Aston Martin DB5....Barn Find.
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An Aston Martin DB5 bought for £1,500 in the 1970s is expected to sell for more than £150,000 when it goes to auction in May.
An Aston Martin bought for £1,500 in the 1970s is expected to sell for more than £150,000 when it goes to auction in May.
The 1964 DB5 Sports Saloon has covered just 48,000 miles and has never been restored. Its most recent owner, David Ettridge, bought the car in 1972 for the equivalent of about £14,000 in today's money. After 10 years of use he then parked the blue Aston Martin in his garage, where it remained for more than 30 years.
In that time mice set up home in the engine bay, but after careful preparation the motor has been coaxed back into life, while the rest of the car is described as being in "original condition".
The car will form part of an auction of Aston Martin and Lagonda cars at the Aston Martin's Works department in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, on May 18. Bonhams, which is running the sale, says that fully restored DB5s of this type are typically selling upwards of £320,000.
An Aston Martin DB5 bought for £1,500 in the 1970s is expected to sell for more than £150,000 when it goes to auction in May.
An Aston Martin bought for £1,500 in the 1970s is expected to sell for more than £150,000 when it goes to auction in May.
The 1964 DB5 Sports Saloon has covered just 48,000 miles and has never been restored. Its most recent owner, David Ettridge, bought the car in 1972 for the equivalent of about £14,000 in today's money. After 10 years of use he then parked the blue Aston Martin in his garage, where it remained for more than 30 years.
In that time mice set up home in the engine bay, but after careful preparation the motor has been coaxed back into life, while the rest of the car is described as being in "original condition".
The car will form part of an auction of Aston Martin and Lagonda cars at the Aston Martin's Works department in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, on May 18. Bonhams, which is running the sale, says that fully restored DB5s of this type are typically selling upwards of £320,000.
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