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Rare Aston Martin DB3S Goes Under the Hammer

It is one of the 20 customer DB3Ss built and one of the only three examples ordered new by Australia's "Kangaroo Stable" racing team. The 1955 DB3S, chassis number DB3S/104, is due to be auctioned at Sports & Classics of Monterey auction event on August 13 - 15 in California.

This particular car, painted in the matching Aston Martin racing color of Almond Green metallic with a yellow flash on the bonnet, is one of the world’s most expensive Aston Martins in the world, as RM Auctions is expecting it to fetch between $1,750,000-$2,250,000, Luxist reported.

The DB3S/104 was completed on May 23, 1955, just days before the Hyeres 12 Hours where it finished Third overall. After its European season, it was the only one of the three Kangaroo Stable cars which did not go to Australia. Instead, it was sold by Cosh to California racer Rod Carveth in October, 1955. It is reportedly the first DB3S acquired by an American. Carveth removed the body to repaint it in his favorite black livery and apply his “lucky” number 54.

Since then, the car has come a long way, as it was raced at many events of that period and change no less than 5 owners. Since 1997, when it participated in the Royal SunAlliance Classic Cavalcade to Le Mans, the DB3S has kept a low public profile.

It has been shown once, at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering in Carmel, CA in 2007 where it took a First in Class Award, and now is due to be auctioned, accompanied by a large document file, which includes its FIA certification (issued to Peter Agg on February 29, 1992) the UK V5 registration and also a California title issued to and endorsed by Len Auerbach as well as numerous MOTs from 1992.
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