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1965 Aston Martin DB5 - The Ultimate Cool
RHD Touring Saloon
Chassis No. DB5/1855/R Engine No.400/1843
Exterior Color: Silver Birch
Interior Color: Connolly Red Leather
Completed: November 19th, 1964
Delivered:April 2nd, 1965
Original Dealer: H.W. Motors Limited
Mileage: 126,480 Miles
Last repaint in Silver Birch - 2005
Interior upgrades: New Red leather interior completed in June 2012. Interior also includes the addition of wonder Mats - custom insulation to maintain cabin comfort with the added benefit of sound dampening. Air conditioning by Vintage Air. Comprehensive service just completed by British Motor Sports of California.
Registration: "WHH 007"
Background: The DB5 is likely the most famous Aston Martin produced because of the specially equipped Silver-Birch example that starred in the James Bond films, "Goldfinger" and "Thunderball". The DB5 made a comeback to the big screen in the 1995 film "GoldenEye" as well as a decade later in the remake of "Casino Royal." The car's starring role will soon come to light again, when she will be fully featured in the upcoming Bond film "Skyfall" due to be released later this year. Regarded by many as the most beautiful Aston Martin produced, the DB5 shares many similar traits to the earlier DB4. The DB5’s most substantial change occurred under the bonnet where the six-cylinder engine increased its capacity out to a full 4-litres by increasing the bore to 96mm. Significant too was the introduction of a true full synchromesh ZF 5-speed gearbox that was a significant improvement over the compromising four-speed of the earlier DB4 series cars. Other chassis changes included the adoption of the Girling disc brakes at all four corners that had previously only been used on the DB4GT variants, along with stronger and improved 15” quick-change, wire wheels. DB5/1855/R: This particular DB5 was ordered and sold new by H.W. Motors Ltd and sold new corporately to Lakeside and Llandough Developments Company Limited (Kristin House, Hertfordshire, Watrford, East Anglia, UK WD17 4WB) a prominent property development company founded in the Spring of 1960. This firm still remains in business to this day. They were originally located just a bit north-west of London, between the M25 and M1. The modern headquarters of the company are now located further outside London in Surrey.
This Aston left the Newport Pagnell Factory in the very period color combination of Autumn Gold with a deeply rich red full-Connolly leather interior. It was serviced, and maintained, initially under Aston Factory Warranty until the Spring of 1968. Sometime just before the original owner's company offices moved north to Surrey in the late 1980s, this Aston was sold to a private English owner and the car remained in the London area until 1990 when it was sold by a specialist broker to another Japanese broker who placed it in a private museum collection in Japan from which it was eventually purchased. Prior to shipping to Japan from the UK, the car was fully serviced, completely stripped and repainted from Autumn Gold to Silver Birch. Sometime between 2004-2005 it was repainted again and remains in Silver Birch to this day. The car is all matching numbers with very detailed records and documents from new. By all accounts, this Aston lived a rather quiet corporate life until by 1990, having covered just over 126,000 original miles, this spectacular example was acquired by a prominent Japanese private collection. A thorough reconditioning and respray to more traditional Silver Birch better suited this original right-hand-drive example. This is an all matching-numbers example without rust or accident damage and no known faults or issues.
This DB5 now lives in California and is available for inspection by appointment. |
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Mileage: 126,000
Engine: 4.0 L
Body Type: Coupe
Interior: Red
Exterior: Silver Birch
Place Date: 12/6/2012
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