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1967 Aston Martin DB6 Vantage

Lot Number: 603

1967 Aston Martin DB6 Vantage

Family owned from new until purchased by our vendor in 2015. Engine maintenance bills of £11,000 in 2021.

NOT SOLD

LIVE AUCTION: This lot was auctioned on Sunday 1st August, 2021 at 2.00pm BST at The Wing, Silverstone Circuit, NN12 8TN

BODY COLOUR
Green
DRIVE
RHD
REG NUMBER
NYM 66E
ODOMETER READING
30700 Miles

SUMMARY

Family owned from new until purchased by our vendor in 2015. Engine maintenance bills of £11,000 in 2021.

DESCRIPTION

Purchased new by a Dr. N. Power via H.R. Owen, London in 1967 with Vantage engine and manual gearbox
Supplied in Olive Green Metallic with black leather interior, chrome wire wheels, heated rear windscreen, 3-eared hub caps and an electric aerial
Service history from new lists works by Aston Martin Newport Pagnell, restoration by Pugsley & Lewis, maintenance by RS Williams and engine works in 2021
Ownership passed to the first owner’s son, Mr M. Power and the car was purchased by our vendor, the car’s third owner, in 2015
The history file records servicing by Aston Martin Newport Pagnell, restoration by Pugsley & Lewis, maintenance by RS Williams and engine works in 2021
The current mileage of 36,700 (atoc) is believed to be genuine and our vendor has driven around 1,000 miles in the car
The original Vantage engine and manual gearbox remain in the car
In April 2021, the engine received attention and was upgraded to 4.2ltr with piston assembly, gaskets and seals at a cost of £11,862
With re-chromed bumpers and a beautifully patinated leather interior, the car is in superb order
Offered from one of the best private collections in the country this DB6 has been stabled alongside a Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing and a Lamborghini Miura

The culmination of Aston Martin's long-running line of 'DB' six-cylinder sports saloons and thus considered by many to be the last 'real' Aston, the DB6 had been introduced in 1965, updating the DB5. Although recognisably related to the Touring-styled DB4 of 1958, the DB6 abandoned the Carrozzeria Touring-developed 'Superleggera' body structure of its predecessors in favour of a conventional steel fabrication while retaining the aluminium outer panels. The Tadek Marek-designed six-cylinder engine had been enlarged to 3,995cc for the preceding DB5 and remained unchanged. Power output on triple SU carburettors was 282bhp, rising to 325bhp in Vantage specification, complete with triple Webers. Borg-Warner automatic transmission was offered alongside the standard ZF five-speed gearbox.

This delightful, matching numbers, DB6 Vantage was supplied to its first owner, a Dr N. Power, by H.R. Owen, London on 15th February 1967 resplendent in Olive Green Metallic, the same colour it wears today, and it must be noted that factory specified colours on Astons of this period are rarely seen on restored examples today. Specified with the ZF five-speed manual gearbox, 3.73.1 limited-slip differential, black leather interior, chrome wire wheels, heated rear windscreen, 3-eared hub caps and electric aerial the car was to remain within the family until 2015, when our vendor, the car’s third owner, bought it.

The history file is among one of the best we have seen for a car of this age and documents the car’s maintenance, servicing and restoration from new up until 2021. It was serviced by the factory up to 1972, the details being recorded on the build sheet's reverse. Correspondence on file from Aston Martin to Dr Power in July 1974 details works required totalling £2,000, certainly more than the car was worth at the time. Dr Power then entrusted the DB6 to renowned marque specialists, R S Williams Ltd., for various works between 1981 and 82, which included fitting a low-ratio steering rack and a smaller wood-rim steering wheel.

In May 1990, the Aston was given to Pugsley & Lewis for a full restoration. The car was stripped to bare metal, all chassis rot cut out, new sills fitted and then re-sprayed, while the engine, gearbox rear axle and suspension were rebuilt. These works were completed in June 1992 at a cost of circa £30,000. R S Williams serviced the DB6 in 1996 and again in July/August 2008, at a cost of £8,000, detailing a front suspension rebuild, general maintenance, ignition system overhaul, carburettor tune, making both electric windows work, and fitting new tyres, shock absorbers and brake pipes. There were further works carried out in May 2009 to modify the exhaust and in July 2015, R S Williams again serviced the car and fitted a set of refurbished wire wheels under the custodianship of the car’s second owner, Mr M. Power, the son of the first owner.

Our vendor purchased this matching-numbers car in 2015, becoming its third owner, where it joined one of the most notable classic car collections in the UK. Stabled alongside a Lamborghini Miura and a Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing, to name but a few, the car was regularly exercised locally, covering some 1,000 miles in six years. It is understood that the current mileage of 30,600, at the time of cataloguing, may be correct. Certainly, the beautifully patinated black leather seats would indicate wear commensurate with age and indicated mileage. In April this year, the Aston was despatched to SJB Classic Cars of Stoke-on-Trent for extensive engine works that increased the size of the engine to 4.2ltr and the accompanying invoice on file lists piston assemblies, new top and bottom gasket seals along with various service items for a total of £11,862. This venerable Aston presents beautifully and the recently re-chromed bumpers complement the gleaming Olive Green paint finish and the sparkling wire wheels.

To conclude, whilst we have offered freshly restored “as-new” DB6 Vantages in recent years, we have yet to offer a Vantage with such low ownership, known maintenance history from new and in a condition that is externally Concours standard whilst inwardly retaining a beautifully patinated lived-in interior that cannot be replicated.

SPECIFICATION

Lot Number: 603
Make: ASTON MARTIN
Model: DB6 VANTAGE
Registration Number: NYM 66E
MOT Expiry: 21/09/2021
Chassis Number: DB6/3029/R
Engine Number: 400/3025/V
Transmission: Manual
Body Colour: Green

GALLERY

CONSIGNOR

Arwel Richards
Car Specialist
07434 960868
arwel@iconicauctioneers.com

For further information regarding this lot please contact Arwel.

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