Chassis LML/50/12 was the second DB2 production car. The first was LML/50/11, prior to which Aston Martin had built an array of prototypes and works racing cars. Like chassis 11 and 14, chassis…
Read MoreChassis LML/49/3 was one of two DB2 Prototypes built with Aston Martin’s new dual overhead camshaft straight six engine. Unlike its sister car (chassis LML/49/4, which was destined for use as…
Read MoreChassis LML/50/9 was one of three DB2 team cars assembled for the 1950 season. The team cars followed a pair of standard DB2 prototypes which had themselves been preceded by four racing…
Read MoreChassis LMA/49/2 was the second of four DB2 Le Mans Prototypes built. Cosmetically, the four rakish Le Mans Prototypes differed substantially from the Series 1 DB2. They were produced to test the DB2…
Read MoreBritish industrialist David Brown acquired the struggling Aston Martin company in 1947. In 1948, he added Lagonda to his portfolio and created Aston Martin Lagonda. The first post-war Aston Martin…
Read MoreAfter building a pair of DB2 prototypes (chassis LML/50/5 and LML/50/6), Aston Martin assembled a trio of team cars for the 1950 season. In May 1950, the team cars (chassis LML/50/7, LML/50/8…
Read MoreChassis LML/50/7 was one of three DB2 team cars produced in 1950. First registered VMF 63 in May 1950, its Cadillac Green sister cars were consecutively registered VMF 64 and VMF 65. For their…
Read MoreLML/49/4 was the last of four DB2 Le Mans Prototypes. Unlike the three Almond Green examples destined for competition use, chassis 4 was uniquely equipped with a fully upholstered interior and…
Read MoreDavid Brown liked to personally put new models through the rigour of day-to-day use before signing them off for production. The Aston Martin boss personally took delivery of the fourth DB2 Le Mans…
Read MoreChassis LML/50/6 was the second of two DB2 prototypes manufactured in early 1950. This pair of cars followed the batch of four DB2 Le Mans Prototypes that were built and successfully raced in…
Read MoreAssembled in early 1950, chassis LML/50/5 was the first true DB2. It followed a group of four DB2 Le Mans Prototypes manufactured in 1949, three of which were raced in that year’s Le Mans 24 Hours.
Read MoreChassis LMA/49/1 was one of four DB2 Le Mans Prototypes built. These cars pre-dated David Brown’s first all new model since his acquisition of Aston Martin: the DB2. LMA/49/1 and LMA/49/2…
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…
Read MoreAfter building four DB2 ‘Le Mans’ prototypes in 1949, Aston Martin switched focus to the DB2 proper in 1950. Over the spring and summer of 1950 two prototype DB2 Coupes plus one Drop-Head and…
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