One to Buy: 1 of 1 ex-Stanley Arnolt 1954 Aston Martin DB2/4 Bertone Convertible 'Indiana'
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Between 1954 and ‘55, Aston Martin supplied seven DB2/4 rolling chassis to millionaire Chicago industrialist, Stanley Arnolt.
In addition to having been a distributor for the likes of Rolls Royce, Bentley, MG and Aston Martin, Arnolt was a shareholder in Carrozzeria Bertone, the famed Turinese coachbuilder. The tie up came about after Arnolt and Nuccio Bertone met at the 1952 Turin Motor Show. Arnolt wanted to begin manufacturing cars under his own name and duly became a Director of the cash-strapped coachbuilder.
Towards the end of 1953, Arnolt convinced David Brown to send five of his new Aston Martin DB2/4s to Bertone. The quintet of sequentially numbered DB2/4s were then transformed into a trio of competition-style Spyders and a brace of luxurious Convertibles.
A further pair of DB2/4s then found their way to Italy during 1954, the first of which was chassis was LML/762 that Bertone configured as a unique two-seat Convertible dubbed the Indiana which Stanley Arnolt subsequently retained for his personal use until 1960.
On September 1st, Gooding & Company will be putting chassis LML/762 under the hammer at their annual London sale.
The car is offered in superb condition throughout having undergone a ground up restoration to its original specification between 2007 and ‘08. Most recently, LML/762 earned a first in class award at the Zurich Concours d’Elegance in August 2020.
