For sale: This 5.3-litre V8 produced 550hp in standard Vantage form, which already made it the most powerful production car at the time. (Although if you asked Aston Martin's Work Service to fiddle with it some more, they would upgrade it to V600 spec.)
A Vantage Le Mans was the last of the truly hand-built Aston Martin's. Constructed with an aluminium body it was the very last model to be powered by the legendary Tadek Marek's renowned V8 engine. Built to celebrate the factory's famous victory at the Le Mans 24-Hour Race in 1959 when Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby took the chequered flag first in 'DBR1/2'.
A very different car to a 'normal' Vantage, many styling updates included but were not limited to its front wing side vents, ducted bonnet, 'nostril' front grille, improved high-downforce air dam, while at the rear the spoiler was revised to incorporate the high-intensity and reversing lights.
This particular example is car number 19 of only 40 examples ever produced and is most probably the finest surviving of them all. It was delivered from new in the ultimate V600 specification package including a close-ratio 5 speed gearbox and has only covered 1,665 miles from new! Complete with its original invoice, handbooks, tool kit, spare keys, sterling silver key fob , road map, torch, old tax disc's, old MOT's, Aston Martin car cover, a well-documented history file which contains original correspondence to the first owner plus a dedicated V8 Vantage Le Mans factory book signed by Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby.
Fresh from a comprehensive service by renowned marque specialists R.S. Williams Ltd and best described as indistinguishable from new throughout.
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