1961

Famously, the car led a high-speed chase through Uxbridge Moor, followed closely by a Wolseley 6/90 police car. Sellers took ownership of the vehicle shortly after filming was completed. The expensive paperwork of the car shows that it was a “Type 2” DB4 GT, with aluminium bezels around the headlights, a single air scoop for the oil cooler and two brake air scoops.

The car was also originally ordered with two ‘occasional’ rear seats, making it one of only three ‘2+2’ examples. In October 1959, at the London Motor Show, an exciting new development of DB4 was unveiled. With a shorter chassis, faired in headlamps and an uprated engine with 3 Weber carburettors, DB4 GT was designed to be equally at home on road and track. DB4 GT was 85 Kg lighter than the DB4 and was raced extensively with success by many famous drivers of the day. 75 ‘Touring’ bodied cars were built including several lightweight versions specifically for racing to demonstrate the superb capabilities of the car.