Engine: LB6B/50/578
Stunning Example of the First New Aston Martin of the David Brown Era
Benefits from More than £300,000 in Recent Restoration Work by Noted Marque Specialist
One of Just 309 DB2 Saloons Built; Documented by Restoration Photos and Records
Resplendent in its Original Colors of Moonbeam Grey over Blue Upholstery
Features Matching-Numbers Engine per Copy of Factory Build Record
2,580 CC DOHC Inline 6-Cylinder Engine
Twin SU Carburetors
140 BHP at 5,000 RPM
4-Speed Manual Gearbox
4-Wheel Hydraulic Drum Brakes
Front Independent Coil-Spring Suspension and Houdaille Shock Absorbers
Rear Live Axle with Semi-Elliptical Leaf Springs and Houdaille Shock Absorbers
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UK V5
See UK Registration/Import Status Guide in catalogue.
Though responsible for a number of advanced and noteworthy sports and racing machines, Aston Martin had nonetheless built fewer than 800 cars between its 1913 founding and 1947 acquisition by David Brown, who would launch the company’s trajectory towards Le Mans glory, 007 roles, and status as one of the world’s pre-eminent manufacturers of exotic grand touring cars.
This lineage began with the DB2 – not only the earliest Aston Martin developed under Brown, but also the company’s first-ever six-cylinder model. One of only 309 DB2 Saloons built, chassis LML/50/86 is a particularly noteworthy example of the breed. Finished at the factory in Moonbeam Grey over Blue, it was delivered new in June 1952 to its first owner, Richard DuCane, via Brayshaw & Carr Ltd. of Leicester, England. By 1976, Christopher Ronald Pout of Canterbury, had acquired the DB2, followed by Antony Fredrick Cripps of Dorsetshire, who in turn sold it to the consignor in 2003.
In 2020, the consignor commissioned marque specialists at Aston Workshop to carry out an extensive restoration, which is documented by over £300,000 in service records on file. The restoration work included a full, concours-quality respray in its original color as well as a rebuild of its original, matching-numbers engine. With its stunning colors and restoration, LML/50/86 is surely among the finest DB2 extant, and demands your closest attention.
*Please note that the engine number listed on the DVLA-issued V5C for this vehicle contains a typographical error; the seventh digit is listed as a “1”, but is in fact a “7”.
