Description
Make: Aston Martin
Model: DBS V8
First Registered: 26/ 03/ 1971
Chassis No: DBSV8/ 10165/ RCA
Engine No: V540/ 155
Mileage: 81, 789
No Owners: 4
Transmission: Automatic
Matching Numbers: Yes
Original livery of Dubonnet Rosso with Connolly Vaumol (VM846) leather and Wilton Wool carpets throughout.
Subject to an extensive restoration by award-winning company Richards of England; costing over £220, 000.
First registered in march 1971 in the UK, subsequently in 33-year single ownership.
Complete with history folder, copy of green buff log book, original Warranty certificate, service invoices, photographic album bound in the V8's leather hide.
Upgraded factory air conditioning.
It is considered to be one of the finest examples of a DBS V8.
This DBS V8 is very much a car of its time, what with the classic twin headlight design marking the bold steps into the new decade, the Tadek Marek engine beginning its splendid innings for Aston Martin and even the first of its owners- The Green Shield Trading Stamp Company Limited.
The DBS V8 was first registered on 26th March 1971 by a Mr Freedman in Edgeware and then a first change of keeper on 5th April to Green Shield at the same address. Well-known for their trading stamps, they traded the car in 1974 to a Mr N. Horwood in Edgbaston, Birmingham. The DBS then evidently remained in the Midlands as the next owner Mr D. Grubb purchased the vehicle in 1981 who also lived in Edgbaston; he was to remain its proud custodian for the next 33 years.
Sadly Mr Grubb had to part with the DBS and was sold on 2nd May 2014 to J. Tugwell of Chertsey who kept the DBS for four years before placing it to public auction in 2018, resulting in the current owner purchasing the car.
In 2019 Richards of England was commissioned to undertake a 2, 500-hour restoration of the DBS completing in 2022 and are delighted to be able to offer this much-loved Aston Martin DBS V8 to the market.
Four registered keepers from new including one owner who kept the DBS for 33 years. Complete with the car is the history folder, copy of the green buff log book, original Warranty certificate dated 22nd March 1971, invoices of works carried out as well as a photographic album showcasing the car's restoration by Richards of England; the album cover is bound in the Natural Connolly Vaumol (VM846) leather to match the DBS.
£245, 000
