1966 Aston Martin DB5

The car was originally finished in Dubonnet Dark Red with a Black leather interior and equipped with a five-speed ZF manual transmission, the car was delivered through Nortons of Cardiff on 2nd April 1965 to Engineering Consultants C.L.W. Rees & Co of 6 Park Grove in the same city. This DB5 was registered ‘GBO 500D’ from new and has never worn any other number plate while always remaining in the UK. For the first time we are going to send the car over to NY for 2026 (car will arrive late March). DB5/2035/R was later sold to J.F. Cox, Ltd. of Willow Road, Lenton, Nottingham. Subsequent owners include Mr A.T. Roadknight in 1978, Commander D.J. Arrold in 1979, Mr B.E. Ellams from 1979 to 1983, Mr R.J. Horsfall from 1983 to 1989, Mr R.M. Fairburn from 1989 to 1992, before the car was bought in January 1992 by Andrew English, the well-regarded Motoring Correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. Mr English kept ‘GBO 500D’ for nearly 30 years and during that time the DB5 was thoroughly enjoyed by him and properly looked after by respected Marque Specialists. Unlike most DB5’s, ‘GBO 500D’ was not kept as a Garage Queen but instead was FIA and MSA registered and entered for several motorsport events such as sprints, hill climbs and rallies. Repainted in a Dark Navy Blue in the 1990’s, over the last few decades DB5/2035/R has been well-maintained by Nigel Barker at Davron Engineering, including a full gearbox refurbishment, with Aston Engineering Ltd. supplying most replacement parts while body improvements were entrusted to Mitchells Coachworks. The factory-fitted powerplant has had its capacity increased to 4.2 litres as part of a thorough overhaul. The ride and handling were dramatically improved by fitting a Harvey Bailey handling kit and a degree of negative camber, making this a very enjoyable and responsive car to drive. The car now has 55K hard miles on it and has just concluded four months of reconditioning and improvements at Aston specialist Hilton & Moss in the UK, before being shipped to New York