Lot details
Registration No: TTS155L
Chassis No: AM6017R
Mot Expiry: Jan 2012

Designed by William Towns, the DBS was an altogether wider, lower, roomier and more modern-looking Grand Tourer than the DB6, but combined its new fastback image with such trademark Aston features as a bonnet scoop, knock-off wire wheels and side air vents. Suspension was by coil springs and wishbones at the front and De Dion axle, trailing arms, coil springs and Watts linkage at the rear. Braking was by Girling servo-assisted discs all round and steering by ZF rack and pinion. One of the first new models to be launched following the acquisition of AML by Company Developments, the DBS-derived Aston Martin Vantage debuted in May 1972. Notable as the last Newport Pagnell car to carry the legendary Tadek Merak designed 3995cc DOHC straight-six engine, the Vantage was predominantly specified in triple Weber carburettor tune (325bhp, 290lbft) and could be had with a choice of five-speed manual or three-speed automatic transmission. An accomplished and refined 2+2 grand tourer that was reputedly capable of 141.5mph and 0-60mph in 7.1 seconds, it was visually distinguished from its otherwise identical Series 2 V8 sibling by the fitment of wire wheels. Only in production for a single season, just 70 Aston Martin Vantages are thought to have been made.

Finished in Red with Black leather upholstery, this particular example was first registered on June 1st 1973. Formerly part of the Andre Bloom collection, it is said to have undergone much past restoration work. For example invoices on file show 'TTS 155L' to have been repainted during 1989 and to have benefited from an unleaded fuel conversion and the fitment of road/race camshafts in 2001, while the vendor further informs us that the cylinder head has been gas flowed and ported to improve power output. Able to boast triple Weber carburettors and ZF five-speed manual transmission, the Vantage has been in the current ownership since 2004. Past MOTs show the DBS to have travelled just 2,660 miles in the last 20 years and the odometer currently shows an unwarranted 48,497 miles. The seller considers the bodywork and trim to be "very good" and the paintwork, engine and gearbox to be "good".