Photo: Ahmed Qadri-Pixelhaus Media, Courtesy of RM Sotheby's
Replaced by the DB6 after 1,021 units were assembled in Newport Pagnell, the DB5 is, without a shadow of a doubt, Aston Martin’s most revered production car. Made famous by Albert Romolo Broccoli’s James Bond series, the David Brown 5 received a go-faster variant in 1964.
The Vantage features revised camshaft profiles and Weber carburetors instead of the standard Sus. Originally rated at 325 horsepower and 290 pound-foot (393 Nm), the 4.0-liter engine developed by Polish engineer Tadeusz "Tadek" Marek is complemented by a five-speed manual.
A grand total of 65 coupes were specified with the Vantage option, of which 17 were finished in left-hand drive. Chassis DB5/2217/L is one of those cars, a matching-numbers example that has been recently sold for $1.8 million by RM Sotheby’s at its auction event in Switzerland. At the time of cataloging, the odometer read 76,575 kilometers (47,581 miles).
Completed on September 15, 1965, chassis number 2217/L left the factory with Silver Birch paintwork and Red Connolly leather upholstery. Built for export, the British GT was tastefully specified with a metric speedometer, chrome wire wheels, Fiamm horns, Marchal fog lamps, and a Motorola radio. Under the hood, you won’t find the 45 DCOEs that you’d expect of a Vantage. In their place, Aston Martin fitted SU HD9s.
Delivered to a Portuguese dealership, the 2+2 grand tourer was originally purchased by Maria Emília Reis Ferreira Barros in November 1965. José Manuel Homem de Macedo Nogueira became the second owner in June 1968, and not even a year later, Albert William Jauson purchased it.
Remaining with Albert until his passing in the late 1980s, the four-wheeled icon was eventually sold by Mr. Jauson’s widow to a Dutch enthusiast in 1991. He commissioned a restoration the following year, which included a repaint in the original color. The fourth owner enjoyed it until September 2010, when the fifth owner acquired the DB5 Vantage with 76,566 kilometers (47,576 miles). The difference in mileage from 2010 to 2022 should raise a few eyebrows, but there’s a good explanation for it.
2217/L was promptly exported to Kuwait, where it remained in dry storage as part of a large collection. Presented with quite a few imperfections that need to be addressed by professionals, the DB5 Vantage was auctioned by RM Sotheby’s with a data sheet and letter from the Aston Martin Heritage Trust, a certificate from the British Motor Heritage Trust, an instruction book, the original jack, plus the spare wheel and tire.
A grand total of 65 coupes were specified with the Vantage option, of which 17 were finished in left-hand drive. Chassis DB5/2217/L is one of those cars, a matching-numbers example that has been recently sold for $1.8 million by RM Sotheby’s at its auction event in Switzerland. At the time of cataloging, the odometer read 76,575 kilometers (47,581 miles).
Completed on September 15, 1965, chassis number 2217/L left the factory with Silver Birch paintwork and Red Connolly leather upholstery. Built for export, the British GT was tastefully specified with a metric speedometer, chrome wire wheels, Fiamm horns, Marchal fog lamps, and a Motorola radio. Under the hood, you won’t find the 45 DCOEs that you’d expect of a Vantage. In their place, Aston Martin fitted SU HD9s.
Delivered to a Portuguese dealership, the 2+2 grand tourer was originally purchased by Maria Emília Reis Ferreira Barros in November 1965. José Manuel Homem de Macedo Nogueira became the second owner in June 1968, and not even a year later, Albert William Jauson purchased it.
Remaining with Albert until his passing in the late 1980s, the four-wheeled icon was eventually sold by Mr. Jauson’s widow to a Dutch enthusiast in 1991. He commissioned a restoration the following year, which included a repaint in the original color. The fourth owner enjoyed it until September 2010, when the fifth owner acquired the DB5 Vantage with 76,566 kilometers (47,576 miles). The difference in mileage from 2010 to 2022 should raise a few eyebrows, but there’s a good explanation for it.
2217/L was promptly exported to Kuwait, where it remained in dry storage as part of a large collection. Presented with quite a few imperfections that need to be addressed by professionals, the DB5 Vantage was auctioned by RM Sotheby’s with a data sheet and letter from the Aston Martin Heritage Trust, a certificate from the British Motor Heritage Trust, an instruction book, the original jack, plus the spare wheel and tire.
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