Aston Martin Other 1960
General description :
The car was campaigned in 1993 with a Aston Engineering twin spark engine, straight cut four speed period gearbox and a racing rear axle. Full racing suspension, steering and brakes were fitted and the usual roll bar, fire extinguisher system. This was a very competitive motorcar in its day with some very impressive engine performance figures from the test bed and track times. The car competed in a number of AMOC and BDC events with some stunning results and trophy’s over the next two years, even at the Montlhery GP de I’Age d’Or where Geoff took the car to second place. The car was then sold to Mr. Thomas McWhirter in August 1997 who continued with the good fortune of competing with the car in many more AMOC events and returning some very good performance results. Mr. McWhirter continued to race the car through to 2006 and it still managed to get on to the rostrum with some great results. The car was purchase by the current owner after changing hands in 2019 to convert into a road car, but after many hours of fact-finding, it was crazy to dismantle such a great racecar, so it is still in race format today, but missing the seat, harness and fire extinguish system. The car is a full light weight with a very strong cage, very fast and impressive in every way, jut a stunning motor car, still with a Aston Martin registration document and supportive documentation.
Document description :
Good documented file
Competition History Description :
AMOC Race history
1960 Aston Martin Other is listed for sale on ClassicDigest in Milton Keynes by Keith Riddington for Not priced.
Car Facts
Car type : Car Make : Aston Martin Model : Other Engine size : 4.0 Model Year : 1960 Sub type : Race/Rally Car Color : Green Color type : Metallic Condition : 4 Location : Milton Keynes Vehicle Registration : Historic
Not priced
Seller Information
Classicmobilia
Keith Riddington
United Kingdom
01908270672
UK
1 Farjeon Court Milton Keynes
Keith Riddington
United Kingdom
01908270672
UK
1 Farjeon Court Milton Keynes
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About Aston Martin
Aston Martin, one of Britain's best known sports car manufacturer, was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. During its chequered financial history the company has had numerous owners taking over the company, Sir David Brown just to mention one.
Between the wars Bertelli was both technical director and designer of all new Aston Martins, thus known as "Bertelli cars". These included the 1½-litre "T-type", "International", "Le Mans", "MKII" its racing version, the "Ulster", and the 2-litre 15/98 and its race going derivative, the "Speed Model".
During the war years the company produced aircraft components.
In 1947, Aston was purchased and thus saved by Sir David Brown. The company also acquired Lagonda the same year for its 2.6-litre W. O. Bentley-designed engine. Both companies shared resources and workshops creating the iconic "DB" series of cars. In 1950, they presented the DB2, followed by the DB2/4 in 1953, the DB2/4 MkII in 1955, the DB Mark III in 1957.
DB4 with its strong Italian flavor and construction was introduced in 1958. The lightweight superleggera (tube-frame) body was designed by Carrozzeria Touring in Milan. Although the design and construction techniques were Italian, the DB4 was the first Aston to be built at the company's Newport Pagnell works in Buckinghamshire, England. The six-cylinder engines of these cars from 1954 up to 1965 were designed by Tadek Marek. Despite initial problems with cracking engine blocks DB4 was a success that really established the make together with its later derivates DB5, of James Bond Goldfinger fame, and more civilized DB6 Grand Tourer.
With the all new model DBS in the late 60's the company went to eight cylinder configuration when it was modified to Aston Martin v8 – a sort of Gentleman's muscle car.