OWNER Dr. David Williams / Aston Martin DB6 Series 1 All images: Del Gregory
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first met Dr. David Williams a couple of years ago and enjoyed looking around his different barns full of cars. One of my favourites of his collection is his recently fully restored 1968 series 1 Aston Martin DB6 in striking Autumn Gold with an equally striking Ox Blood interior. David, like myself lives in the Cotswolds, so I proposed we met in a village many will already know because of its Motor Racing heritage - Castle Combe. As a trackside photographer (many years ago), I was very nearly ‘taken out’ at Castle Combe Racetrack whilst shooting
a race, when a Ferrari F40 decided to go backwards at around 120mph for what seemed like eternity, whilst managing narrowly to miss everything in its path - (including me) as I managed to dive (camera still in hand) out of its path. A day I will always remember, as I’m sure will the marshals who were also nearly mowed down, and I’m sure the driver will too, who I seem to remember was not actually very flustered. Anyway, as usual I digress and so less reminiscing about antics at Castle Combe Racetrack and more about the more sedate photo shoot of this fabulous DB6 in the village.
To me there’s nothing better than waking up to the dawn chorus of birdsong in the English countryside and making some coffee before setting off on a photo shoot, especially when there’s an Aston Martin DB6 involved! Arriving into Castle Combe I took some time to take some images in the village, before I heard the rumble of the 6 cylinder DB6 breaking the early morning silence as it came down the hill. Arriving right on time at 8am, David brought the sunshine with him as it started to break free of the early morning cloud. I love my job. Although let’s be honest it’s not really a job is it. To me it’s 40 years of doing something I absolutely have loved doing from day one. Add
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