1965 Aston Martin DB5 Coupe

This DB5 is finished in a dark hue of metallic grey. It was given a comprehensive refurbishment at a cost of more than $100,000. The car has been converted from right to left hand drive, simply to make it more usable.

The car was originally sold new in the United Kingdom, to P. Hodgson Esquire of Hodgson & Sons Ltd, 2 Holyhead Road, Birmingham, England, with its delivery date being January 7th, 1965. He drove the car approximately 7,500 miles a year up to September 1968, by which time it had covered 31,559 miles. Its second owner was the Swift Meyer Tool Company Ltd, of Aldridge, a neighboring town to Birmingham. In the middle of the 1980s the car was on the market, offered by former London collector car establishment Paradise Garage.

The car was purchased by a US resident working in London who had it shipped back to his home in Connecticut, where it was registered from August 1986, by which time it showed roughly 65,000 miles on the odometer. In the early 1990s, it was sent to Aston martin Vintage Racing Services, then owned by Peter Livanos, of Stamford, Connecticut, for an engine rebuild, bare metal re-spray and complete retrim. The interior was refurbished in period correct Connolly leather and with correct Wilton carpets.

The car rides on Dunlop wire wheels with Borrani knock off hubs, shod with correct Michelin XWX tires.

By Daniel Vaughan | Dec 2013