Many legends of the time, including Roy Salvadori and Peter Collins at the wheel sports car except the famous racer Stirling Moss drove. This DB3S participated not only in battles «Mille Miglia» and «1000 km of Nürburgring», but in the film, namely in the classic «School for Scoundrels,» a British comedy.
The roadster was built in 1954 specifically for the brand owner David Brown. Originally it was intended for public roads, although it had an experimental ultralight body. A year later, fiberglass replaced with aluminum, because the car was in a «stable» factory team Aston Martin.
Broad gesture was dictated by the catastrophic circumstances: three racing DB3S got into an accident on the marathon «24 hours of Le Mans...»
Trades Aston Martin Works Sale will be held on 21 May. DB3S would be there in the company of two dozen rarities Aston Martin. However, 10 million, which for him are going to help out a little less than last year's revenue ($ 16 million) trading, where the most expensive lot was the DB5 Convertible Convertible 1966 issue (US $ 2.1 million).
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