Having been a partner in the Swallow Sidecar Company since its 1922 inception, Williams Lyons purchased the business in 1934 and renamed it SS Cars. The first Jaguar-branded SS subsequently…
Read MoreBritish industrialist David Brown purchased Aston Martin in February 1947 but, at the time, the firm only had the Claude Hill-designed four cylinder engine to offer. The new boss quickly concluded this…
Read MoreAfter David Brown acquired the Aston Martin company in February 1947, he immediately commissioned a new model. It would use a purpose-built chassis and the Claude Hill-designed two…
Read MoreEarly in 1949, Aston Martin decided to enter a team of three works DB2 prototypes for the first post-World War 2 running of the Le Mans 24 Hours. Known as Experimental Le Mans Fixed Head…
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