1961 Aston Martin DB4

- beautifully presented example of an iconic grand tourer

- numbers matching and full history from new

- expertly upgraded and maintained by Aston Engineering to a gentleman racer specification

- eligible for a number of historic events including the Tour Auto, pre-63 GT and Peter Auto Gentleman Challenge

this car‍

DB4/643/R was delivered in Snow Shadow Grey over Dark Grey interior in May 1961 to a Mr H.W. Irwin in Dublin. Being a Series 3, the car featured an electric tacho, twin bonnet stays, triple lens rear lights, improved noise insulation and reliability upgrades.

The car remained in Ireland for 16 years before being imported into the UK in 1977 by a Mr T. Barrett. The car was then sold to a Mr Brian Martin in 1979 who kept the car for over 25 years before selling it to a Alan Hudd in 2005. Hudd developed the car to FIA Appendix K regulations and began competing with it in the UK and Europe at events including the Spa Six Hours, Silverstone Classic and Masters Historic Racing series alongside his co-driver David Croft. In this time the car was mostly maintained by Aston Engineering, who stlil refer to it as TSY ‘the Alan Hudd car’.

The current owner purchased the car in 2019 from Nicholas Mee and shortly afterwards redeveloped it to be the ultimate road-racer returning many of the original parts to the car including the original synchro gearbox, original fibreglass tunnel and original door cards. Numerous other changes were made to improve usability including raising the front ride height, fitting standard brake pads and master cylinder, fitting the original electric windows and a handbrake.

Since this work, the car has almost exclusively been used on the road though most recently on track carefully at a private Goodwood track day to stretch the cars legs. The history file for the car is extensive and includes ownership documents, invoices and MOTs dating back to the cars time in Ireland.