston Martin DB4 Series II Sports Saloon
- Engine
- 3.7L DOHC inline-six, twin SU carburetors, 240 bhp at 5,500 rpm
- Colour
- Peony red over champagne leather
A left-hand-drive 1960 Aston Martin DB4 Series II Sports Saloon with coachwork by Touring, chassis DB4/438/L, delivered new to an English expatriate in Switzerland in November 1960 and retaining its original matching-numbers engine. The car passed through only three owners in the half-century following 1968, spending decades in California and remaining largely unrestored, with an original interior and factory body and chassis plates intact. Documentation includes a copy of the factory build record and a California title.
Ownership
- 2021-08-13Auction saleSold US$305,000
- 1960-11-05 →Factory deliveryA.J. Cornforthfull documentation
British national residing in Erlenbach, Switzerland, who took new delivery of the car finished in Peony Red. Drove approximately 10,000 km annually before selling.
- → 1968-07-01Private saleMajor J.H. Baileypartial documentation
Resident of Surrey, UK. Retained the car for several years before it was exported to the United States; an extensive factory service was completed prior to export.
- 1968-07-01 → 1980Private saleDr. David Rosepartial documentation
Nuclear engineering and thermonuclear fusion professor at MIT. Kept the car in California.
- 1980 → 2007-08-19Private saleDr. Rose's sonpartial documentation
Acquired the car from his father and kept it in California.
- 2007-08-19 →Private saleCurrent vendorfull documentation
Kept the car in static display since acquisition; documentation includes a California pink slip copy and a copy of the original factory build record.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- 1968ServiceAston Martin factory
Comprehensive and extensive service carried out by the factory prior to the car's export from the UK, recorded in factory documentation.
Described as unusually thorough, appropriate for a car entering the ownership of an engineer.
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