Aston-Martin DB4 potential £250,000 bill for a rebuild

First delivered to Castrol UK Ltd, it retains its original engine and interior, having spent years in a barn in Mississippi. A nut-and-bolt restoration seems inevitable, so to retain any of its lived-in charm would be a major achievement, but even with a potential £250,000 bill for a rebuild, it ticks almost every box: it’s a beautiful colour, it’s complete and most important of all, it’s never been restored.

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The research team from RM Auctions have so far been unable to put much flesh on the bones of the car’s story, saying only that the current owner – the one offering it for sale – is not the person who discovered it, and that the former owner is reluctant to disclose details of its discovery or the reasons for what has obviously been a long internment. We can deduce that it didn’t spend long enough on the road in America to be re-registered; will more facts emerge after the sale?

Everything about this Aston-Martin DB4 – paint, interior, engine – is original, which will serve only to bolster an expected stratospheric sale price when it goes to auction in August.

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