Aston Martin’s DB4 GT, the competition variant of the oh so pretty DB4, was formally introduced in September 1959 at the London motor show, the same year that Aston brought home the World Sportscar Championship title.
The DB4 GT’s first outing was round Silverstone in the capable hands of the legendary driver Stirling Moss. The car is 13cm shorter, 91kgs lighter and 72bhp more powerful than the original with a total output of 302bhp at 6000rpm. On the surface, the true connoisseur can tell apart a DB4 from a DB4GT by the fared-in headlamps, a feature that became standard on the DB5 model. Doing away with the shopping and travel cases, the GT’s boot features a competition-grade, high-capacity fuel tank rather than space for your belongings.
On the inside, however, a sumptuous interior awaits featuring Connolly hides and Wilton wool carpeting – speed and style as you’d naturally expect from the makers of James Bond’s motors. This particular car was first supplied to Mr J B Swift of Trentham, Stoke on Trent, 1960 before it began an illustrious racing career in 1964 in the care of Mr R J Duncan in Northern Ireland. Returning to England in 1969, the car continued to compete in a number of competitions at Silverstone, Le Mans and Spa Francorchamps and even placed first in the Monterey Aston Martin Festival ahead of Stirling Moss in 1989.
As of December 2015, this car underwent extensive restoration work to the exact DB4 GT road specification as originally manufactured. The car is currently for sale with Hexagon Classics; click here for more details.
Guide price: £3,000,000
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