1953 Aston Martin DB2 Vantage Drophead Coupé

LML/50/366roadUnited Kingdom

Engine: 2.6L twin-cam inline-six, 125 bhp (Vantage tune)
Colour: Deep Carriage Green

The 1953 Aston Martin DB2 Vantage Drophead Coupé (chassis LML/50/366) is one of only 98 open-top DB2s produced, and among the 75 built in left-hand drive. Fitted with the higher-output 125 bhp VB6B Vantage engine, it was dispatched new to US importer J S Inskip and delivered to its first owner on Long Island. Exported to Switzerland in the mid-2000s, the car underwent a comprehensive restoration including an engine rebuild and a return to its original Deep Carriage Green livery with beige interior. Matching-numbers throughout, it retains its original factory build documentation.

Ownership

2022-10-09Auction sale
Sold €310,000 (≈ $341K)
Bonhams catalogue lot →
1953 →Factory delivery
Marvin Weimann
partial documentation
First registered owner, based in Woodmere, Long Island; took delivery via US importer J S Inskip. Departure date from his ownership is unrecorded.
2006 → 2011Auction
Jean-Pierre Slavic
full documentation
Geneva-based collector who acquired the car at a Massachusetts auction and had it exported to Switzerland for a full restoration, covering engine rebuild and repainting and retrimming in original factory colours. Multiple maintenance invoices from 2007–2009 on file.
2011-12-01 →Auction
Current vendor
full documentation
Purchased at a UK auction; car registered in Belgium during this ownership. Maintenance invoices from February 2012 to September 2020 totalling over €23,000 are on file.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

2006
Restoration
Comprehensive restoration carried out in Switzerland following export from the USA, encompassing an engine rebuild, full repaint, and re-trimming, all executed in the original factory colour scheme and interior specification.
Work commissioned by Jean-Pierre Slavic. Six maintenance invoices on file covering December 2007 to October 2009 total CHF 20,341, likely representing work completed as part of or following this restoration programme.
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Engine rebuild
The VB6B Vantage engine was rebuilt as part of the Swiss restoration undertaken after 2006.
Carried out concurrently with the broader restoration; recorded separately as a distinct mechanical intervention noted in the catalogue.
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Service
Ongoing maintenance work carried out during the current vendor's ownership, documented by invoices spanning February 2012 to September 2020, totalling approximately €23,213.
Six invoices on file for the earlier Swiss phase (CHF 20,341); separate invoices cover the vendor's tenure.

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