1940 Aston Martin Type C Speed Model Boattail Roadster

This Aston Martin, chassis number 718, is believed to have been the last Aston Martin sold prior to the end of World War II. It is believed to have left the Works just before Christmas in 1940. The original owner was Mr. Ansell of Romsey who used the car in the Brighton Speed Trials of 1946. The car was later sold to a Miss Bean, of London, who participated with the car in the AMOC Warlingham Rally in 1949, winning 1st in Class.

Peter Morton Bayard Rowland, of London, became the car's next owner in July of 1955. In August of 1960, it was sold to John William Coles, of Surrey, and then, after a brief subsequent owner, to Barry Perryman in late 1962. Mr. Perryman displayed the car in the 1967 AMOC Concours, earning First in Class.

In 1975, the car entered the care of Mark Goodson, of Kilham, Scotland, who owned the car for over a decade before selling it to Klaus Graba, of Germany, around 1989. Wolfgang Friedrichs, of Dusseldorf, purchased the car in November of 1997. A sympathetic restoration soon followed and the car was refurbished from the frame up and the body off. The work lasted from 1998 to 2002.

In 2013, the car was shown at the St. Jame's Concours of Elegance, the only recorded public event at which it was shown since the restoration.

By Daniel Vaughan | Sep 2015