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Aston Martin also built a number of DB3S models for the Works racing team. Following a severe set-back
during the 1954 Le Mans 24-hour race, when three of the cars were destroyed in a series of crashes, the
Aston Martin Competitions Department commandeered David Brown’s personal DB3S - chassis 5 now offered
here - to replace one of the wrecked vehicles, changing its use from high-performance road car, to frontline
Works Team race car.
The DB3S originally featured experimental glass fibre bodywork, which was the height of cutting-edge
technology for the period. However, after Brown handed it over to the Works team, it was given an aluminum
body-shell and upgraded to full Works specification. It never returned to David Brown’s personal ownership,
and instead went on to be raced by some of the most daring drivers of the time, in some of the motor sporting
world’s most prestigious races.
“Few cars that have appeared in film can also boast an association with so many great names from the
heyday of the British racing sports car, but this Aston Martin DB3S does just that,” said Tim Schofield,
Bonhams UK Head Motoring. “Drivers who raced it include such legends as Peter Collins, Roy Salvadori, and
Sir Stirling Moss, competing at world-class level in such gruelling races as the Mille Miglia, the Spa Grand
Prix and the Nürburgring 1,000kms.”
The Aston Martin DB3S later starred in the 1960s British comedy, ‘School for Scoundrels’, in which Ian
Carmichael battled with caddish (but much loved) Terry-Thomas for the affections of Janette Scott. The movie
is a classic tale of one-upmanship, and its plot features several notable vehicles, such as the ‘Swiftmobile’,
which was in reality a 1928 Bentley 4½-Litre Open Tourer in disguise, an ex-Works Austin-Healey 100-Six,
and - of course - the car driven by Terry-Thomas, named the ‘Bellini’, which was none other than this
magnificent Aston Martin DB3S.
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