One to Buy: Barn Fresh 1962 Aston Martin DB4 Discovery
To replace the ageing DB2-based platform that had served the company so well since 1950, Aston Martin introduced the brand new DB4 at the Paris Motor Show in October 1958.
Styled by Touring of Milan, the DB4 was the first Aston Martin to be built at the company’s Newport Pagnell factory in Buckinghamshire.
It was constructed around a modern pressed steel monocoque with independent double wishbone suspension up front, a live axle at the back and disc brakes all round.
In the engine bay was a thoroughly reworked version of Aston Martin’s dual overhead camshaft straight six taken out to 3.7-litres. Bodywork was by Touring of Milan; as the DB4 used a steel monocoque, Touring’s Superleggera framework was only required for the bonnet surround, windscreen, roof, rear wings and tail.
Between 1958 and 1963, the DB4 went through five different iterations. Additionally, Convertible, Vantage and GT variants were also produced.
Currently on offer with Gullwing Motorcars of Astoria, New York, is this fixed head Series 4 fresh from 30 years of barn storage. Most notably, the Series 4 came with a flatter and wider bonnet intake scoop and a bar rather than meshed front grille. Inside, the ashtray was moved from from the top of the dash to the transmission tunnel.
As well as all of its correct Series 4 features, this DB4 retains its original matching numbers engine and transmission. It is finished in the handsome colour scheme of blue with dark red upholstery.
Opportunities to purchase original and unrestored cars from this era become increasingly rare with every passing year.
Reprinted below is Gullwing Motorcars’ description for this exciting discovery:
It Can Only Be Original Once: 1962 Aston Martin DB4 with Matching Numbers Discovered Out of 40+ Year Ownership and 30 Year Barn Storage.
This 1962 Aston Martin DB4 is an incredibly exciting and original discovery out of over 40 year ownership. Blue with red leather interior. Retaining its matching numbers engine, this DB4 has been sitting in storage for the last 30 years patiently awaiting restoration.
After the previous owner returned from Vietnam in the 1970's, he went back to work at a local body shop. When his boss asked him to help with a repair on his own car, he agreed to go over to his house and work on the car. He worked on the car over the course of a few weeks and once he completed the job, his boss gifted him the Aston Martin DB4. He had the car towed home and planned on restoring it but just never got around to it. He parked it in a barn where it sat until recently when it finally saw the light of day after over 30 years in storage.
The introduction of the Aston Martin DB4 marked a new era for the British sports car manufacturer that would restore performance and prestige to the fabled marque. Wrapped in a seductive, lightweight alloy body fashioned by Carrozzeria Touring of Milan and featuring a powerful 3.7-litre engine, the DB4 offered performance to match its pedigree, becoming the worlds first production car to achieve 0-100-0 mph in under 30 seconds.
Exceptionally Original and Rare DB4
Retaining its Matching Numbers Engine
Offered from 40+ Year Ownership
A True Barn-Find Out of 30 Year Storage
A Rare and Collectible Aston Martin from the Golden Era
