037 Aston Martin DB4 (Mark 2) Coupe (1960) 303 NBF by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Aston Martin DB4 (1961-63) Engine 3670cc S6 DOC This car is listed on the DVLA as running a 4200cc engine Production 1204 ( 1110 DB4s plus 75 DB4 GT and 19 DB4 GT Zagato) Decals Keith and Jason Piper Registration Number 303 NBF (Staffordshire) ASTON MARTIN ALBUM www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/albums/72157623759800132/ Launched at the 1958 London Motorshow , with a body designed by Federico Formenti at Carrozzeria Touring in Milan and built at the company's Newport Pagnell works in Buckinghamshire, England. Technically the DB4 was not a development of the DB Mark III it replaced, nor did it evolve into the DB5, instead it formed the basis for later Aston Martin models, such as the DB4 GT Zagato and the Lagonda Rapide 4-door saloon. Powered by a 3.7 litre engine designed by Tadek Marek, with a double overhead cam and a head and block cast in aluminium alloy, and producing 240bhp. Servo assisted disc brakes all round, overdrive was available from 1961, a 260bhp Vantage engine from 1962 and automatic from 1963. A car with the British standard 3.54 final drive ratio tested by The Motor magazine in 1960 had a top speed of 139.3 mph (224.2 km/h) and could accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 9.3 seconds. A fuel consumption of 17.7 miles per imperial gallon (16.0 L/100 km; 14.7 mpgβUS) was recorded. The test car cost Β£3967 including taxes (equivalent to Β£79,000 in 2025). There were five series of DB4, with the most visible changes being the addition of window frames, for the Series II, the Series III had new tail lights consisting of three small lamps mounted on a chrome backing plate, The Series IV changed from the earlier cars eggcrate style grille to a barred grille, the Series V, from September 1962, came with similar but more recessed tail lights, a taller and longer body to give more interior space and smaller diameter wheels to maintain the same overall height and the front had the more aerodynamic style of the GT and Vantage models, which was carried over to the DB 5 Diolch am 98,386,131 o olygiadau gwych, mae pob un ohonynt yn cael eu gwerthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 98,386,131 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 09.10.2022, at Bicester Heritage, Autumn Scramble, Bicester Aerodrome, Bicester, Oxon 166-037
