Black and White Negatives .An Aston Martin DB4GT , 40 MT (DB4GT/0167/R) DBS,JPP 5G and DP212 Project Car and Zagato DB4GT.

Model

DB4GT Coupe
DBS V8
DB4GT Zagato
Project Car

Chassis

DB4GT/0167/R
DP212/1
MP/230/1

Registration

40 MT
AYN 212B
JPP 5G

Place

Newport Pagnell

Description

7 Black and White Film Negatives.Stowers reference No 4.September 1975. Three Aston Martin cars caught as images on film.Project car DP212 on a trailer towed by a Land Rover P.A.S. vechicle. A DBS and DB4GT Zagato at Aston Works Service .
Film strip 1 numbered 21A-26A DB4Gt Zagato DB4GT/0181/L with registration 845.NK.01.
Film Strip 2.Neg Nos 34-39 Project car DP212 on trailer.
Film Strips 3 and 4 numbered 32A-35A and 36A-39A features an Aston Martin DBS,JPP 5G, outside Works Service at Newport Pagnell.
Film Strips 5(15-20),6( 21-25) and 7(Neg Nos26-30) DB4GT,reg No 40 MT on the ramps at Works Service.Image 15 shows a lady in the office dialling a number on the telephone. Note how she is using a pencil to locate and dial with, something characteristic of the telephones in use at that time.
This DB4GT, 40 MT (DB4GT/0167/R) was the road test car for ' Autosport' magazine in the 8th December 1961 edition.It was built as a Works experimental lightweight chassis and demonstration car, fitted with a Zagato specification engine. It has appeared in a number of books on the marque and in films - see Register for details.
In this photo, note the extra mirror fitted to the windscreen (presumably for road test purposes), the two grille badges, one of which (the AMOC badge) indicates that the car was already privately owned when road tested. The swept-back headlights are characteristic of late series DB4s and were introduced as standard for DB5 models.
The Roger Stowers Collection.