1961 Aston Martin DB4 convertible

The DB4 was revealed to the world at the 1958 London Motor Show. It was the ultimate Italian designed, British built GT car and was made until 1963.

Aston Martin cars exude character. They are strictly "hand-built". Every single specimen is still painstakingly hand assembled with hand-beaten panels, hand primed and hand painted to a flawless glass-like finish! A standing testimony against anyone who holds that well made cars only come from Japanese robotized factories.

Aston Martin engineers, see, feel and touch their way to the finished car-- a very human endeavor designed to satisfy emotions and intellect of builder and owner alike. Aston Martin buyers select colors and textures with the same intensity as the craftsmen who build the car, combining the finest Connolly leather, polished veneers and Wilton carpeting. No two cars are the same; each one an individual, unique statement of personal choice.

"... in an age when so many cars are mere transportation - designed to appeal to the many - Aston Martins are created for the few. For people who share the spirit of the open road, who understand and feel the passion." -- Robert Dover, Chairman: Aston Martin

The Aston Martin DB4 2+2 convertible shown in the pictured debuted in 1961. It is a very rare car. Only 70 of these elegant convertibles were built out of a total of 1110 DB4 models built between 1961 to 1963. The car could reach from 0-100 km/hr in 8.6 seconds and peak out at 224 km/hr!

Carrozzeria Touring of Milan, Italy was appointed to design the DB4 and applied their Superleggera bodywork to the DB4. In the Superleggera process a welded skeleton frame of very small steel tubing (and possibly heavy gauge steel wire) is applied over the chassis of a body-on-frame car (as opposed to a monocoque car). Aluminum skin is then applied over the steel subframe, resulting in a lightweight rigid body. Other fine examples of "Superleggera" bodies are Ferrari, Maserati, OSCA, and Alfa Romeo from the fifties.

Specifications:
Engine: 3670 cc inline 6-cylinder DOHC develops 266 bhp @5750 rpm and 270 ft lbs of torque @5000 rpm. 4-speed manual gearbox with opt. overdrive or Borg-Warner 3-speed automatic. Suspension Front: upper-and-lower A-arms, coil springs, anti-roll bar. Rear: live axle, Watt linkage, radius rods, coil springs. Brakes: Disc brakes front and rear. Wheelbase: 2489 mm Weight: 1311 kg.