1960 Aston Martin DB4 GT
In July. for the Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale, Bonhams will auction this stunning 1960 Aston Martin DB4 GT, designed for the Grand Touring Car World Championship of 1960. Its estimate price is already high more than $3,000,000 for this successful competition car.
History of the Aston Martin DB4
The DB4 is a GT (Gran Tourer) produced by Aston Martin from 1958 to 1963. With a completely new body, the DB4 remplaced the DB Mark III with an engine designed by Tadek Marek, Polish automobile engineer. In five-year of production and modifications, the models of DB4 was separated into five series.
This model, DB4GT, was developed specifically to contest the FIA's Grand Touring Car World Championship of 1960. With its lightweight, it was presented at the 1959 London Motor Show and featured many modifications compared with the standard DB4 Coupe, especially in order to trim the weight.
Technical specification
The Aston Martin's DB4GT has the 3,670cc twin overhead camshaft in-line 6 cylinder engine witht three Weber 45DCOE twin-choke carburettors produced 302 hp at 6,000 rpm. The bodywork is based on the Superleggera principle for a overall weight of only 1,128kg.
The car is offered with two engines (race unit installed and original offered with), you have the opportunity to continue a racing career or convert to standard road specification.
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Sources
Auction at Bonhams
Aston-Martin DB4 on wiki
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